Desk Report: The cost of Dhaka-Sylhet four-lane highway project is set to see an upward revision despite the Planning Commission’s directives to lower it assessing the proposed prices of all components, sources said, reports Financial Express. They said Roads and Highways Department (RHD) proposed increasing the project cost by Tk 13.0 billion during a meeting…
Reuters: A suicide bomber attacked a bus ferrying Chinese mining workers in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province on Saturday, a local official said, in an assault claimed by Baloch separatists. The bomber died in the attack and the Chinese workers suffered minor wounds, the official said. Militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the…
Desk Report: Bus counters at Kalyanpur and Gabtoli saw huge crowd Friday, on the fourth day of Eid ticket sale. Those who were yet to secure trip to their ancestral homes thronged as it was the weekend. However, the bus operators on Thursday said all tickets for four days before Eid were sold out, reports…
Reuters: Guatemala’s attorney general and the U.N.-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) moved on Friday to lift President Jimmy Morales’ immunity so he can be investigated for alleged illicit campaign financing. It is the third time that the attorney general and the CICIG, which has taken the lead in pursuing high-level corruption cases…
Hossen Sohel: Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) yesterday seized six buses of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan, on charge of plying on the streets despite having route permit cancelled by Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA). RAB Legal & Media Wing Assistant Director ASP Mizanur Rahman confirmed the matter, reports Banglanews24.com RAB-1 and 4 members seized the buses from different…
DNA India: After more than a year of being put through their paces – learning to scale buildings, defuse bombs and rescue hostages – India’s first all-female commando team started work on Friday, breaking a traditionally male bastion. The 36 women underwent 15 months of rigorous training in weapons handling, counter-terrorism and Krav Maga – the…
Desk Report: The Masters of Public Health (MPH) programme was launched at Rangpur Community Medical College (RCMC), a sister organisation of Rangpur Group, in a function held at its lecture room in Rangpur city, reports Financial Express. Director of Rangpur Group Major (Retd) Nasim Uddin as the chief guest formally inaugurated the MPH programme to…
Desk Report: Over five million smart cards that have been distributed among the outgoing migrant workers by Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training since its commencement in 2010 remain useless after departures of the workers, said officials concerned, reports New Age. Migration experts and migrant rights activists requested the government to take initiates to enhance…
BBC: Flying toward hurricanes is their job, but when they took off over the weekend, they were making history. As part of the first hurricane hunting mission piloted by an all-female flight crew, Lieutenant Commander Rebecca Waddington and Captain Kristie Twining’s flight to Hawaii marked a major milestone for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration….
Reuters: Syrian state media said on Saturday air defenses had confronted a “hostile target” breaching the country’s air space west of the capital Damascus in the early hours of the morning. State news agency SANA, quoting its correspondent, said there were reports of “air defenses confronting a hostile target breaching the skies above the area…