Arab News: Iraqi armed factions backed by Iran have been working for months to develop ballistic missiles and are threatening to use them against American forces in the country, Shiite commanders and Iraqi security officials told Arab News. Improved missile technology being developed by Iranian proxy forces in another country in the Middle East will…
AFP: The United Arab Emirates launched a three-month visa amnesty program, hoping to resolve a Catch-22 for foreign workers who are fined daily for overstaying their permits but prevented from leaving until they pay the penalties. The government isn’t releasing specific numbers, but said it expects “thousands” of people, primarily labourers from countries like Bangladesh,…
DOT Desk: A group of local young people went on demonstration in front of Cox’s Bazar deputy commissioner’s office seeking administrative initiatives for securing their jobs, reports The New Age. Participants shout ‘want jobs, want rights’ slogans during the demonstration, which was organised by local NGOs. Ukhiya Odikar Bastabayan Parishad convener Safique Azad presided over…
Desk Report: Lana Del Rey has pulled out of a music festival in Israel next week in the wake of a backlash over her decision to perform. The American singer was to have been one of the headline performers at the Meteor festival from 6 to 8 September. It is being held on a kibbutz…
DOT Desk: Bangladesh will have to go through the group stages of the World T20 in 2020, with the likes of Sri Lanka and six other low-ranked teams based the latest T20I rankings, according to a press release from the International Cricket Council, reports The Daily Star. The ICC yesterday confirmed that the top eight…
BSS Miscreants gunned down a man near Kamal Chairman Bridge at Sharifpur under Begumganj upazila of the district on Wednesday night. The victim was identified as Faruq, 27, a motorcycle mechanic and son of Nurul Amin of Bepari Bari village of the upazila.He was admitted into Noakhali General Hospital. A case was filed in this…
AFP: The prototypes won’t be soaring over the Las Vegas Strip during the technology extravaganza which runs from January 8-11. But a number of flying car designs will be on display, portending what many see as an inevitable airborne future for short-range transport with vertical takeoff and landing, or VTOL. NFT Inc. co-founders Maki and…
DOT Desk On the 100th birth anniversary of poet Talim Hossain, a poetry recitation programme is being held today at 5 pm at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, reports the Daily Star. The welcome speech will be delivered by Shahriar Chowdhury. Dr Anisuzzaman will be chief guest of the event, presided over by…
James M Dorsey/WION Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been streamlined and finetuned to ensure that it serves his geopolitical ambitions, primarily stymying the expansion of Iranian influence in the Middle East and North Africa and enhancing the kingdom’s global impact. The…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Iqbal Mahmud commented on Transparency International’s latest report on graft, saying that is unacceptable unless the causes of rising corruption in Bangladesh is not addressed, according to a Daily Star report on Tuesday. “I’m yet to receive the report,” said Mahmud, adding, “But it will not be acceptable…