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23 killed, 13 injured in an attack on a bar in Southern Mexico
04:31 PM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayAn attack on a bar in Mexico’s Gulf coast city of Coatzacoalcos killed 23 people and injured 13 late Tuesday. The attackers started a fire that ripped through the bar, killing eight women and 15 men. There was no immediate information on the condition of the injured......
IU officers threaten to intensify protest
04:24 PM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayThe Islamic University Officers’ Association has threatened to start an indefinite work abstention from September 2 if their three-point demand is not accepted. A press release, signed by the association’s President Shamsul Islam Zhoha and General Secretary Mir Morshed was issued in this regard on Wednesday morning.....
UN says 40 migrants feared drowned in capsizing off Libya
04:21 PM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayA boat carrying dozens of migrants bound for Europe capsized Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, with at least 40 people missing and presumed drowned, U.N. officials said, as a support group reported it had gotten a call from someone on the vessel “crying and shouting” that passengers had died already....
Tech firms struggle to police content while avoiding bias
04:19 PM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayTake the post down. Put it back up. Stop policing speech. Start silencing extremists. That’s just a sampling of the intense, often contradictory demands facing tech companies and their social media platforms as they try to oversee internet content without infringing on First Amendment rights........
Barcelona 'closer' to Neymar deal, club official says
04:15 PM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayA Barcelona official involved in the negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain for Neymar says the Catalan club is "closer" to reaching a deal for the player's return. Javier Bordas told Spanish media Tuesday there is no agreement yet with PSG but negotiations are ongoing. Bordas says "there is no deal yet" but "we are closer."......
Disney's Star Wars hotel is a cruise ship in space
04:11 PM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayVisitors to Disney's "Star Wars"-themed land in Orlando can stay immersed in a galaxy far, far away by spending two nights in a themed hotel that will be called "Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser." Details about the project were part of a two-hour presentation on Disney....
Indian SC to examine legal challenge to abrogation of Article 370
03:06 PM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayThe Supreme Court on Wednesday referred a batch of petitions challenging the changes brought in the constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir...
Sundarbans tigress wasn’t killed by poachers: Investigators
01:10 PM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayA tigress, found dead in Sundarbans East Zone on August 20, was not killed by poachers, investigators have confirmed...
4 “Allah’r Dal” men on 3-day remand
11:43 AM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayFour men of “Allah’r Dal” were given 3-day remand after they were produced before the Dhaka Metropolitan Court by Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on Wednesday. RAB have detained the members of militant outfit Allah’r Dal from Dakkhin Khan area in the capital earlier in the day....
Two people die of dengue in Khulna, Mymensingh
10:04 AM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayTwo people, including a woman, died of mosquito-borne disease dengue in Khulna and Mymensingh on Wednesday. In Mymensingh, Hafizul Islam, 30, a readymade garment worker from Trishal upazila, died while being taken to Dhaka from Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) in the morning...
Gaza violence: Suicide bombers kill three officers
09:45 AM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdaySuicide bombers thought to be aligned with the Islamic State (IS) group have attacked two police checkpoints in Gaza, killing three Palestinian officers, security sources says...
3 killed in Dinajpur road accident
09:15 AM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayThree people were killed and three others injured in a road accident at Bajitpur area in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur on Tuesday night. The deceased were identified as Farhad Hossen, 35, son of Abedur Rahman, of Daulotpur village in Chirirbandar upazila, Antor, 32, son of Rukunuzzuman of the same village and Ashik, 28...
Mother denied permission to meet Mehbooba Mufti
08:35 AM, 28 Aug 2019 WednesdayGulshan Mufti, mother of Jammu & Kashmir’s incarcerated former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, has sought permission to meet her daughter for just a few minutes but has not been granted permission...
Robi partners with Pathao for providing digital services
10:25 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayRobi, a prominent mobile network operator and transportation network company Pathao have recently entered into a strategic partnership to facilitate the Pathao users with digital recharge option from its mobile application. Robi’s Chief Commercial Officer, Pradeep Shrivastava.........
Kim Kardashian announces new name of shape-wear line
10:13 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayKim Kardashian's much-discussed shape-wear line has a new name. After facing severe backlash for naming it 'Kimono', Kim has decided to rename the line as 'SKIMS Solutionwear'. The mother of four was accused of cultural appropriation for naming her shape-wear line after the Japanese garment....
‘Disturbed’ BNP MP Rumeen withdraws land application after internet criticism
09:56 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayRumeen Farhana, the BNP MP from the reserved seat for women,has withdrawn her application for a piece of land at the Purbachal Residential Area in Dhaka after the request went viral on social media, prompting widespread criticism. In a letter sent to Housing and Public Works Minister SM Rezaul Karim on Tuesday.....
Movement not possible with only ‘facebooking’: Fakhrul
09:40 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayBNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday urged their party leaders and activists to mobilise people to take to the streets instead of remaining active on Facebook. “We must spread to every village across the country to wake up people. There’s no alternative to it and the youth must do it,” he said.....
Rangpur by-polls schedule on Sept 1, says EC secy
09:23 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayThe schedule for the by-polls to Rangpur-3 constituency that fell vacant following the death of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad will be announced on September 1 next. "The Election Commission (EC) at a meeting on Tuesday decided to announce the polls schedule for Rangpur-3 on September 1......
Kashmir crisis: Pakistan to close all routes including ports for India
08:57 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayPakistani Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Tuesday announced that the federal cabinet was considering restoration of a complete ban on the use of Pakistani airspace for Indian flights. Taking to Twitter, the minister revealed that a blanket ban on the use of Pakistani land.......
IU signs MoU with Turkish univ
08:42 PM, 27 Aug 2019 TuesdayA Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Tuesday between Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia and Cankiri Karatekin University, Turkey to undertake joint academic and research activities. The signing ceremony was held at a programme at the conference room of IU administrative building around 11:30 am....