M Humayun Kabir: The upcoming national election would be a great challenge for the ruling Awami League, not for BNP, said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Secretary General of BNP. “People will not cast vote for Awami League. Sensing absolute debacle, it is now resorting to an evil plot by using Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in…
The Rising: The first return hajj flight has reached Dhaka with 419 Bangladeshi pilgrims from Saudi Arabia. The flight (BG-4012) touched down Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 11:20pm on Monday. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines AM Mosaddique Ahmed, Biman’s General Manager (public relations) Shakil Meraz among other top officials conveyed…
Reuters: Britain supports South Africa’s land reform program provided it is carried out legally, Prime Minister Theresa May said in Cape Town on Tuesday, adding that she would discuss the issue with President Cyril Ramaphosa. “The UK has for some time now supported land reform. Land reform that is legal, that is transparent, that is…
Kabir Humayun: At least three people, including two children, went missing after a trawler carrying 100 passengers capsized in the Jamuna river. The identities of missing people could not be known immediately, reports The Daily Star. The trawler capsized around 10am in the river after hitting a sand-laden cargo near Alokdia Char adjacent to Aricha…
M Humayun Kabir: British MP Tulip Siddiq, niece of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has urged her aunt to release noted photojournalist Shahidul Alam who is now in jail. Tulip, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, said that the detention was “deeply distressing and should end immediately”, The Daily Star reported quoting the report…
UNB: The Australian High Commission here joined a special programme called ‘Music Buzz,’ organised by the US Embassy recently with talented Australian diplomats Amy Sheridan, James Dillon, Jane Hardy and Swedish Embassy’s Magdalena Skarp performing at the American Centre, Dhaka. The diplomats movingly paid tribute to the anniversary of the ‘Concert for Bangladesh’ held in…
NDTV: Even Google knows its products are addictive. As part of its efforts to promote a digital wellbeing, Google has decided it will show you the amount of time you spend binge-watching on YouTube. In its blog titled ‘Tools to Take Charge of Your Digital Wellbeing’, Google announced a new tool which will be accessible…
The Guardian: China is mulling scrapping its controversial birth restrictions, reversing nearly four decades of family planning policies as birth rates fall. Chinese couples are limited to two children at present, after rules were relaxed from the infamous one-child policy that was in force from 1979 to 2016. Now officials are poised to enact a…
Hindustan Times: Delhi woke up to waterlogged streets and traffic jams after heavy rains hit several parts of the city as well as its surrounding areas in the wee hours of Tuesday. Heavy rain accompanied by lightning was reported around the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Teen Murti Bhavan and RK Puram, among other areas…
The Guardian, UK; The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has condemned two days of far-right street violence that has left several people injured, which flared up after a Syrian and an Iraqi were accused of killing a German man on Sunday. Some far-right protesters were accused of hunting foreigners in street mobs in the eastern city…