Reuters: Dozens of people were injured when a packed Aeromexico-operated Embraer jet crashed right after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango on Tuesday, but authorities said most were not seriously hurt and there were no fatalities. The mid-sized jet was almost full, with 103 people including two infants and four crew members on board, when it…
Reuters: Facebook has identified a new coordinated political influence campaign to mislead users and organise rallies ahead of November’s US congressional elections, taking 8 down dozens of fake accounts on its site, the company said. A Russian propaganda arm tried to tamper in the 2016 US election by posting and buying ads on Facebook, according…
BSS: President M Abdul Hamid yesterday put emphasis on specific measures to be taken by the universities to improve the quality of higher studies. He was talking to Vice-Chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) Major General M Emdadul Ul Bari made a courtesy call on him at Bangabhaban. During the meeting, the President was…
Iqbal Habib, Member Secretary of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon We along with the late mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation Annisul Huq, submitted a proposal to the government for bringing discipline to the public transport sector and the government accepted it. Accountability is found wanting in the government mechanism. In spite of accepting the proposal, the…
Reuters: A Japanese freelance journalist being held by militants in Syria appeared to surface on video published by Japanese media on Wednesday, pleading for help after three years in captivity, the government said. Japan’s top government spokesman said he believed the man is Jumpei Yasuda. The bearded man, in an orange jumpsuit, is kneeling, surrounded…
Reuters: Gunmen attacked a convoy carrying election materials in central Mali, triggering a shootout in which four soldiers and eight attackers were killed, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Wednesday. The spokesman said the attack occurred late on Tuesday on the road between Nampala and Coura in the south-central region of Segou, giving no further…
M Humayun Kabir: Terming the students’ demands logical, two ministers of the ruling Awami League gather in Uttra House Building intersection, South Jatrabari, Shanir Akhra and Farmgate areas at 10am yesterday. “Students of different school and colleges started to protest at 10am on the streets. As a result, traffic stalled. The senior officials of the…
Kabir Humayun: Three suspected criminals were killed in separate shootouts with the law enforcers in Dhaka, Natore and Rajshahi. The gunfights took place from late Tuesday to early Wednesday, reports Banglanews24.com. In Dhaka, suspected top terrorist Monir of Mohammadpur area was killed in a shootout in Ati Bhawal area of Keraniganj yesterday morning, said RAB-2…
Arab News: Iran faced fresh warnings over human rights abuses on Tuesday as its economic crisis worsened and hundreds of protesters took to the streets. Demonstrations spread to the historic city of Isfahan, with protesters demanding an end to the Iranian regime’s costly interference in the affairs of neighboring countries in the region. At least…
Desk Report: Students who took to the streets over the last four days demanding safe roads have started policing delinquent drivers. A midday scene that played out in Dhanmondi yesterday illustrates the vigilant steps by the students who lost two of their fellows to a road crash on Jul 29. A police vehicle was stopped…