Desk Report: The human haulier, which collided head-on with a bus killing 15 people on Saturday, was actually a microbus illegally modified to seat passengers double its capacity, reports The Daily Star. The bus also did not have the route permit for plying the roads, investigators found. The police arrested assistant of the bus Abdus…
The Guardian, UK: A suspect in the murder of an 11-year-old Dutch schoolboy 20 years ago has been arrested in Spain after a Europe-wide manhunt triggered by the Netherlands’ largest ever DNA testing programme. Jos Brech, a former scout leader and playgroup worker, was detained on Sunday afternoon, police in southern Limburg province said, adding…
Anadolu Agency: A Myanmar court on Monday postponed the verdict on two Reuters journalists who documented a massacre of Rohingya Muslims in the western Rakhine state. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained since December for allegedly collecting secret documents from police as they investigated violence against Rohingya. Yangon’s northern district…
Desk Report: The foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bangladesh dropped again in the past fiscal year (FY) after three years of gaining, according to the latest statistics of the central bank, reports Financial Express. Provisional data of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) on the annual balance of payments (BoP) showed that the gross inflow of FDI…
NTVOnline: A Durban man was reportedly stoned to death after he was caught allegedly trying to rape a minor at an informal settlement at Clare Estate in South Africa. According to Buzz South Africa, Angry residents of the informal settlement took the laws into their hands when they caught the Durban man trying to have…
Desk Report: Prices of cattle rawhides have this year gone down drastically compared to last few decades, reports Asian Age. However, prices of shoes, belts, bags and other leather goods have no sign of decreasing. Rather shoes have become even costlier despite the nosedive in rawhides prices. This is a paradoxical scenario and it poses…
Arab News: A senior Iranian cleric warned Washington on Wednesday that if it attacked Iran, the United States and allied Israel would be targeted, as a war of words escalated after the reimposition of the US sanctions on Iran. Ahmad Khatami also told worshippers attending Eid prayers in Tehran that President Donald Trump’s offer of…
Reuters: Hong Kong’s leading youth pro-democracy party, Demosisto, accused Chinese State Security agents of using “scare tactics” to intimidate two activists briefly detained for questioning earlier this year during visits to the mainland. The Ministry of State Security couldn’t be immediately reached for comment on the two incidents, while the Hong Kong government’s Security Bureau…
MEMO: Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Bin Salman has threatened to target women and children in Yemen with the Saudi-led Arab coalition despite international criticism, Al-Khaleej Online has reported. According to an “informed source”, who asked not to be named, the Crown Prince issued his threat during a meeting with the coalition’s military commanders following the massacre…
UNB: The maritime ports of Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Payra have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal no 3 as the low over the Northwest Bay and adjoining area intensified into a well-marked low over Northwest Bay and adjoining Odisha-West Bengal coast. It is likely to intensify further. Under its influence steep…