Brexit: UK to spend over $130 million on ferries

    Abrar Hussain of DOT The British government will reportedly spend over 100 million pounds ($130 million) chartering extra sea ferries in order to ease cross-Channel congestion if the United Kingdom fails to secure a trade deal before leaving the European Union next year. Just three months before the United Kingdom is due to leave the…

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      Europe’s solutions to migration create humanitarian crises

      AP: One of Europe’s main solutions to migration — Greece’s overcrowded, unsanitary Moria migrant camp — has suicidal children and conditions that a psychiatrist compared to “an old-fashioned mental asylum.” In another heavily criticized solution to immigration, imprisoned men and women have been shuttled away from one gunbattle only to end up incarcerated on the…

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        Al-Shabab leader killed in US drone strike in Somalia

        AP, Washington A U.S. drone strike in Somalia has targeted a key leader of the al-Shabab militant group who was involved in two attacks in Mogadishu more than a year ago that killed more than 30 people, at least three Americans among them, the Pentagon said Friday. Several U.S. officials said he and two others…

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          Terrorizing Tourists: Why Are Terror Groups Targeting Tourists and Foreign Nationals?

          Sanjal Shastri Terror groups have various modus operandi. From suicide bombers to sending gunmen, every group employs its own set of tactics. Some like the Kurdish separatist group the PKK, specifically target government and military instillations. Till date there hasn’t been a PKK attack, which has targeted civilian installations. Other groups like the ISIS, Al-Qaeda,…

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            Myanmar is politically hesitant to take back refugees

            Humayan Kabir, Former Ambassador and International Relations Analyst : Myanmar has been circling around the Rohingya problem, but hasn’t been able yet to reach a concrete decision to solve it. I think Myanmar should come to a positive solution quickly for the sake of regional security as well as bilateral relations and internal security of Bangladesh…

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              Brutality on child for leaving job

              Desk Report: A child worker, mercilessly beaten by his former employer in Mission Intersection area of the town on Sunday, is undergoing treatment at Lalmonirhat Sadar Hospital. The victim is Harez Ali, 13, son of Faridul Islam and Hasina Begum of Khochabari in the district town. “I left my job as a trainee at a…

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                Russia should be reinstated in group of industrialized nations: Trump

                Sayeed Muhammad: In a surprise comment, US President Donald Trump yesterday said Russia should be reinstated to a leading group of industrialized nations before his visit to the G7 summit this weekend. The remark is an extraordinary break from key US allies, and significantly striking given Russia’s meddling in the 2016 polls. A special  counsel probe…

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