Banglanews24: In a latest move, BIWTA has introduced an online system for issuing survey certificate for water vessels. The vessel owners have to apply on the official website of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) at first, to avail the certificates. Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan launched the digital means of service, at a function held…
Desk Report: The Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 1 on yesterday said it would complete the trial in the case over August 21, 2004 grenade attack on a rally of Awami League by September 18, reports New Age. The court completed hearing arguments of the prosecution for the day and is likely to set the date…
Reuters: Chancellor An-gela Merkel said on Wednesday Germany could not simply look away if chemical attacks took place in Syria, two days after her government said it was in talks with its allies about a possible military deployment in the war-torn country. The conservative leader said it could not be Germany’s answer to reject military…
Nick Harvey, A diving coach from Bradford/ Seven Billion Today My my my…what a messy situation this was. I think once again, society are too quick to jump on the bandwagon and take sides in a debate they fail to understand (thank you for helping us do this, Mr. Internet). Why were people booing Serena’s…
Hossen Sohel: The two men accused by the UK of carrying out a nerve agent attack in Salisbury have been identified and are civilians, not criminals, Vladimir Putin has said, reports The guardian. The Russian president said Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov may soon make appearances in the media to protest their innocence. “These are…
AFP: China warned Wednesday that protectionism poses a “serious hazard” to growth and cautioned “individual countries” against isolationism, in a veiled reference to the deepening trade spat between Washington and Beijing. The comments from China’s vice premier comes as the world’s top two economic powers edged closer to an all-out trade war after imposing tit-for-tat…
One year ago, violence in Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people – 60 per cent of them children – across the border into neighbouring Bangladesh. Long-deprived of their rights in their homeland and now deprived of their homes and schools, Rohingya refugee children are at risk of becoming a ‘lost generation’. In the…
Reuters: The logic behind the current round of global trade wars was flawed, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, quipping that he was part of a team of superheroes, “The Avengers”, that aims to defeat the ideas stoking such conflict. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Hanoi, Widodo said trade wars between countries…
AP News: An attorney plans to sue actor Brad Pitt’s foundation over the degradation of homes built in an area of New Orleans that was among the hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. The forthcoming lawsuit against Pitt’s Make It Right foundation will be filed on behalf of some Lower Ninth Ward residents, who attorney Ron…
Kabir Humayun: Mild tremors shook Dhaka and other parts of the country yesterday morning. The quake shook the city around 10:50am and lasted for about 30 seconds, reports The Daily Star. According to Bangladesh Meteorological Department, the quake originated from Assam, India. “The origin point is 293km north of Dhaka. The quake has been measured…