Abrar Hussain: The international ban on former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful ceased yesterday, however, Chief Selector Minhajul Abedin has said that he ‘does not see room’ for the batsman in the current national team. In 2013, Ashraful was found guilty of match-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League and was sentenced to an 8-year ban by…
Reuters: President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday he expected attacks on Turkey’s economy to continue but predicted the lira would return to “rational levels” soon, after the Turkish currency hit a record low of more than 7 to the U.S. dollar. Erdogan, who has described the lira’s fall as the consequence of a plot rather…
AP: Pakistan’s newly elected parliament convened today for the first time since last month’s general elections that saw the party of former cricket star turned politician Imran Khan win most seats, propelling him toward the post of the country’s next prime minister. The lawmakers were sworn in at a brief ceremony in the 342-seat National…
BSS: Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said here yesterday the government made progress in bringing back fugitive convicted killers of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. “I can tell you that we have made progress, but can’t tell you the exact nature of that. If I reveal that the progress…
BBC: A French-born aristocrat is suing France for €351m (£313m) in damages, claiming it tricked his family out of inheriting the throne of Monaco. Louis de Causans alleges that he and his relatives would have been in the line of succession if not for a “sleight of hand” by the French state more than a…
Arab News: Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday a four-way Syria summit “is planned in the upcoming future,” with the leaders of Russia, France, Turkey and Germany attending.It said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Ankara on Monday and Tuesday to discuss the four-way meeting with his Turkish counterpart.
BSS: The Planning Commission (PC) has sent the data centre of Bangladesh Police capacity enhancement project to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) for approval in its today’s meeting. The government has decided to install a centrally controlled data centre having security, reliability, tier-III (Tier-III Complainant) for Bangladesh Police that will improve law…
Kabir Humayun: The High Court granted bail for six months to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in a defamation case filed in Narail. The HC bench of Justice Muhammad Abdul Hafiz and Justice Kashefa Hussain passed the order yesterday rejecting bail petition filed by Khaleda on Thursday, reports The Daily Star. Khaleda a discussion at the…
James M Dorsey/WION, India Saudi conduct of its ill-fated war in Yemen coupled with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s alignment with the Trump administration and Israel, and his often coercive approach to diplomatic relations, has opened the door to challenges of the kingdom’s moral leadership of the Sunni Muslim world, a legitimizing pillar of the…
Kabir Humayun: A Dhaka court yesterday rejected the bail of former BNP lawmaker Mofiqul Hasan Tripti in connection with the murder of Prof Aftab Ahmed. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Fahad Bin Amin Chowdhury ordered to send Tripti to jail, reports The Daily Star. Earlier in the day, a short hearing on the 10-day remand prayer submitted…