Desk report: The US Embassy in Dhaka on Sunday said “nothing can justify the brutal attacks and violence” over the weekend against the thousands of young people who have been peacefully exercising their democratic rights in supporting a safer Bangladesh, reports the daily sun. The Embassy, in a Facebook post, also said they also do…
NDTV: A man allegedly shot at a 24-year-old woman in Delhi’s Bharat Nagar area after she broke-up with him, police said. The incident took place Friday night, following which the man was arrested, they said. They were in a relationship but the woman ended it. He attacked the victim at her relative’s house, police said….
BBC: An Australian TV network has said it was “wrong” to interview a far-right figure with a criminal past, after the segment set off a widespread backlash. Blair Cottrell appeared in a one-on-one studio interview on Sky News Australia on Sunday to speak about immigration. Viewers pointed out that Cottrell was last year convicted of…
Reuters: U.S. stock indexes were on track to open slightly lower on Monday as investors focused on escalating trade tensions between the United States and China. China proposed a set of differentiated tariffs on $60 billion worth of U.S. imports last week.
Desk Report: The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has earned revenue worth around Tk 5.9645 billion during the last 2017-18 fiscal year up by Tk 1.1834 billion over the previous 2016-17 fiscal, reports the financial express. Of the total earning, Tk 3.5569 billion was obtained by carrying passengers while Tk 1.5972 billion from goods transportation….
Reuters: Police in Malaysia have arrested two customs officers and three other suspects after a gang of thieves stole about 50 kilograms of narcotics, ketamine and heroin, from a customs storage facility in a heist on Sunday. The thieves targeted a container that had been recently impounded and stored in the customs department’s anti-narcotics unit’s…
Desk Report: Police yesterday detained an alleged drug peddler along with 1.70 lakh Yaba tablets from Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar district. Detainee Mohammad Arman alias Moulvi Arman, 38, is a resident of Uttar Para at Shah Porir Dwip in the upazila, said Teknaf Police Station officer in-charge Ranzit Barua.
UNB: Power Division has issued official order to all the six power distribution utilities of the country asking each of them to purchase rooftop solar power from at least 20 consumers within next three months under net metering system.
AFP: Indian security forces Monday killed 14 suspected Maoist rebels in a raid deep inside the forests of Chhattisgarh state, as the government intensified its crackdown. The police launched the operation after a tip-off about the presence of some 100 armed rebels inside two camps in a forested area of Sukma district. “Fourteen Maoists have…
BBC: Greece has appointed new heads of key emergency services following last month’s deadly wildfires near Athens.A statement from the prime minister’s office on Sunday said that the heads of the police force and fire brigade had been replaced by their deputies.It comes two days after the resignation of the civil protection minister.The government has…