Dhaka, Aug 17 – Leaders of Bangladesh General Students Rights Protection Council (BGSRPC) on Friday demanded an immediate release of Eden College Student Lutfunnahar Luma, also a leader of the quota reform movement.
Category: Conflicts
BNP terms PM’s remark on Khaleda centring on 15 Aug absurd
BNP on Friday termed ‘absurd and imprudent’ Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s comment involving its chairperson Khaleda Zia in the August-15 carnage conspiracy.
Why Trump cancelled the Iran Deal
By Eric Zuesse The following is entirely from open online sources that I have been finding to be trustworthy in these matters in the past. These sources will be linked-to here; none of this information is secret, even though some…
BNP criticises Inu for his ‘Criticism of ‘Zia Family’
BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Thursday suggested the government to create a new ministry styled ‘Zia family criticism affairs’ and give current Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu its charge.
Khaleda also involved in Aug-15 carnage conspiracy: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said there is no doubt that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was also involved in the August-15 carnage conspiracy.
Palestinian children, the true victims of the conflict
Over 500 to 700 West Bank children were arrested and prosecuted each year by Israeli military forces. And Palestinian child rights organisation, Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP), says that between 2012 and 2017 the organisation represented more than 700…
‘This govt worse than that of 1/11’: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the current ‘fascist’ government is worse than that of 1/11 2007 as it snatched all the basic rights of people and political parties.
Job quota protest: Eden College student held in Sirajganj
Police in a drive arrested a student of Eden College and also a leader of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council, a platform that led the quota reform movement, from her uncle’s house in Belkuchi upazila on Wednesday.
Taliban overrun Afghan army base, kill 17 troops
The Taliban overran a base in northern Afghanistan, killing 17 soldiers, even as Afghan forces battled the insurgents for the fifth straight day in the eastern provincial capital of Ghazni on Tuesday, trying to flush them out of the city’s…
Feed industry decries decision of mandatory jute packaging
Feed Industries Association Bangladesh (FIAB) on Tuesday protested the government’s recent decision to make it mandatory to use jute bags for packaging poultry and fish feed products.
Rohingyas Myanmar nationals; accept them: Mahathir
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said Myanmar must accept Rohingyas because they are their citizens as they have lived in Myanmar for generations.
Remove ‘Myanmar national’ from Rohingya ID cards: Yangon
Bangladesh has agreed to a request from Myanmar officials to replace the words “Myanmar nationals” with “displaced persons from Rakhine state” on identity cards issued to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, a Bangladeshi official told BenarNews, an RFA-affiliated online news…
Bangladesh wants durable Rohingya repatriation: FS
Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque on Monday reiterated that the repatriation issue in any country is a very ‘complex and difficult’ issue which cannot be done overnight.
Turkish – Syrian border: Confusion, destruction and grief
By Andre Vltchek When we first met in 2017, the Turkish poet, Mustafa Goren, stood proudly and defiantly next to a monstrous concrete wall built on orders from Ankara. The partition has just recently separated two towns with the same…
Job quota protesters give Aug 31 ultimatum
Students seeking quota reform on Sunday threatened to go for tougher movement if their three-point demand is not met by August 31.
Sylhet JCD leader killed in factional clash
Sylhet, Aug 12 – A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatradal was killed and two activists injured in a factional clash in Kumarpara area of the city on Saturday night.
Ruling party establishes ‘reign of terror’: BNP
Dhaka, Aug 11 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the ruling party has established a ‘reign of terror’ in the country by defying rules.
Dialogue can’t take place on condition: Quader
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said no dialogue could be taken place on conditional basis.
UN concerned at Chinese detention of Uighur Muslims
A U.N. anti-discrimination committee raised concerns on Friday over China’s treatment of the Uighur Muslim minority, citing reports of mass detentions as it considered Beijing’s record over recent years.
FM of BD visits Maungdaw town in Rakhine
A high-profile Bangladesh delegation, led by Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali, on Saturday visited Maungdaw, a town in Rakhine State of Myanmar, to see the situation there.
Sylhet City re-polling: Incumbent Ariful needs 81 more votes
Sylhet, Aug 11 – Voting in two centres of Sylhet City Corporation election, in which voting was postponed due to various irregularities on July 30, is underway on Saturday to determine the mayor of the city corporation.
Police identifies ‘anarchists’ behind student protest: IGP
Dhaka– Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Mohammad Javed Patwary said here today they have already identified the people responsible for creating anarchy capitalising recent student protest over demand of road safety in Chandpur.
Journos demand punishment of attackers
Dhaka – Journalists from different media outlets on Friday formed a human chain in front of the National Museum demanding arrest and punishment of those who attacked their colleagues while covering the students’ movement demanding safe road.
50 Sundarbans tigers beaten to death in 18 years
Dhaka – Fifty tigers were beaten to death in the areas adjacent to the Sundarbans in the last 18 years while over 332 people killed by the big cats during the same period as they entered localities in search of…
‘Repression on BD indigenous people must stop’
Dhaka, Aug 10 – Speakers, on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, at a programme here on Thursday, said incidents of repression of indigenous people must be stopped.
Suspected Drug trader killed in Munshiganj ‘gunfight’
Munshiganj, Aug 10 (UNB) – A suspected drug trader was killed in a reported gunfight with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Purbakumarbhog in Louhajang Upazila early Friday.
Myanmar snubs Hague court’s intervention in Rohingya crisis
Yangon, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar sharply rejected an attempt by the International Criminal Court to consider the country’s culpability for activities that caused 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh for safety last year.
Mahathir for more int’l youth exchanges to avoid wars
Beppu, Aug 10 (AP/UNB) – Malaysia’s leader called Thursday for more international exchanges among young people as a way to prevent war and terrorism, as he received an honorary degree from a like-minded university in Japan.
BAU student given show cause notice for FB status
Mymensingh, Aug 9 – Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) has given a show cause notice to a student for a Facebook status indicating indecent remark about the university Proctor. The notice was signed by the university's Additional Registrar (education) on Thursday.
Stop repression on students, journos, HR workers: Statement
Dhaka, Aug 9 – A total of 69 leading academics, lawyers, rights activists, filmmakers, media personalities and cultural activists of Bangladesh in a joint statement have demanded the government to stop repression on students, academics, journalists and human rights activists…