Author: Asian Bangla

Asianbangla Desk : This handout illustration from NASA/Johns Hopkins APL shows an artist’s conception of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, the spacecraft that will fly through the Sun’s corona to trace how energy and heat move through the star’s atmosphere. AFP file photo Afp, Tampa Nasa counted down yesterday to the launch of a $1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun’s sizzling atmosphere and become humanity’s first mission to explore a star. The car-sized Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to blast off on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida early today. The 65-minute launch window…

Asianbangla Desk : Canada is quietly nudging allies including Germany and Sweden for help with resolving its row with Saudi Arabia, a government source confirmed Thursday.Afp The senior official, who asked not to be identified due to the sensitivity of the diplomacy, said Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland had spoken with her counterparts in the two European nations. Germany and Sweden previously were targets of Saudi backlashes for calling out the kingdom over human rights abuses. Freeland sought to understand how they resolved those disputes, and asked for their support, the official said. Ottawa also planned to reach out to regional…

Asianbangla, Dhaka: Myanmar yesterday agreed to speed up the process of repatriating the forcibly displaced Rohingyas who fled to Bangladesh from Rakhine to escape persecution. The development came at a ministerial meeting between Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali and his Myanmar counterpart Kyaw Tint Swe in Naypyidaw. Though the two sides reiterated their commitment to closer consultation in resolving the crisis, they could neither reach any concrete decision nor set any date for starting the repatriation. They reviewed the preparations for the return of the refugees, and also agreed to establish a hotline between the foreign ministers of the…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : It has been three months since the nationwide war on drugs began, but the godfathers or their patrons still remain untouched while the dealers are selling narcotics discreetly, adopting new strategies. Though open sales of narcotics have largely stopped, sources in law enforcement agencies and even drug dealers say unless the big fishes netted, the containment will be temporary. Since the Rab launched a special crackdown on May 4 and police began their own anti-narco operations on May 18, around 42,000 people have been arrested while at least 213 got killed in the so called shootouts. Law…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : The car of Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal was hit by a reckless bus in Dhaka’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area last night amid the ongoing Traffic Week. The Traffic Week that began across the country on August 5 will continue till August 11. The minister escaped injuries in the accident while his car was damaged slightly, Yeadul Haque, sub-inspector of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Police Station told. The Motijheel-bound bus of New Vision Paribahan hit the car of minister Asaduzzaman Khan from behind on Mirpur road at College Gate around 9:00pm, said SI Yeadul. The accident took place when the minister’s…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Fifty tigers were beaten to death in the areas adjacent to the Sundarbans in the last 18 years while over 332 people killed by the big cats during the same period as they entered localities in search of food.  unb Locals alleged that lack of food in the forests are forcing tigers to venture into human habitats, often attacking domestic animals. The last incident of killing a tiger was reported in January this year in east Sundarban’s Gulishakhali village near Jiudhara station when a tiger was beaten to death. Officials at the Forest Department witnessed the incident…

Asianbangla Desk : Colombia recognized Palestine as a sovereign state in the days before new President Ivan Duque took office, according to a letter from the foreign ministry made public on Wednesday. Afp “I would like to inform you that in the name of the government of Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos has decided to recognize Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign state,” said the letter dated August 3. The letter was signed by Santos’s foreign minister Maria Angela Holguin. New Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes said he would review the “implications” of the previous government’s decision, in accordance with international…

Asianbangla Desk : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday refused to apologize for calling out Saudi Arabia on its human rights record, after Riyadh said it was considering further punitive measures against Ottawa over its criticisms of the kingdom.Afp Tensions have been high between the two countries since Monday, when Riyadh expelled Canada’s ambassador, recalled its own envoy and froze all new trade and investments. Riyadh also said it will relocate thousands of Saudi students studying in Canada to other countries, while state airline Saudia announced it was suspending flights to Toronto. The kingdom was angry at Ottawa for openly…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : As social media have turned out to be the tools of spreading rumours, media and IT experts think there is a necessity to make people, especially the youngsters, aware about mature digital lifestyle and increase their media literacy. UNB Besides, they said, a strong campaign is needed to be launched to make people understand the difference between rumours and truth and asses the validity of information being spread through Facebook, twitter, different apps and blogs. The issue of social media abuse has come in the limelight once again as various false campaigns and rumours were carried out over…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : The ongoing US-China trade war could not leave any negative impact on cotton prices, contrary to apprehensions that the increasing tariff measures would make the fibre costlier in international markets. For cotton, Bangladesh depends a lot on India, supply from where meets nearly 60 percent of Bangladesh’s annual demand of 7.1 million bales. In the beginning of the war, some Indian cotton traders raised the prices a bit in the name of higher cotton demand by Chinese importers as the Trump government imposed 25 percent tariff on export of cotton to China from the US. “But Bangladeshi firms…