“There was no precedent,” he said when he turned 90. “If I asked somebody, ‘What do you expect me to do?’ They all looked blank. They had no idea.”
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Derek Chauvin trial: George Floyd was pleading with officers
A Minneapolis court has been shown new police bodycam footage of George Floyd pleading with officers during his arrest, saying: “I’m not a bad guy”.
Siege on US Capitol Was poll Violence of a Fragile Democracy
Jan 7 2021 (IPS) – Supporters of President Donald Trump, following his encouragement, stormed the US Capitol building on Jan. 6, disrupting the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. Waving Trump banners, hundreds of people broke through barricades and smashed…
Voter turnout was below 25pc: EC Mahbub Talukdar
Dhaka, Jan 01 – Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukdar has said less than 25 percent voters exercised their franchise in the elections to the two Dhaka city corporations on Saturday.
Panic militant attack on police was to spread terrorism: DMP
Dhaka, Jan 20 – The main purpose of the panic attacks by the militants on law enforcers last year was to spread terrorism and get publicity, said Monirul Islam, Additional Commissioner of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Head of…
Where were AL leaders when Bangabandhu was assassinated: PM
Dhaka, Dec 17 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she is still looking for an answer where all the leaders of Awami League had been when Bangabandhu was assassinated and why no-one of them came forward to play…
BGB, BSF incident was a misunderstanding: BD Home Minister
Dhaka, Oct 18 – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said the Charghat incident in Rajshahi between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India’s Border Security Force (BSF) was a misunderstanding which will be resolved through discussion.
Was intent to kill Abrar or just beat him: police inquiring
Dhaka, Oct 14 – Police yesterday said that Abrar Fahad, who was a student of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), was beaten to death on suspicions of being a Chhatra Shibir member.
Suspending UK Parliament was unlawful, Supreme Court rules
Boris Johnson’s decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court has ruled. Mr Johnson suspended – or prorogued – Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, but j udges said it was wrong to stop MPs carrying out duties…
Was slavery the world’s first human rights violation?
By Thalif Deen UN, Mar 7 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, which diligently monitors human rights violations worldwide, believes that centuries-old slavery still exists worldwide.
The WFP man was surprised as this man politely declined per diem in dollars
Mostafa Kamal Majumder After the April 29, 1991, devastating cyclone that ravaged the Southeastern coastal belt of Bangladesh with the official death toll put at 140,000; a spectacular post-cyclone agricultural recovery was achieved in the Kutubdia Island Upazila of Cox’s…