Dhaka, March 23 – BNP standing committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed Friday claimed that his party would win the next parliamentary polls by a margin of 75 per cent seats if the election is free and fair.
Category: Conflicts
Holey Artisan ‘mastermind’, ‘weapon supplier’ put on remand
Dhaka, March 22 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday put on two members of Neo JMB including Hadisur Rahman Sagar on remand. Sagar, allegedly supplied bombs during the Holey Artisan attack. Magistrate Raihanul Haque of…
London-Moscow fiery exchanges over spy poisoning
PARIS, (BSS/AFP) – Since the poisoning of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England on March 4, a war of words has escalated between London and Moscow.
Boko Haram releases 76 abducted girls
ABUJA(BSS/AFP) – Boko Haram jihadists have released 76 of the 110 schoolgirls that were abducted from the northeastern town of Dapchi in February, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. Information Minister Lai Mohammed said “the 76 are those…
Race against time to protect Rohingyas: UNHCR envoy
Dhaka – UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett on Wednesday warned of a “race against time” to protect Rohingyas from the worst impacts of the upcoming monsoon season in Bangladesh. Blanchett, on completion of her Bangladesh visit, called for urgent action…
Teen shoots girl in Maryland school, killed in confrontation
Great Mills, Mar 21 (AP/UNB) — A teenager armed with a handgun shot and critically wounded a girl inside a Maryland school on Tuesday and the shooter was killed when a school resource officer confronted him moments after the gunfire…
DB inspector killed in capital ‘gunfight’
4 held for interrogation Dhaka, Mar 20 – An inspector of Detective Branch of police was killed in a reported gunfight with criminals at Middle Pirerbagh in the capital’s Mirpur area on early Tuesday.
Sri Lanka nationwide state of emergency lifted
Dhaka, Mar 18 – Sri Lanka has lifted a state of emergency that was put in place after an outbreak of violence against Muslim communities earlier this month, reports the BBC.
Russia expels 23 UK envoys, blames others for spy poisoning
Moscow, Mar 18 (AP/UNB) — Russia announced Saturday it is expelling 23 British diplomats and threatened further retaliatory measures in a growing diplomatic dispute over a nerve agent attack on a former spy in Britain.
Country heading towards dark tunnel: Dr. Mosharraf
Dhaka – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Saturday alleged that the country is heading towards a ‘dark tunnel’ as the government has lost control over all institutions.
Trump’s launch of a global trade war
Penang, 15 Mar (Martin Khor) – Last week’s action by President Donald Trump has ended the United States’ leadership on liberal trade and may trigger a global trade war with major damaging consequences.
Meet me in Pyongyang
An interview with Siegfried Hecker Elisabeth Eaves It was an extraordinary week in North Korean nuclear affairs. First, high-level South Korean envoys met with the North’s leader Kim Jong-un, returning to Seoul with promises of an inter-Korean summit and other…
Burma Violations amounting to international crimes: UN probe
Geneva, 13 Mar (Kanaga Raja) – The United Nations-mandated Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar has reported that the body of information and materials it is collecting is “concrete and overwhelming” and points at “human rights violations of the most…
Next election to expose AL’s political bankruptcy: BNP
Chittagong, Mar 15 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the next general election will expose that Awami League, not BNP, has got politically bankrupt.
School walkouts across US demand gun reform
ByChristopher Bucktin On Thursday the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, were joined by 300,000 others across the US in a walkout, part of an emboldened anti-gun movemen t In their thousands, they walked silently on…
ACC, Govt file leave to appeals against Khaleda’s bail
Dhaka, March 15 – The government and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Thursday filed separate leave-to- appeal petitions with the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court challenging the High Court order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia in…
Jute-mill workers block Khulna-Jessore highway for wage
Dhaka – Traffic movement on Khulna-Jessore highway remained halted for an hour on Thursday as the workers of Khulna-based private jute mills blocked the road in Shiromoni area demanding immediate payment of the dues and reopening the closed jute mills.
White House backs UK decision to expel diplomats
The White house in a statement has expressed its solidarity with the decision of the United Kingdom to expel 23 Russian diplomats.
Myanmar verifies only 374 Rohingyas for repatriation: Official
Dhaka, Mar 15 – Myanmar has verified only 374 Rohingyas from the list of 8032 for possible repatriation from Bangladesh to their homeland in Rakhine state, says an official.
Dr. Zafar Iqbal back to Shahjalal University campus
Shahjalal University – Eminent writer Prof Md. ZafarIqbal has said that he holds no anger or ill-will towards the individual who attacked him with a knife on the Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) campus on March 3.
Govt trying to split BNP, alleges Fakhrul
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is conducting various ‘false campaigns’ to create a rift in their party.
Getting Syrian refugee students to school safely
By International Organization for Migration Mar 12 2018 (IOM) – Seven years of war in Syria has not deterred Ameena from being fully involved in her children’s education. The mother of four and her husband Abu Hamzeh fled their hometown…
Report on Kallyanpur militant den deferred
Dhaka, March 12 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday deferred the date for submission of the investigation report in the case filed over operation at a militant den in the capital’s Kalyanpur area to April 19.
PM seeks Singapore help on Rohingya issue: Shortens visit
Singapore, Mar 12 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday urged Singapore to pursue Myanmar government being the current chair of ASEAN to take back the Rohingyas she held bilateral talks with her Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsein Loong here. “Stability and…
Myanmar builds security bases on torched Rohinhya villages
Dhaka- Satellite imagery revealed that new security bases have been erected over torched Rohingya land, said Amnesty International on Monday.
UN plans to amass evidence of genocide on Rohingyas
Dhaka, March 11 – United Nations Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention Adama Dieng Sunday said the UN planned to amass evidence of genocide on Rohingyas through a judicial investigation a s he met with National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman…
Syria’s ‘Human Catastrophe’
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Mar 7 (IPS) – Despite calls for a ceasefire, violent clashes have continued and humanitarian access remains limited in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, leaving the international community extremely concerned.
Trump says Kim meeting is ‘in the making’ despite concerns
President Trump has tweeted that a deal with North Korea is “very much in the making”, a day after revealing he had agreed to meet its leader Kim Jong-un. Earlier, the White House said the meeting would not take place…
40 injured in Faridpur ruling AL infighting
Faridpur, Mar 10 – At least 40 people were injured in a clash between two factions of Awami League (AL) in Miargatti village of Saltha upazila of Faridpur on Saturday.
Democracy, economic justice inalienable: Dr. Zafrullah Chy
Founder of Gonoshasthya Kendra, Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury on Saturday called for courage to assert the democratic rights and raise voice against economic injustice. These are the two main cornerstones on which the War of Liberation was fought, he said.