An Egyptian criminal court decision on January 12, 2017, designating about 1,500 citizens “terrorists” for their alleged assistance to the Muslim Brotherhood reflects the authorities’ indiscriminate use of broad counterterrorism laws, Human Rights Watch said today. Using these laws to…
Two days after some 5 million people around the globe marched demanding respect for women’s rights, President Donald Trump reinstated the “Global Gag Rule,” a destructive policy that threatens women’s lives around the world. People gather for the Women’s March…
An actor has died after being shot while filming a music video in the Australian city of Brisbane. The man, in his 20s, suffered a chest wound inside the Brooklyn Standard bar in Eagle Lane in the city centre, Queensland…
Underscoring the need for further strengthening Saarc, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the activities of the eight-nation regional body should be focused, time-bound and result-oriented one to meet peoples’ expectations.She came up with the remarks when outgoing Saarc…
A total of 132 policemen, including the two police officers who were gunned down during the Gulshan café’ attack of militants on July 1 last year, were awarded Bangladesh Police Medal (BPM) and President Police Medal (PPM) today in a…
Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani, chairman of MM Ispahani Limited, a leading industrial conglomerate of the country, passed away at a city hospital on Monday. He was 66.Behrouze Ispahani, also the managing director of International Publications Limited which owns English daily…
France’s far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen called on voters across Europe to “wake up” and follow the example of US and British voters.Speaking at an unprecedented meeting in Germany of Europe’s rightwing populist parties, she said Brexit would unleash…
West African leaders did not agree to immunity for Yahya Jammeh during negotiations that convinced Gambia’s longtime ruler to flee into exile, Senegal’s foreign minister said on Sunday.Jammeh, who is accused of serious rights violations, led his country for 22…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Sunday that conspiracies are on to kill those MPs and AL leaders and workers who are making a stronger footing in their respective areas.She made the remarks taking part in the discussion on…
The Indian federal government has cleared the way for bullfighting events to resume in southern Tamil Nadu state, bypassing a Supreme Court ban.Subduing angry bulls has long been practised in the state as a sport and a ritual that forms…
President Donald Trump has accused the media of dishonesty over the number of people attending his inauguration.Mr Trump was speaking after photographs were published appearing to show more people attended the inauguration of his predecessor Barack Obama in 2009.Mr Trump’s…
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) Sunday received the death reference of the sensational Narayanganj seven-murder case. Now, the HC will examine the trial court verdict that had sentenced League leader and former NCC councilor Nur Hossain, three former RAB…
BNP on Sunday extended its support to a half-day hartal to be enforced by the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports on January 26 demanding cancellation of Rampal power plant project near the Sundarbans.BNP senior…
A promise to marry cannot be considered an inducement in every rape case, the Bombay high court has ruled while granting pre-arrest bail to a 21-year-old youth after his former girlfriend lodged a case of rape following their break-up. Justice…
President Donald Trump’s inauguration speech carries many worrying signals for the world at large and Bangladesh also needs to worry about certain issues if his speech is taken as the outline of the policies of his administration, said a political…
The OIC Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) on Thursday called upon the government of Myanmar to take decisive steps to restore calm to the affected areas and hold all the perpetrators of acts of violence accountable.“The government of Myanmar should…
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday urged the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to help end the persecution of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority.Najib told the opening of a special meeting of OIC foreign ministers to discuss the crisis that it…
If all goes as planned, Ethan Miller will be standing among 100 people near one of the checkpoints to enter the inauguration viewing area on Friday, loudly chanting:“When Muslim communities are under attack, what do we do? . . . Stand up,…
A high-rise building in Tehran engulfed by a fire collapsed on Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and injuring some 75 people, state media reported.The disaster struck the Plasco building, an iconic structure in central Tehran just north of the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina once again strongly defended the construction of Rampal coal-fired power plant project in Bagerhat when former US vice-president Al Gore raised the issue in a plenary session of the 47th Annual Meeting of the World Economic…
The killing by Philippine police of a South Korean businessman is an ominous indicator of the breakdown of rule of law under President Rodrigo Duterte.A government investigation released this week concluded that the Philippine National Police (PNP) officers who killed…
The man who won The Gambia’s disputed election says he will be sworn in as president at the country’s embassy in neighbouring Senegal.The message, posted on Adama Barrow’s social media accounts, invited the general public to attend the ceremony.Last-ditch efforts…
Rescuers have removed three bodies from a hotel engulfed by an avalanche in central Italy as a desperate search for up to 30 other people continues.Heavy snow and disruption caused by multiple earthquakes have hindered rescue efforts in the rubble…
A lift at Chittagong hospital has fallen, injuring two persons.The elevator at Chattagrqam Maa-O-Shishu Hospital at Agrabad’s CDA area fell around 6:45pm on Wednesday.The two injured persons were being treated at the hospital’s emergency ward, Fire Service official Jashim Uddin…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that the need for South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is ‘not yet over’.”The SAARC is still needed. The eight-nation regional body is very much alive and I think it can work for…
A mobile court on Wednesday sentenced four people, arrested with 700 slaughtered birds of different species from Katenga area in Terokhada upazila on Tuesday, to three-month imprisonment.They are—Saiful Islam, 29, Mushfiq Islam, 22, Alauddin Mollah of Kachikata village and Lacchu,…
The government has decided not to cut fuel price right now as it is on the uptrend on the global market, said State Minister for Power and Energy Nasrul Hamid on Wednesday.”No fuel price adjustment right now as the price…
Describing water as a wealth, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said it can no longer be a free input and infinite resource to production or development.“Water can no longer be a free input and infinite resource to production or…
The Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will discuss ‘genuine steps’ on Thursday in Kuala Lumpur what the OIC and the international community should take to address the root causes of violence in the Rakhine…
Hawkers Samannoy Parishad, a platform for street vendors, on Tuesday demanded the city authorities rehabilitate them stopping the current eviction against them.The Parishad activists came up with the demand at a rally held in front of the Jatiya Press Club.Several…