News Watch (24-5-2018)

Tk 21.7m foreign currency haul at Sylhet airport

SYLHET, May 23: Civil Aviation Authority Bangladesh (CAAB) members arrested a man along with foreign currencies worth Tk 21.7 million at the MAG Osmani International Airport on Wednesday noon. The arrestee was identified as Misbah Uddin, 52, of Kapasia upazila in Gazipur district. Misbah came to the airport around 3.00pm for going to Dubai by a flydubai flight. The foreign currencies were detected scanning his luggage, said Enamul Haque, Customs Officer at the airport. — UNB

Karnataka gets 2nd CM in a week

NEW DELHI, May 23: A new chief minister (CM) has been sworn in in India's southern state of Karnataka, the second one to do so in a week. HD Kumaraswamy will head a coalition government of the main opposition Congress party and Janata Dal (S), a regional ally. — BBC