Developing countries may need up to $500 billion per year by 2050 to adapt to the ravages of climate change, dwarfing previous estimates, a UN report said Friday. The figure was about 20 times today’s public spending on climate adaptation,…
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They see conspiracy for nightmare of downfall: BNP
Strongly criticising Awami League leaders for accusing BNP chairperson of conspiring at her Gulshan office with government officials, BNP spokesman Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said they now find conspiracy in everything as it suffers from the nightmare of…
Islami Andolan’s 3-month protest to press penalty for Latif
Islami Andolan Bangladesh tas taken up a 3-month protest programme demanding punishment for former minister Abdul Latif Siddique for his anti-Hajj comments. The party’s chief Mufti Syed Mohammad Rezaul Karim announced the programmes on Friday in Dhaka. The programmes include…
US tried to stop January 5 election, says PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said the USA had tried its best to stop the January 5 election in Bangladesh, which was inevitable to continue democracy and constitutional rule. “They (USA) tried their best to make sure that this…
Democracy not safe yet, unite to resist evil forces: Khaleda
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Friday said democracy established in the country through the sacrifices of the blood of hundreds of thousands of martyrs is not safe yet. She accused the government of shackling nation with a one-party cruel rule.…
‘Gunfight’ again: Alleged pirate leader killed in Pirojpur
A alleged ringleader of a pirate gang was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Kaukhali upazila on Friday evening. The deceased was identified as Nazir Ahmed Sabuj, 40, allegedly the chief of ‘Sabuj Bahini’.…
Resist ‘Khaleda’s design against democracy’: Quamrul
Terming BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia’s meeting with some government officials on Thursday night as a ‘midnight blueprint’, Food Minister Quamrul Islam on Friday said necessary action will be taken against those involved in the ‘conspiracy’. “It’s a conspiracy against the…
Reflections from Lima COP20: Legally binding deal urged
Civil society leaders from Asia, Africa and Latin America have urged government delegates attending the UNFCCC Cop-20 in Lima to consider the urgency of a legally binding climate deal while super typhoon Ruby is about to thrash on the Philippines.…
Heart rending tales of missing abducted men
They were picked up a year back by the people who identified themselves as RAB personnel but the police unit never admitted arresting them and yet they are still missing. Families of the eight missing people appealed to the government,…
West Bengal CM Mamata agrees to Land Boundary Agreement
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced her approval to the Indo-Bangla Land Boundary Agreement, brightening the prospect for the implementation of the long-pending deal, saying “the problem will be solved soon”. “A solution is being worked out…
SB inspector, wife murder deposition of witnesses adjourned
A Dhaka court on Thursday adjourned recording the depositions of the witnesses in the case filed for killing Special Branch’s Police Officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman last year, as none turned up to testify. In the circumstances,…
Khaleda’s meet with bureaucrats raise eyebrews in some circles
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia Thursday had a meeting with some serving and retired bureaucrats and employees at her Gulshan office, according to sources. BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who was present at the meeting, however, denied that…
Sakib fined and Gazi suspended for one match
Sakib is fined 10000 BDT for arguing with the on field umpire at the Dhaka Premiere Division Cricket League. But Sohag Gazi is not only fined but also suspended for one match. Sakib was leading his side Legends of Rupganj…
BNP urges people to give another push for democracy
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday called upon the people to give another push to ensure fall of the Awami League led 14-party alliance government to restore the democracy. “The government has become isolated and lost it’s…
Islami Andolan threatens hartal if Friday’s rally refused
Islami Andolon Bangladesh Thursday threatened to enforce a nationwide day-long hartal for Sunday if it is not given permission to hold its scheduled rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka Friday demanding the death penalty for Abdul…
Govt using law enforcers like party cadres: BNP
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged that the government is using the law enforcers like its ‘party cadres’ in carrying out mass killings and wholesale arrest. “When the entire nation is vocal against the government…
Court asks for resubmission of Kibria murder chargesheet
A Habiganj court has ordered the resubmission of a supplementary charge sheet in former finance minister Shah AMS Kibria’s murder case, as the previous one got the names and addresses of several accused wrong. The court of Senior Judicial Magistrate…
Political plots will be faced politically, says Noman
Accusing the government of conspiring to put top BNP leaders in the dock in false cases aiming to cement its illegal power, BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Wednesday said their party will face the political plots politically on…
JP MPs wouls surely quit Cabinet, says Ershad
Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Wednesday said his party members will surely quit the cabinet as they do not want to take the responsibility of this government’s failures. “We’ll take a decision to this end today or tomorrow. We’ll…
TI finds Bangladesh most corrupt in South Asia
Bangladesh ranked 14th from the bottom in the Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) 2014, two notches worse than last year’s 16th position, showing that the country’s overall corruption scenario has deteriorated compared to the previous year. Executive director of…
Both elected upopposed; Shirin, Saber defend Nov 5 polls
The newly elected chairman of executive committee of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and president of Inter-Parliamentary Union Saber Hossain Chowdhury yesterday expressed their vow to improve Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad to international standard. Speaking at a “Meet the…
Khaleda’s public meeting in Narayanganj Dec 13
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a public meeting in Narayanganj on December 13, according to BNP party sources. When contacted BNP assistant office secretary Abdul Latif Jony confired that that Khaleda Zia would visit the port city on December…
Might is right rule tramples human rights, roundtable told
Speakers at a roundtable in Dhaka city on Tuesday underscored the need for strong national unity to free the nation from the curse of political intolerance and make the fundamental human rights of the people meaningful. They said that opposition…
Malaysia keen to construct low-cost flats in Dhaka
Malaysia has shown interest in construction of low-cost flats under housing projects at Kamrangirchar to provide flats to the poor at an affordable costs. Special Envoy of the Malaysian PM on Southeast Asian Affairs, Seri Samy Vellu, showed the interest…
Want govt 2 govt manpower export to Malaysia: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said her government would promote G2G basis manpower export to Malaysia to ensure greater benefit of the workers, despite the fact that a section of manpower exporters are not pleased with the decision. Addressing a reception…
Give timetable of CHT accord implementaton: Santu Larma
Santu Larma has warned of the CHT situation spinning out of control and said the government would have to take the blame since it has not implemented the peace accord. He signed the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord in 1997…
Zia was a Pakistani spy, says Hasan Mahmud
Awami League publicity secretary Hasan Mahmud claims to have ‘proof’ that Ziaur Rahman, one of Bangladesh’s Liberation War commanders, acted as a Pakistani spy. He made the claim on Tuesday at a discussion in Dhaka, saying he had a copy…
Country’s existence to be at stake if movement fails: BNP
BNP’s acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Tuesday said the existence of the country would be at stake, if the ongoing movement of BNP to protect the democracy and rights of the people fails. “The movement for democracy becomes…
3 more RAB men arrested in N’ganj murder case
Police have arrested three more personnel of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) over the murder of seven at Narayanganj and remanded them for questioning. Assistant Sub-inspectors Abul Kalam Azad, Bazlur Rahman and Havilder Md Nasiruddin were arrested on Monday night,…
Bangladesh’s war crimes tribunal punishes journlist for contempt
The International Crimes Tribunal-2 here on Tuesday sentenced British origin journalist David Bergman, working at national daily the daily New Age, to jail till court hours and fined Tk 5,000 on contempt of court charge. ICT-2 Chairman Obaidul Hasan ordered…