UNB: No Israeli flight or plane has landed in Bangladesh, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) clarified in a statement issued today. The statement was published following recent reports in social and some mainstream media on the matter. Two flights of American National Airlines took off from Tel Aviv Airport on April 7 and landed in Dhaka Airport in order to ship Bangladeshi -made garments to Europe and Middle East, reads the statement signed by Mohammad Sohel Kamruzzaman, deputy...
Day: April 13, 2024
NN Online Report: Bangladesh Meteorological Department today predicted that the existing mild to moderate heat wave sweeping over Rajshahi, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram, and Sylhet divisions may spread in the next 24 hours commencing 9:00am today. “Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country. Day temperature may rise slightly and night temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country,” the weather bulletin said. Country’s maximum temperature yesterday was recorded at 39°C at Rangamati and today’s...
NN Online Report: Despite mostly empty streets during the Eid holidays, Dhaka has ranked second on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 178 at 10:15 am this morning. Dhaka’s air was classified as ‘unhealthy’ today, according to the air quality index. Nepal’s Kathmandu, India’s Kolkata and Uzbekistan’s Tashkent occupied the first, third and fourth spots on the list, with AQI scores of 188, 174 and 163, respectively. When the AQI value...
Agency: Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, shooting and setting houses and cars on fire. The rampage killed a Palestinian man and wounded 25 others, Palestinian health officials said. The violence was the latest in an escalation in the West Bank that has accompanied Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip. An Israeli rights group said the settlers were searching for a missing 14-year-old boy from their settlement. After the rampage, Israeli...
Agency: China has surged sales to Russia of machine tools, microelectronics and other technology that Moscow in turn is using to produce missiles, tanks, aircraft and other weaponry for use in its war against Ukraine, according to a U.S. assessment. Two senior Biden administration officials, who discussed the sensitive findings Friday on the condition of anonymity, said that in 2023 about 90% of Russia’s microelectronics came from China, which Russia has used to make missiles, tanks and aircraft. Nearly 70% of...
Reuters, Washington: US President Joe Biden on Friday said he expected Iran to attack Israel “sooner, rather than later” and warned Tehran not to proceed. Asked by reporters about his message to Iran, Biden said simply, “Don’t,” and he underscored Washington’s commitment to defend Israel. “We are devoted to the defense of Israel. We will support Israel. We will help defend Israel and Iran will not succeed,” he said. Israel braced on Friday for an attack by Iran or its proxies...
AP: Osama Siblani was sipping his morning coffee at the office when his phone buzzed with a message from one of President Joe Biden’s advisers. As publisher of the Arab American News in Dearborn, Michigan, Siblani serves as an occasional sounding board, and the White House wanted to know what he thought of Biden’s recent call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. After months of mounting concerns over the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza, Biden had publicly, albeit vaguely, threatened...
UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged every citizen to work together in the upcoming Bangla new year to build...