BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia sat with the leaders of the 20-party alliance tonight (Tuesday night) to discuss the country’s latest political situation and Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) polls.
Category: Int’l relations
Nuclear stations generate 38% of green energy
The UN Climate Change Conference (COP22) that took place on 7–18 November 2016 in Marrakesh (Morocco) was attended by around 20 thousand delegates. As part of it, Russia held the Low-Carbon Development: Challenges and Opportunities event.
Media and democracy go together: Inu
Dhaka – Mentioning that media is not an opponent of democracy, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Tuesday said the government is working to ensure a smooth journey of media alongside saving the democracy. Inu came up with the remark…
Dhaka, Budapest to work together for common prosperity: PM
Budapest (Hungary) – Dhaka and Budapest have agreed to work together for common prosperity alongside joining hands with the international community to fight against ‘terrorism and violent extremism’. “We’ve reached an understanding that there’s much scope for Bangladesh and Hungary…
World’s oldest living person celebrates 117th birthday
The Italian woman who is the world’s oldest living person has marked her 117th birthday by blowing out all the candles on her cake.Emma Morano received a greeting from Italy’s president, read by an official, and a visit from two…
Indian Defence Minister arrives in city Wednesday
Indian Defence Minister Shri Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar arrives in the capital tomorrow on a two-day official visit.He will lead an 11-member high-powered Indian delegation comprising deputy chiefs of three services during his Dhaka tour, a press release of Inter…
Wisconsin starts counting three million votes Thursday
Wisconsin’s state board of elections agreed Monday to begin the process of a statewide recount after Green Party candidate Jill Stein filed a petition contesting the results on Friday.The latest vote count in Wisconsin has Donald Trump ahead by 22,525…
Making France Great Again: Fillon on Trump’s footsteps?
Marwan Bishara Fillon’s nationalistic rhetoric has transgressed into National Front territory. Francois Fillon, the seasoned French politician who won the weekend’s Republican primaries is nothing like Donald Trump; the two are very different political animals with different characters and different…
37 Rohingyas sent back to Myanmar
Cox’s Bazar – Members of Boarder Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) sent back some 37 Rohingyas to Myanmar following their attempt to intrude Bangladesh territory though the Naf River on Monday night.
Henry Kissinger’s stunning revelations about Pakistan in 1971
Dhaka: Under US pressure, Pakistan had in November agreed to grant independence to what was then East Pakistan, former US diplomat Henry Kissinger has revealed in an interview in the latest issue of The Atlantic magazine. Instead, Pakistan attacked India…
Residents of Iraq’s Mosul fight, jostle over food
Mosul (AP/UNB) — Residents of the Iraqi city of Mosul fought each other around trucks delivering humanitarian aid as they jostled for scant supplies on Monday, while government troops fighting to retake the city from Islamic State militants inched closer…
Syrian troops capture additional areas of rebel-held Aleppo
Seattle (AP/UNB) — A man with a terminal lung disease has completed the Seattle Marathon while towing his oxygen tank.
Muslim purge in Myanmar is so awful it’s seen from space
By Patrick Winn If Myanmar’s notorious army is to be believed — that’s a very big if — its soldiers are facing a highly deranged adversary. Along Myanmar’s marshy coastline, villages keep going up in flames. All of them belong…
Dhaka seeks pragmatic approach to realise Palestinians’ rights
Dhaka – Bangladesh has urged all the parties concerned to unitedly take a pragmatic approach for realising the legitimate rights of Palestinian people in an independent homeland free of occupation and persecution. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the call on…
PM for global fund on water to support research, innovation
Stressing the need for addressing issues like protection and utilisation of water resources comprehensively, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here on Monday shared a 7-point agenda with global leaders with a call for creating a Global Fund on water.“Financing is a…
US for independent, strong EC
The United States has said it wants to see an independent, strong and non-partisan election commission to make sure the next general election remains acceptable to all.“We want to see an independent, strong and non-partisan election commission that will make…
Allow Access to Investigate Abuses in Rakhine State
The Burmese government should allow human rights monitors and independent journalists prompt and unfettered access to northern Rakhine State to investigate alleged widespread property destruction and other rights abuses against ethnic Rohingya, Human Rights Watch said today.At a news conference…
8 candidates found valid for Narayanganj mayoral election
Dhaka – The nomination papers of eight mayoral candidates out of nine were declared valid on Sunday for the upcoming second Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) on the eastern fringe of Bangladesh capital Dhaka election.
Trump for deducting illegal votes as Hillary joins recount
US President-elect Donald Trump has asserted he won the popular vote on 8 November “if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally”. The Republican, who won the all-important electoral college count, offered no evidence to back his claim.…
Bangladesh PM reaches Budapest after emergency landing midway
Dhaka – A Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane carrying PM Sheikh Hasina to Hungary has reached Budapest hours after making an emergency landing in Turkmenistan. The aircraft touched down at Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport at 6:05pm local time (11:05pm BdST)…
BAU, China Corpn sign deal on hybrid rice tech cooperation
Dhaka – Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh signed an agreement with Chinese corporation Chongqing Zhong Yi Seed Co. Ltd under the umbrella of Hybrid Rice Technology Cooperation Project between Bangladesh and China at the agriculture faculty dean office on Sunday.…
BD Buddhist Federation condemns Rohingya persecution
Dhaka – Condemning the ongoing persecution on the Rohingya people in Myanmar, leaders of Bangladesh Buddhist Federation yesterday came down heavily on the ongoing repression on them.
Trump aide says Clinton shouldn’t join recount
Washington – The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition (all times EST):10:10 a.m. A senior Donald Trump adviser is calling Hillary Clinton’s decision to join a recount effort “incredible” and noting that the president-elect has not ruled out pursuing a…
PM flies off to Budapest to attend Water Summit
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left here for Budapest on Sunday morning on a four-day visit at the invitation of Hungarian President Dr Janos Ader to attend the Budapest Water Summit 2016. A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines…
Iraq’s parliament adopts law legalizing Shiite militias
Baghdad (AP/UNB) — Rekindling sectarian rivalries at a sensitive time, Iraq’s parliament on Saturday voted to fully legalize state-sanctioned Shiite militias long accused of abuses against minority Sunnis, adopting a legislation that promoted them to a government force empowered to…
Younger Cubans grieve Castro, 9-day mourning begins Monday
Havana — Cuba will observe nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro, including a three-day journey by his ashes along the route taken by the rebel army he led on a victorious march across the island in 1959. The plans…
3 California mosques receive letters threatening Muslims
Los Angeles (AP/UNB) – A civil rights group has called for more police protection of mosques after several in California received letters that praised President-elect Donald Trump and threatened Muslim genocide. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, said the…
Khaleda mourns Fidel Castro’s demise
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Saturday expressed profound shock at the death of Cuba’s former president and great leader of its communist revolution Fidel Castro. In a condolence message, she said Fidel Castro will forever be remembered by…
World reacts to death of Cuba’s Fidel Castro
Psris (BSS/AFP) – The legacy of Cuba’s Fidel Castro elicited reactions Saturday from leaders and figures from around the world many of whom remembered him as a friend and ally, while exiles in Miami celebrated his death. Here are some…
BB expects to get back $30m heist money in 2-3 months
Dhaka – Bangladesh Bank (BB) expects to get back US$30 million more of its heisted reserve from the Philippines within the next two to three months. “Bangladesh has already retrieved approximately $15.25 million from the Philippines. We are expecting to…