CNN: A New Zealand lawmaker made her own way to a hospital to have her baby, covering the kilometers from her suburban home to a maternity ward on a bicycle. The move neatly ties together Green Party MP Julie Anne Genter’s roles as Minister for Woman and Associate Minister for Transport and for Health. Genter,…
Kabir Humayun: Mem-bers of Bangladesh Coast Guard have rescued 10 workers after a brick-laden trawler capsized in the Meghna river in Munshiganj yesterday. The rescued people are Abdul Mannan, 32, Md Harun, 27, Md Alamgir, 23, Md Ismail, 30, Md Nurul Haque, 28, Md Moin Uddin, 36, Md Abu Bakar, 26, Md Hatem, 22, Md…
Masood Kamal, Senior News Editor, Banglavision: I felt bad seeing newspaper in the morning. Students are being arrested for joining the protests demanding road safety. The newspaper I went through, had named 99 students arrested. Eid-ul-Azha is just a few days away. It feels really bad to think how grief their parents are in. I…
Reuters: Sudanese-born British national Salih Khater was charged with two counts of attempted murder on Saturday and will appear in court on Monday after a car careered into people and a barrier at Britain’s parliament earlier this week, police said. Khater will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with the attempted murders of…
AP: A California woman said Saturday that she had to drive herself to the hospital and give birth without her husband after he was detained by immigration agents. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said the man was detained because he was wanted on an outstanding arrest warrant in a homicide case in Mexico. Maria…
UNB: Though the traditional markets still remain the key source of charm for cattle collection, digital platforms, like previous four years, bring greater comfort to consumers in buying their sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. There are growing numbers of consumers who prefer buying sacrificial animals through online portals to avoid hassles in traditional cattle…
AFP: Financial aid for drought-stricken Aus-tralian farmers will be increased to Aus$1.8 billion (US$1.3 billion) as they endure the driest conditions in half a century, the prime minister said Sunday. Farmers in eastern states are struggling with extreme aridity that has turned green pastures into dust, with the economies of local towns also suffering. “I…
Desk Report: A total of 21 Bangladeshi companies, including apparel and leather units, will participate in a four-day fair in Paris beginning on September 17, reports Financial Express. The Leather World Paris will feature for the first time in the Texworld/Apparel Sourcing Paris this year. Three Bangladeshi leather goods makers would showcase their products in…
Desk Report: Just a few months ago the whole Haragram-Nabinagar area in Rajshahi was full of illegal slums where quarrelling, violence, screaming of children, and gathering of drug peddlers were everyday events. The scenario has changed significantly in recent times with the beginning of construction of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Silicon City bringing a new…
M Humayun Kabir: Over 2 million Muslims from around the globe have begun the annual hajj at Islam’s holiest sites in Saudi Arabia. From first light yesterday, throngs of the faithful have circled the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca, one of the holiest sites in Islam, reports Asian Age. The Kaaba represents the metaphorical house of…