Singaporean accused of swapping tags
Singapore: A Singaporean baggage handler has been charged with ‘mischief’ for allegedly swapping tags on hundreds of suitcases at the city-state’s airport, causing them to end up at the wrong destination.
Fire in Bangla textile factory kills 6 people
Dhaka: At least six workers, including a woman, were killed on Wednesday when a fire ripped through a four- storey textile factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, the latest lethal industrial accident to hit the country.
Obama begins turn as wall street speaker
New York: Barack Obama has begun cashing in on his time in the White House with paid Wall Street speeches less than a year after leaving office, a practice which drew stinging rebukes for Hillary Clinton during last year’s presidential campaign.
B’desh army steps in as Rohingyas suffer rain
Cox’s Bazar: Bangladesh’s army was ordered on Wednesday to take a bigger role helping thousands of Rohingya who have fled violence in Myanmar, amid warnings it could take six months to register the new refugees.
‘Social media not to blame polarisation’
Washington: Social media may not be the most significant driver of political polarisation, according to a study that contradicts the popular narrative that the internet is to blame for rising partisanship.
anti-Muslim Buddhist monk detained
Bangkok: Thai authorities have detained a Buddhist monk who has posted online videos that harshly denounce Islam. Police Col. Dusit Promsin in the southern province of Songkhla said the monk, Apichart Punnajanto, was detained there yesterday by officers from the Crime Suppression Division.