Reuters: Around 1,300 Danes marched through Copenhagen on Wednesday in protest at a new ban on the wearing of face veils in public, accusing the government of infringing on women’s right to dress as they choose. Denmark’s parliament enacted the ban in May, joining France and some other European Union countries to uphold what some…
Reuters: Militants abducted and killed three foreign nationals working for international food company Sodexo in Kabul on Thursday, deepening concerns about security of expatriates in Afghanistan. A senior diplomat and two Afghan security officials said the three worked as cooks at Sodexo, the world’s second-largest food and catering services company. “An Indian, a Malaysian and…
M Humayun Kabir: Students took the matters of traffic management on to their hands in an attempt to enforce rules and regulations in the transport sector. On the fifth straight day of protest yesterday, the 8More agitating school and college students were seen checking registration certificate and driving licenses in Dhaka and country’s other cities…
Reuters: Myanmar has scaled back plans for a Chinese-backed port on its western coast, sharply reducing the cost of the project after concerns it could leave the Southeast Asian nation heavily indebted, a top government official and an advisor told Reuters. The initial $7.3 billion price tag on the Kyauk Pyu deepwater port, on the…
The Guardian: Two women in Canada have been arrested and charged after social media posts discussing killing indigenous people and holding a “shoot a [sic] Indian day”. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Tuesday that a 32-year-old from Manitoba and a 25-year-old from Saskatchewan were charged with uttering threats and public incitement of hatred….
BSS: President M Abdul Hamid yesterday asked the Ophthalmological Society of Bangladesh (OSB) to provide eye treatment facilities for the poor and distressed across the country. He made this call when a six-member delegation of OSB, led by Prof Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, made a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban here today, President’s Press Secretary…
Kabir Humayun: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) yesterday said some online portals are circulating false and motivated news about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the ongoing students’ movement. The PMO issued a press release undersigned by PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim in this regard in the afternoon, reports The Daily Star.The release said that a…
Wali-ur Rahman, Former ambassador A cabal of unruly people assassinated Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman along with most of his family members at dawn on August 15, 1975. This was a severe blow and an irreparable loss for the Bengali nation. The scars will never heal. Now we are an independent nation. How did we achieve…
Reuters: Chile’s national prosecuting authority said on Wednesday that it had asked the government to submit a formal request to the Vatican for information about nine clergymen and lay workers who have been accused of sexual abuse of children. The prosecuting authority said in a statement that national prosecutor Jorge Abbott had asked the foreign…
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given Tk 2 million to each family of the students who died in a road crash on July 29 in Dhaka. The prime minister has handed over the funds in family savings certificates to the grieving families, when they met her at her 8More offices yesterday, reports…