Hossen Sohel: Nineteen civil society groups yesterday issued a joint statement demanding immediate release of Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam and the charges against him to be dropped. Alam, the founder of Drik Gallery and Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, was picked up from his home on Aug 5 under an ICT Act case, reports Bdnews24.com…
Sayeed Muhammad: Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has said that culprits who attacked journalists while covering the student protests will be brought to justice. He already discussed the matter with Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports quoting the information minister as saying. He made the comments while he was speaking to…
Sayeed Muhammad: A sports utility vehicle carrying Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was hit by a city bus that was being driven by a helper at Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area. A bus of New Vision Paribahan hit the car in front of National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases in the area around 8.45pm on Friday, said…
Arab News: Prince Khalid bin Salman, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the US, has reiterated his condemnation of the Iranian regime’s “menacing role” in Yemen. His remarks on Twitter on Friday came days after Saudi Arabia resumed shipping through the Bab Al-Mandeb. Maritime activity had been temporarily halted following Houthi attacks on two of the Kingdom’s…
UNB: Speakers at a programme on Thursday urged for promoting affordable and sustainable sanitary napkin products for marginalized women to protect them from infectious diseases. The speakers came up with the urge while Ella, a non-profit organisation working for menstrual hygiene of female industry workers, launched a partnership with several others organisations at British Council…
BSS: State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid has said that cross border electricity trade through regional cooperation will play a pivotal role in the development of the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) region. He made the remarks while addressing a seminar as chief guest in Nepalese capital Kathmandu on Friday, according…
Russia Today: US space agency NASA postponed the launch of the Parker Solar Probe on Saturday – the start of a years-long mission to study the sun up close for the first time ever. Technical issues caused the launch to be interrupted twice, which eventually led to the launch window being missed. NASA will attempt…
AFP: An apparently suicidal mechanic stole an empty passenger plane from the Seattle-Tacoma airport late Friday, took it for a brief flight then crashed it in an incident officials said was unrelated to terrorism. Two military F-15s were scrambled to chase the stolen plane, but local officials said the jets “were not involved in the…
Reuters: A Japanese man has been detained in North Korea, and government officials are trying to gather information on his safety, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Saturday. The report, citing government sources, said that details of the middle-aged man’s detainment were unclear, and that he may be suspected of spying. It quoted one of the…
Arafat Hasan: A Malaysian diplomat has recently said that Bangladesh will be a ‘great market’ for investors with huge opportunities, but which the investors need to be made aware of. “Awareness needs to be created among the Malaysian investors about the challenges and opportunities for them in Bangladesh to strengthen the trade relations between Bangladesh…