Author: Asian Bangla

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…

Asianbangla Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is working on strengthening democracy in the country and accelerating the country’s development. Unb, Dhaka. She made the comment when visiting Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland met her at the Prime Minister’s Office. PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters after the meeting. The country’s GDP growth is now 7.78 percent, while the inflation rate is 5.5 percent, she said, adding that her government is working for women empowerment at the grassroots level and now a good number of women is participating in the socioeconomic development. “We’re encouraging young entrepreneurs…

Asianbangla Desk : Thousands of firefighters, backed by US troops and crews from as far away as Australia and New Zealand, were on Wednesday making progress battling the biggest wildfire on record in California — but the weather forecast for the rest of the week is not promising, officials said. Nearly 20 major fires have ravaged the sprawling western state over the past two weeks, fanned by strong winds and sweltering temperatures. The wildfires have left at least nine people dead, including four firefighters, and forced tens of thousands of residents to abandon their homes. “It’s scary, it’s nerve-wracking,” said…

Asianbangla Desk : A group of Egyptian students has designed a vehicle they say will battle rising energy prices and promote clean energy by running on nothing but air. The undergraduate students, who built the vehicle as part of their graduation project from Helwan University just outside Cairo, are rolling out a prototype one-person vehicle that runs on compressed oxygen. The go-kart-like vehicle comes as Egypt pushes ahead with painful economic reforms that include deep cuts to energy subsidies, measures tied to a three-year $12 billion IMF loan program it began in late 2016. The students say their vehicle can hit…

Asianbangla Desk : A strike on a bus in rebel-held northern Yemen killed at least 29 children yesterday, the Red Cross said, as the Saudi-led coalition faced a growing outcry over the attack. The coalition said it had carried out what it called “legitimate military action” in the area targeting Huthi rebels responsible for a deadly missile attack on the Saudi city of Jizan on Wednesday. But the International Committee of the Red Cross said the strike hit a bus filled with children in the Huthi stronghold of Saada, causing dozens of casualties. “A hospital supported by our team in…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : In the wake of the student agitation for safe roads, some efforts have been made to correct the ills in the otherwise disorderly public transport system though the situation remains mostly as usual in the capital. Yesterday, a number of public buses continued to ply the city streets without legal documents, and pick and drop off passengers on roads randomly. People were still risking their lives to cross busy thoroughfares. Bikers rode motorbikes on footpaths to avoid traffic jam — all too common pictures on the city streets. However, some different scenes were also there. In many parts…