BNP will stage demonstration at every thana of the city on Saturday in protest against denial by authorities to allow the party to hold its scheduled rally in the capital marking what it calls as ‘Democracy Killing Day’ on Friday.…
Category: Politics
Wolff book on administration is ‘full of lies’: Trump
Donald Trump says a newly released book containing damaging allegations about his administration is “full of lies”. The book cites former top aide Steve Bannon as describing a meeting with a group of Russians at which Mr Trump’s son was…
Amnesty for full investigation of Mithun Chakma murder
Dhaka, Jan 4: Amnesty International has called for a full investigation into the murder of indigenous human rights defender Mithun Chakma, who was gunned down on Wednesday by unidentified miscreants in Khagracchari.
Four international revelations from new book on Trump
By Kara Fox, CNN (CNN) Excerpts from journalist Michael Wolff’s forthcoming book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” detail salacious allegations and explosive insight into background conversations thought to have shaped US President Donald Trump’s first year in…
Trade multilateralism set back yet again
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, Jan 3 (IPS) – As feared, the Eleventh Ministerial Conference (MC11) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 10-13 December 2017, ended in failure. It…
Marooned in Bangladesh, Rohingya face uncertain future
By Sohara Mehroze Shachi Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Jan 3 (IPS) – Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugee women from Myanmar are currently living in the cramped camps along Bangladesh Myanmar border. Victims of sexual and physical violence in the Rakhine…
‘Observance of national days to made mandatory’
Dhaka, 04 Jan – Two lawyers filed a writ petition seeking High Court order for making mandatory the observance of eight National Days, including Independence Day and Martyrs Intellectuals Day, for all political parties and citizens. The petition also sought…
HC directs Comilla mayor to surrender in graft case
Dhaka, 04 Jan – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed Comilla City Corporation Mayor Monirul Haque Sakku to surrender before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka in a graft case.
Kuwait not S Arabia gave money to Zia Trust: Khaleda
Dhaka, 04 Jan – The Emir of the State of Kuwait had given the money for the Zia Orphanage Trust as donation to preserve the memories of former president Ziaur Rahman.
BAU exams cancel due to BCL anniversary
Mymensingh, 04 Jan – The final and class test examinations of different levels cancelled at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Thursday due to unavoidable reasons.
Hasina accprds reception to U-15 Women Football Team
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday accorded a reception to the players of the National under-15 Women Football Team at her official residence Ganobhaban for their victory in the South Asian Football Under-15 Women Football Championship. Team Manager Amirul Islam…
DMP advises BNP to hold indoor programme
Denying it permission to hold its scheduled rally in the city, Dhaka Metropolitan (DMP) police on Thursday urged BNP to arrange an indoor programme instead of going for outdoor one on Friday. Talking to UNB after a meeting with the…
Govt trying to push country towards confrontation
BNP on Thursday alleged that the government is trying to push politics towards confrontation by buying time in giving permission to their party to hold its scheduled rally in the city on Friday. “Awami League leaders’ remarks have given an…
The plight of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim Refugees
By Fiona MacGregor Reprint Bangladesh, Jan 3 (IOM) – When a major upsurge in violence broke out in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine state on August 25, it started an exodus that sent almost half a million of the mainly stateless Rohingya…
Religion: Between ‘power’ and ‘force’
By Azza Karam UN, Jan 3 (IPS) – In 1994, Dr. David R. Hawkins wrote a book positing the difference between power and force (Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior – the latest revised version came out…
To snap every yoke: World law to end slavery in Libya
By René Wadlow “Is not this what I require of you… to snap every yoke and set free those who have been crushed?” Isaiah, 58 v 6 There are many ways that an individual can be held in chains through…
2017 was full of disasters and crises. 2018 looks like even worse
The UN has appealed for record levels of funding to help those whose lives have been torn apart, but the gap between the funding needs and the funding available continues to grow. And what makes the outlook especially bad for…
‘No mental hospital without licence’
Dhaka, Jan 3 – The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the draft of National Mental Health bill, 2017 keeping provisions of rigorous punishment for setting up and running mental hospitals without licences and provoking any mental patient to commit crime.
August 21 grenade case: Hanif seeks acquittal
Dhaka, 03 Jan – The defence of the grenade attack case yesterday continued submitting arguments seeking acquittal of Md Hanif in cases filed in connection with the August 2, 2004 grenade attack on an Awami League rally held at Bangabandhu…
6 lawyers politicising Masdar case: Judicial Service Assoc
Dhaka, Jan 3 – Bangladesh Judicial Service Association (BJSA), a platform of lower court judges, on Wednesday alleged that the country’s six renowned lawyers are engaged in an evil attempt to politicise the Masdar Hossain case. The allegation was made…
BNP plans rally at Naya Paltan
BNP on Wednesday urged the government to allow the party to hold its planned rally at Nayapaltan on Friday as a venue alternative to Suhrawardy Udyan. Speaking at a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office, party senior joint secretary…
BD Supreme Court accepts judges conduct rules gazette
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today accepted gazette on lower court judges’ service rules and conduct issued by the government on December 11 last year.
Khaleda’s lawyer tells court: Graft case docs fake
The investigation officer (IO) prepared fake documents to file the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case against BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, claimed Khaleda’s lawyer during placing the defence argument for the sixth day on Wednesday. Khaleda Zia’s defence lawyer Advocate AJ…
Major reshuffle in cabinet after induction of new faces
In a major reshuffle in her cabinet, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reallocated the portfolios of a number of ministers and state ministers, and gave portfolios to three new ministers, aiming to infuse further dynamism into her administration. Cabinet…
My nuclear button is ‘bigger and more powerful’ – Trump
US President Donald Trump has said his nuclear button is “much bigger” and “more powerful” than North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s.
Trump threatens stop to Palestinian aid
The US may stop aid payments to Palestinians who are “no long willing to talk peace”, President Trump said. On Twitter, Mr Trump said the United States received “no appreciation or respect” in return for its aid.
No election under present government: Khaleda
Dhaka, 02 Jan – BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday reiterated that there would be no election under the PM Sheikh Hasina led the present government which she termed is no elected government.
Aug 21 grenade attack case: Defence argument starts
Dhaka, 02 Dec – The defence in the August 21 grenade attack case on Tuesday begun placing arguments and lawyer of fugitive Md Hanif first took the podium.
Govt inducts three more members to Council of Ministers
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expanded her cabinet inducting three new faces into it and promoting a state minister to a full one. They all took oath at Bangabhaban in the evening. President Abdul Hamid administered oath to them…
President for unison among 3 organs of state
President M Abdul Hamid today asked the three state organs to work in unison laying priority to the welfare of the country and its people addressing a function to mark the Supreme Court Day. “We have to bear in mind…