Golden Baba, 58, arrived in Ghaziabad in a cavalcade of 21 luxury cars for the final stretch of the 200-km-long Kānwar Yātrā. Unlike #Shiva – or #BhōlēBābā (Simple Saint) – in whose name the #Kānwariās undertake the 200-km Haridwar-Delhi walkabout pilgrimage, Golden Baba is laden with 20-kg of gold ornaments (including 25 chains, each weighing…
Sayeed Muhammad: An Indian court has allowed the burial of veteran politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi at an iconic site despite the government’s objections over the matter. His family wanted his burial at Marina Beach in Chennai (formerly Madras), along with other former chief ministers, reports BBC, adding, the government in the southern state of Tamil Nadu…
Kabir Humayun: Bangl-adesh Railway has started selling advance train tickets for holiday makers of Eid-ul-Azha yesterday. On the first day, hundreds of ticket-seekers thronged Kamalapur Railway Station to buy tickets, reports banglanews24.com. Station sources said that tickets for August 17 are available on Friday whereas tickets for August 18, 19, 20 and 21 will go…
UNB: Law enforcers have detained three more people from the capital for allegedly trying to create unrest by spreading rumours on social media to instigate the recent student protest. The detainees were identified as Touhidul Islam Tusar, 24, Md Waliullah, 28, and Md Ehasanuddin Ifas, 18.
MEMO: The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is supporting thousands of Somali nationals return from war-torn Yemen, the UN reported in a briefing yesterday. The last boat carrying some 116 Somali refugees arrived at the Berbera port in Somalia on Sunday. According to the UNHCR, the Assisted Spontaneous Returns (ASR) programme was initiated in 2017…
Sayeed Muhammad: A probable Syrian government offensive against rebels in Idlib province may displace over 700,000 people, far more than were uprooted in a recent battle in the southwest of Syria, feared a UN-led group of health agencies. In a monthly report the group said many of Syria’s battles have ended with agreements for fighters…
Desk Report: In a major move to curb street accidents in city, Dhaka’s bus owners have decided to scrap the contractual agreement with drivers and include them on a monthly payroll, reports Daily Star. Dhaka RoadTransport Owners’ Association (DRTOA) drew up the major decision yesterday, what is seen as a big move to curb competition…
AFP: NASA is poised to launch a US$1.5 billion spacecraft on a brutally hot journey toward the sun, offering scientists the closest-ever view of our strange and mysterious star. After the Parker Solar Probe blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Aug 11, it will become the first spacecraft ever to fly through the sun’s…
Reuters: The euro rose above $1.16 yesterday as the dollar’s recent rally ran out of steam, and traders said solid data out of China had calmed investor nerves about recent Sino-U.S. trade tensions, hurting demand for the dollar. The dollar has weakened since hitting a three-week high on Monday, when the prospect of a full-blown trade…
Haider Akbar Khan Rono, Presidium Member, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB): We all have to fill the void left by Bangabandhu as a great personality like him may not come. The assassination of Bangabandhu on August 15, 1975 is a painful incident. It was not merely a political killing and it was not only a…