Author: Asian Bangla

Asianbangla Desk : The United Arab Emirates (UAE) likes to do things big and bold. But a concept from an ambitious Emirati businessman environmentalist could create perhaps one of the most surprising sights yet – icebergs floating just offshore. He is Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi, managing director of the National Advisor Bureau company. His concept – which the UAE authorities have approved for future action – is simplistic on paper, but staggering when gauging the magnitude of effort involved. The theme is harvesting of clean, pure water. Speaking to The Sunday Times, Al Shehi stressed the importance of the…

Asianbangla Desk : President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey’s partnership with the United States may be in jeopardy as ties strain, warning Ankara could start looking for new allies, in an op-ed published in the New York Times yesterday. Relations between the two Nato allies have sunk to their lowest point in decades over a number of issues including the detention of US pastor Andrew Brunson on terror-related charges, prompting the Turkish lira to hit record lows against the dollar. The embattled lira tumbled 16 percent against the dollar on Friday, with US President Donald Trump saying he had doubled…

Asianbangla Desk : The theft of an empty plane by an airline worker who performed dangerous loops before crashing into a remote island in Puget Sound illustrated what aviation experts have long known: One of the biggest potential perils for commercial air travel is airline or airport employees causing mayhem. UNB NEWS “The greatest threat we have to aviation is the insider threat,” said Erroll Southers, a former FBI agent and transportation security expert. “Here we have an employee who was vetted to the level to have access to the aircraft and had a skill set proficient enough to take…

Asianbangla Deak : Police in Manchester say 10 people have been hospitalized as the result of a shooting after a Caribbean carnival in the city. UNB NEWS Greater Manchester police say the injuries range from “minor to major” but most don’t appear to be life-threatening. The shooting was reported about 2:30 a.m. Sunday. Detective Superintendent Debbie Dooley says police are trying to establish “exactly where this incident took place and who is responsible for such a dangerous attack.” She says extra officers will be on patrol to ease the concerns of residents. The shooting comes amid a spike in gun…

Asianbangla Desk : V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as “A Bend in the River” and “A House for Mr. Biswas” and brittle, misanthropic personality made him one of the world’s most admired and contentious writers, died Saturday at his London home, his family said. He was 85. Unb news. His wife, Nadira Naipaul, said he was “a giant in all that he achieved and he died surrounded by those he loved having lived a life which was full of wonderful creativity and endeavor.” His friend and fellow author Paul Theroux said…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Japanese Ambassador in Dhaka Hiroyasu Izumi on Sunday hoped that the Rohingya issue will be resolved as soon as possible in a peaceful manner. UNB NEWS Ambassador Izumi was addressing at the inaugural session of a two-day international conference on ‘Bangladesh in International Peace-building: Experience from Japan’ in the city. The Japanese Ambassador said his country supports Bangladesh for the safe repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar. Chairman, parliamentary standing committee on ministry of foreign affairs, Dr Dipu Moni, MP, spoke at the event as the chief guest. Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS)…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday promised to bring to justice those responsible for the accident that took the lives of two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School and College. unb “This is completely unforgivable because the driver was driving the bus defying all the [traffic] rules, resulting in the loss of two lives…many students were also injured,” she said. The Prime Minister said this while speaking at a programme at Armed Forces Medical College ground after laying the foundation stone of an underpass at a road adjacent to Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School and College…

Asianbangla, Desk :The country is unlikely to face any shortage of cattle during the Eid-ul-Azha this year as the supply of locally-reared cattle is quite enough to meet the demand of sacrificial animals, said officials. According to the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry, there are now 1.16 crore sacrificial animals in the country for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha against last year’s 1.04 crore. The ministry also said there are 44.57 lakh sacrificial cattle and buffalos while 71 lakh goats and sheep across the country. On the other hand, the number of healthy sacrificial cows and buffalos is 29.20 lakh while that of…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Unidentified assailants shot and injured three Jubo League men in the capital’s Wari area last night. Mohammad Jewel, 35, is general secretary; Robin, 30, and Kajol Islam, 35, are activists of ward-41 unit of the youth wing of the ruling Awami League, said the victims. With leg injuries, they were undergoing treatment at Dhaka Medical College Hospital, said Sub-Inspector Bachchu Mia of DMCH police camp. Police suspect feud over money or internal affairs led to the gun attack. The three along with others were chatting at a butcher’s shop in Dakkhin Musundi area around 9:00pm, said Shah…

Hossain Zillur Rahman Howsoever one tries to explain it, the death of Dia and Rajib, the two students of Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment College, on the Airport Road ten or so fateful days ago, can never be called an “accident”. Accidents are accidental. This, in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s metaphor, was more of a “death foretold”—a tragic finale to a grisly chain of impunity and mis-governance that is blighting our roads and road transportation and indeed our collective future. For a country aspiring to Middle Income status, it is shocking how backward the state of road governance is and the types…