Aristotle measured the quality of democracy by the extent to which politics constrains the economically powerful, allowing the preferences of the landless to be reflected in public policy. According to a new analysis, American democracy gets a failing grade on…
Addis Ababa, Jan 30 (AP/UNB) — The 55-nation African Union appears to have decided to react diplomatically and strategically to President Donald Trump’s alleged vulgar remarks about the continent.
Dhaka, 29 Jan – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Monday allowed bail to Comilla City Corporation Mayor Monirul Haque Sakku after he surrendered to the court in a graft case. On November 21, last, a special…
Dhaka, 29 Jan – The ruling Awami League (AL) policy makers will sit on Wednesday to finalize its candidate for contesting the upcoming presidential election slated for February 18.
Dhaka, 29 Jan – The BNP won’t take part in the next elections keeping chairperson Khaleda Zia out of the election process, says BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday threatened to create a ‘tsunami of people’ to ensure the fall of the government if their chairperson Khaleda Zia is ‘unlawfully’ convicted in a graft case on February 8. Speaking at…
Dhaka, 28 Jan – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the submission of the investigation report in the case filed in connection with the attack on the Holey Atrisan Bakery at the city’s diplomatic zone…
Rajshahi, 28 Jan – Demanding an end to rag excesses and seeking the interference of administration a human chain by Student Rights Association was formed at Rajshahi University (RU) on Sunday.
Rajshahi, 28 Jan – Several hundred students and teachers of Political Science department (PS) of Rajshahi University (RU) on Sunday laid siege to the office of thier chairman Prof Dr Nasima Zaman for three hours pressing their demands including resignation from…
Dhaka, 28 Jan – The First Additional District and Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka on Sunday deferred the submission of the investigation report on the further investigation against 5 accused including Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad. The new date is…
Dhaka, 28 Jan – The teachers and employees under the banner of Non-Government Education Nationalisation Liaison Forum has threatened to boycott the duties of the upcoming Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations on February 1 if the their demand is not…
Dhaka 28 Jan – A new Chief Justice will be appointed soon, Law Minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday. “Some new appellate division judges will also be appointed after appointing the Chief Justice”, he said while talking to the reporter…
A bill, titled ‘Sheikh Hasina University Bill-2018’, was passed in Parliament on Sunday.Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid moved the bill and it was passed by voice vote.
Two BNP senior leaders on Sunday threatened that their party will go for an outright oust-government movement if Khaleda Zia is ‘unlawfully’ convicted in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case.
BNP will have to face trial for threatening the court which is set to pronounce its verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday.
The High Court on Sunday rejected the writ petition that filed challenging the inaction of the authorities to fill the post of the Chief Justice.
Masum Billah All colleges-public and private- had been under public universities but the session jam, exam jam, complexities to publish results engulfed the whole system. The public universities had been busy with their own academic and administrative affairs. To ease…
Dhaka, Jan 27 – The opposition BNP high command on Saturday night noted its indignation over what it called the haste in which the date for giving verdict in a graft case against their chairperson Khaleda Zia has been fixed…
By Dr Salim Nazzal I believe that there is no political declaration throughout history that has had devastating effects such as the Balfour Declaration. The Balfour Declaration has ignited wars lasting 100 years in addition that it has posed a…
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday warned that people will not accept it if any injudicious verdict is given in the Zia Charitable Trust graft case against Khaleda Zia and others.
The Bangladesh government should take urgent steps to confirm the whereabouts and release of men held by its security authorities outside the authority of the courts, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina that was…
Ganoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday urged police not to work for any specific political party during the next general election.
Dhaka, Jan 26 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday criticised the Home Minister for what he said issuing a threat to their party saying it was not his justified action before the announcement of the verdict…
Amsterdam (Reuters) – The Dutch intelligence agency AIVD spied on the Russian group believed to be behind the hack of the Democratic Party ahead of U.S. elections, local media reported on Thursday.
by Marcel Pauly “In a constitutional state, the true ruler is the voter”, go the words of Ferdinand Lassalle, the champion of workers and intellectual force behind European social democracy. But in the meantime, the voter has – more than…
Dhaka, 26 Jan – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Friday said stern actions will be taken if anyone tries to create anarchy centering the verdict in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case. The Home Minister came up with the warning…
US President Donald Trump has described as “fake news” a report that he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June, but backed down when his own lawyer threatened to resign. White House counsel Donald McGahn said the…
Students of Mass Communication and Journalism(MCJ) department of Dhaka University (DU) on Thursday formed a human chain at the foot of Aparajeyo Bangla protesting ‘the attack on general students by some Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists’.
BNP on Thursday demanded the government withdraw 50,000 cases filed against its leaders and activists to create a level-playing field before the 11th parliamentary elections. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the demand at a press…
A statue of British explorer Captain James Cook has been vandalised in Melbourne in an apparent protest on the eve of Australia Day. The statue was found covered in paint on Thursday. Graffiti depicted an Aboriginal flag and the words:…