Author: Asian Bangla

Asianbangla Desk : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday demanded a “total” ceasefire from Gaza’s Hamas rulers in his first public comments on another deadly flare-up between the two sides. Afp, Jerusalem There have been efforts by UN officials and Egypt to secure a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas, though Israeli officials have not commented on them. Since July, there have been three major flare-ups of violence. “We are in the midst of a campaign against terror in Gaza,” Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting. “It will not end with one blow. “Our demand is clear:…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : The quota reformists yesterday threatened the government with tougher agitation if their three-point demand, including; unconditional release of their leaders and exemplary punishment of the attackers, is not met by August 31. They further urged the government to publish the gazette notification on bringing reforms to the quota system immediately, in line with their earlier five-point demand. “We will announce a tougher programme if the government does not respond to our demands by August 31,” Bin Yeamin Mollah, joint convener of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Odhikar Sangrakkhan Parishad said at a rally in Shahbagh yesterday. They also demanded…

Asianbangla Desk : Former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful’s five-year ban from international cricket for involvement in match-fixing and spot-fixing during the 2013 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) will officially come to an end today. The cricketer will be eligible to take part in the BPL in the upcoming season and is also available for selection to the national team. However, according to chief selector Minhajul Abedin, it will not be easy for Ashraful to return to the national team anytime soon. “He [Ashraful] has not been in the international circuit for a long time now. So he now has to play…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : The rapid bus service, much touted as a way to ease the capital’s chronic traffic congestion, may be implemented only in part, and that too not before 2024, as arbitrarily built flyovers block its proposed route, said officials and transport experts. The city’s transport master plan recommended the rapid bus service as a means to ease the perennial traffic jams. But the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) implemented in part would not serve the purpose envisioned in the plan, they said. So, the promise of being able to hop on a bus at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and…

BSS : The holy Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on August 22 (Wednesday) with due solemnity and religious fervour. The National Moon Sighting Committee came up with the decision at a meeting held at the national mosque Baitul Mukarram in the city since the moon of the holy month Zilhaj was sighted yesterday, an official of Islamic Foundation told BSS. Religious Affairs Minister and committee chairman Principal Matiur Rahman presided over the meeting. The Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on the 10th of Zilhaj month of the Hizri calendar as Hazrat Ibrahim…

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…