The High Court on Sunday summoned three people, including the Civil Surgeon of Patuakhali, to appear before it on August 1 to explain the incident of leaving a surgical instrument inside the abdomen of a woman during a cesarian operation.…
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Arab League chief says Israel plays with fire over Jerusalem
The Arab League has warned Israel is “playing with fire” over the “red line” of Jerusalem and its foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday over Israeli-Palestinian violence, according to statements on Sunday.Israel sent extra troops into the…
Childeren above 9 at greater risk of dengue
The children who are older than six years are at a greater risk of dengue infection since they spend more time in crowded places like schools and parks, says a new study of icddr,b. Under the study, two household serosurveys…
Muslim Umman in crisis due to militancy: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the Muslim Ummah faces a danger and crisis as some people choose the wrong path of militancy. “The whole Muslim Ummah has got trapped in danger due to some people’s move to take…
6 killed as tensions over shrine turn violent in Israel
Jerusalem, Jul 22 (AP/UNB)- Three Palestinians were killed in street clashes in Jerusalem and three Israelis died in a stabbing attack at a West Bank settlement as tensions turned into violence over the Holy Land’s most contested shrine.
Saudi women arrested for wearing mini scart in public freed
A woman named Khulood was interrogated yesterday in Riyadh and handed over for prosecution. Her transgression? Wearing “indecent” clothing. But the same night, Saudi authorities released her without charge. A brief Snapchat video of Khulood appeared over the weekend with…
Man who raped daughter awarded 30 years in jail
A court on Thursday sentenced a man to 30 years’ rigorous imprisonment for raping his 14-year old daughter in Sadar upazila.The convicted man was identified as Hanif Uddin, 42, son of late Abdul Khaleq, resident of Dhopaghat Hodipara village in…
Zakir Naik turns stateless as passport revoked
The government has revoked the passport of fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik following a recommendation from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which has already booked him under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his terror links. The revocation of the passport…
Childhood should be time of innocence
Childhood should be a time of innocence, play, and learning. But 15-year-old Subekti spent his shackled to the floor of his family’s house in Serang, a city about a three-hour drive from Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.For the past six years, since…
Halting sexual exploitation of children in tourism
By Baher Kamal Rome, Jul 18 (IPS) – While the business sector jumps for joy as the number of tourists grew in 2016 for the seventh consecutive year to reach 1.2 billion, and as the first four months of 2017…
Housewife convicted for torturing domestic help
Dhaka – The Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-3 of Dhaka yesterday sentenced a housewife to life term imprisonment in a case filed for torturing an 11-year- old domestic help and dumping her into a dustbin assuming her dead in…
Extreme weather wiping out hard-won GDP gains in hours
By Kenton X. Chance Brussels, Belgium, Jul 14 (IPS) – With Antigua and Barbuda joining St. Kitts and Nevis as the two eastern Caribbean nations to attain middle-income country status, a senior diplomat has identified climate change as a major…
Gay men sentenced to flogging in Indonesia
A Sharia court in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province sentenced two gay men to a public caning Wednesday. The men, ages 20 and 23, were arrested in March by vigilantes within their community in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province.
Restricting women’s clothing and freedom in Belgium
The European Court of Human Rights has struck another blow to women’s autonomy, ruling in favor of bans on full-face veils enacted in 2011 in Belgium.Echoing a 2014 ruling in S.A.S v. France, the court cited the vague idea of…
Graft case against Tarique’s Mom-in-Law scrapped
Dhaka – A three-member bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha yesterday scrapped the trial proceedings of a graft case against BNP Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman’s mother-in- law Syeda Iqbal…
Brexit to nowhere?
Politics brings out strong emotions in everyone. Even the British, despite their reputation for pursuing their interests in a cool and calm fashion, apparently are not immune. Perhaps that reputation is merely a holdover from the long-gone British Empire. It…
Kenya’s decision to give schoolgrils free sanitary pad is historic
On Wednesday, the President of Kenya signed the Basic Education Amendment Act into law, which commits the government to providing “free, sufficient and quality” sanitary pads to girls in state schools. Girls supported by Plan International have been at the…
Shafat, 4 others charged in hotel rape case
Dhaka, July 13 – A court here on Thursday framed charges against all the five accused, including Shafat Ahmed, in connection to Banani double rape case.
BD nominee elected to OIC Independent HR Commission
Dhaka – Bangladesh candidate Ambassador Muhammad Zamir has been elected a new member of OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) based in Jeddah for a tenure of three years starting from February 2018.
Savar gang rape principal accused on remand
Dhaka – The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court of Dhaka yesterday granted two days’ remand to interrogate Liton Ali Mondol, prime accused in a case filed over gang rape of two girls in Savar Municipality area.
Dhaka to host 45th council of OIC foreign ministers
Dhaka – Dhaka will host the 45th council of foreign ministers of the Organisation for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) next year, according to foreign ministry.
Legal notice served for preserving Sawgat editor’s house
Dhaka – A legal notice was served to the government on Wednesday to protect and preserve ‘Nasiruddin Smrity Bhaban’, the 127-year old house of Mohammad Nasiruddin, who was the editor of the monthly Shawgat and founder of the weekly Begum.
World Pop Day: What we can learn from Bangladesh?
by Maitreyi Bordia Das Tuesday marked World Population Day and this year’s theme is “Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations”. It is an opportune moment to reflect and continue the conversation on demographic trends that I started through my blog…
Savar ‘gang-rape’: Prime accused held in Manikganj
Savar, July 11 – Police arrested the prime accused in a case filed over the alleged gang-rape of two girls from Manikganj district on Tuesday.
Overnight rains cripples city life
Dhaka – Heavy overnight rains crippled the life in Dhaka as most of the roads, lanes and bylanes of different parts of the capital went under ankle to knee-deep water, causing immense hardship to the commuters and city dwellers. The…
Kashmir police warned weeks ago of attack on pilgrims
Srinagar, Jul 12 (AP/UNB) — As India’s government on Tuesday blamed separatist rebels for gunning down seven Hindu pilgrims and wounding 19 more in Kashmir before fleeing into the night, rebel groups in the disputed region condemned the rare, deadly…
Promoting sustainable pop growth, key to raising HR standards
By Dr. Hanif Hassan Al Qassim Geneva, Switzerland, Jul 11 (IPS) – The world population has witnessed a remarkable growth during the recent decades. In 1965, it stood at 3.3 billion people. In 2017 –52 years later– the global population…
Another BD Girl, 12, has contracted tree-man disease?
Dhaka, July 11 – A girl in Satkhira, Southwest Bangladesh, has been discovered suffering symptoms similar to the ‘tree-man disease’, in which the skin deteriorates to give way to debilitating growths akin to the bark of a tree.
Pope Francis on free speech
By Josephine McKenna Pope Francis on free speech: ‘You cannot insult the faith of others’ Vatican City (RNS) Pope Francis on Thursday (Jan. 15) condemned last week’s terrorist attack on the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo but warned there were…
Ganges and Yamuna are ‘not living entities’: Indian SC
India’s revered Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be viewed as living entities, the Supreme Court has ruled. It overruled an order made in March by the High Court in Uttarakhand state, which said that the two rivers had the same…