Dhaka, 04 Feb – The BNP will take to the streets and organise peaceful rallies across the country on February 8 slated for delevering court verdict in Zia orphanage trust graft case of party chairperson Khaleda Zia. The decision was…
Category: Conflicts
Face impending danger unitedly – Khaleda urges BNP men
Pointing at the verdict in her graft case to be delivered on Thursday, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday urged her party leaders and activists to remain united and face together any upcoming danger in an peaceful and democratic manner.
Hasina spoke in Parliament like one-party ruler: BNP
Taking a swipe at the Prime Minister for rejecting their party’s demand for an election-time neutral government, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday said Sheikh Hasina delivered speech in parliament on Wednesday like a one-party ruler.
5 previously unreported Myanmar mass graves confirmed
Balukhali Refugee Camp, Feb 1 (AP/UNB) — The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognized his friends only by the colors of their shorts.
Pentagon muzzles Afghan watchdog as situation worsens
By Kambiz Foroohar The Pentagon has barred an official watchdog from providing unclassified guideposts in his reports on the war, amid increasing violence in Kabul and signs that Afghan forces aren’t gaining ground against the Taliban despite President Donald Trump’s…
Food insecurity in Burma, BD nearing crisis point
By Emma Richards CONFLICT and mass displacement have pushed parts of Burma (Myanmar) and Bangladesh near crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity, food agencies warned the UN security council on Monday.
Africa’s leaders choose diplomacy to Trump’s toilet remarks
Addis Ababa, Jan 30 (AP/UNB) — The 55-nation African Union appears to have decided to react diplomatically and strategically to President Donald Trump’s alleged vulgar remarks about the continent.
Kabul mourns 100 dead after ambulance bomb
More than 100 people are now known to have been killed in a suicide bombing on Saturday in Kabul.Attackers drove an ambulance past a police checkpoint to get to a crowded street in a district full of government buildings and…
BNP to create people’s tsunami against govt: Fakhrul
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday threatened to create a ‘tsunami of people’ to ensure the fall of the government if their chairperson Khaleda Zia is ‘unlawfully’ convicted in a graft case on February 8. Speaking at…
Report on Gulshan café attack deferred
Dhaka, 28 Jan – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the submission of the investigation report in the case filed in connection with the attack on the Holey Atrisan Bakery at the city’s diplomatic zone…
RU Political Science dept chairman pressed to resign
Rajshahi, 28 Jan – Several hundred students and teachers of Political Science department (PS) of Rajshahi University (RU) on Sunday laid siege to the office of thier chairman Prof Dr Nasima Zaman for three hours pressing their demands including resignation from…
Non-Govt teeachers to boycott SSC exams if demands not met
Dhaka, 28 Jan – The teachers and employees under the banner of Non-Government Education Nationalisation Liaison Forum has threatened to boycott the duties of the upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations on February 1 if the their demand is not…
Students’ woes after affiliation of seven colleges to DU:
Masum Billah All colleges-public and private- had been under public universities but the session jam, exam jam, complexities to publish results engulfed the whole system. The public universities had been busy with their own academic and administrative affairs. To ease…
Haste to deliver verdict against khaleda a plot: BNP high command
Dhaka, Jan 27 – The opposition BNP high command on Saturday night noted its indignation over what it called the haste in which the date for giving verdict in a graft case against their chairperson Khaleda Zia has been fixed…
Investigate fates of the disappeared: HRW
The Bangladesh government should take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and release of men held by its security authorities outside the authority of the courts, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that was…
95 killed, 158 wounded in Afghan ambulance bomb attack
A suicide bomber driving an ambulance killed at least 95 people and wounded 158 more in an attack claimed by the Taliban in the Afghan capital Kabul, authorities said. The bombing Saturday came just a week after Taliban militants killed…
Rohingya crisis: US diplomat quits Suu Kyi’s advisory panel
Veteran US diplomat Bill Richardson has resigned from an international panel set up by Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi to advise on the Rohingya crisis.
Iraqis face legacy of ‘ISIS Winter’ – toxic fallout of armed conflict
By: Rehab Abd Almohsen Nairobi – An investigation into the toxic fallout of three years of armed conflict has added the environment — and the residents set to suffer long-term impacts from pollution — to the list of casualties in…
3 alleged ‘robbers’ killed in Barguna ‘gunfight’ with Rab
Bagerhat, Jan 24 – At least three alleged robbers were killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion in the regional forest at Majher Char in Pathargatha upazila of Barguna on Wednesday morning.
Skepticism, worry amid preparation for Rohingya repatriation
Yangon, Jan 24 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar says it’s ready for a gradual repatriation of Muslim Rohingya refugees chased out by the Buddhist-majority country’s military. Bangladesh says it’s preparing for the transfer, but it might need more time. And the refugees…
BD Prime Minister for quick repatriation of Rohingyas
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed the quick repatriation of Myanmar’s forcibly displaced Rohingya people from Bangladesh to their own living places in Rakhaine.The Prime Minister said this when newly appointed UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in…
10 DU students hurt as pro-AL students sweeps VC ofice siege
At least 10 students of Dhaka University got hurt in an attack on them allegedly by some leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Tuesday on the varsity campus.
“The world has gone in reverse”
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Jan 18 (IPS) – A year into his position, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that peace remains elusive and that renewed action must be taken in 2018 to set the world on track for…
Trump hits solar panels, washing machines with tariffs
Washington, Jan 23 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump on Monday approved tariffs on imported solar-energy components and large washing machines in a bid to help U.S. manufacturers.
Show ‘progress in Rakhine’ before Rohingya repatriation
Dhaka, Jan 22 – Five of Myanmar’s neighbors including Bangladesh are eager to see the progress made so far on the ground in the Rakhine Sate as Myanmar and Bangladesh are now at final stage of starting Rohingya repatriation.
Khaleda for step against contemptuous utterance
Dhaka, 21 Jan – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said people are waiting to see what steps the judiciary takes after a junior minister made a “contemptuous” comment on the under-trial cases filed against her.She made the remarks in…
Hill districts people to have land ownership rights
Urging the people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) region to maintain peace and discipline, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured that they (people) would enjoy the ownership of their land in the area. “Development is not possible without maintaining…
Turkish jets bombard Kurdish-run city of Afrin in Syria
Kocabeyli, Jan 21 (AP/UNB) — Turkish jets bombed the Kurdish-controlled city of Afrin in northern Syria on Saturday, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promised to expand Turkey’s military border operations against a Kurdish group that has been the U.S.’s key…
More support needed for growing Rohingya crisis: WB
The Rohingya refugee crisis in southern Bangladesh is growing at a rapid pace and there is an urgent need to support the host communities to cope with the influx and to help the refugees who are extremely vulnerable, the World…
Alleged Militant held in Joydevpur
Police arrested an alleged militant along with a locally-made firearm and explosives at Molamgari-Bakhra bridge of Kalai upazila in the district on Saturday.