AFP: Thousands of demonstrators gathered at a mosque in China to stop its government-ordered demolition, a participant said Saturday, as Beijing’s increasingly harsh policies against religion heighten anxiety about Islam’s future in the country. Across the nation, Chinese officials have sought to limit religious freedoms for Muslims as part of a widespread attempt to bring…
UNB: Two Bangladeshi raising golfers Shakhawat Sohel and Ismail mad their successful cuts in the US$350,000 Take Solutions Masters at Karnataka Golf Association course in Bengaluru, India. Sohel aggregated one-under-par 141, after carding even-par-71 in the second round, while Ismail aggraded matching total with carding a two-under-par-69 in the second round. Both shared joint 53rd…
Reuters: A suicide bomber attacked a bus ferrying Chinese mining workers in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province on Saturday, a local official said, in an assault claimed by Baloch separatists. The bomber died in the attack and the Chinese workers suffered minor wounds, the official said. Militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the…
Hossen Sohel: Sale of advance train tickets for August 20 for the Eid-ul-Azha resumed, as it remained suspended for technical glitch at the server at Kamalapur and Chattogram Railway Stations from 10:30am yesterday. Hundreds of ticket-seekers thronged Kamalapur Railway Station from early morning, reports Daily Sun. The sale of advance train tickets began from August…
Buzzfeed: Huge anti-government protests in Bangladesh that lasted more than a week have come to an end after the authorities cracked down on student demonstrations both online and on the streets, with dozens of people detained, journalists attacked, and photographers arrested for speaking out. Students who had been part of the demonstrations told BuzzFeed News…
Hindustan Times: Former White House staffer Omarosa Manigault Newman claims in a new book that there are tapes of President Donald Trump using racial slurs and that she saw him behaving “like a dog off the leash” at numerous events he attended without his wife, first lady Melania Trump. The accusations are among a long…
Russia Today: After Prime Minister Medvedev accused the US of declaring a trade war with its latest sanctions against Russia, experts weigh up how much damage each country might inflict on the other and what Moscow can do to dodge the blows. Labeled “draconian” by both sides, the White House sanctions over Russia’s alleged involvement…
Arab News: A newspaper of the ruling Communist Party says no religion is above the law in China, urging officials to stay firm while dealing with a rare protest over the planned demolition of a massive mosque in the northwest. The Global Times newspaper said Saturday that local officials in the town of Weizhou in…
Desk Report: The cost of Dhaka-Sylhet four-lane highway project is set to see an upward revision despite the Planning Commission’s directives to lower it assessing the proposed prices of all components, sources said, reports Financial Express. They said Roads and Highways Department (RHD) proposed increasing the project cost by Tk 13.0 billion during a meeting…
Reuters: A suicide bomber attacked a bus ferrying Chinese mining workers in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province on Saturday, a local official said, in an assault claimed by Baloch separatists. The bomber died in the attack and the Chinese workers suffered minor wounds, the official said. Militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the…