Washington, DC – The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report summary on the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detention and interrogation program is a powerful denunciation of the agency’s extensive and systematic use of torture, Human Rights Watch said today. The 525-page…
Soscha de la Fuente, Dutch Youth Representative on Sustainable Development to the UN One of the big surprises for youth at this COP has been the Ministerial Declaration on Education and Awareness-raising, put forward by Peru and Poland. COP19 President…
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Thursday alleged that some foreign envoys are adding fuel to the BNP’s demand for fresh parliamentary polls. She also said the countries the emissaries represent had not been very much in favour of Bangladesh during…
BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said that the ruling Awami League is not holding elections as the are afraid of forfeiture of seturity deposits of their candidates. “They (Awami League) know it well that if they…
Officials warned Thursday that oil spill from a crashed tanker is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the massive Sundarbans mangrove region, branding the leak an ecological “catastrophe”. The tanker carrying an estimated 350,000 litres (75,000 gallons) of oil…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday said that the current government has sent democracy into the grave by usurping the state power. “The country’s independence and sovereignty are now in a deep crisis, as democracy has been sent into the…
Saleh Ahmed, Utah State University Climate change is an issue which has direct implications on increasing social, environmental, demographic, economic, and political challenges all around the world. The multiplier cascading effects of climate change contribute to further poverty and inequality,…
Health Minister Mohammad Nasim today said that there is no possibility of holding the next general election even a day before the scheduled time of 2019. Speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural function of triennial conference of Bogra…
The internal probe by the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has blamed three of its former officers for the murder of seven people in Narayanganj, including City Corporation Councillor Nazrul Islam and senior lawyer Chandan Kumar Sarkar. Rab unit submitted its…
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka court on Wednesday issued arrest warrant for Senior BNP Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman in a defamation case for saying Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman ‘Pakbandhu’, friend of Pakistan. Magistrate Ataul Haque of the…
Jamaat-e-Islmai has taken two-day programme to mark the 1st anniversary of execution of party leader Abdul Quader Mollah for war crime charges. According to programme, the Islmaist party will bring out peaceful processions througout the country on Thursday and Doa…
The oil tanker that sank in Shela river inside the sunderbans spilling 357,000 litres of oil spill in the fragile mangrove forests threatening not only fishes and other aquatic animals and plants of the river but also the forests on…
Customs intelligence officials recovered 43 kilograms gold, worth Tk 21.50 crore, from the freight unit of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Wednesday. The 43 gold bars, each weighing one kg, were kept hidden in a garment accessories parcel…
Ferry services on the Shemulia-Kewrakandi route remained suspended for over 13 hours on Tuesday night due to dense fog. Foggy weather is being experienced in the country for about a week with the advent of the winter. Fog also disturbs…
Lima–Global emissions have reached a new peak, but recent developments indicate a new readiness for action on climate protection. This is the message of the 10th edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI); a ranking of the climate protection…
The High Court has ordered a change in the probe committee formed to investigate the Narayanganj seven-murder incident. Additional Secretary of Ministry of Public Administration Md Abdul Hakim has been appointed the committee’s new chief. Seven men, including former Narayanganj…
BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday described the Prime Minister’s order for Dhaka City Corporation elections as a mantra and said she has taken this option in a bid to prevent her government’s imminent fall. “Sheikh Hasina…
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said Bangladesh-India relations were elevated to a whole new paradigm with the visit of the Bangladesh Prime Minister to New Delhi in 2010 and the subsequent visit by the Indian Prime Minister to Dhaka…
Day 5 Luciano Frontelle and Milena Rettondini, Youth Press Centre The Subsidiary Board of Implementation (SBI) – created to support the work of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) through the assessment and review of the effective…
A senior US official has apparently suggested that the military and police had better not work together, as they now do at RAB – but if they have to, there should be adequate oversight and accountability. The US assistant secretary…
Former military ruler HM Ershad on Monday said now there is no guarantee of people’s natural death in the country, let alone the security of their property. “‘Now there’s no security of public life and property, neither any guarantee whether…
Calling upon youths to join the ongoing anti-government-movement to restore democracy in the country, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday night reaffirmed that she will be there on the streets this time to make it a success. “Many youths were…
Required infrastructure development, enhancing the efficiency of workers and adequate support from the government can help Bangladesh’s RMG sector hit a US$ 50-billion export by 2021, speakers said here on Sunday. Stakeholders of the country’s readymade garment industry came up…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul yesterday said if voted to power, the BNP would hold trials of those involved in enforced disappearances on charge of crimes against humanity. “The crimes perpetuated by those in 1971 during the war of…
Three students have been killed after a bus carrying Rajshahi College’s female students collided with another and fell into a roadside ditch at Paba Upazila, police say. At least 20 others were also injured in the accident in front of…
BNP-led 20-party alliance demanded the government to cancel its decision to hike the prices of power and gas; otherwise it would launching a non-stop programme from the day after the hike. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday…
National film award winning actor Khalil Ullah Khan (80) died at Square Hospital today at 10 am. He left 3 sons, 4 daughters and many fans. His son actor Khaled Khan said, “Father was sick for a long time. Three…
An alleged extremist has died in a police encounter at Kushtia’s Mirpur Upazila. Enamul Haque, 35, was shot dead near Shahidul’s Brick Field around 3am Sunday, said Mirpur Police OC Kazi Jalaluddin. He was a regional leader of the extremist…
Typhoon Hagupit is sweeping across the eastern Philippines, toppling trees and power lines and threatening coastal areas with a powerful sea-surge. More than half a million people have fled coastal villages in the area, which was still recovering from Typhoon…
Ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang, the most senior Chinese official to be investigated for corruption, has been arrested and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate, China’s top prosecuting body, said it had opened a formal…