The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against former State Minister for Housing and Public Works Alamgir Kabir and three others for reportedly causing a loss of about Tk 15.52 crore to the government by allocating a…
Category: Int’l relations
Crimea parliament asks to join Russia
MPs in Crimea have asked Moscow to allow the southern Ukrainian region to become part of the Russian Federation.
Those helping militants, criminals will be punished: PM
Urging all to stand against the enemies of country’s development and to cooperate with police in uprooting terrorism, subversive activities and militancy, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday warned of harsh punishment to those who will join hands with the…
EU leaders to hold emergency talks to tackle Ukraine crisis
EU leaders are to begin an emergency summit to decide how strongly they should respond to Russia’s troop deployment in Ukraine’s Crimea region. Some members, particularly from Eastern Europe, want tough sanctions, while others, led by Germany, seek mediation. Ahead…
Election Commissioner speaks against negligence in UZ polls
Election Commissioner Mohammad Abu Hafiz on Wednesday warned the election officials that any kind of negligence on their part in the upazila polls would not be tolerated. He issued the warning while speaking at a views-exchange meeting as the chief…
India general election 7 April -12 May in 9 phases
India’s general election will take place in nine phases in April and May, the Election Commission has announced. Polling to elect a new Lok Sabha, or lower house, will be held from 7 April to 12 May. Votes will be…
Ukraine crisis: US and Russia to hold key talks
Diplomatic efforts to ease tensions in Ukraine are gathering pace as US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov prepare to hold crucial talks in Paris. The US wants independent observers in the flashpoint region of…
Hasina, Rajapaksa discuss regional, bilateral cooperation
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said Bangladesh will work together with other nations of the Bay of Bengal region for its prosperity. She called poverty and terrorism as common enemy of the sub-region. She made the remarks during a…
Law Reporters Forum wants judiciary be tolerant of journos
Law Reporters’ Forum (LRF) on Tuesday made a fervent appeal to the judiciary to be more tolerant and generous towards journalists facing charges of contempt of court. In a joint statement, LRF president Saleh Uddin and its general secretary Wakil…
Russia force only ‘last resort’ in Ukraine, says Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin says there is no need yet to send Russian troops into Ukraine.
Egypt military chief Sisi hints at presidential bid
Egypt’s armed forces chief, Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, has said he cannot ignore calls by the majority for him to run for president.
Ukraine’s Yanukovych asked for troops, Russia tells UN
Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych asked Russia to send troops across the border to protect civilians, Moscow’s UN envoy has claimed. Vitaly Churkin told a Security Council meeting Mr Yanukovych wrote to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday. Thousands of…
PM wants talks on Myanmar refugees
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has stressed on resolving the issue of Myanmar refugee problem through friendly and cordial discussion in her meeting with the country’s president. Hasina is currently in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw to take part in the BIMSTEC summit,…
BSF hands over Bangladeshi’s body
The Indian Border Security Force has handed over the body of a cattle trader to the Border Guard Bangladesh. BGB’s Shimulbarhi Company commander Subedar Rai Mohan Roy received the body on Monday. Mukul, 35, succumbed to bullet injuries at a hospital…
ACC asks 3 AL MPs, families to submit wealth statements
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Monday served separate notices to three ruling Awami League leaders and their family members to submit wealth statements within a week, said an ACC official. He said the concerned ACC enquiry officers sent the notices…
Russia vows troops will stay in Ukraine
Russia has vowed its troops will remain in Ukraine to protect Russian interests and citizens until the political situation has been “normalised”.
Migrant domestic workers across Asia rise up
Tania Branigan Migrant workers are treated as second class citizens, but now women are organising and speaking out. On a dark, damp Sunday, hundreds of women are massed in a city park. “Women united will never be divided! Migrants united…
G7 condemns Russia military build-up over Ukraine
Russia’s G8 partners have condemned Moscow’s military build-up in Ukraine amid fresh diplomatic efforts to avert a dangerous escalation of the crisis. The world’s seven major industrialised powers also suspended preparations for the G8 summit in Sochi in June. Meanwhile, European…
Pro-BNP Blue penal gets 19 of 25 Dhaka Bar posts
BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya-Parishad’s Blue penal also got the Treasurer post of Dhaka Bar Association, as announced on Saturday at 10.15 pm. Earlier, on Friday the result of 24 posts, leaving the position of the Treasurer was declared as Md…
3 MPs, families may be asked to give wealth info
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) will send notices to three ruling party MPs and their four family members seeking their wealth statements following the allegations of illegal wealth accumulation. The Commission at its regular meeting on Sunday decided to serve…
Ukraine orders full military mobilisation over Russia moves
Ukraine has ordered a full military mobilisation in response to Russia’s build-up of its forces in Crimea.
China separatists blamed for Kunming knife rampage
The Kunming city government later said that evidence from the scene pointed to separatists from Xinjiang as being behind the attack.
33 dead in Kunming attacks: Bangladeshis asked to stay indoors
China on Sunday blamed Muslim militants from the restive far western region of Xinjiang for the deadly attack on Kunming railway station in the country’s Yunnan province, in which at least 33 have died so far Four of those killed…
Obama urges Putin to pull troops back from Ukraine
US President Barack Obama has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Russia has flouted international law by sending troops to Ukraine. In a 90-minute telephone conversation, Mr Obama urged the Russian leader to pull forces back to bases in…
No Bangladeshi dead in Qatar fire
No Bangladeshi died in the gas tank explosion at a restaurant in Qatar’s capital Doha on Thursday. The explosion killed at least 12 people. The foreign ministry spokesperson Md Shameem Ahsan, however, said that one Bangladeshi was among the 32…
Committee to probe Jamuna oil depot fire
A five-member committee has been set up to investigate the Jamuna oil depot fire that left nine workers injured on Friday. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has formed the committee, said its Chairman Yunusur Rahman. The fire started while workers were…
Bimstec summit in Myanmar Monday, PM attends
Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves here for Myanmar on Monday morning on a two-day visit to attend the third summit of the Bimstec (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation). Myanmar is hosting the summit…
Deadly attack on Pakistan polio team kills 10
A bomb attack on a polio vaccination team in north-west Pakistan has killed at least 10 people, officials say A roadside bomb went off as the police-guarded convoy drove through a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the Afghan border.…
Obama warns Russia against intervention in Ukraine
US President Barack Obama has warned Russia there will be “costs” for any military intervention in Ukraine. He said he was deeply concerned by reports of Russian military movements inside the country. Ukraine’s acting president has accused Russia of deploying troops…
South Korea warns Japan over comfort women review
South Korean President Park Geun-hye has warned Japan it will only bring isolation on itself if it reviews a statement acknowledging its wartime use of sex slaves. She called on Japan to embrace “truth and reconciliation”. Japan apologised in 1993 to…