Dhaka, Mar 1 – A writ was filed with the High Court on Wednesday challenging the legality of the ongoing countrywide transport strike and seeking an order to stop the strike within 24 hours.
Category: Conflicts
Chaos on roads across country as transport strike continues
Dhaka, Mar 1 – The countrywide indefinite transport strike, enforced by Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation, protesting the life term imprisonment of a bus driver in a case filed for a road accident that killed five people, including noted filmmaker…
Transport workers fight with cops at Gabtoli Bus Terminal
Dhaka, Mar 1 – An unspecified number of transport workers were injured in a clash with police and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Gabtoli Bus Terminal in the city on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said the trouble began when…
Half-day general strike against gas price hike ends
Dhaka – A half-day hartal in the capital enforced by the left leaning political parties protesting the government’s announcement to hike of gas price ended yesterday amid stray incidence of violence. The law enforcers detained at least nine pickets during…
No extrajudicial killing in country: Minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday told Parliament that no extrajudicial killing is taking place in the country as the government is determined to establish the rule of law. “No extrajudicial killing takes place in Bangladesh. The present democratic government…
Russia: Don’t Veto Sanctions for Syria Chemical Attacks
Russia and other United Nations Security Council members should support a proposed resolution that would impose sanctions on Syrian government officials responsible for chemical attacks, Human Rights Watch said today. The Security Council is expected to vote on the resolution…
Govt unable to utilise project aid allocations for Holey Artisan attack
Dhaka – Planning minister AHM Mustfa Kamal Monday said the government is unable to utilise total allocation of project assistance in annual development programme of the current fiscal due to impact of Holey Artisan Bakery terrorist attack on July 1…
Violence against Rohingyas more extensive than speculated: UN
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee on Monday said the magnitude of violence that Rohingya families have witnessed and experienced is far more extensive than she had originally speculated. Speaking at the end…
BNP backs Nat’l committee‘s Jan 26 half-day hartal
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…
Police look for arresting ‘five assailants’ of writer-blogger Avijit Roy
Two years on, police are still to submit the chargesheet in the murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy.Investigators say they were waiting to arrest the five, who were involved in the assassination of the Bangladeshi American writer, who founded the blog…
Malaysia: Kim Jong Nam died within 20 minutes of poisoning
Malaysia’s health minister says the dose of poison given to North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un’s half brother was so high that it killed him “within 15-20 minutes.” Kim Jong Nam died Feb. 13 at Kuala Lumpur’s airport. Friday’s revelation…
What will Baghdad face in 2017?
By Cathy Breen Being stuck in traffic is daily fare in Baghdad. While checkpoints have been dramatically reduced in recent times, and the number of concrete walls appear markedly decreased, traffic jams still defy description. It doesn’t help in the…
Tributes were paid to victims of Feb 25 BDR carnage
Today (Feb 25) is the 8th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at Pilkhana BDR Headquarters in the capital that left 74 people, including 57 army officers, killed in 2009. To mark the day, special prayers were offered at the mosque…
Transport strike in 10 dists from Sunday
Transport workers called an indefinite strike in 10 districts of Khulna division protesting the life term imprisonment of a bus driver in a case filed over a road accident that killed five people, including noted filmmaker Tareque Masud and cinematographer…
BDR carnage 8th anniversary Saturday: BNP for national mourning
Dhaka, Feb 24 – The 8th anniversary of the atrocious carnage at Pilkhana BDR Headquarters in the capital will be observed on Saturday. A total of 74 people, including 57 army officers, were killed in the carnage beginning on this…
Trump repeats call for US nuclear supremacy
President Donald Trump has said he wants the United States to expand its nuclear arsenal, in his first comments on the issue since taking office. Mr Trump said it would be “wonderful” if no nation had nuclear arms, but otherwise…
Malaysia says VX nerve agent used in killing of N.Korean
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 24 (AP/UNB) — The banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent was used in the murder of Kim Jong Nam, the North Korean ruler’s outcast half brother who was poisoned last week at the airport in Kuala Lumpur,…
Putin says sending aircraft carrier group to Syria was his idea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the idea to send a Russian aircraft carrier group to Syria was his own, adding that Russia does not intend to interfere in Syria’s internal affairs, but wants to deal with the terrorists.…
Heated debate in JS over ‘move’ to withdraw ‘politically motivated’ cases
Opposition MP Pir Fazlur Rahman and Chief Whip ASM Feroz on Thursday locked horns in Parliament over the government’s ‘move’ to withdraw 206 more ‘politically motivated’ cases. Jatiya Party MP Fazlur Rahman referred to a newspaper report that the government…
US not in competition with India or China in Bangladesh: Bernicat
US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat on Thursday said the United States is not in competition with either India or China here in Bangladesh rather share the goal of a prosperous, safe, and stable society for Bangladesh. “I believe that…
3 Indian soldiers, Kashmir woman killed in rebel attack
Srinagar, Feb 23 (AP/UNB) – Police say three Indian soldiers and a woman have been killed after rebels ambushed soldiers in the disputed region of Kashmir.
Blogger Avijit murder case report submission deferred
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka on Wednesday set March 27 for submission of the probe report in the case filed for killing writer-blogger Avijit Roy.
NATO pilots intercept Russian fighter jets
According to Newsweek, the jets came close to allied airspace on February 14 and 16 and only the bomber had its transponder on. A submitted flight plan was only recorded for one of the three planes in the second flight,…
Myanmar probing police ‘cover-up’ of deaths of two Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar’s army-controlled home ministry is investigating a cover-up by the country’s border force of the deaths in custody of two Rohingya Muslims in troubled Rakhine State, according to a police report reviewed by Reuters and interviews with two senior security…
Movement to continue until democracy ‘restored’: BNP
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said their party will continue its movement until democracy is ‘restored’ in the country. He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after paying homage to the Language Movement…
Can India-China strategic dialogue reduce tensions?
The first China-India secretary level strategic dialogue begins this Wednesday in Beijing. India’s foreign secretary Subrahmanyam Jaishankar will sit with his Chinese counterpart Zhang Yesui. India’s Foreign Office terms this as the first strategic meeting between these two countries. Similar…
Syria: Make human rights priority of Geneva talks
Participants in the February 23, 2017, UN-sponsored Syria peace talks in Geneva should prioritize five key human rights issues during negotiations, 40 human rights and other organizations said today. The priorities are to end unlawful attacks, ensure aid access and…
Israeli leader turned down secret peace initiative, ex-officials say
Israel’s prime minister turned down a regional peace initiative last year that was brokered by then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, former American officials confirmed Sunday, in apparent contradiction to Benjamin Netanyahu’s stated goal of involving regional Arab powers in…
Shahjalal University students fight with locals; 7 injured
Dhaha, Feb 20 – Seven students of Sylhet Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) were injured in a clash with local people on Sunday evening.
Three suspected ‘JMB’ men held in Narayanganj
Dhaka, Feb 20 (UNB) – Three suspected members of the banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) were arrested by members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) different areas in Sonargaon upazila early Monday.