To stay or to go. It’s a wrenching question low-lying coastal communities around the world are beginning to reckon with as climate change starts to push up global sea levels. But it’s not just happening in far-away places like Bangladesh…
Author: Lutfun Nahar
Burma victims deserve justice
Burma’s ethnic Rohingya Muslims are fleeing for their lives. Thousands of their homes were burned and many were killed and raped by Burmese soldiers. Burma’s military and civilian officials dismissed reports of these horrors as “fabricated news and rumors” and…
Breaking France’s addiction to its state of emergency
Like an addict, France does not know how to quit its state of emergency even though it has become clear that maintaining it erodes the rule of law and fosters human rights abuses while not keeping the country safer. The…
Press Release
Alliance Française de Dhaka is going to celebrate Journée internationale de la francophonie’ or ‘The International Day of the Francophonie’ from Tuesday, 14 March 2017 to Saturday, 25 March 2017. Like every year, Alliance Française de Dhaka is organising a…
SC upholds HC verdict for immediate shut down of Dhaka Tanneries
Dhaka – The Appellate Division Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that directed the government to immediately shutdown the Hazaribagh tanneries and disconnect all their utility services, including gas line, power and water, as they missed several deadlines…
SC rejects Khaleda’s appeal for stay on trust graft case
Dhaka – By dismissing a petition the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday paved the way for the concerned trial court to continue the proceedings of Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
B’desh to give befitting reply if attacked: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Bangladesh must have the preparation to give a befitting reply if it is attacked by anyone although it is a peace-loving nation. “We never want to get engaged in any war with anyone,…
Prove remark against Khaleda or apologise, BNP to PM
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Sunday urged the Prime Minister either to prove that their party chief Khaleda Zia took BNP to power by giving an undertaking to India in 2001 or apologise to the nation for…
Lifestyle diseases becoming ‘serious challenge’ for BD, world
Lifestyle diseases, in medical term ‘non-communicable’ diseases, are becoming a ‘very serious challenge’ for the world, including Bangladesh, says a global expert having 40 years of experience about international public health. “It’s very clear there’s a set of new diseases…
Bernie Sanders’ Campaign Faced A Fake News Tsunami.
Last June, John Mattes started noticing something coursing like a virus through the Facebook page he helped administer for Bernie Sanders fans in San Diego. People with no apparent ties to California were friending the page and sharing links from…
Dealing with fb pages having offensive content
The government is expected to sit with the Facebook this month to prevent posting of offensive contents. Discussion with the Facebook authorities to solve the issue and take necessary steps against those who run pages from abroad for spreading fundamentalism…
Tigers need 390 runs on final day
Bangladesh need 390 runs on the final day on Saturday with all the 10 wickets in hand to register their record maiden Test victory against Sri Lanka in the first Test of Joy Bangla Cup series at Galle International Stadium.…
A look at key criminal defendants in South Korean scandal
Formally removed from office by a historic Constitutional Court ruling Friday, Park Geun-hye has lost her presidential immunity from prosecution over a corruption scandal that has sent dozens of high-profile figures to face criminal trials. They include Park’s friend of…
AL to accept people’s mandate in next polls: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said their party will accept the people’s mandate even it if loses the next general election. “The Prime Minister will respect people’s verdict even if she is defeated in the next parliamentary…
4 killed as truck rams auto-rickshaw in Sylhet
Four people were killed and two others injured as a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Alinagar of Beanibazar upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Dulal, 25, Siddique, 35, Guljar Ahmed, 28, and the auto driver…
Trump-Farage has long links with Julian Assange
Leaked emails reveal Nigel Farage, who led the push for Brexit and now serves as an “unofficial adviser” to President Donald Trump, has longstanding ties to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Farage visited the Ecuadorian embassy Thursday where Assange has sought…
Legal challenges to Trump’s travel ban mount from US states
Legal challenges against President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban mounted Thursday as Washington state said it would renew its request to block the executive order and a judge granted Oregon’s request to join the case. The events happened a day…
The ‘robot lawyer’ giving free legal advice to refugees
A technology initially used to fight traffic fines is now helping refugees with legal claims, reports BBC. When Joshua Browder developed DoNotPay he called it “the world’s first robot lawyer”. It’s a chatbot – a computer program that carries out…
PM blasts Dr Yunus again
Criticising again the ‘role of Dr Yunus’ in the process of cancellation promised fund by the World Bank , Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said she does not know whether people will try that reputed person for his act…
Over 5000 crore siphoned out in migrant visa trade: TIB
Over Tk 5,000 crore was laundered from the country last year to buy visas for male migrant workers, says a new survey from Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). The study reveals that a total of Tk 5,234 crore was spent in…
Cluster bombs being used by Saudi coalition forces in Yemen
Brazilian-made cluster munitions used on residential areas of Sa’da city One Yemeni mother describes a bomb ‘coming into the bedroom through the ceiling’ Incident comes after UK cluster munition use in Yemen discovered by Amnesty Amnesty International has corroborated new…
Two policemen identified for setting Santal homes ablaze
Two policemen were identified for their involvement directly in setting fire to the houses of Santal community during the eviction drive in Gobindaganj upazila, according to probe reports submitted by police administration. Rangpur Range Deputy Inspectors General (DIGs) of police…
Inhabitants evacuated from 321 risky Dhaka buildings
Though 321 identified risky buildings of Dhaka city are yet to be demolished completely, the two city corporations of Dhaka and Rajdhani Unnayan Kattripakkha (RAJUK) have started demolishing the buildings to save the lives of its inhabitants. However, the inhabitants…
ICT minister cautions people about app security
Terming a large number of available mobile apps as potential ‘information hacking source’, State Minister for ICT Division, Junaid Ahmed Palak yesterday asked people to be more cautious about downloading and using mobile apps. Palak was speaking as the chief…
Huge grenades, explosives recovered from Ctg ‘militant den’
Members of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in a drive recovered huge grenades, bombs and bomb-making materials from a ‘militant den’ at Gobhania in Mirsarai upazila early Wednesday. Acting on the confessional statements…
5 to walk gallows for killing tax official in city
A speedy tribunal here on Wednesday sentenced five people to death and four others, including two women, to different jail terms for killing former tax commissioner Abu Taher in 2015. The condemned convicts are — Mohammad Nasir, son of Rustom…
HC orders transfer of Khaleda’s graft case to another court
The High Court (HC) on Wednesday ordered the transfer of the case of Zia Orphanage Trust graft to Dhaka Senior Special Judge’s Court (Metropolitan Session Judge’s Court) from Dhaka Special Judge’s Court-3. An HC bench of Justice M Enayetur Rahim…
Release those jailed for no crime: PM
Underscoring the need for releasing those now in jail for no crime, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the victims can also ask for compensation from the authorities concerned. Replying to a tabled question from Jatiya Party MP Nurul…
Valuing Women’s Unpaid Work
Women’s work remains unaccounted for even though the issue of unpaid work carried out by women is being discussed globally at the policy, academic as well as practitioners’ levels. Defined as “unpaid care work,” this includes taking care of children,…
Let Women Speak and Give Them a Hearing
Basic rights always need champions, and that’s truer today than it ought to be as around the world we see an unwelcome pattern of reaction to modern complexities ranging from globalization and automation to austerity and dwindling wages. One alarming…