Savar, Feb 23 – Detectives in a drive arrested six suspected drug traders from Aukpara Bastuhara Pallu in Ashulia on Friday night after a clash with them. Five members of detective branch of police, including two DB sub-inspectors, were injured…
Category: Governance
BNP candidates at public hearing want Khaleda release first
Dhaka, Feb 22 – BNP’s candidates of the 11th parliamentary election who joined Jatiya Oikya Front’s public hearing on Friday, slammed their party senior leaders for not announcing any action programme to get their chairperson Khaleda Zia released from jail.…
Dec-30 election was a farce, people own the state: Dr Kamal
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – Claiming that the government staged a ‘farce’ on December 30 in the name of election, Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday urged all to be united to take the country’s ownership back and…
Election commitments to youth should be realised
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – Speakers at a dialogue on Friday observed that it is high time for the policymakers to reflect the youth aspirations in the national agenda and implement the election commitments. Citizen’s Platform for SDGs, Bangladesh in…
Police killed, 4 injured in firing in Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Islamabad, Feb 22 (Xinhua/UNB) – At least one policeman was killed and four others were injured when some unknown gunmen sprayed bullets on them in Rawalpindi of Pakistan’s Punjab province Thursday night, police sources told Xinhua. The policemen stopped a…
No one can avoid liability for Chawkbazar tragedy: Quader
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – The government will not let anyone responsible for the Chawkbazar get fire off the hook, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said on Friday. A fire broke out at a Chawkbazar building where chemicals…
6 killed in ‘gunfights’ across Bangladesh
Dhaka, Jan 22 (UNB) – Six people, including a Rohingya youth, were killed in alleged gunfights with law enforcement agencies in Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar, Mymensingh, Khulna and Cumilla. In Dhaka, suspected drug trader Hazrat Ali was killed in a skirmish…
Bodies of 45 Chawkbazar fire victims given over to families
Dhaka, Feb 21 (UNB)– Bodies of 46 victims of the devastating Chawkbazar fire were handed over to their families on Friday. Forty-five bodies were handed over by 10am from Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH). Family members received the mortal remains…
Fire spread from chemical warehouse: Dhaka South City
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – The fire that broke out at Wahed Mansion at Churihatta of Chawkbazar spread fast as chemicals were stored in the building, said a probe body of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) formed over the devastating…
Public hearing arranged as respect to Constitution: Kamal
Dhaka, Feb 22 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said they are holding the public hearing on the ‘irregularities in the 11th parliamentary election to show respect to the Constitution. “We’re not judges, and we don’t…
Elephants along India-Bangladesh border fight for survival
A tiny reserve forest in Assam along a fenced stretch of the India-Bangladesh border is facing a unique predicament. Bereft of a male elephant, the population of six remaining border-cruising female elephants in the wildlife haven could soon collapse, warn researchers.…
White House says US will keep 200 troops in Syria
Washington, Feb 22(AP/UNB) — The Trump administration, which abruptly announced in December that it was pulling out of Syria, said Thursday that it will keep 200 U.S. troops in the country for now. “A small peace keeping group of about…
M’singh, Khulna gunfights: 2 suspected drug traders killed
Dhaka, Feb – Two suspected drug traders were killed in ‘gunfights’ between their cohorts and police in Mymensingh and Khulna districts early Friday. In Mymensingh, Abdur Rashid,50, a listed drug trader, was killed in a ‘gunfight’ between police and his…
Jatiya Oikya Front’s public hearing on Dec-30 polls Friday
Dhaka, Feb 21 – Jatiya Oikya Front will hold a public hearing in the city on February 22 to depict the “real scenario of vote robbery” in the 11th parliamentary election before the country’s people and international community. The programme…
Parliamentary control of Brexit is easier said than done
by Brendan Donnelly, Director, The Federal Trust A frequent criticism of the Prime Minister is that she prematurely triggered the Article 50 negotiations in March 2017 and did so without a realistic plan for their conduct. If she had waited…
Three suspected drug traders killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Feb 20 – Three suspected drug traders were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ in the capital, Cox’s Bazar and Benapole early Wednesday. Of them, two ‘drug traders’ were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and…
Pakistani PM willing to talk but warns India not to attack
Islamabad, Feb 20 (AP/UNB) — Pakistan’s prime minister offered to hold talks with India, even as he warned New Delhi to refrain from launching any attacks on his country following last week’s suicide bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Imran Khan said…
Sexual violence surging in South Sudan
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 19 2019 (IPS) – Women and girls continue to face the brunt of violence in the northern region of South Sudan with persistently high and brutal levels of sexual violence, a new report found. Despite the signing of a peace…
Dhaka Land Acquisition Officer sent to jail
Dhaka, Feb 19 – Land acquisition officer of Dhaka Deputy Commissioner’s office and six others were yesterday sent to the jail in five cases filed against them for misappropriating Tk 2 crore making forged documents. The accused persons are Land…
Shipping Ex-Chief Engineer indicted
Dhaka, Feb 19 – Former Department of Shipping Chief Engineer Dr SM Nazmul Haque was on Tuesday indicated in a graft case. Judge of Special Judge Court-6 Dr Sheikh Golam Mambub passed an order to frame charge sheet against SM…
Vigilante ‘Cow Protection’ groups attack minorities
Authorities Should End Communal Rhetoric, Prosecute Assailants New York – The Indian government should prevent and prosecute mob violence by vigilante groups targeting minorities in the name of so-called cow protection, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.…
HC bench annoyed over lack of mosquito control
Dhaka, Feb 19 – A High Court bench Tuesday expressed dissatisfaction for not taking effective step to curb the mosquito menace in the capital city of Dhaka. “You (city corporation lawyer) are not taking effective step to curb the mosquito…
UZ polls going to lose its charm, says EC Mahbub
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder on Tuesday reiterated that the upcoming upazila parishad election is going to lose its charm following the boycott by the main opposition party. “The main opposition party is refraining from participating…
JOF’s public hearing on Dec 30 polls advanced to Feb 22
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront will now hold its public hearing in the city on February 22 instead of February 24 to depict the “real scenario of vote robbery” in the 11th parliamentary election before the country’s people…
16,000 cops to be deployed in Dhaka on Ekushey duty
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – Around 16,000 police personnel will be deployed across the capital city on February 21, the Language Martyrs Day and International Mother Language Day. “Of them, 6, 000 will be working to ensure safety around the…
HC orders confiscation of ‘Bangladesh Banker Itihash’
Dhaka, Feb 19 (UNB) – The High Court on Tuesday ordered confiscation of all the copies of the book, ‘Bangladesh Banker Itihash’, from the market and the ongoing Ekushey Book Fair for the distortion of history. The HC bench of…
Making Shajahan head of committee on road mishaps slammed
Dhaka, Feb 18 (UNB) – An opposition MP criticised the government in parliament on Monday for making former minister Shajahan Khan the head of a 15-member committee to make recommendations for curbing road accidents and restoring discipline in the transport…
Saving the Buriganga: 50 more illegal structures evicted
Dhaka, Feb 18 (UNB) – More than 50 illegal establishments were demolished in an eviction drive Monday by the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) along the Buriganga River’s banks. BIWTA Executive Magistrate Mostafizur Rahman led the drive that started…
Tensions rising after Kashmir attack as gunbattle kills 9
India, Feb 19 (AP/UNB) — Tensions escalated after a suicide attack in disputed Kashmir, with nine people killed Monday in a gunbattle that broke out as Indian soldiers searched for militants. Government forces surrounded a village in the southern Pulwama…
‘Nothing for us, without us’
By Justus Wanzala Makuleni, Kenya, Feb 18 2019 (IPS) – Julia Mutua is a resident of Kalawa ward in the semi-arid Makueni County in Eastern Kenya and a member of a women’s farmers group that runs a poultry project. “Women…