Reuters: Iraq’s parliament elected Sunni lawmaker Mohammed Al-Halbousi as speaker on Saturday, marking the first step toward establishing the new government four months after an inconclusive national election. Parliament was due to elect a speaker and two deputies during its first meeting on Sept 3, but failed to do so as lawmakers were still trying…
Hossen Sohel: A new alliance named Islamic Democratic Alliance was formed yesterday comprising of 15 political and Islamic organisations to support the ruling 14-party grand alliance. The alliance, which was formed with Al-Hajj Misbahur Rahman Chowdhury as its chairperson, aims to protect and ensure development activities of the ruling 14-party alliance, reports The Daily Star….
Reuters: The embattled chief of Germany’s BfV domestic security agency wants to more than double his staff to 6,000 people by 2021, German news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday, citing sources at the interior ministry. Hans-Georg Maassen is facing calls to step down after he cast doubt on the authenticity of video footage showing far-right…
Reuters: One of Taiwan’s representatives stationed in Japan’s western city of Osaka committed suicide this week, the government of the self-ruled island said. The official had been an excellent diplomat “keen to offer help to junior colleagues”, Taiwan’s foreign affairs ministry said in a statement on Friday, expressing its “deepest sorrow and regret over the…
CNN: “Modern Family” fans should prepare to grieve next season. Series co-creator Christopher Lloyd said that in Season 10, which premieres later this month, a main character will die. “We’re handling some bigger life events in this season,” Lloyd told Entertainment Weekly. “We do deal with a death, which is certainly a topic that families…
BSS: As the government has ensured supply of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), the closed industries, power plants and other commercial factories have resumed production in Chattogram region. “The imported LNG is being supplied to Karnaphuli Gas Distribution and Transmission Company (KGDTC) from August 18 through the national grid to meet Chattogram’s energy demand,” said Managing…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a latest claim over the Digital Security Act, Mustafa Jabbar, the minister for Post, Telecommunication and Information Technology, said the term ‘spying’ is not included in Section 32 of the law. He was addressing as chief guest at a debate program organized by Debate for Democracy (DFD) in FDC of Dhaka yesterday,…
Abrar Hussain: Dhaka University authorities are scheduled to hold a discussion with all student organizations active on the campus today regarding the long-awaited election to the Dhaka University Central Student Union, reports the New Age. On September 12, Proctor AKM Golam Rabbani sent a letter to the presidents and general secretaries of all the student…
Reuters: Brazil is ready to launch small commercial rockets from its space base near the equator as soon as it agrees to safeguard U.S. technology that is dominant in the industry, the Brazilian Air Force officer managing the space program said on Friday. Brig. Major Luiz Fernando Aguiar said Brazil wants to get a piece…
News18: Voters in Bhutan, “Land of the Thunder Dragon”, went to the polls Saturday in the first round of only the third election in the small Himalayan nation wedged between India and China. The two parties with the most votes will contest a runoff on October 18, with Harvard-educated Tshering Tobgay, 52, hoping for a…