Reuters: The United Nations called on Russia, Iran and Turkey on Thursday to forestall a battle in Syria’s Idlib province which would affect millions of civilians and could see both sides using chlorine as a chemical weapon. U.N. Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura told reporters that there was a high concentration of foreign fighters in…
Reuters: The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday the bloc must prepare for a no-deal Brexit, even if its goal was an orderly exit. The EU needed to be well prepared for everything, Barnier said, telling German broadcaster Deutschlandfunk: “That includes the no-deal scenario.” He said the issue of the Irish…
Abrar Hussain: Bangladesh and the entire world went through a horrific day on March 2018, on which many people saw the largest ever passenger aircraft tragedy in the history of Bangladesh. The 76-seat Bombardier plane operated by US-Bangla Airlines crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal with seventy one passengers on board, including four crew members. Fifty people…
Reuters: The archbishop who sparked a crisis in the Catholic Church by calling on Pope Francis to resign has denied he was motivated by personal vendetta and said he sought to show that corruption had reached the top levels of the Church hierarchy. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano has gone into hiding since conservative media published…
Arafat Hassan: Naogaon journalists formed a human chain in front of district Press Club yesterday, demanding arrest and exemplary punishment of the murderers of journalist Suborna. Press Club president Kayes Uddin led the chain where Ananda TV correspondent Kazi Kamal Hossain, press club general secretary Mir Mosharraf Hossain Jewel, senior vice-president Shafiqul Islam Khokon, joint…
Sayeed Muhammad: Law enforcement agencies are the most corrupt among the 16 categories of entities and sectors in the country, according to a new study of the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). Passport sector and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) holds the second position on the list, the anti-graft watchdog mentioned in its National Household Survey…
M Humayun Kabir: Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder has strongly opposed the use of electronic voting machine (EVM) in the upcoming national election. “It alone might plunge the polls into controversy,” said the commissioner, reports The Daily Star. Mahbub Talukder placed the opinion in written form yesterday when he walked out of a key meeting to…
Reuters: Russia’s Ministry of Defense said on Thursday it would hold a major naval exercise in the Mediterranean Sea from Sept. 1 to Sept. 8, the TASS news agency reported, a move that coincides with rising tensions between Moscow and Washington over Syria. Russia has this month been actively expanding its naval forces in the…
Arab News: A senior Yemeni official has put Iran and Iranian-backed Houthi militias on notice, revealing for the first time that Houthis have ruthlessly killed 1,372 children and 814 women since war broke out in Yemen in 2014. Mohammed Askar, the Yemeni human rights minister, said: “Hundreds of children and women have been killed…
Kabir Humayun: BNP yesterday claimed that ruling Awami League was now depending on ‘machine’ (EVM) losing confidence on people. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the remarks at a news conference at the party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office, reports New Age. He categorically asked the Election Commission to shun the initiative to…