Naypyitaw, Jan 30 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar’s parliament voted Tuesday to create a committee to propose amendments to the country’s military-enacted constitution, which grants the armed forces the power to block any change. The proposal to form the committee was presented…
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has banned opposition leader Juan Guaidó from leaving the country and frozen his bank accounts. The move comes amid an escalating power struggle, after Mr Guaidó declared himself interim president last week. He has been backed by…
Dhaka, Jan 29 – A legal notice served on Tuesday asking the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to completely stop private practice of the government appointed doctors in 24 hours. Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Abdus Sattar Palwan sent the…
Dhaka, Jan 29 – The High Court (HC) on Tuesday ordered police to produce Jamuna Bank Managing Director Shafiqul Alam before it on February 12, if he would not appear before the court willingly in accordance with its order. The…
Dhaka, Jan 29 (UNB) – The maiden session of the 11th parliament begins on Wednesday, within 31 days of the national election held on December 30 with participation of all the registered political parties. President Abdul Hamid convened the session…
Dhaka, Jan 29 (UNB) – Bangladesh stands the second most corrupt country in South Asia, according to Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). In addition, Bangladesh ranked 149 in the world, 13th from the bottom, according to the Corruption Perceptions Index 2018. Earlier…
Dhaka, Jan 28 (UNB) – The High Court on Monday summoned four individuals including a representative of Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) director to appear before it on February 3, to explain why a wrong person had been languishing in jail for…
Geneva, 22 Jan (Kanaga Raja) – United Nations, Global FDI flows, fell by 19%. last year. In its latest Investment Trends Monitor (Issue 31 of Jan United Nations, Global FDI flows, fell by 19%. last yearly 2019), UNCTAD said the…
Thakurgaon, Jan 28 (UNB) – Another Bangladeshi youth was shot dead by members of Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) in the Jagodal area in Ranishankail upazila on Monday afternoon. The deceased was identified as Babu, 18, son of Ekramul Haque,…
Dhaka, Jan 29 (UNB) – Different student bodies have demanded that the Dhaka University authorities take necessary steps to ensure the peaceful coexistence of leaders and activists of all organisations on the campus to make the much-awaited Ducsu election a…
Chandpur, Jan 28 – The High Court on Monday granted bail to BNP international affairs secretary and former state minister ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon in 18 cases filed over extortion and various acts of violence, some 68 days after he…
By Rafael Correa The destruction of the rule of law Can you imagine a “democracy” in which the president handpicks a council that proceeds to dismiss the Constitutional Court, the Judicial Council which oversees the judiciary, the National Electoral Council,…
Dhaka, Jan 28 – BNP on Monday alleged that the government is trying to control the media to stop its criticisms and gag the voice of its opponents. “The media are being monitored and regulated regularly by a dark shadow…
Dhaka, Jan 28 (UNB) – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday urged BNP to reconsider its decision to sit out the Upazila Parishad election. “I don’t know whether it is their (BNP’s) final decision,” he said at his…
Dhaka, Jan 28 (UNB) – The High Court on Monday ordered the Department of Environment (DoE) to conduct mobile court drives twice a week to take legal action against those responsible for air pollution in the capital. The bench of…
Dhaka, Jan 28 (UNB) – Though the party’s two elected MPs are expected to be given a positive signal to take oath, Gono Forum senior leaders said their party is still firm on its stance not to join the 11th…
Jashore, Jan 28 (UNB) – A local leader of Jubo League was wounded in an alleged gunfight at Shastitalapara in the district town on early Monday. The man was identified as Mehbub Rahman Mansel, 30, joint convener of Jubo League’s…
Dhaka, Jan 28 (UNB) – The High Court has observed that corruption, including financial crimes, today not only poses a grave danger to the concept of good governance, but also threatens the very foundation of democracy, social justice and the…
Sylhet, Jan 27 (UNB) – Law enforcers on Sunday arrested a man for ‘making derogatory comments’ about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and spreading their distorted pictures through Facebook. The arrestee is Abul Kalam, 52, son…
Dhaka, Jan 27 (UNB) – Jatiya Party on Sunday started selling nomination forms to those who want to contest the February-28 by-election to Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) with the party support. Jatiya Party presidium member and its Dhaka North…
Park City, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) —Michael Jackson’s estate is blasting a documentary that tells the stories of two men who accuse Michael Jackson of sexually molesting them when they were young boys, calling the film “tabloid character assassination.” A statement…
Police recovered the bodies of a young couple with slashed throat from a house in Khatamadhupur of Saidpur upazila in Nilphamari on Sunday morning, reports UNB.The deceased are Nazrul, 32, and his wife Amena, 22, of the area. Locals spotted…
Narayanganj, Jan 26 – Some youths attacked an on-duty policeman and snatched his revolver at Cholapara village in Rupganj Upazila on Saturday night. Witnesses said two groups of villagers locked into a fight following a football match among themselves in…
Dhaka, Jan 26 – Awami League on Saturday picked former BGMEA president Atiqul Islam to contest the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-election. The ruling party also nominated Syed Zakia Nur Lipi, sister of former AL general secretary Syed…
Dhaka, Jan 26 (UNB) – Former Rajshahi University student Shariful Islam alias Khalid was involved in Dr Rezaul Karim’s killing and was a key planner of Gulshan attack, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) said on Saturday. Khalid, a suspected member of…
Washington, Jan 25 (AP/UNB) — Roger Stone, a confidant of President Donald Trump, was arrested in the special counsel’s Russia investigation in a pre-dawn raid at his Florida home on Friday and was charged with lying to Congress and obstructing…
Gazipur, Jan 25 (UNB) – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday urged the registered political parties to join all the upcoming elections including the upazila-level one. The Minister came up with the call while talking to reporters…
Chapainawabganj, Jan 25 (UNB) – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a suspected member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) who is a charge-sheeted accused in the Holey Artisan Bakery attack case from Nachole upazila of the…
Dhaka, Jan 25 (UNB) – BNP has decided not to participate in the upcoming upazila election and the by-polls to the vacant mayoral post of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC). BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir disclosed the decision…
Dhaka, Jan 24 – For the first time in Bangladesh Army’s history, four female officers have been made commanding officers (COs) of as many as battalions following their promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel from Major. Of them, three…