Anadolu Agency: Egypt has allowed domestic gas deliveries into the blockaded Gaza Strip for the first time, according to a Palestinian official on Sunday. “Some 250 tons of domestic gas have been allowed into Gaza,” Khalil Shakfa, head of the General Authority of Petroleum, told Anadolu Agency. The official said that the move came as…
UNB: Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested two hundi (Sending money through unofficial channel) traders in possession of Tk14.5 lakh from Chechnra border area in Panchbibi upazila on Tuesday noon. The arrestees were identified as Sudarshan Kundu, 27, son of Nityananda Kundu of Purbabazar, and Abul Hossain, 25, son of Abdul Karim, a resident…
After five nations pulled out from the Saarc meet, Pakistan announced the postponement of the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit in Islamabad scheduled for November 9-10. The Pakistan foreign office in statement said, “a new set of dates for holding of summit in Islamabad will be announced soon, through the chair of…
Reuters: Gunmen with rifles and pistols killed three people on Friday and injured at least seven in a tourist plaza in downtown Mexico City, police said, adding that they were chasing three men dressed as mariachi musicians who fled on motorbikes. After years of keeping a lid on the worst violent crime that has plagued…
NDTV: A nine-year-old boy in Denver, Colorado, has committed suicide on the first week of school after being bullied by classmates for coming out as gay, his mother says. Leia Pierce told local media that her son, Jamel Myles, killed himself at their home last Thursday after enduring several days of homophobic bullying. “Four days…
DOT Desk Bangladesh batsman Liton Das has been included in the squad as backup for Mushfiqur Rahim for the second Test against West Indies which is to be played tomorrow, skipper Shakib Al Hasan informed yesterday. “Liton has been kept [in the squad] as a backup just in case [Mushy’s] pain increases or there is…
Reuters: Israel will not cease operations in Syria, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced just before the Russian military published a detailed chronology of the downing of its Il-20, for which Moscow says Tel Aviv is to blame. In the run-up to the publication of the Russian Defense Ministry report, Lieberman told local Kan Bet radio…
Money control: Friends of a man who got married here presented him with five litres of petrol, the price of which has skyrocketed, as a ‘wedding gift.’ The young man and his newly wedded wife were greeting guests at a marriage hall when his friends trooped in and gave him the petrol in a five…
Dr Jamal Sanad Al Suwaidi, UAE Author and Director-General of the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research/Gulf News The strength of any language stems from the power of its people In recent years, the Arabic language has witnessed a gradual decline in the Arab world. Technological and scientific transformations, and the ensuing inventions and…
Ismail Hussain Emu After 1.5 years later, Police Counter Terrorism Unit is finally submitting the Charge-Sheet of case. The Charge Sheet mentioning that, Tamim, Dr. Rokonuddin & Tanvir Qaderi were funding. Marjan was the IT coordinator. Chapai Mizan & Regan supplied the firearms.Masterminds were Bangladeshi descent’s Canadian citizen Tamim Chowdhury, then Qaderi & Marjan. The…