Trump’s Air Force One looks similar to the one that Obama flew. But plans for a bigger one are now under way. The US president walked down the stairs of Air Force One at an airport in Morristown, New Jersey.…
Category: Int’l relations
Kim says ‘deranged’ Trump shows need for nukes
Kim Jong-un has said remarks by “deranged” US President Donald Trump have convinced him he is right to develop weapons for North Korea.
Justice Shahinur to be ICT Chairman
Dhaka – Justice Md Shahinur Islam, a judge of the High Court Division and a member of the International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1), is going to be appointed as its Chairman, the Law Minister said yesterday.
Confusion over Hasina-Trump conversation
New York – There has been confusion in the media about the discussion between Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and President Donald Trump about the ongoing Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. The Prime Minister mentioned in an interview with Reuters that there…
AL – BNP leaders want tolerence for flourishing democracy
Prime Minister’s Political Adviser and Awami League Advisory Council Member HT Imam today gave paramount importance to political tolerance, urging all political parties to adhere to political forbearance for making democracy more functional. “Without political tolerance, democracy cannot be flourished,”…
Myanmar army chief urges internally displaced to return to Rakhine
Myanmar’s army chief called on Thursday for people internally displaced by violence in Rakhine State to go home and rebuild communities, but he made no mention of 422,000 Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to escape his force’s operations. Senior…
Force Burma to take back Rohingyas – PM tells IOM chief
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) William Lacy Swing to create pressure on Myanmar government to take back Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh. She made the call when the IOM DG…
Mob attack, Red Cross crash hamper urgently-needed Rohingya aid
Myanmar police clashed with an angry mob blocking an aid shipment in Rakhine state, hampering urgently-needed relief efforts for Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence. Communal tensions remain high across Rakhine where raids by Rohingya militants at the end of…
Trump urges ‘strong and swift’ UN action for Rohingya
In strongest US response yet, vice president says violence against Muslim minority sowing ‘seeds of hatred and chaos’. US President Donald Trump wants the United Nations Security Council to take “strong and swift action” to end violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya…
Myanmar tries to asuage the world over refugee crisis
UN, Sep 21 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar tried to reassure the world Wednesday about its handling of the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims to Bangladesh and said it is committed to resolving sectarian tensions in the strife-hit region.
Aung San Suu Kyi: A leader in denial?
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Sep 20 (IPS) – After finally breaking the silence with a much anticipated address on the ongoing crisis in Rakhine State, Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has disappointed the world as she refuses…
Macron defends globalist approach at UN General Assembly
By Roshni Majumdar UN, Sep 20 (IPS) – French President Emmanuel Macron delivered a sombre speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 19, denouncing Myanmar’s “ethnic cleansing,” and calling for better protection of refugees around the world.
Stop the ethnic cleansing in Myanmar
Dear Colleagues, What is happening to the Rohingya in Myanmar right now is planned, deliberate and targeted. It is the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis. It is ethnic cleansing. Since 25 August, 412,000 Rohingya people have fled Myanmar to nearby Bangladesh,…
France jumpstarts initiative to protect environment
Today, in front of the United Nations General Assembly, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to launch the Global Pact for the Environment. Its primary aim is to bolster international efforts to protect the environment from climate change, pollution, and…
OIC urges Myanmar to take Rohingyas back
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has urged the government of Myanmar to take urgent steps for the sustainable return of Rohingya refugees and internally and externally displaced Rohingya Muslims to their homeland, in safety, security, dignity and with ensured…
Rohingya Exodus the Fastest, Most Concentrated Refugee Movement in Asia Since 1971
An uncle of mine, a reporter for the German news magazine, DER SPIEGEL, covered Bangladesh’s war of secession from Pakistan. I made Dhaka my home some 40 years later, for two years in a country at peace with its neighbours…
Bring climate justice to forefront of global pacts: PM
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the developed country leaders to bring their historical responsibilities and the issue of climate justice to the forefront of a robust and effective legally binding agreement to address the issues of climate change.…
BD attains cyber attack mitigation response capability
Bangladesh has achieved response capability of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRT) to mitigate the targeted cyber-attacks through a cyber-drill conducted by Organization of Islamic Cooperation- Computer Emergency Response Teams (OIC-CERT) on Tuesday. Bangladesh’s cyber-security platform BGD e-GOV CIRT is…
Mexicans dig in rubble for survivors: Toll 248
Mexico City, Sep 20 (AP/UNB) — Rescuers and volunteers frantically dug through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings long into the night, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake since 1985 as the number of confirmed fatalities…
‘We are a world in pieces’ – UN chief
By António Guterres We are a world in pieces. We need to be a world at peace. And I strongly believe that, together, we can build peace. We can restore trust and create a better world for all. I will…
Global new deal needed to build more inclusive economies: UNCTAD
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – A global new deal that fosters proactive fiscal policies, along with coordinated strategies that address the triple challenges of large inequalities, demographic change and environmental problems, has been advocated by the UN Conference on Trade and…
Trump’s first UN speech met with criticism
Donald Trump’s first major speech at the United Nations has been denounced by some of the member nations he singled out for criticism. The US president included Iran among “a small group of rogue regimes”, and said the US would…
Strong earthquake topples Mexico buildings killing 226
A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing more than 226 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City.
New Bahrain contract for domestic workers from Oct 1
Under revised rules, employers seeking to hire a housemaid will have to compulsorily declare, among other things, the nature of the job, working hours and weekly day off.
EC’s dialogue with AL – BNP – JP in October
Dhaka, Sept 19 – The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday announced that it would be holding dialogues with three mainstream political parties — Awami League, BNP and Jatiya Party in October.
Declare affected areas in Rakhina safe zones: Dhaka
Bangladesh has reiterated its position on Rohingya issue and said the affected areas in Myanmar’s Rakhine State should be declared as ‘safe zones’ so that they could go back. Bangladesh also said implementation of Kofi Annan report should be the…
Suu Kyi speech fails to woo rights watchdogs
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s address assumed to be aimed at softening the global outrage over the Rohingya issue today visibly failed to woo rights groups and observers while some of them called it an effort to “bury heads…
The night one Russian officer saved the world
He was often called “the man who saved the world,” and in some sense, he did. On the night of Sept. 26, 1983, in a period of Cold War tension, Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel on duty at a missile…
Myanmar isn’t afraid of outside scrutiny
Myanmar’s de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has said her government does not fear “international scrutiny” of its handling of the growing Rohingya crisis. It was her first address to the country about the violence in northern Rakhine state…
Worldwide criticism of Suu Kyi’s much-hyped address
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been criticised internationally for failing to address the allegations of abuse by the military on the Rohingya minority in Rakhine state. In her first address since the army crackdown on insurgents in northwestern…