Seoul, Apr 30 (AP/UNB) — South Korea says it will remove propaganda-broadcasting loudspeakers from the border with North Korea.
Category: Perspectives
Cellphone snatching: A new menace haunting Dhaka dwellers
Dhaka, Apr 30 – Habibur Rahman, an East West University student, along with his three friends boarded a bus from Farm Gate to go back to Malibagh and sat on a window seat for a comfortable trip.
Guns and liberty
By Chris Hedges Feb 2018 – The proliferation of guns in American society is not only profitable for gun manufacturers, it fools the disempowered into fetishizing weapons as a guarantor of political agency. Guns buttress the myth of a rugged…
Khulna, Gazipur polls: Irregularity to invite movement: BNP
Dhaka, Apr 29 – BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Sunday warned that their party will launch a fresh anti-government movement if the elections to Gazipur and Khulna city corporations are not held in a fair and credible manner.
Oil prices to average $65 a barrel, commodities to be dearer
Washington, April 24 – Oil prices are forecast to average $65 a barrel over 2018, up from an average of $53 a barrel in 2017, on strong demand from consumers and restraint by oil producers, while metals prices are expected…
Is Quader asked to say about India’s role in next polls: BNP
Dhaka, Apr 26 – BNP on Thursday alleged that Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader’s remark that India will not interfere in Bangladesh’s next election has raised many questions in public mind. Speaking at a discussion, BNP secretary general Mirza…
Korean summit starts with a handshake, after year of tension
Goyang, Apr 27 (AP/UNB) — After a year of tensions, the first North-South Korea summit in more than a decade began Friday with a handshake.
Issue gazettee notification on job quota abolition by April
Dhaka, April 26 – Leaders of quota reform movement on Thursday issued an ultimatum to the government for issuing a gazette notification on abolishing the quota system in government job as per the prime minister’s words within April. Otherwise, they…
Tk 40m ‘unusual deposit’ in ex-Chief Justice Sinha’s account
Dhaka, April 25 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is currently investigating against former chief justice SK Sinha over the allegation of unusual transaction of Tk 4 crore in his account on November 9 last year.
Hold elections by dissolving Parliament, resigning from govt: BNP
Dhaka, April 25 – BNP leaders Wednesday demanded holding next general elections by dissolving the present parliament and after resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
BNP forms human chain for Khaleda’s release
Dhaka, Apr 25 – As part of its seven-day political programme, BNP on Wednesday formed a human chain in the city demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release from jail.
Trump and Macron hint at new Iran nuclear deal
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have suggested there could be a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme.
‘Geology’s role for development of BD ‘ workshop held at RU
Rajshahi, April 24 – A day-long workshop on ‘The role of Geology for the Development of Bangladesh’ was held at Rajshahi University on Tuesday.
Rana Plaza was a man-made disaster: Rushanara Ali
Dhaka, Apr 24 – Five years after the Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh-born British MP Rushanara Ali has described what happened as “not an accident” but “a man-made disaster”.
Police lathi-charge and foil BNP demonstration in city
Dhaka, April 23 – Police on Monday foiled a demonstration organized by Dhaka (South) unit of the BNP in front of the north gate of Baitul Mukarram.
Govt’s foreign policy has failed: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Apr 21 – The BNP on Saturday alleged that the government could not resolve the Rohingya crisis and some outstanding problems with India due to its ‘utter diplomatic failure’.
AL team to visit India; meet top BJP leaders
Dhaka, Apr 21 – A 19-member delegation of the ruling Awami League, led by its General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, leaves here for New Delhi on Sunday at the invitation of the Indian ruling Bharatiya…
Bangladesh has 80-fold increase in plastic use since 1990
The use of plastic in Bangladesh increased 80 times in past 28 years, claimed a green group, Save the Environment Movement (POBA), on Saturday.
59 BNP men held from alleged ‘secret meeting’ in Narail
Narail, Apr 20 – Police arrested at least 59 leaders and activists of BNP including the party chairperson’s adviser and divisional organising secretary from an allegedly ‘secret’ meeting at its district unit present’s house in Khashial village of Kalia Upazila on…
Hundreds celebrate former first lady Barbara Bush in Houston
Houston, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — The memorials to former first lady Barbara Bush have begun with a celebration of her life in front of Houston’s City Hall.
Striking Syria: The real reasons
By Chandra Muzaffar The United States government has once again shamelessly violated international law. There was no legal or moral justification for launching more than a 100 missile strikes against so-called chemical weapons’ sites in Syria on the 14th of…
Dhaka in talks with London to get Tarique extradited: Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said they are trying to get the British government extradite BNP leader Tarique Rahman from London to face justice in Bangladesh, bdnews24.com reported early Wednesday.
Mike Pompeo, CIA chief, made secret trip to North Korea
CIA director Mike Pompeo travelled to Pyongyang for a secret meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, US media report. The meeting to prepare for direct talks between US President Donald Trump and Mr Kim took place over Easter weekend,…
Govt should be forced thru movement to quit: Gayeswar
Dhaka, April 17 – BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy on Tuesday underlined the need to force the government to quit by waging tougher movement in a bid to ensure release of party chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Report deferred in case against Khaleda for derogatory words
Dhaka, April 17 – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday deferred the date for submission of the investigation report in the case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for making derogatory comments about Bangabandhu Sheikh…
Khaleda’s bail hearing on ‘fake birthday’ April 25
Dhaka, April 15 – The Bail hearing in two cases filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on the charges of helping war criminals and celebrating fake birthday will be held on April 25.
‘Mission Accomplished’ in Syria, Trump declares on Twitter
Washington, Apr 14 (AP/UNB) — Allied missiles struck at the heart of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal in a show of force and resolve aimed at punishing the Assad government for a suspected poison gas attack against civilians and deterring the…
Trump option on Syria strike fairly soon: War, Russia warns
US President Donald Trump says a decision on action in Syria will be made “fairly soon”. He told reporters that he and his team were looking “very, very seriously” at the situation, following an alleged chemical attack on the town…
Hill people start three-day ‘Boisabi’ celebration
Rangamati, Apr 12 – Boisabi Utsab, the biggest traditional festival of tribal people, began in Rangamati through floating flowers in the Kaptai Lake at Chakma Rajbari ghat here early Thursday.
Europe: PPPs show ‘widespread shortcomings, limited benefits’
Geneva, 11 Apr (Chakravarthi Raghavan) – While Public-Private Partnership s (PPPs) have the potential to achieve faster policy implementation and ensure good maintenance standards, an audit of such projects in the European Union show s “widespread shortcomings and limited benefits”,…