The Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) on Sunday requested all concerned to take enough cautionary steps before making any comment or presenting any sort of information over the Armed Forces. In a press release, the ISPR said some media houses…
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Kejriwal party ahead in Delhi – exit poll
Voting has ended in the Delhi state elections which are seen as a popularity test for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The anti-corruption Common Man party (Aam Admi) of former tax inspector Arvind Kejriwal is in the lead and could…
Ershad, Raushan discuss Political situation with diplomats
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad and Raushon Ershad had a meeting with diplomats of various countries stationed in Dhaka on Saturday and reportedly discussed the country’s current political situation. A JP source said the diplomats were invited to dinner at…
India election: Delhi votes in first real test for Modi
Polling stations have opened in Delhi for state elections billed as the first real test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity.
End deadly cycle of violence, respect rights of all: HRW
New York – With no end in sight to politically motivated violence and other abuses in Bangladesh, state authorities need to ensure their response respects the rights of all and avoids arbitrary use of force, arrests, and disappearances, Human Rights…
Delhi votes in first real test for Modi
Voting is under way in Delhi in state elections billed as the first real test of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity. Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded former policewoman Kiran Bedi as its pick for chief minister.…
Have modern politicians lost the art of rhetoric?
By Mary Beard Professor of Classics, Cambridge University When we listen to politicians, we often complain that their words don’t seem to mean anything. And that’s because they don’t. There’s a mismatch between political ideas and politicians’ words. It’s not…
Qatar can still take lead on migrant worker changes
Doha – Qatari authorities should implement labor reforms to protect migrant workers from serious human rights abuses; proposed reforms in 2014 are a welcome step but need to go further, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2015.…
Jordan’s executions are not the answer to ISIS brutality: HRW
Eric Goldstein The brutal murder of Jordanian pilot First Lt. Muath al-Kasasbeh by the extremist group Islamic State (also known as ISIS) set off a wave of outrage and sadness across Jordan, sparking calls in the streets and media for…
Police opens visitors’ register at Khaleda’s office gate
Police yesterday opened a registration log book in front of BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office to preserve details of visitors. Shamsuddin Ahmed Didar, a member of chairperson’s media wing, confirmed it saying that the city SB opened the register at about…
‘Airing content to instigate burning people to death punishable’
It is being observed that some miscreants and terrorist individuals or organizations are throwing petrol, octane, gunpowder and such ignitable substances at transports causing huge damage to public life and property to create panic among the people and put country’s…
Fresh protest against Delhi church attacks
Police in the Indian capital, Delhi, have detained dozens of people who were protesting against recent attacks on churches in the city.
Police capable to avenge killings – DIG
Deputy Inspector General(DIG) of police of Chittagong range Shafiqul Islam has said the police force has “the capability to avenge one killing with two”. The DIG made the comment at a meeting titled “Resisting Sabotage and Law and Order Situation”…
Jordan executes convicted jihadists after pilot’s death
Jordan has executed two convicts, including a female jihadist, following the killing of one of its air force pilots by Islamic State (IS) militants.
Ukraine crisis: US considers ‘lethal aid’ to government
The US administration is considering whether to send arms to help the Ukraine government against pro-Russian rebels in the east, US media report.
Jordan vow after IS beheading of Japan hostage Goto
Jordan has vowed to do all it can to secure the release of a pilot captured by Islamic State, after a video was released appearing to show the beheading of a Japanese hostage.
India Congress ex-minister quits amid Rahul Gandhi row
A senior figure of India’s main opposition Congress has quit the party after making allegations against the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi. Jayanthi Natarajan accused Mr Gandhi of “interfering” in her work when she was environment minister from 2011 to 2013.…
Reshuffle in police administration
In a reshuffle of the police administration, five senior police officials were given new postings on Sunday. According to a Home Ministry notification, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Mohammad Abul Kashem of the Police Headquarters has been appointed the Additional IG…
Japan outraged at IS ‘beheading’ of hostage Kenji Goto
Japan has reacted with anger and defiance to a video purporting to show the beheading of Japanese hostage Kenji Goto by an Islamic State militant.
Two Eagles gas balloon completes record Pacific crossing
Two pilots in a helium balloon have completed their crossing of the Pacific with a sea-landing off Mexico, setting new milestones on a six-day trip. American Troy Bradley and Russian Leonid Tiukhtyaev landed safely, their Two Eagles Balloon team said.…
IS chemical weapons expert killed, says US military
A chemical weapons expert with the Islamic State (IS) militant group in Iraq has been killed in a coalition airstrike, the US military has said.
Egypt military targeted in deadly Sinai attacks
At least 26 people, mostly soldiers, have been killed in a series of attacks by Islamist militants in the north of Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.
Excessive police force not answer to petrol bomb attacks
The Bangladeshi authorities risk exacerbating an already violent situation by giving police carte blanche to use excessive force in response to a recent wave of horrific petrol bomb attacks amid ongoing violent political protests, Amnesty International said on Friday. Media…
Indian foreign secretary Sujatha Singh cut short
At the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s external affairs ministry has been literally shaken from the top. Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, whose performance made Modi less than happy, has been ‘curtailed’ (going by the official press note). Singh…
Govt protests UN rights body’s 16-Jan statement
The government has protested the statement issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a UN body, over the country’s present situation on 16 January last. A formal letter in this regard has been sent to…
Law enforcers remain unaccountable: Human Rights Watch
Security forces carried out abductions, killings, and arbitrary arrests, particularly targeting opposition leaders and supporters. In a positive development, after years of impunity for the security forces, several members of the notorious Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) were arrested following the…
Three killed as Israel and Hezbollah clash on Lebanese border
Two Israeli soldiers and a Spanish UN peacekeeper have been killed as Hezbollah militants traded fire with Israeli forces on the Lebanese border.
Kenji Goto: Abe condemns ‘despicable’ IS hostage video
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said a new Islamic State (IS) video threatening to kill hostage Kenji Goto within 24 hours is “despicable”.
Apple posts the biggest quarterly profit in history
US technology giant Apple has reported the biggest quarterly profit ever made by a public company. Apple reported a net profit of $18bn (£11.8bn) in its fiscal first quarter, which tops the $15.9bn made by ExxonMobil in the second quarter…
IFC NY finalises plan for human chain before UN on Feb 25
The International Farakka Committee (IFC), New York at an opinion exchange meeting at Jackson Heights on Sunday finalised the preparations to make its 25-February programme of Human Chain and demonstration in front of the United Nations to protest the diversion…