Kabir Humayun: The body of an Ansar member was recovered from Tongi upazila of Gazipur early yesterday, police said. The deceased was identified as Junayed Ahmed, 35, said Ashraful Islam, sub-inspector of Tongi Police Station, reports The Daily Star. Junayed was working at a warehouse of National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) when the incident…
UNB: Though Myanmar apparently delaying Rohingya repatriation process, it is now seeking donation through its missions abroad to give what it says a helping hand in resolving the Rakhine State issue. “To donate even a little, donors are kindly requested to deposit into one of those accounts,” a notice reads mentioning bank name, branch name…
The Guardian, UK: A man has been bitten by a blue shark while fishing off the coast of Cork in the Republic of Ireland. The man from Belfast sustained a serious lower arm injury while deep-sea angling on Saturday evening. He was given immediate first aid by the crew of the angling boat, before being…
AFP: As Bangkok prepares to host climate-change talks, the sprawling city of more than 10 million is itself under siege from the environment, with dire forecasts warning it could be partially submerged in just over a decade. A preparatory meeting begins Tuesday in Thailand’s capital for the next UN climate conference, a crunch summit in…
Reuters: China’s Ministry of Agriculture said on Sunday that 134 hogs had died from African swine fever in Xuancheng city of eastern Anhui province, bringing the total number of outbreaks in China over the past month to six. Xuancheng city is around 70 km (45 miles) southeast of Wuhu city, where another African swine fever…
Kabir Humayun: Two passengers of a bus were killed and 20 more injured as a train rammed a bus at Bariyarhat Rail Crossing in Chittagong’s Mirsharai upazila early yesterday. Inspector of Mirsharai fire station Rabiul Azam said one of the deceased was identified as Sunirmal Chakma, 55, hailing from Khagrachhari district, reports UNB. A Chittagong-bound…
AFP: Japan on Sunday braced for a “very strong” typhoon, with authorities warning of high waves, floods and landslides, including in areas hit by deadly flooding earlier this year. Typhoon Jebi, packing winds of up to 252 kilometers (156 miles) an hour, is expected to make landfall on the country’s main island on Tuesday, according…
UNB: A total of 18,693 pilgrims have returned home in 51 return flights during the last seven days after performing hajj in Saudi Arabia. Among the 51 flights, 29 were operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines while 22 by Saudi Arabian Airlines, said sources of hajj office on Sunday. The return flights of hajj pilgrims started…
AFP: A high-level South Korean delegation will fly to North Korea this week to discuss arrangements for an inter-Korean summit there this month, as relations grow cooler between Washington and Pyongyang. The South’s President Moon Jae-in Sunday named his top security adviser as a special envoy to the North to discuss details before Moon’s planned…
Abrar Hussain: Mala-ysian police are currently seeking two Indonesian women they want to testify at the trial of those accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the half-brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. Local media named the potential witnesses as Raisa Rinda Salma, 24, and Dessy Meyrisinta, 33. Kim Jong-nam died at Kuala Lumpur airport in…