Arab News: Government forces killed five rebels during a gun battle in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Saturday, triggering violent anti-India protests in the disputed Himalayan region. Indian troops laid a siege around a southern village in Qazigund area overnight on a tip that militants were hiding there, police said. Fierce gun battle erupted…
UNB: Experts at a seminar here on Saturday said the country could generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy in 2050 if steps are taken to achieve the target. “Scarcity of land is no longer a problem for solar energy as technologies are improving and different forms of new systems like floating solar…
Bimal Mirwani, Journalist from Hong Kong and an avid reader/Seven Billion Today South Africa is one of the most picturesque countries in the world. It has stunning beaches, beautiful wildlife and breathtaking scenery. However, the country is being marred by all the violence and murders that is going on. There is a massive divide between…
Reuters: Rwanda has decided to immediately free Victoire Ingabire, an opposition leader jailed for 15 years, after President Paul Kagame exercised his power to grant mercy, the justice minister said on Saturday. Ingabire, who leads the unregistered FDU-Inkingi opposition party, will be freed along with other prisoners, including singer Kizito Mihigo, jailed in 2015 for…
Arab News: The head of the Organization of American States has joined President Donald Trump in holding out the threat of a military intervention in Venezuela to restore democracy and ease the country’s humanitarian crisis OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro delivered the sharp warning in a visit Friday to Colombia’s border with Venezuela in which…
Desk Report: Total deposits in the country’s Islamic banking industry crossed Tk 2.20 trillion in the past fiscal year (FY18), reports the financial express. The amount reached Tk 2.24 trillion at the end of June, 2018, according to the latest statistics unveiled by Bangladesh Bank. With this, deposits in the full-fledged Islamic banks, Islamic banking…
WION News: Battling the spread of African swine fever in China is “very complex and challenging”, the country’s agriculture ministry said after chairing a meeting of over a dozen major government bodies. The meeting on Thursday came as more than a dozen African swine fever outbreaks have been reported across China since early August, mostly…
Abrar Hussain: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said that BNP has been complaining to the UN in an effort to return to power because it has lost people’s support. The road transport and bridges minister made the remarks during the inauguration of the Awami League’s Science and Technology Sub-Committee website at the Engineers…
Madawi Al-Rasheed /Newsweek Contrary to the speculation that the Saudi regime would face mass protests during the 2011 Arab uprisings, the regime survived by increasing repression against a wide range of critics, including women activists, Islamists and fellow royals. Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman (MBS) now stands alone at the top of the hierarchy, but…
Reuters: Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three people on Friday and injured at least seven in a tourist plaza in downtown Mexico City, police said, adding that they were chasing three men dressed as mariachi musicians who fled on motorbikes. After years of keeping a lid on the worst violent crime that has plagued…