International Desk A Passenger Jetliner flying to southern Russia from Dubai crashed on its second landing attempt at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, according to Russian officials reports Reuters. All 62 passengers aboard the jet perished. Returning from Dubai, the FlyDubai Boeing 737-800, attempted to land at 03:50 local time when it missed the runway. The…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed of DOT : Quoting Hero Alam, “Hundreds of people surround me where ever I go. They desperately want to take a selfie with me on their phones. The situation goes out of control whenever I go outside. I did not know before that they love me this much. The situation will uncontrollable even…
BSS: Owner of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan will pay Taka five lakh each to the families of Rajib Uddin Rajib and Dia Khanam Mim, who were crushed to death by his bus in the capital on July 29, as per a direction of the High Court (HC). Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) informed the court about this…
Abrar Hussain: The Afghan election authorities have announced yesterday that their long-delayed parliamentary and district-level elections will be held this year, as they confirmed October 20 as the date of the vote.With his credibility at question with both Afghans and the international community, President Ashraf Ghani has vowed to hold the elections before presidential elections…
Reported by: Arifur Rahman Tuhin Written by: Eshan Maitra Natural calamities and disasters have hurt the farmers & the agricultural sector the most. A possibility for food-scarcity & economical unbalance of this market had emerged. Though, governments are doing their best and took great importing initiations to sort out the, food-supply vs demand issue….
News: The Meghalaya government informed the Supreme Court on Friday that the Indian navy has deployed five remotely-operated vehicles (ROVs) in the operation to rescue 15 miners trapped inside an illegal coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district since December 13. The state government told a bench of Justices A K Sikri and S Abdul…
UNB: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh on Thursday signed an agreement for $100 million in grant to help develop basic infrastructure and services for Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar camps. The grant assistance forms part of an envisaged package totaling $200 million. Secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD) Kazi Shofiqul Azam and…
Leon Willems/Qantara Despite global media coverage and condemnation by governments and human-rights activists, Saudi officialsʹ murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not led to any meaningful sanctions. And such impunity is an important reason why the murder happened in the first place The details of the brutal, premeditated murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi are…
Arab News: Yemeni tribal leaders say a suspected US drone strike has killed four alleged Al-Qaeda militants including a field leader in the country’s south.The tribal leaders said on Sunday that the operatives were killed when an unmanned aircraft targeted a group of Al-Qaeda militants in the district of Ahwar, one of Al-Qaeda’s strongholds in…
Desk Report: The 14th anniversary of the gruesome August 21 grenade attack on an Awami League will be observed observed with various programmes on the day after tomorrow. On this day in 2004, the gruesome grenade attack was carried out on an anti-terrorism rally arranged by Awami League at Banbabandhu Avenue in the city during…