Abrar Hussain of DOT Violent protests are continuing in India’s north-eastern states over a proposed amendment to the country’s citizenship law. The protests have been particularly vocal in the state of Assam, which recently saw four million residents left off a citizens’ register. The bill attempts to grant citizenship to immigrants who are not Muslim….
BSS The personnel of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested an alleged drug paddler from Amrakhali check-post on Benapole-Jessore Highway and recovered 1,800 Yaba pills on Friday. Acting on a tip off, the BGB members intercepted a Jessore bound passenger bus from Benapole at Amrakhali BGB check-post and recovered the banned Yaba tablets after searching the…
Reuters: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday came to the defense of a man facing the death penalty for selling cannabis oil to patients, saying his sentence should be reviewed. Muhammad Lukman Mohamad, a 29-year-old father of one, was convicted of trafficking in cannabis, a crime punishable by death in Malaysia. He was sentenced…
Ram Puniyani, Former professor of biomedical engineering and former senior medical officer affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay/Coastaldigest.com Naseeruddin Shah in an interview to Karawan-E-Mohabbat expressed his anguish and anger at the killing of Subodh Kumar Singh, the police inspector. Shah’s interview brought forth the issue of insecurity particularly of the religious minorities…
Reuters: A Copenhagen policewoman is being investigated for embracing a niqab-wearing protestor during a demonstration against a ban on face veils, the force’s complaints body said on Wednesday. The incident, in which the protester appeared to be crying, was captured by a Reuters photographer on Aug. 1 when a countrywide ban on the wearing of…
Bloomberg: Japan Tobacco Inc. agreed to buy a Bangladeshi cigarette maker for 124.3 billion taka ($1.5 billion), taking its acquisition strategy to one of the fastest-growing economies in Asia. The Japanese company is acquiring the tobacco business of Akij Group, the second-largest cigarette maker in Bangladesh with about 20 percent share of the market, Japan…
UNB, Dhaka The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved six development projects involving Tk 1219.26 crore, including one to construct some 672 residential flats for government officials and employees at Aliganj in Narayanganj. The approval came from the 24th Ecnec meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC…
UNB, Dhaka The Election Commission on Wednesday cancelled the polls schedule for 12 Union Parishads in the second-phase election billed for March 31. The 12 UPs are Ghaghra of Kotalipara in Gopalganj, Bachore, Hossaingaon and Nanduar of Ranisankail in Thakurgaon, Begumpur, Shankarchandra and Titudah of Chuadanga sadar, Khokshabari and Tupamari of Nilphamari sadar, Aminabad and…
BSS Peru’s government declared a state of emergency in 16 Amazon rainforest communities Sunday due to oil spills in the northeastern Loreto region. The measure, announced in the official gazette, lasts for 60 days and comes more than a month after a spill was reported in Imaza district (population 23,000). A second spill was reported…
DOT Desk: Hundreds of children have been affected by the illness, reports The Independent. A diarrhea epidemic has become widespread in the Shailkupa upazila of Jhenaidah district. At least 200 children, from different regions of the upazila, have received treatment for diarrhea, in the Shailkupa Hospital, over the last 32 days. According to hospital sources,…