Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims is continuing, a senior UN human rights official said, more than six months after insurgent attacks sparked a security response that has driven nearly 700,000 people into Bangladesh.
Author: Lutfun Nahar
‘No right to differ with govt in Bangladesh Politics’
A former adviser of Caretaker Government M Hafizuddin Khan has compared the present political situation of Bangladesh with English writer Gorge Orwell’s novel Animal Farm saying that here nobody have the right to differ with the government.He made the remark…
Xi Jinping Chinese President for Life?
President Xi is expected to be granted broad new powers by China’s National People’s Congress, which kicked off its annual session today. For more than two decades Chinese presidents have been limited to two five-year terms, said CBS News correspondent…
PM visits Dr Zafar Iqbal at CMH
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) here to see Dr Zafar Iqbal who was injured in a knife attack on the campus of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) in Sylhet.She went to…
Kuwait reinstates ban on Bangladeshi Migrant workers
Kuwait has imposed a ban on recruiting Bangladeshis to work in the northern Arabian Gulf state.Kuwait’s Interior Minister Shaikh Khalid Al Jarrah has ordered the ban and asked the interior ministry to apply it, reports Gulf News on Monday quoting…
Myanmar army again deployed along border
After a three-day interval, Myanmar Army again took position along Tambru border in Naikkhonchhari upazila of Bandarban district on Monday, creating panic among the Rohingyas who have taken shelter on no man’s land.
Berlusconi’s flat tax fallacy
“A flat tax is for a flat earth”: This was my answer to Grzegorz Kolodko, Poland’s Minister of Finance and First Deputy Premier for the Economy (1994-97 and 2002-03), when in the mid-1990s he asked me – his adviser sponsored…
More Europe is more freedom
Will the period of postings be shortened from 24 months to 12 (with a potential 6-month extension) as proposed last week by the negotiators on behalf of the European Parliament, the Council and Commission? The current talks between European Parliament…
Women peace laureates condemn inaction on Rohingya genocide
Nobel Laureates Mairead Maguire, Shirin Ebadi and Tawakkol Karman met with more than 100 women refugees in camps in the coastal Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh this week, as well as travelling to the “no man’s land” where thousands of…
10 thousand doctors to be recruited before election
The government has decided to recruit 10,000 doctors before the general elections due in December, the health minister says.Mohammed Nasim said half of them would be taken within three months.
US-Bangla flight makes emergency landing
A Jessore bound US-Bangla Airline’s aeroplane made a safe emergency landing in Dhaka due to signal imbalance after takeoff on Sunday morning.
Modi’s BJP wins in Tripura consolidates in 2 other states
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party ended 25 years of uninterrupted communist party rule in a northeastern state and consolidated its position in two other states in key provincial elections.
Europe’s poor need more than jobs
More EU citizens work than ever recorded. Twelve million moved into work in just the past four years. That is more than the total population of Belgium or Greece. That’s the exciting news. But what will it mean for Europe’s…
JP to resign from cabinet soon: Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Friday said resigning of his party members from Cabinet is now a matter of time.The prime minister’s special envoy came up with this remark while talking to reporters at Rangpur circuit house in the…
Best to keep BNP out of power: Inu
Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu on Friday said it is appropriate to keep BNP out of the state power for the sake of democracy.
Ebadi for women’s awareness against patriarchal culture
Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian Nobel laureate, has urged the womenfolk to get educated to change the patriarchal culture.“And this is basically because men don’t want women to be literate and educated because once they become educated they’ll try and weaken…
BNP will publish white paper on corruption during Awami League’s tenure: Moudud
BNP leader Moudud Ahmed has said that this is not the last government in the country, and his party will publish a white paper on corruption during the Awami League government’s tenure when it comes to power.
Burma claims troops at border for internal security
In the wake of Thursday’s strong protest by Dhaka, Myanmar on Friday defended the deployment of troops and artillery along the Bangladesh-Myanmar border saying that it was done for internal security.Myanmar, however, refuted the claim of firing blank shots along…
Hindus celebrate Holi Festival of colours
Hundreds of Hindu community members today celebrated Holi, a religious festival of colours, across the country with much enthusiasm and religious fervor.
Where our gold and diamonds come from
How many people know where their gold and diamond jewelry comes from?How many people consider the human cost of its production?Not many consumers ask these questions, and, shockingly, neither do many of the world’s leading jewelry brands.It’s a trend that…
BGB put on high alert along Myanmar border
The members of Border Guard Bangladesh(BGB) have been put on high alert as Myanmar Army took position along Tambru border in Naikkhongchhari of Bandarban with heavy arms and ammunition on Thursday.The Foreign Ministry also summoned Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka LwinOo…
See your own face in mirror: BNP tells PM Hasina
Hitting out at the Prime Minister for branding their party as a corrupt one, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday suggested Sheikh Hasina to see her own face in the mirror.
New Zealand spy papers show 1981 bid to kill Queen
A mentally disturbed teenager tried to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II during a 1981 visit to New Zealand and police covered up the botched attempt, according to official documents released Thursday.
US trade show begins in capital
A three-day trade show started today in the city to display product of American companies in Bangladesh as well as give a boost to the bilateral trade between the two countries.
Stock trading witnessed mixed trending on Thursday
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw mixed trend in early hours of trading on Thursday as investors remain active on both sides of the trading session.
BNP distributing leaflets seeking Khaleda’s release
BNP distributed leaflets across the country, including the capital, on Thursday demanding the release of its chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail.
Taking on the new authoritarians
It was a premiere: We took our podcast live, to Stockholm’s Kulturhuset, and the guest was perfect, somebody we had wanted to talk to for a long time, the techno-sociologist, activist, author, professor Zeynep Tufekci.
Ousted Pak PM’s brother head of ruling party
The younger brother of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been elected as acting president of the country’s ruling party after the Supreme Court ruled that anyone disqualified from office cannot serve as party chief.
Govt interference delays Khaleda’s bail: BNP alleges
The BNP on Wednesday alleged that the release of chairperson Khaleda Zia has been delayed due to interference of the government. Secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the allegation at a press conference at party’s central office at Naya…
Govt can stop question paper leakage it it wants: Raushon
Opposition leader Raushon Ershad on Wednesday said the practice of frequent question paper leakage can be stopped right away if the government wants to do.