Probashbangla24 online Desk : Seven Rohingyas were held from Abaderghat in Satkhira Sadar upazila on Wednesday while being trafficked to India. The arrestees are Nur Begum, 45, wife of Selim, their three children — Rashida Begum, 5, Jannatara Begum, 3, and Sagar, 1, Hasina Begum, 22, wife of Azizul Haque, their daughter Rozina Begum, 4, and…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Nearly 2,000 bodies have been recovered from Indonesia’s disaster-ravaged Palu city, an official said Monday, as the search for victims ended at a hotel destroyed in the powerful earthquake and tsunami. The death toll from the twin disaster on Sulawesi island that erased whole suburbs in Palu has reached 1,944, said local…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Myanmar is yet to create conducive environment for safe and dignified return of Rohingyas forcibly displaced from its Rakhine State who took shelter in Bangladesh, a UN assessment indicates. UNHCR and UNDP said they remain committed to the implementation of the MoU, and to supporting the government of Myanmar’s efforts to find…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Australia’s Victoria state capital Melbourne was forced to land in Perth Airport early Monday, with a medical emergency cited as the reason for the diversion, according to local media. Images onboard the MH149, Airbus A330 plane that landed at about 4 a.m. local time…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A Chinese wedding usually involves giving the bridegroom a ‘test,’ like the shoe hiding game, which involves hiding the shoes of the bride before the wedding ceremony. In searching for the shoes, the bridegroom will demonstrate his love in various but mostly funny ways. The game took an interesting turn at a…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Britain would be welcomed into the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal with “open arms” after it leaves the EU, Japan’s prime minister has said. While the UK would lose its role as a gateway to Europe after Brexit, it would retain its “global strength”, Shinzo Abe told the Financial Times. He also urged…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : China has confirmed it is holding the missing head of Interpol, Meng Hongwei. Beijing said he was under investigation by the country’s anti-corruption body for unspecified breaches of the law. Meng, also a vice-minister of public security in China, was reported missing after travelling from the city of Lyon in…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The death toll from the devastating earthquake and tsunami on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island neared 2,000 on Monday, but thousands more are believed unaccounted for and officials said search teams plan to stop looking for victims later this week. The official toll hit 1,948, mostly in the hard-hit city of Palu, said Jamaluddin,…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has agreed to hold a second summit with US President Donald Trump as soon as possible, Seoul said Sunday. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said “he agreed with Chairman Kim to hold the second US-North Korea summit at the earliest date possible,” South Korea’s presidential…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday he was closely following the case of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after Turkish officials said they believed he had been killed at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Erdogan told reporters that authorities were examining camera footage and airport records as part of their investigation into…