Author: Asian Bangla

Asianbangla, Desk : Bangladesh setup a stunning turnaround on West Indies tour, clinching the T20I series 2-1 on Monday after a same margin victory in ODI series, though, started their tour campaign with 0-2 loss in Test. unb The visitors grabbed victory in T20I in front of a large Bangladeshi crowd defeating Windies by 19 runs in DLS at Central Broward Regional Park Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida in the USA as the umpires called off play after a second rain interruption. Opener Liton Kum Das’s maiden half-century in this format with a blazing 61 off 32 balls, including six…

Asianangla, Dhaka : Students of East West University (EWU) and North South University (NU) clashed sporadically with police and miscreants in front of the respective campuses in city’s Aftabnagar and Bashundhara areas on Monday during their demonstrations protesting Saturday’s attacks on students in the capital. unb Witnesses said when a group of EWS students gathered in front of the university around 10:30am, police lobbed teargas shells to disperse them. The law enforcers along with miscreants wearing helmets attacked the students, they said. A chase and counter-chase took place among the students, police and miscreants, they said, adding that the sporadic clashes…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Social media site Facebook might be blocked again and if needed internet could be also shut down to save the state and citizens of the country, ICT and Telecom Minister Mustafa Jabbar said today. “The first priority is the security of the state and its people and we have to sacrifice the small for the greater interest,” Jabbar said replying to a query on the issue after inaugurating an international roundtable conference in Dhaka. He said at present the government has no filtering solution for social media contents. “We have no filtering system in Facebook as the…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Situation in and around Bashundhara Residential Area has turned violent with at least 40 people, mostly students, being injured in clashes as police started throwing tear gas shells and firing rubber bullets targeting students who gathered there protesting attack on their peers. The clashes briefly came to a halt around 4:10pm as policemen took positions at different points in the area after dispersing the agitating students, reports our correspondent from the spot. After around 10 minutes, police again began throwing tear gas shells and firing rubber bullets at the students. Tense situation was prevailing in the area…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Dhaka court today placed noted photographer Shahidul Alam on seven-day remand in a case filed against him under Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act. The court of Dhaka Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Asaduzzaman Noor passed the order this evening after DB inspector Arman Ali produced Shahidul before the court with a 10-day remand prayer. Earlier today, Shahidul was shown arrested by law enforcers in a case filed under ICT Act 21 hours after he was picked up by detectives from his Dhanmondi residence last night. Police filed the case against Shahidul Alam with Ramna Police Station for…

Asianbangla, Dhaka : Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday alleged that evil political forces are infiltrating the students’ peaceful movement. “Vested quarters have extended political support to the student movement, and attempts have been made to transform the student protest into an anti-government movement,” he said. The AL leader was talking to reporters after a meeting with the party’s secretary-level leaders at the AL president’s Dhanmondi office yesterday afternoon. Intelligence agencies are keeping an eye on some people and closely watching their movements, suspecting their links to the ongoing demonstrations, he mentioned. Quader, also road, transport and bridges minister, called…

Asianbangla Desk : Indian security forces yesterday killed five militants in the disputed region of Kashmir, the biggest single-day casualty since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government took direct control of the state, leading to protests. Reuters. Modi’s Hindu nationalist party pulled out of a coalition government in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in June, citing a deterioration in security, leading to president’s rule or direct control by the federal government. Dozens of protesters were injured, two of them critically with gunshot wounds, as a large number of youths gathered in Kilora village in South Kashmir’s Shopian district and pelted Indian…

Asianbagnla Desk : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday pledged to provide nearly $300 million in new security funding for Southeast Asia, as China forges ahead with plans to bolster its engagement in the region. Reuters. Pompeo unveiled the figure to reporters on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign ministers from the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and other officials from around the world in Singapore. “As part of our commitment to advancing regional security in the Indo-Pacific, the United States is excited to announce nearly $300 million in new funding to reinforce security cooperation throughout the…

Asianbangla Desk : President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said Turkey would impose sanctions on two US officials in retaliation for a similar move by Washington in a row over the detention of an American pastor. AFP Turkey’s holding of pastor Andrew Brunson on terror-related charges for almost two years has sparked one of the most intense crises between the Nato allies in years. But in his first comments on the dispute since Washington imposed the sanctions on Wednesday, Erdogan also appeared keen to ward off any further escalation by saying that neither side had an interest in a “lose-lose” scenario.…

Asianbangla desk : China’s state media said on Saturday the government’s retaliatory tariffs on $60 billion of US goods showed rational restraint and they accused the United States of blackmail. Late on Friday, China’s finance ministry unveiled new sets of additional tariffs on 5,207 goods imported from the United States, with the extra levies ranging from five to 25 percent on a total value of goods less than half of that proposed by US President Donald Trump’s administration. The response follows the Trump administration’s proposal of a 25-percent tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. “China’s countermeasures are rational,” the…