Bdnews24: The telecom regulator has instructed the country’s mobile phone operators not to send Bangla messages in the English alphabet. Bangla SMS or mobile messages must be sent in Bangla letters to subscribers, according to a notice issued by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission. Besides, it also ordered the mobile operators to stop sending commercial…
Hossen Sohel: Rescuers using huge cranes, iron cutters and drills worked overnight to clear the wreckage of a highway overpass that collapsed Tuesday in the crowded Indian city of Kolkata. The concrete segment that slammed to the ground killed at least one person and injured another 23, police said yesterday. The rescuers did not find…
Kabir Humayun: The government took multi-layer security measures at the old Dhaka central Jail in Old Dhaka’s Nazimuddin Road yesterday as the trial proceedings in Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was held there for the first time. Previously, the trail proceedings in the corruption case have taken place at a…
Kabir Humayun: Outgo-ing US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat discussed political and Rohingya issues with Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque with special focus on the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). They talked how the UN Security Council can play a role on Rohingya issue, Bernicat told reporters after the meeting at the foreign secretary’s office here…
Humayun Kabir: Finance Minister AMA Muhith hinted that the next parliamentary election is likely to be held in December 27 this year. The Awami League leader made the comment while responding to a query after meeting with Sylhet City Corporation mayor Ariful Haque Chowdhury at the Secretariat yesterday, reports The Daily Star. The current cabinet…
Reuters: Malaysia and Singapore on Wednesday agreed to defer the construction of a planned high-speed rail link between the two countries to 2020, ending months of uncertainty surrounding a project that analysts expect to cost around $17 billion. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, after an unexpected election win in May, said he intended to cancel…
Reuters: Australia will set up a center for strategic analysis of information to help the Pacific region tackle security threats such as illegal fishing, people smuggling and drug trafficking, its foreign minister said on Thursday. The center, to be established from mid-2019, is among a raft of measures Australia is adopting as it boosts security…
MEMO: Israeli occupation forces committed 34 violations against Palestinian journalists and media in the occupied territories in August, Quds Pressreported. The report revealed that attacked by occupation forces had reduced from 60 in July, the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) said. It also found that the Palestinian authorities committed 11 violations against…
Xinhua: Seven militants including a Taliban key commander Mullah Ghousuding, nickname Sia Khan, have been killed in a blast outside Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, provincial police spokesman Naqibullah Amini said Wednesday. “The notorious Taliban commander Mullah Ghousuding nickname Sia Khan along with his men were busy in subversive activities to terrorize…
NDTV: Qatar amended its residency laws to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers, a provision which labour rights groups have long said should be abolished. Doha is keen to show it is tackling allegations of worker exploitation as it prepares to host the 2022 soccer World Cup, which…