Arab News: Bangladesh police on Saturday found the bullet-ridden bodies of two alleged Rohingya drug dealers in a southeastern coastal town notorious for its connection with the Myanmar meth trade. Teknaf town police chief Prodip Kumar Das said the bodies were found lying next to a highway beside the sea and some 10,000 meth pills…
DOT Desk: It was 34-year-old South African Robbie Frylinck, who started the rot at the top for Chittagong Vikings as they overwhelmed defending champions Rangpur Riders in the opening fixture of the Bangladesh Premier League today at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, reports The Daily Star. Frylinck bagged the wicket of big-hitting English man…
UNB: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has sought clarification from India over the return of Rohingya and regretted the India’s decision. “UNHCR regrets India’s decision to repatriate a group of Rohingya to Myanmar, the second such return in three months,” said the UN refugee agency on Friday. UNHCR said it continues to request access and…
Channel News Aisa: Australian police are investigating after needles were found in grapes bought from a supermarket in Melbourne. Mr Skender Hasa and his partner Ms Shams Alsubaiy were snacking on a bag of seedless green grapes on Tuesday (Jan 1) after dinner when Ms Alsubaiy, who is pregnant, pricked herself picking up a grape….
Hossen Sohel of DOT The body of Awami League Presidium member and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, who passed away at a Thailand hospital on Thursday, was brought back home yesterday evening and he will be laid to eternal rest today, UNB reports. The mortal remains was flown back on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Reuters: Ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd Chairman Carlos Ghosn is set to appear in a Tokyo court on Tuesday after he requested an open hearing to hear the reason for his continued detention. It would be Ghosn’s first public appearance since he was arrested on Nov. 19 on allegations of financial misconduct. He has been…
Hindustan Times: China has developed a massive bomb, said to be the country’s answer to the US-built ‘Mother of All Bombs’, the most powerful non-nuclear weapon, official media reported on Friday. China’s defence industry giant NORINCO for the first time showcased the aerial bomb, the country’s largest non-nuclear bomb, state-run Global Times reported. It is…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : The Jatiya Party has decided to form the main opposition in parliament with Chairman HM Ershad as the leader of the group, reports bdnews24.com. The party’s newly-elected MPs will not join the government’s new cabinet, Ershad said in a statement yesterday. “I am requesting the honourable speaker of parliament to…
Muhammad Ali Bukhari from Toronto : The Bangladeshi born Canadian citizen Dr Taj Hashmi, who is an internationally acclaimed academic and author has written a letter on January 3 afternoon to US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in connection to testify in the US Congress about 2018 Bangladesh Election, as learnt by this correspondent of…
WIO News: The Supreme Court Friday said that an appropriate bench constituted by it will pass an order on January 10 for fixing the date of hearing in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute title case at Ayodhya. “Further orders will be passed by an appropriate bench on January 10 for fixing the date of…