Desk Report: Heavy rain coupled with onrush of water from the upstream across the border has created monsoon flood in some districts of the country, reports Daily Sun. Low lying areas in Bogura, Sylhet and Sunamganj districts have been inundated by flood waters, said Md Arifuzzaman Bhuyan, executive engineer of Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre…
MEMO: UN chief Antonio Guterres said in comments published Thursday that US power is in decline as Washington loses its ability to impact world events, Anadolu reports. “I think that the soft power of the United States … is being reduced at the present moment,” Guterres said during an interview with the Atlantic magazine. Guterres…
Kabir Humayun: Police yesterday recovered four unidentified bullet-hit bodies in Narayanganj and Magura. Of those, three were recovered in Narayanganj and one in Magura, reports UNB. In Narayanganj, locals noticed unidentified bullet-hit bodies of three men aged between 30 to 35 years in Rupganj upazila at around 8:00am, said Moniruzzaman, officer-in-charge (OC) of Rupganj Police…
Reuters: The debt relief granted by euro zone governments to Greece will increase the country’s ability to repay its dues “in the medium term”, the president of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, said in a letter published on Friday. “We welcome the agreement reached by the Eurogroup on 22 June, which we believe…
Yen Yen Ong/ Tropical fish hobbyist from Singapore Nguyen Trun Truc has been sentenced to an unbelievable 12 YEARS FOR allegedly ‘carrying out activities to overthrow the people’s administration.’ This is far from the truth! Nguyen Trun Truc is being severely punished for PEACEFUL ACTIVISM. Yet again, a Vietnamese court has acted in an extreme…
Halima Akter: Joynul Abedin is a rickshaw driver. At the age of 61 he is paddling his rickshaw. He carries people heavy goods even animals. On a good day he earns 6 dollars. Joynul’s been at it for 30 years, saving literally, every penny he can. He may not know how to read or write…
Desk Report: The much-talked about proposed Road Transport Act-2018 was placed in parliament last night, amid criticism over the “lenient” nature of the punishment over deaths caused by reckless driving, reports the daily star. The draft law retains the punishment of five years’ imprisonment for causing death to a person by reckless driving, a sentence…
The Guardian, UK: A seven-year-old girl has died after being strangled by her own hooded top when it got caught on a door handle at her home. An inquest heard that Kimora Zondo, from Cardiff, was found after her mother, Vonnie Dube, woke up from a nap. Dube’s nine-year-old son told her his sister was…
MEMO: The French Presidency yesterday admitted for the first time to instigating a regime of torture during Algeria’s War of Independence which ended in 1962. In a statement, President Emmanuel Macron officially admits that “the French state allowed the use of torture during the war in Algeria” Le Monde newspaper reported. “Although the death of…
MEMO: The Libyan Peace Group on Wednesday launched an initiative aimed at achieving comprehensive national reconciliation to end the crisis in Libya. The group includes representatives of the February 17th Martyrs Brigade who overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, leaders of the Gaddafi regime and the Karama process launched by Khalifa Haftar’s forces. In a…