The Guardian, UK: More than 50,000 people evacuated their homes in central Myanmar on Wednesday after a dam breach flooded towns and villages and caused the closure of a major highway, two officials said. Fire authorities sent a team to the Swar irrigation dam after the breach at 5.30 am (11pm GMT) unleashed water into…
Desk Report: Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sayeed Khokon declared the capital’s Dhanmondi area free from waste, after inaugurating five Secondary Transfer Stations (STS) for dumping waste beside Kalabagan playground in the city, reports Daily Star. The mayor said, “With the introduction of the STS, no waste or container carrying waste will be seen…
AP: Police say rebels fighting against Indian rule ambushed a group of police officers and killed four of them in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir. Police say rebels attacked the four on Wednesday with gunfire in the suburbs of southern Shopian town. The policemen were wounded and later died at a hospital. No rebel…
Reuters: Nicaragua’s government committed human rights violations and turned a blind eye while armed mobs rounded up protesters, some of whom were later raped with rifles and tortured in detention, the U.N. human rights office said in a report on Wednesday. It documented human rights violations between April 18 and Aug. 18, including the disproportionate…
Banglanews24: The teachers and staff appointed in various non-government educational institutions with Darul Ihsan University certificates will now come under Monthly Pay Order (MPO) scheme. The Non-government Secondary branch-3 of Secondary and Higher Education Department under the Ministry of Education issued the order on Tuesday (August 28). The order said, “According to the Supreme Court…
Latha Jishnu/Dawn, Pakistan NARENDRA Modi always makes a splash when he speaks to the nation from the ramparts of the 17th-century Mughal Red Fort on India’s independence day. His outfits are chosen with care and appear to make sartorially political statements that the media never fails to note whatever else they might miss. His speeches…
M Humayun Kabir: The government will issue show cause notices to the 10 recruiting agencies for their alleged monopoly and syndication in recruitment of Bangladeshi workers for Malaysia, said Nurul Islam, Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister. “We are collecting data and based on that we will take action,” he said while talking to journalists…
M Humayun Kabir: Satyajit Biswas, a science teacher of Dhopadi Secondary School in Jessore’s Monirampur upazila, has never arrived late and has never taken sick leave in the course of his 31-year career at the school. Every school day morning like clockwork, Satyajit Biswas is to be seen on his bicycle, commuting the seven kilometres…
The Guardian: Charles Leclerc has praised the halo cockpit protection device after walking away unharmed from a huge accident at Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix. The halo received criticism when imposed by the FIA at the start of this season but, despite Leclerc admitting he was not a fan of the device, the fact he avoided…
Desk Report: A Bangladeshi national is suspected of helping to organise the boat crossing that left around 200 people in the waters between Malta and Sicily, where they were rescued more than 10 days ago, according to a newspaper report. The Local wrote on Monday that four of the 140 people brought to Sicily on…