By Sean Coughlan A senior member of the Qatar royal family has warned that Muslims are being “dehumanised” by the coverage of violent extremism in the Middle East. “Why do Muslim lives seem to matter less than the lives of…
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Reconditioned hybrid cars await green signal: Muhith
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday said the import of reconditioned hybrid cars is set to get the green signal in the budget for fiscal 2015 -16. He said this when a delegation of Bangladesh Reconditioned Vehicles Importers and Dealers…
Poet Nazrul’s 116th birth anniversary celebrated
The 116th birth anniversary of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam has been celebrated across the country on Monday. The celebration of the day started with placing wreaths at the poet’s grave on Dhaka University campus in the morning. The government…
Tousands of Nepalis flee to safety as landslide blocks river
Thousands of people have fled to safety following a landslide in western Nepal which blocked the flow of a river. The Kali Gandaki River in Myagdi district, about 140km (90 miles) north-west of the capital, Kathmandu, has created a deep…
Myanmar to cooperate in resolving ‘boat people’ issue
Myanmar has pledged to cooperate with Bangladesh and other countries to address the issue of “boat people” at sea, hoping that the issue will be resolved amicably with Bangladesh as the latter is a friendly neighbor of Myanmar, said a…
10 killed as truck hits bus in Sirajganj
At least 10 people were killed and over 50 others injured in a triangular collusion between a truck and two buses at Shimantabazar on the western side of Bangabandhu bridge link road in Kamarkhand upazila on Saturday. Two of the…
“These are people floating around, waiting to die”
Interview with Phil Robertson of Human Rights Watch Thousands of minority Rohingya Muslims remain stranded at sea without adequate food and water. On Wednesday, 20 May, Malaysia and Indonesia finally bowed to mounting international pressure, announcing that they would offer…
City election was not fair – TIB. Report of TIB biased – Tofail
A ‘weak’ Election Commission has failed to organise free and fair polls to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations, the Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) says. “The election was not fair and there was widespread rigging. Even the security forces’ role is…
Cabinet nods water transit protocol to renew every 5 years
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft amendment to the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) between India and Bangladesh, enabling it to be automatically renewed after every five years. The approval was given at the regular meeting…
Cricketer Rubel granted fresh bail in rape case
A Dhaka court on Sunday morning granted fresh bail to cricketer Rubel Hossain in a rape case filed against him by actress Naznin Akter Happy. Woman and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal-5 Judge Tanjina Ismail passed the order after on a…
10 policemen died in attacks by miscreants in 2014
A total of 102 on-duty members of Bangladesh Police died of sickness, road accidents or attacks by miscreants in 2014. The deceased included 12 sub-inspectors(SIs), 12 ASIs, three inspectors, one ASP, one sergeant, one TSI (town sub-inspector), three ATSI, two…
Egypt’s Morsi sentenced to death
An Egyptian court has sentenced ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death over a mass prison break in 2011. The former leader has already been sentenced to 20 years in jail for ordering the arrest and torture of protesters during his…
2 killed while taking rainbath as rain disrupts city life
Two people, including a minot boy, died of electrocution and two others injured during a heavy rain in the city’s Lalbagh area on Friday afternoon. Torrential rains with lighting strikes lashed the city on Friday afternoon leaving the normal life…
14-day Bnp programme to observe Zia’s death anniversary
BNP yesterday announced a 14-day programme to mark the 34th death anniversary of late President and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. BNP joint secretary general Md Shajahan announced the programme at a press conference after a joint meeting at party’s central…
Rumi established unity of all people thru love: Iranian envoy
The Ambassador of Iran in Bangladesh Abbas Vaezi has said that poet and philosopher of the 13th century Jalaluddin Rumi wanted to unite all people through love. Addressing a seminar on Jalaluddin Rumi organised by the Nawab Salimullah Academy at…
UN condemns killing of blogger Ananta Das
The United Nations has condemned the brutal killing of Ananta Bijoy Das, another fatal attack against online activists in Bangladesh. The UN called for thorough investigations into these crimes to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Sexual harassment: Students to gherao Home Ministry
Left-leaning students’ organisations on Tuesday announced to lay siege to the Home Ministry on May 20 if their five-point demands in connection with the DU sexual assault incident are not met within a week. The demands include the arrest and…
Sy Hersh: US version of Bin Laden raid is ‘full of lies’
The charges are explosive – and cut against a heroic narrative that defined, in part, arguably the greatest foreign policy success of President Barack Obama’s first term in office. According to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Seymour Hersh, the US raid that…
Give education to suspended 4 BCL members: HC asks Buet
The High Court on Monday asked the authorities of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (Buet) to ensure the academic facilities, including classes and examinations, of four students suspended for allegedly assaulting a teacher. An HC bench comprising by Justice…
Microsoft to stop producing Windows versions
Jerry Nixon, a Microsoft development executive, said in a conference speech this week that Windows 10 would be the “last version” of the dominant desktop software. His comments were echoed by Microsoft which said it would update Windows in future…
JU students blockade Dhaka-Aricha Highway
JU Correspondent Around three hundreds students of Journalism and Media studies (JMS) department of Jahangirnagar University (JU) damaged buses and blockaded the Dhaka-Aricha highway torching tyers on Sunday protesting the physical assaults of one of their teachers and demanding the…
Abducted boy rescued, suspected kidnapper held: Rab
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) rescued a abducted child and arrested four suspected kidnappers conducting simultaneous drives in Ashulia and Dhaka city in last three days till early Saturday. The rescued children was known as Md Abbas, 6, son of…
Bnp wants credible report of probe on Pintu’s death
BNP expects that the enquiry committee formed earlier to investigate into the death of party former lawmaker Nasiruddin Ahmed Pintu would place proper information to the nation. BNP international affairs secretary Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon said this while talking to reporters…
Trial of EC, united movement on minimum points urged
Left political leaders, media workers and rights group activists on Thursday said while the government has lost a golden opportunity to demonstrate through the just concluded city elections its will and ability to hold credible elections, the election commission has…
Indian Rajya Sabha clears border ageement for ratification
Indian Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, on Wednesday passed the much-awaited Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh, and the exchange of certain enclaves of land between the two countries. The Bill was passed with an unanimity, with 180…
Germanwings crash pilot had trial run during previous flight?
By Sally Hayden A preliminary report released by the French prosecutors examining the Germanwings crash has revealed that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz apparently practised a rapid descent on his previous flight. The report was released on Wednesday by the French Civil…
Next date of Zia Trusts graft cases May 25
The Third Special Judge Court of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed May 25 for the next hearing in the Zia Charitable Trust and Zia Orphanage Trust graft cases filed against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and others. Khaleda’s counsel and also the…
Cabinet approves nuclear power plant bill
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015’ subject to the vetting of the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, aiming to construct the country’s first Nuclear Power Plant at Rooppur in Pabna. The…
The golden crime refuses to go from Bangladesh’s airports?
By M J Alam Although gold smuggling through the country’s airports has been on an alarming rise, the menace cannot be reined in for lack of adequate security arrangements in the airports, according to intelligence sources. Gold consignments have been…
25 teachers resign in row over classroom shortage at JU
Twenty five teachers of Geological Sciences, Computer Sciences and Engineering departments of Jahangirnagar University (JU) resigned today (Saturday) protesting the handover of 3rd floor of the building to Environmental sciences department by the syndicate of Jahangirnagar University (JU).