Reuters: The US Navy seized hundreds of small arms, including AK-47s, from an unflagged boat in the Gulf of Aden, a US defense official said on Wednesday. The defense official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the incident took place on Tuesday and the boarding was carried out by the crew of the Jason…
Reuters: Greece plans to move 2,000 asylum-seekers from the island of Lesbos to the mainland by the end of the month, the government’s spokesman said on Tuesday. Greece has been under pressure by human rights organizations and local authorities to ease overcrowding in the island’s biggest camp, Moria, which is currently operating at almost three…
Enayetullah Khan In the dawn of August 15, 1975, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman made one of his final phone calls to his military secretary Col Jamil Uddin Ahmad. He had been attacked, Bangabandhu told Col Jamil, and the residence on Road 32 was surrounded. Then the line went dead. On a night when conspiracy was…
Al Arabiya: Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources told Reuters. Any sign that Iran is preparing a…
Reuters: The European Union’s securities watchdog has renewed a ban on the sale of ‘binary’ options to retail customers for a further three months starting Oct. 2, saying there are still concerns about the risks of the products. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) started the ban on July 2 amid concern about losses…
Louise Chappell, Director of the Australian Human Rights Institute; Professor of Law, UNSW & Elaine Pearson, Adjunct Lecturer in Law, UNSW/ The Conversation, Australia On December 10, the world marks 70 years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Regrettably, instead of the anniversary signalling the enduring impact of human rights, some…
Financial Express: The Trustee Committee of Grameen Mutual Fund One: Scheme Two has decided to distribute 12 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on June 30, 2018. The Trustee Committee of the mutual fund decided to distribute the said amount of dividend taking into consideration available fund from distributable reserves, said an official disclosure…
Reuters: Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday China was “pivotal” to salvaging a multilateral nuclear agreement for the Middle Eastern country after the United States pulled out of the pact earlier this year. U.S. President Donald Trump pulled out of the 2015 deal in May. International sanctions were lifted under the pact between world powers and…
Interviewed by Lipi Parvin Written by Sabah Mannan While talking about the present situation of Bangladesh, Shaukat Mahmood; Editor of Economic Times, Publisher and eminent Journalist said that corruption has completely blinded the middle class who played a vital role in preserving values and righteousness of the country. Lately, as corruption has rocketed, the society…
A coal mine accident in China’s southwestern city of Chongqing killed seven workers and injured three, state-owned Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. The workers at the Fengchun coal mine under the Chongqing Energy Group were killed in an underground transport accident on Saturday afternoon, Xinhua reported. The group has suspended operations at all of…