Sayeed Muhammad: Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales or NSW, is now entirely facing a drought, officials have confirmed. Officials said 23% of NSW was classified as being in “intense drought”, with the remainder in drought or drought-affected. A dry winter has intensified what has been called the worst drought in living memory in…
Hossen Sohel: BNP yesterday alleged that the ruling party resorted to propaganda and rumours to conceal the repressive acts against demonstrating students demanding safe roads. Speaking at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also said even the Election Commission cannot guarantee that there will…
Banglanews24: A district court has sent an engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) to jail in a bribery case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC). Judge of Khulna Divisional Special Judge’s Court passed the order on Wednesday (August 8) rejecting LGED engineer GM Salimullah’s bail petition. ACC public prosecutor Khandakar Majibur Rahman told…
MEMO: The United Nations said more than 350,000 people have been displaced from the strategic Red Sea port town of Hudaydah in western Yemen since June. Deputy spokesman for the Secretary-General, Farhan Haq, said during a press conference on Monday that violent clashes have erupted in the city over the past few days, especially in…
AFP: Venezuela’s all-powerful constituent assembly is launching proceedings Wednesday to try opposition lawmakers over an alleged drone attack on President Nicolas Maduro that was denounced by exiled opposition leader Julio Borges as a staged “farce”. Constituent Assembly chief Diosdado Cabello called the session to strip the lawmakers of their parliamentary immunity so they could face…
Reuters: China is slapping additional import tariffs of 25 percent on $16 billion worth of U.S. goods ranging from oil and steel products to autos and medical equipment, the commerce ministry said, as the world’s two largest economies escalate their trade dispute.
Anadolu Agency: North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho held talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif Tuesday as Tehran rejoined Pyongyang in being forced to operate under American sanctions. The two leading diplomats agreed to a “further expansion of ties,” according to Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency. Without providing specific details, the state-run media…
AFP: Britain’s Prince William and Prime Minister Theresa May joined 2,000 guests at a service Wednesday (Aug 8) marking the centenary of the Battle of Amiens, which rang in the beginning of the end of World War I. Families of soldiers who took part in the lightning Allied advance, which smashed German defences and morale, precipitating…
UNB: Rail communications between Sylhet and the rest of the country snapped following the derailment of four bogies of the Surma Mail atShibbarihere on Wednesday noon. The accident took place while the train was entering the outer signal area of Sylhet Railway Station around 1:30 pm, said Station Officer Md Shajahan.
Reuters: Former Zimabwean finance minister and opposition politician Tendai Biti has been detained by police as he tried to cross the border and seek asylum in neighboring Zambia, his lawyer said on Wednesday. A day earlier the authorities said they were looking for Biti in connection with violence following last week’s disputed election in which…