Author: Asian Bangla

Asianbangla Desk : Hundreds of US newspapers yesterday launched a coordinated defense of press freedom and a rebuke of President Donald Trump for denouncing some media organisations as enemies of the American people. Reuters, Los Angeles The Boston Globe and the New York Times took part along with more than 350 other newspapers of all sizes, including some in states that Trump won during the 2016 presidential election. The Globe said it coordinated publication among the newspapers and carried details of it on a database on its website. Each paper ran an editorial, which is usually an unsigned article that…

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Asianbangla Sports : A nondescript Bangladesh girls team announced their arrival in the regional age-group football competition in style when they won the AFC Under-14 Girl’s Regional Championship 1-0 against hosts Nepal in Kathmandu in 2015. Since then it has been a spectacular work in progress and yesterday’s 5-0 thrashing of Bhutan in the second semifinal of the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu was a continuation of a fearless and attractive brand of football. It was not the scoreline but the approach of the Bangladesh girls, understandably almost a new set with a few survivors…

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Asianbangla, Desk : Charges for mobile phone calls have gone up for many users after the telecom regulator introduced a uniform minimum call rate on Monday. People, who usually make calls to numbers of the same carrier, saw their bills go up significantly, as much as 80 percent. Many termed the move anti-consumer interest and said it goes against the vision for Digital Bangladesh. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday set a flat Tk 0.45 a minute minimum charge for a local voice call. Previously, there were two minimum charges — Tk 0.25 a minute for calls made…

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Asianbangla, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said there is no doubt that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was also involved in the August 15 carnage conspiracy. “Zia’s wife [Khaleda] brought self-confessed killer of the Father of the Nation [Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman] to parliament by rigging votes. What does it mean? It was not only Zia but also his wife was involved in the conspiracy of the August 15 carnage. There is no doubt,” Hasina said. The PM was addressing a discussion organised by the Awami League at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre marking the National Mourning Day and the…

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Asianbangla Desk : Three-time Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died yesterday, sparking tributes from across the political spectrum as current leader Narendra Modi mourned the “irreplaceable loss” of the respected statesman. Afp, Ndtv The 93-year-old had battled poor health for years but his condition deteriorated sharply in recent days, with doctors placing him on life support. India has announced a seven-day mourning throughout the country and state funeral for the former prime minister. Governments in Delhi, Punjab and Uttarakhand have announced a holiday today as a mark of respect to Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Read More Vajpayee: Poet-politician who led…

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Asianbangla Desk : A total of 62 percent school-going students across the country are addicted to pornography, revealed a study on Sunday. Development organisation Centre for Men and Masculinities Studies (CMMS) conducted the study in association with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The study claimed 87 percent of school-going students across the country have their own mobile phones. The organisation unveiled the study report at a discussion meeting styled “Policy Dialogue on Gender-based violence in Bangladesh” at the Senate Bhaban of Dhaka University. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu attended the programme as the chief guest while CMMS Chairman Syed Mohammad…

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Asianbangla Desk : A two-year-old boy who went missing in woods in western Japan has been found unharmed after three days alone, apparently surviving on river water as volunteers hunted desperately for him. Afp, Tokyo Yoshiki Fujimoto disappeared on Sunday morning in the Yamaguchi region while out walking with his brother and grandfather, and the search for him made headlines nationwide. Police and locals combed the woods looking for him, but it was a 78-year-old volunteer from a neighbouring region who stumbled upon the toddler yesterday morning. The toddler was sitting on a rock, with his bare feet in a…

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Asianbangla Desk : A bus apparently lost its brakes, then hit another vehicle at high speed and rolled over four times, killing at least 24 people and injuring 22 while smashing into several houses along a highway near Ecuador’s capital early Tuesday, officials said. AP The Colombian-registered bus was traveling to Quito when it hit a smaller vehicle in an area known as dead man’s curve at about 3 a.m., Ecuadorean authorities said. Residents described hearing a thundering noise like the world crashing down on them as the bus struck their homes in Pifo, a community 30 kilometers (18 miles) from…

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Asianbangla Dhaka : Now that a protracted student movement for safety on Dhaka roads is long over, 99 people, mostly students, are spending time behind bar after law enforcers arrested them on charges of violence and spreading of rumours on social media platforms during the popular protest. Police filed 52 cases with different police stations in the capital Dhaka in little over two weeks’ time (July 29 – August 15) in connection with, what they said, violence and rumour mongering during students’ movement for road safety. Reckless race of two buses that cost lives of two college-goers in the city…

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Asianbangla Desk : More than 100 publications across the US will publish editorials rejecting Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on the press. The move is part of a coordinated effort by the Boston Globe’s editorial board to denounce the president’s claim that the media “is the enemy of the American people”. Each newspaper involved in the campaign will publish their own unique editorial refuting such criticisms, to arrive on newsstands Thursday, 16 August. In a statement calling on other newspapers to join the effort, the Boston Globe wrote, “We propose to publish an editorial on August 16 on the dangers of…

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