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Indonesia plane crash kills 116

At least 116 people were killed yesterday when an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed into a major city shortly after take-off and exploded in a fireball, officials said. [caption id="attachment_17546" align="alignleft" width="300"]plane_0 Indonesian rescue personnel work at the scene of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan yesterday. An Indonesian military transport plane crashed shortly after take-off in a city on Sumatra island, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area. Photo: AFP[/caption] Buildings wer...

Around 200,000 Bangladeshis in UAE facing MRP crisis

An estimated 200,000 Bangladeshis in the UAE have to convert their handwritten passports to Machine Readable Passports (MRPs) in the next five months, a top Bangladeshi diplomat has told Gulf News. The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has set a deadline of November 24, 2015 for globally phasing out all passports that are not Machine Readable. From November 25, governments may deny visa or entry to any person travelling with a non-MRP. [caption id="attachment_17539" align="alignleft" width="300"]MRP A Bangladeshi girl is seen happy with her MRP...

Maya, Qamrul should quit cabinet: TIB

Plagued by charges of corruption, disaster management and relief minister Mofazzal Hossain Chyowdhury Maya and food minister Qamrul Islam should tender their resignation, says TIB. The anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International Bangladesh, maintains that their resignation should have set precedent. [caption id="attachment_17533" align="alignleft" width="300"]tib The ministers for relief and disaster management and food should resign willingly over corruption allegations, says Transparency International Bangladesh. This file photo shows TIB Executi...

AL men saving Sonali, Basic scamsters: Muhith

Finance Minister AMA Muhith today expressed his anger as he could not take steps against all involved in Sonali Bank and Basic Bank scams because of his party Awami League (AL) people’s support. muhith“Scams took place in Sonali Bank and Basic Bank. I’ve taken some steps in this regards. A deputy director landed in jail… I tried to put one into jail but failed because of our own people’s support to them. So I am angry,” Muhith said while speaking at a budget discussion in the parliament. He said a new board of directors has been formed for Bas...

Airtel now world’s third largest mobile operator

Bharti Airtel (“Airtel”), a leading telecommunications service provider with operations in 20 countries across South Asia and Africa, today said that it has become the third largest mobile operator in the world in terms of subscribers. Airtel World Telecomm Day 1As per the latest data published by WCIS, Airtel with over 303 million mobile subscribers across its operations, has moved up one position in the global rankings, says a press release. Airtel began operations in November 1995 in New Delhi (Indi...

JU dormitories to remain closed for 10 days

The authority of Jahangirnagar University (JU) has decided to keep the students’ dormitories fully vacant for 10 days during the Eid Holidays to evade any unpredictable incident. JUFrom July 14 to 23, all dormitories will remain closed for renovation of the dormitories and also to maintain security on the campus, confirmed JU registrar, Abu Bakr Siddique. The decision was taken at the last Syndicate meeting which was held on May 28. Earlier, on the occasion of Holy Ramadan and Eid-ul-Fitr, the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, JU authorities gave 61 day...
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