Reuters: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and all major political parties on Wednesday condemned a speech by a minor senator who used the term “final solution” in calling for a revival of a “White Australia” restrictive immigration policy. Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and all major political parties on Wednesday condemned a speech by a…
Channel News Asia: Israel reopened its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to relative calm on the border after months of tensions prompted a blockade on most goods from Jul 9. An AFP journalist at the Kerem Shalom crossing said dozens of trucks carrying various types of goods, including fuel,…
Kabir Humayun: The organised crime (cybercrime unit) of Criminal Investigation Department arrested two students on charge of spreading rumours on social media during the recent students’ protest for road safety. The detainees are Ahmed Hossain, 19, a Madrasa student and Nazmus Sakib, 24, a student of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh, reports The Daily Star….
Reuters: One Turkish court has rejected an American Christian pastor’s appeal to be released from house arrest and for his travel ban to be lifted, but an upper court is yet to rule on the appeal, his lawyer told Reuters on Wednesday. Evangelical pastor Andrew Brunson is standing trial in Turkey over terrorism charges. His…
Reuters: A 29-year-old man detained over a suspected terrorist attack outside parliament has been further arrested for attempted murder, police said on Wednesday. He had initially been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after he appeared deliberately to drive his car at cyclists and pedestrians before ramming it into barriers outside the parliament building on…
NDTV: The past four years have been the four warmest that humans have ever recorded – and now, according to a new scientific forecast, the next five will also probably be “anomalously warm,” even beyond what the steady upward pace of global warming would produce on its own. That could include another record warmest year,…
M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh A 43-foot high portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was installed at TSC (Teacher- Student Center) of Dhaka University paying tribute to the nation’s founder on his 43rd death anniversary. Commerce Minister Tofael Ahmed on Tuesday inaugurated the largest ever portrait of Bangabandhu drawn by Bangladesh Charushilpi Sangsad, reports UNB. DU…
Kabir Humayun: BNP yesterday alleged that the incumbent Awami League government is worse than that of 1/11 army-backed caretaker government as it has snatched all the basic rights of people and political parties. “The illegal 1/11 government had imprisoned our leader (Khaleda) through conspiracy. But she forced that regime to withdraw the state of emergency…
Reuters: The death toll from the worst floods in nearly a century in the Indian tourist state of Kerala rose to 43 on Wednesday as rising water stranded tens of thousands of people and forced the closure of one of its main airports. The five latest fatalities from the rain that began a week ago…
UNB: Awami League has asked its aspirants for the Khulna-4 by-polls to collect the party nomination form from Friday to Sunday next. The aspirants will have to collect the application form from AL’s president Sheikh Hasina’s political office in the city’s Dhanmondi area between 11am and 5pm on the days, said a press release on…