Customs seize gold worth Taka 10 million at Shah Amanat International Airport

Officials of the Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation have seized seven gold bars and jewelery from a passenger returning from Dubai at Shah Amanat International Airport. The incident happened on Thursday morning. A passenger named Mohammad Shahidul Islam has been detained in connection with the incident. He is a resident of Chakaria of Cox’s […]

Israeli strikes destroy Damascus, Aleppo airports: Syrian state media

Last weekend, Israeli strikes targeted Aleppo airport, wounding five people, a war monitor reported, and putting it out of service, according to officials. During Syria’s more than decade-long war, Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes on its northern neighbor, mainly targeting Iran-backed forces and Lebanese Hezbollah fighters, as well as Syrian army positions Is. […]

Syria’s Aleppo airport damaged by Israel strike: Defense Ministry

It said “several missiles” were fired from the Mediterranean west of the coastal city of Latakia. Transport ministry official Suleiman Khalil told AFP technicians were assessing the damage. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strike “targeted an arms depot belonging to pro-Iranian forces in the airport compound and the perimeter of the airport.” […]

Set up special desk at airport to receive bodies of migrant workers: NHRC chairman

Kamal Uddin also mentioned the need to enact victim and witness protection laws to ensure legal services to victims of human trafficking. Along with others, the meeting was chaired by Whole Time Member of the Commission Mohd. Salim Raza; Advocate Salma Ali, President of Bangladesh Women Lawyers Association, Jasmine Ara Begum, former member of NHRC […]

Haiti police block roads, vandalize airport to protest killings of officers

Haitian police officers blocked roads on Thursday and made their way to the country’s main airport in protest of a recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean nation. According to a Reuters witness, protesters in civilian clothes, who identified themselves as police, first attacked Prime Minister Ariel Henry’s official […]