BDnews24: Five hundred tonnes of coal were extracted between 9:30pm on Friday night and 6am Saturday morning, Fazlur Rahman, managing director of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company, told bdnews24.com. “We believe 1,000 tonnes will be extracted by this evening. We are still assessing the situation. Work will gradually pick up speed. If all goes well we…
Arafat Hasan: A helicopter with seven people on board has reportedly gone missing in Nepal’s mountainous region. The Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu has claimed that rescue helicopters have scoured the area yesterday while soldiers and police rescuers searched the mountains on foot. The area is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of the capital,…
Abrar Hussain: Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad has announced that his party will take part in the next general election ‘unilaterally’ in order to assume office. “Jatiya Party will not be used as a ladder for any political party in next general election and the party is ready for contesting the election unilaterally,” said the…
Daily Sabah: Three Kat-yusha rockets struck the outer perimeter of Basra’s airport on Saturday, local security sources said. An official at the Iraqi airport said there was no disruption to operations, and flights were taking off and landing as normal. No casualties or damage had been reported and it was not yet known who launched…
Daily Sabah: Major hotel chains including Marriott International Inc and Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc said they are arming U.S. employees with panic buttons to fight sexual harassment and crime, an about-face for an industry that has opposed the idea for years. Workers in the hotel industry are frequent targets of sexual harassment as they are…
Hossen Sohel: Bangla-desh Brand Forum (BBF) and Access to Information (A2i) yesterday signed a Momentum if Understanding (MoU) in the city, aiming to ensure growth and skill development youth countrywide, reports UNB. The two parties signed the MoU at the 8th Communication Summit at Le Meridian Dhaka. Mostafizur Rahman, Project Director of A2i programme, and…
Sky News: A controversial giant plastic collector was launched into the Pacific Ocean yesterday in an attempt to tackle one of the greatest blights on the planet. The high-profile launch of The Ocean Cleanup, the brainchild of a 24-year-old Dutch inventor, is the biggest test yet of its boast that it can help solve the…
Reuters: Mexican authorities have released on bail the wife of one of the country’s most wanted drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera, boss of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, local media reported late on Friday. Rosalinda Gonzalez, who in May was arrested on organized crime and money laundering charges, was freed from prison late on Thursday…
Alexandra Borchardt, Director of Strategic Development at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism/Project Syndicate After years of bad news for the news business, recent data suggest that consumer confidence is slowly returning. To sustain this trend, journalists must continue producing quality content, and governments should explore new ways to support those who cannot…
Raj Abrar: Former US President Barack Obama recently criticized his successor Donald Trump as well as the Republican party on Friday, while also urging Democrats to deliver a check on the administration’s “abuses of power” and restore a sense of sanity to politics by voting in November’s elections. In an unusually blistering verbal attack, Obama…