CBS: A plane from Dubai landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport and was held away from the terminal after several passengers on board reported feeling sick. The Emirates Airbus A380 arrived at Terminal 4 after 13 hours in the air and was met by the Centers for Disease Control and Port Authority police. After…
Tahmeed Taha A Norwegian power producing company ‘I Scatec Solar’ will set up an 800MW solar power plant in Chandpur at $1.0 nillion, for which a total of 3,002 acres of land will be required, said the Norwegian firm. According to a Beza press release, I Scatec Solar and Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) signed…
DOT Desk: The acreage of potato cultivation is set to decline this year as farmers are switching to other crops after witnessing severe losses last year, reports The Financial Express. As a result, potatoes might be pricier this year, experts said. Lower production of the crop, however, will help farmers get handsome price for their…
Sujan koiri: ‘Missing’ IT expert Tanvir Hassan Zoha may be questioned today, informed source from CID. The source said that Zoha was involved with the team unofficially that was investigating the $81 million Bangladesh Bank cyber heist. Earlier Zoha, who had identified himself as a cyber security specialist for the ICT Division, spoke to…
Hindustan Times: The swimsuits are gone, but there has been plenty of controversy surrounding this year’s Miss America competition that could keep viewers tuning in. The next Miss America will be crowned on Sunday on a nationally televised broadcast on ABC from Atlantic City. This year marks the first time the broadcast will not include a…
Sayeed Muhammad: A Turkish court yesterday jailed pending trial 24 people involved in protests over work conditions at Istanbul’s new airport last week, Reuters reports referring to broadcaster CNN Turk. The airport is a centerpiece of a 15-year construction boom under President Tayyip Erdogan and it has an initial planned capacity of 90 million passengers…
Alastair Sloan/Middle East Monitor It is sometimes hard to see why the war in Syria gets so much coverage in Britain, while the war in Yemen is all but ignored; it feels like a niche topic restricted to hard-core Middle East watchers. In reality, though, events in Yemen strike at the heart of Britain’s relationship…
Hossen sohel: President Xi Jinping told African counterparts and business leaders yesterday that China’s investments on the continent have “no political strings attached”, even as Beijing is increasingly criticised over its debt-heavy projects abroad. Xi spoke before the start of a two-day China-Africa summit that is expected to focus on his cherished Belt and Road…
Afrida Ahmed: The BNP announced yesterday that they will stage demonstration in the capital on Wednesday even though they were denied permission to hold a rally that was scheduled for yesterday, reports observerbd.This announcement was made by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed at a press conference at the party’s Naya Paltan central…