BBC: Heavy floods have forced the evacuation of 1,600 people – most of them campers – in southern France, officials say. They say a 70-year-old German man who was helping to supervise children at one of the summer camps is missing. The worst-hit areas are Gard, Ardeche and Drome. More than 400 firefighters and police…
AP, Cairo A spokesman for the Egyptian army says it has killed 60 Islamic militants in northern Sinai, where armed forces have been battling fighters affiliated with the Islamic State group for two years. Brig. Gen. Mohammed Samir said in a statement posted on the army’s official Facebook page on Friday that anti-terrorism forces backed…
Afsan Chowdhury, Senior Journalist and Political Analyst : Quota reform is a very important issue, but it will take some time to implement it. If the government reveals how long it will take, they would not have to send the Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders and activists against the reformists. The government has reasoned that it is…
DOT Desk: Dried fish producers in Cox’s Bazar’s Nazirar Tek village, the largest dried fish producing village in the country, are still using toxins even though an NGO has been putting in efforts to make them switch to organic fish-processing methods, reports The Daily Star. Many of the producers use pesticides like Dithane-M 45, Shobicron,…
Abrar Ahmed of DOT The High Court has directed government authorities to ensure status quo on the earth filling and encroachment in water bodies and khash land being done by at least 24 housing companies near Purbachal. The court also directed the authorities to submit a report after complying with the order in two months….
BSS Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders in a landslide in Saturday’s Democratic primary in South Carolina, projections showed, seizing momentum ahead of the most important day of the nomination race: next week’s “Super Tuesday” showdown. Four weeks into the White House primaries, the former secretary of state earned a decisive win in the first southern…
Desk report: ‘Miss World’, a world-renowned beauty pageant competition, has introduced many beautiful and talented women from different countries to the world, reports The Independent. With the title ‘Miss World Bangladesh 2018’, the beauty pageant competition began its audition round yesterday on the premises of the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation in the capital. The winner…
Hossen Sohel: Nineteen civil society groups yesterday issued a joint statement demanding immediate release of Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam and the charges against him to be dropped. Alam, the founder of Drik Gallery and Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, was picked up from his home on Aug 5 under an ICT Act case, reports Bdnews24.com…
Nayon Sarkar Customs recovered 58 gold bars worth 3 crores taka hidden in a blanket from the luggage of a migrant worker who arrived at Shahajal International airport from Bahrain yesterday morning. Assistant commissioner of Dhaka Customs House and chief of the preventive team, Saidul Islam told media that his team on information interrogated Md…