Reuters: Almost 400 migrants were rescued in the Mediterranean this weekend as they attempted to make the crossing from Morocco to Spain, Spanish rescue services said. While the overall numbers of migrants reaching Europe by sea is down from the peak in 2015, Spain has witnessed a steady increase in sea arrivals that began more…
UNB: Two students, who took part in a demonstration for safe roads in the port city on Sunday morning, were handed over to police from Wasa intersection on the allegation that they are pro-Jamaat Shibir activists. Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists caught the duo and handed them over to police allegedly after a…
Arab News: Indonesia is returning a luxury yacht allegedly bought with funds stolen from a Malaysian state investment company after a monthslong legal battle, a police official said Sunday, The $250 million Equanimity is on its way to a border location where it will be transferred to Malaysia, said Daniel Silitonga, deputy director of economic…
Kabir Humayun: The sale of advance bus ticket for Eid-ul-Azha scheduled to begin yesterday has been postponed due to the unrest following the ongoing student protest demanding safe roads. Contacted, Saod Mosharref Hossain, general manager of Hanif Paribahan, told The Daily Star that the bus operators will fix a new date for starting the sale…
Anadolu Agency: Hollywood actor Steven Seagal has been appointed as Russian Foreign Ministry envoy responsible for humanitarian ties with the U.S., the ministry said on Saturday. This position does not have any monetary remuneration and is akin to a goodwill ambassador, Russian foreign service said in a written statement. “The task is: assistance to the…
NDTV: A New Delhi-bound IndiGo flight from Jaipur International Airport was delayed by nearly 40 minutes after a passenger raised a hoax bomb threat following an altercation with the airline staffers today, an official said. The accused J P Chaudhary, a resident of Jaipur, allegedly ran into an altercation with the employees of the private…
Desk report: Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has proposed Tk 9,228 or US$110 as the minimum monthly wage for an entry-level worker of the country’s readymade garment sector, the financial express. The CPD also proposed abolishing the seventh grade and promote workers to grade six attributing the rise in skills and technology. “…the proposed minimum…
Arab News: Daesh has executed one of dozens of Druze hostages abducted from Syria’s southern province of Sweida last month, a Syrian news website and a monitor said Sunday. Daesh killed the 19-year-old male student on Thursday after kidnapping more than 30 people, mostly women and children, from a village in Sweida during a deadly…
Banglanews24: A district court yesterday awarded death sentence to four people for raping, killing a 12-year-old girl Sultana Begum in Sylhet. Judge M Zulfikar of Sylhet Additional District and Sessions Judge pronounced the verdict with Tk 1 lakh fine for each convicts. Moreover, the court also sentenced seven years imprisonment and Tk 10,000 fine each…
The Guardian, UK: Some suggest the banana is on the brink of extinction. Panama disease, also known as fusarium wilt, is on the march, wiping out plantations that provide a staple food for hundreds of millions of people and a livelihood for hundreds of thousands more. Others say talk of Bananageddon is exaggerated. They point…