Dhaka, Sept 30 – Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday aired a seven-point demand and a 12-point vision, including unconditional release of party chairperson Khaleda Zia and withdrawal of false cases filed against her, dissolution of parliament, the resignation of the…
A court here on Sunday issued a show cause notice seeking explanation as to why the bail of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia won’t be declared illegal in Zia Charitable Trust graft case.
Editors’ Council’s objections to nine sections of the pending ‘Digital Security Act’ and its demand for amending those will be placed before the Cabinet for discussions, said Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday.
BNP on Sunday placed their a seven-point demand, including the release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail and formation of a neutral election-time government before the announcement of the election schedule, from its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the…
ইংল্যান্ড ও ওয়েলসের কারাগারগুলোতে নারী বন্দীদের সংখ্যা ৫ শতাংশেরও কম। কিন্তু এরপরও পুরুষ অপরাধীদের তুলনায়, নারীদের পুনরায় অপরাধ করবার সম্ভাবনা বেশি। তাহলে নারী বন্দীদের শোধরানোর ক্ষেত্রে কারাগার কেন অকেজো হয়ে প্রতিপন্ন হচ্ছে? আর এই অবস্থা থেকে উত্তরণের জন্যই-বা কি চেষ্টা…
Narayanganj, Sep 29 – Police here on Saturday arrested six people including a hospital owner and doctor in connection with the death of a 5-month pregnant woman, allegedly due to wrong treatment at a private hospital in Fatullah.
Dhaka, Sept 29 – The Inspector General of BD Police (IGP) Dr Javed Patwary on Saturday said a new police team specializing in fighting cybercrime will be formed soon.
Dhaka, Sept 29 – Former president and Jukta Front Chairman AQM Badruddoza ChFormer on Saturday urged the democratic forces to get united to resist any ‘election mockery’ and restore people’s voting right.
The government of Bangladesh and the United Nations will jointly address conflict-related sexual violence committed against members of the Rohingya population forcibly displaced from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
It has been six and half years since the killing of Bangladeshi journalists Meherun Runi and Sagar Sarwar in Dhaka. Runi, a senior reporter from the private TV channel ATN Bangla, and her husband Sarwar, news editor from Maasranga TV,…
Legal experts and civil society members on Saturday expressed fear that the Digital Security Act -2018, passed in the parliament on September 19, might be used to curtail the freedom of expression in digital arena.
দেশের অন্যতম পর্যটন গন্তব্য হলেও পর্যটক বৃদ্ধি ও সুন্দরবনের সুরক্ষায় কোন সমন্বয় নেই। সুন্দরবনের জীববৈচিত্র্য সুরক্ষা, পর্যযটনবান্ধব পরিবেশ সৃষ্টিতে য় বন বিভাগের সঙ্গে ট্যুর অপারেটর, পর্যযটন বোর্ড ও বেসামরিক বিমান পরিবহন ও পর্যযটন মন্ত্রনালয়ের মধ্যে সমন্বয় জরুরি। একই সঙ্গে পর্যযটকদের…
An aviation bill Congress is rushing to approve contains a little-noticed section that would give authorities the power to track, intercept and destroy drones they consider a security threat, without needing a judge’s approval.
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday alleged that the government has enacted the Digital Security Act with an ‘evil motive’ to ‘regulate’ the media ahead of the national election.
When thinking about Brexit and Europe, we should remember the words of Hans Magnus Enzensberger: short term hopes are futile – long term resignation is suicidal.
Trade liberalization, a key dimension of recent globalization, has failed to promote broad structural transformation in developing countries and has instead contributed to increased worldwide inequality, a new United Nations report shows.
Dhaka, Sept 27 – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday filed a revision petition with the High Court seeking a stay on the trial proceedings of Zia Charitable Trust corruption case against her.
Tangail, Sept. 27: Maksuda Khanom First and Additional District Judge of Tangail refused the bail to AL leader and MP of Tangail -3 Ghatail constituency charged in FF and AL leader Farook Ahmed murder case on Thursday. The court recorded the deposition of…
Dhaka Sept 27 – The discipline committee of the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka, has taken stern steps against 233 expelled examinees for adopting unfair means in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations in 2018.
Heads of missions of the European Union (EU) Member States, the European Union Delegation and the heads of missions of Norway and Switzerland on Thursday reiterated their concerns around several provisions of the Digital Security Act.
A court here on Thursday sentenced three youths to death in a case over killing a minor girl after rape at Bakakura village in Jhenaigati upazila in 2016.
The Supreme Court of India on Thursday unanimously struck down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code that makes adultery a punishable offence for men.
Two members of Bangladesh Navy were killed and six others injured in a cannonball explosion during a test firing at a ship in the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram on Thursday.
Jatiya Oikya Prokriya convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Wednesday said ‘politicisation is now the number one disease’ in the country as people are being deprived of their due rights for the menace.
The first woman to accuse US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct has said the assault “drastically altered” her life. It is part of the written testimony Prof Christine Blasey Ford has released before she appears at a…
Chittagong, Sept 27 – Police recovered the body of a businessman, who went missing on September 17, from Boba Colony in New Mooring area of the port city on Wednesday night.
Geneva, 25 Sep (Kanaga Raja) — The Government of Argentina should promote family farming as a high priority in order to achieve the goal of adequate and healthy food for all Argentinians, a United Nations human rights expert has said.
1. The judgment of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Myanmar: genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity One year ago, on 22 September 2017, the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal on Myanmar, after hearing persuasive witness and expert testimony at its session…
Dhaka, Sept 26 – Chairman of US House Committee on Foreign Affairs Ed Royce said military leaders and security forces responsible for atrocities against Rohingyas must face justice.
Inu invites them to sit with them Sunday to discuss Digital Security Bill Dhaka, Sept 26 – Urging the Sampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council) to postpone its Saturday’s human chain protesting against the Digital Security Bill, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu…