Desk Report: At least 33 fishermen remain missing in the Bay of Bengal along the coast of Kuakata after rough tides capsized their fishing boats, reports Daily Star. Five survivors of the capsized boats returned ashore. Ansar Uddin Mollah, president of Fish traders association in Alipur, a fish landing station under Kalapara upazila, and chairman…
Reuters: Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack by gunmen on a military parade in southwestern Iran on Saturday, according to the group’s Amaq news agency. Amaq said Islamic State fighters had carried out the attack in Ahvaz city. The group provided no evidence for the claim.
Al Arabiya: The Palestinian Fatah faction has accused the Hamas leadership of colluding with the Israeli government and abandoning the “right of return” principle. In a statement released on Friday, Fatah said that the Hamas movement is sending messages to the American administration and to the Israeli government, asserting its acceptance of a deal on…
Hossen Sohel: If you have logged onto Facebook in the last two days, chances are that you have already seen the illustration we are talking about. In a world obsessed by fair skin, ‘Dark and Lovely’ is a stunning piece of art that is reigniting the very important discussion around colourism and global beauty standards….
The Hindu: Bengali over-the-top content provider, Hoichoi, is planning to reach out to global audiences particularly the Bengali speaking diasporas with region specific offerings. It is entering Bangladesh and UAE markets with an original web-series catering to audiences there. The company is also in the process of introducing ‘pay-per-view’ option to its transactional video-on-demand (TVoD)…
Desk Report: People of Jurain and adjoining areas of the capital face an acute shortage of safe drinking water throughout the year, reports Daily Sun. When locals are keen to get safe water, Hazi Sheikh Kamal, a philanthropist of the neighbourhood, has come forward with his helping hand to mitigate the crisis. Sheikh Kamal has…
Russia Today: Donald Trump has threatened to impose even more tariffs on Chinese goods if Beijing dares to impose tit-for-tat measures in response to Washington’s latest package of levies targeting some $200 billion of Chinese exports. Trump has cautioned the world’s second-largest economy to think twice before engaging in a trade war in which,…
UNB: Thanks to high import cost of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the government is all set to hike gas prices next week. However, residential and commercial consumers will be spared from paying higher prices. The upward price revision will affect industrial consumers, power plants, fertilizer factories, captive power plants, and CNG refueling stations, officials concerned…
M Humayun Kabir: Chief of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit Monirul Islam yesterday said there is no specific security threat across the country centering the verdict of August 21 grenade attack case on October 10. The CTTC chief also said if any quarter tries to create violence, they will be handled strictly. He…
Desk Report: WaterAid Bangladesh launched a mobile app which can locate the position of public toilets and provide details about them, reports Daily Sun. The app named “Public Toilet Bangladesh” is now available in Google Play Store. Information on whether a toilet has separate chamber for men and women or whether it is disabled-friendly is…