Dhaka buses to be beautified by Sep 30

    BSS: The government has directed owners in city to beautify their buses with a paint job by September 30. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said it to reporters after a Road Transport Advisory Council meeting in secretariat on Monday afternoon (August 27). In the meeting, decision has been made to enforce traffic law…

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      Myanmar literally buried Annan Commission’s report

      Dr. Delwar Hossain, Professor of International Relations, Dhaka University: Myanmar literally buried the report prepared by Annan Commission formed to probe Rohingya massacre. When the commission was constituted, the crackdown on the Rohinga minorities was fanned. Most of the Rohingya refugees are now given shelter in Bangladesh. If the Annan Commission’s recommendation has to be…

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        4 killed in Florida shooting

        Hossen Sohel: A gunman killed four people and wounded several others on Sunday when he opened fire at a video game tournament that was being streamed online from a restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida, police and local media said. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said one white male suspect was dead at the scene, reports Reuters. The…

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          Keep Rohingya returnees in UN-supervised buffer zone: NHRC

          M Humayun Kabir: All Rohingya returnees should be kept in a United Nations-supervised buffer zone before rebuilding their homes destroyed by the Myanmar army, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recommended. “A little progress is seen in repatriation of Rohingya. World leaders have only given lip service in the last one year over resolving the crisis,”…

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            North Korea newspaper blasts ‘double-dealing’ U.S. after Pompeo’s trip canceled

            Reuters: North Korea’s state-controlled newspaper on Sunday accused the United States of “double-dealing” and “hatching a criminal plot” against Pyongyang, after Washington abruptly canceled a visit by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Negotiations have been all but deadlocked since U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore in June….

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              Millions of children at risk of disease: experts

              M Humayun Kabir: Experts yesterday warned that millions of children at risk of disease as nearly half the world’s schools lack clean drinking water, toilets and handwashing facilities. A lack of safe water and sanitation facilities can cause dehydration, illness, and even death. But many children are forced to risk their health to take part…

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