Sayeed Muhammad Ja-panese police arrested a couple whose 33-year-old daughter froze to death in a tiny room where they had confined her for years as they believed she had mental illness that made her violent. The victim is Airi Kakimoto, who was ft tall and weighed merely 19 kgs, reports Reuters.Western Japan’s Osaka Prefectural Police Department…
Al Jazeera: Yemen’s Houthi rebels say they have signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations to airlift critically ill patients abroad for treatment. The Houthi-run Saba news agency reported on Saturday that the memorandum, signed between Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf Abdullah and the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, Lise Grande, would include transporting…
UNB Law Minister Anisul Huq on Monday told Parliament that over 30,000 smuggling cases are now pending with courts across the country. “A total of 30,787 smuggling cases are now pending, involving Tk 838,89,66,770,” he said replying to a starred question from treasury bench MP M Abdul Latif (Chittagong-11). The minister said various steps have…
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…
Motinuzzaman Mitu: Statistic report from past 3 years of Department of Fisheries (DoF) show that, fishermen were able to collect lesser & lesser fish each year. Total of 18,366 metric tons of fish was caught in 2013-14, while it came down to 16,870 metric tons in 2015-16. The administration’s poor management is responsible for this,…
Desk Report: Native fruits are gradually disappearing due to adverse impact of climate change. Use of agro-chemicals and lack of a proper planning on production and marketing of the fruits are also main reasons in this regard. Sources with the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) said once Narsingdi was considered as one of the leading…
BSS A violent storm ripped through the Khulna city and district on Tuesday night, damaging several thousand thatched and tin-shed houses, uprooting a huge number of trees and destroying standing Boro paddy on thousands of acres of land. Electricity in the city and district was cut off for nearly 20 hours disrupting normal life and…
The Independent, UK: Apple is expected to remove the headphone adapter with its next iPhone, leaving people unable to use traditional headphones with their new mobiles. The company famously – or infamously – dropped the headphone jack from its handsets with the iPhone 7. But at the time it promised that nothing much would change…
The Guardian, UK: Many families in India still mourn the birth of a girl. But when Leena was born, people celebrated. Sagar Gram, her village in central India, is unique that way. Girls outnumber boys. When a woman marries, it is the groom’s family that pays the dowry. Women are Sagar Gram’s breadwinners. When they…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT : BNP and Jatiya Oikya Front has demanded the scope of fielding alternative candidates or rescheduling the election to the parliamentary constituencies where the High Court has disqualified candidates on different grounds. BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan submitted a letter to Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday afternoon…