MEMO: The Syrian Network for Human Rights said in a report issued yesterday that as many as 528 civilians have been killed as a result of attacks on schools and educational institutions in Syria by the various parties to the conflict since the conflict began in March 2011. “The Syrian regime is responsible for attacking…
NDTV: Germany’s luxury automaker BMW is going to recall 23,700 diesel cars in Europe over an engine fire danger, following a similar action in South Korea, a German media newspaper reported. The recall is to fix a faulty component that was aimed at reducing emissions from diesel engines. Of the total recall, around 96.300 vehicles…
Reuters: Saudi Arabia said on Wednesday it had stopped all medical treatment programs in Canada and was working on the transfer of all Saudi patients from hospitals there, in an escalating row after Ottawa urged it to free rights activists. Saudi Arabia froze new trade and investment with Canada and expelled the Canadian ambassador this…
Tanvir Alam Khan: Desh media awarded 8 individuals for their contribution in various fields on 3 August, Friday in their 5th anniversary ceremony. The ceremony was held at a restaurant in the capital Dhaka. Honorable Prime Minister’s media adviser Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury was the chief guest of the event. The individuals awarded were , Daily…
Raj Abrar: Four alleged drug peddlers have been arrested in Narayanganj on Monday night when they were caught smuggling 2.06 lakh yaba pills from a secret compartment of a covered van and in a spare tire of a truck. The arrestees are: covered van driver Md Manik Mia, 27, helper Md Arif, 22, truck driver…
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa gave the right decision at any crisis moment and helped Bangabandhu become the great leader. “In any crisis moment, my mother had the unparalleled quality and capacity to give the right decisions,” she said, reports UNB. The time-befitting decisions of Bangamata Sheikh Fazilatunnesa…
Anadolu Agency: Israel has released a Palestinian detainee who had been on a hunger strike and his father, a lawyer for a Palestinian non-governmental organization said Wednesday. Khader Diabis, with the Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, said in a written statement that 27-year-old Mohammed al-Rimawi and his father, Nimer Mohammed, 54, have been freed…
UNB: At least three persons including a boy were killed in separate road accidents in Gopalganj and Fenchuganj upazilas yesterday and Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Tarmuj Ali, 45, and Suruj Mia, 40, both son of Sikandar Ali of Ghurarkul village, said AKM Fazlul Haque, officer-in-charge of Gopalganj Model Police Station.
M Humayun Kabir: Photographer and activist Shahidul Alam has been taken back into the DB custody from Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) as doctors did not find any reason to admit him. “Our medical board examined him. We did not find any reason to admit him,” Brigadier General Abdullah-Al-Harun, director of BSMMU, told bdnews24.com….
The Guardian, UK: Police have obtained CCTV footage that may contain clues to the suspected arson attack in which a seven-year-old boy died. A murder inquiry was launched after Joel Urhie died in a blaze in Deptford, south-east London, early on Tuesday morning. Police said it was not yet known what the motive for the…