Reuters: Speculators will probably attack Italian financial markets this month but the country has the resources to defend itself, a senior and highly influential government official said in a newspaper interview on Sunday. Giancarlo Giorgetti, undersecretary in the prime minister’s office and a leading light in the far-right League party, said thin summer trading volumes…
Reuters: Afghan security forces backed by U.S. advisers and air strikes fought on Monday to drive Taliban fighters out of the embattled city of Ghazni, where hundreds of people have been killed or wounded during four days of fighting. The Taliban attack on Ghazni, a strategic center on the main highway linking the capital Kabul…
Desk Report: Project officials in a monitoring committee meeting said that the mega project to address water-stagnation would not be successful if related projects did not get approval and were not finished in time, reports New Age. Chittagong Development Authority organised the meeting titled ‘canal re-excavation, extension, renovation and development to solve water-stagnation in Chittagong…
BSS: Chairman of Down Syndrome Society of Bangladesh Sardar A. Razzaque has been given the World Down Syndrome Day Award for his contributions to creating awareness about the genetic disorder. Sardar Razzaque received the award from President of Down Syndrome International, UK Venessa dos Santos at a gala function in the 13th World Down Syndrome…
M Humayun Kabir: The International Crimes Tribunal has sentenced five Patuakhali men to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. A three-member panel of judges led by Justice Shahinur Islam announced the verdict yesterday, reports bdnews24.com. The convicts, who were in court to hear the verdict, are Md Esahaque Shikder,…
Banglanews24: Saudi Arabia has given Bangladesh 200 tons of dates as gifts. Sayed Al-Gatani, deputy counselor of the Saudi Embassy in Bangladesh, handed over the gift to Disaster Management and Relief Secretary Shah Kamal at the Secretariat. Saudi Arabia gifts dates to Bangladesh every year before Ramadan. “Contribution is delayed this year due to production…
Kabir Humayun: A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail petitions of eight more private university students in two cases filed over vandalism and attacks on police during the student movement demanding road safety. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Pranab Kumar passed the order denying bail petitions for them, reports UNB. The eight students of East West University…
Abrar Hussain: Russian President Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Sunday at the small Kazakh coastal city of Aktau to sign a legal convention regarding the Caspian Sea. After more than 20 years of intense diplomatic efforts, the five coastal Caspian nations – Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan – agreed upon…
The Independent, BD: With the traffic week being extended by another seven days and law enforcement personnel becoming increasingly vigilant, owners and drivers of tempos, customised public auto-rickshaws that ply on Dhaka’s streets, are in the soup. Around 2,500 of these three-wheelers ply on the capital’s roads on a regular day, but following the student-led…
The Guardian: Fresh hope has been injected into the Afghan peace process after Taliban officials said groundbreaking preliminary talks with the US last month were “very helpful” and that another round will take place in Doha in September. Four Taliban members met Alice Wells, a senior US state department official, at a hotel in the…