Dhaka, July 30 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that people now cannot have their confidence in the country’s health system as it has completely collapsed.“Babu’s (Shafiul Bari Babu’s) death in such a way has exposed…
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Dhaka North City Polls: Tabith for seeking all related docs
Dhaka, July 29 – Nearly six months after the polls, defeated BNP mayoral candidate Tabith Awal on Wednesday filed a petition with the election tribunal seeking a directive to the returning officer for providing him all the necessary documents related…
The politics of identity and inclusion
by Karin Pettersson on 27th July 2020 @AB_KarinKarin Pettersson argues that struggles around race and gender are fundamentally about inclusion on an equal footing in the political community.Anonymous, camouflage-clad men taking protesters away in unmarked cars—federal agents, sent by the…
Ranga removed, Bablu new JP secretary general
Dhaka, July 26 – Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader on Sunday made party co-chairman Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu as its secretary general removing Moshiur Rahman Ranga from the post.GM Quader took the decision as per section 20/1/A of the Jatiya Party…
Joy is architect of Digital Bangladesh: Quader
Dhaka, July 26: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said Prime Minister’s ICT Affairs Adviser and Bangabandhu’s grandson Sajeeb Wazed Joy is making his all-out strides from behind the scene to build a Digital Bangladesh and materialize the…
BNP isolated from people even from party workers: Hasan
Dhaka, July 26: Coming down heavily on BNP leaders for their criticism every now and then, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud SUnday said their massive corruption, politics of bomb attacks and wrong handling of natural disasters have made them (BNP)…
Tackling flood not possible ‘without elected govt’: Gonoforum
Dhaka, July 25 – Gonoforum on Saturday voiced concern over the worsening woes of the flood-affected people amid the coronavirus pandemic for ‘lack’ of proper steps and plans.
BNP recalls Emajuddin’s contributions to democracy
Dhaka, July 24 – Recalling late Professor Emajuddin Ahmed’s contributions to nationalist politics, BNP senior leaders on Friday said his works will inspire the nationalist forces in the struggle for the ‘restoration of democracy’.
Resignation, transfer of corrupt officials won’t help: BNP
Dhaka, July 24 – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday said the resignation and transfer of a few officials will not help resolve the persisting crisis in the health sector as it is riddled with widespread…
26 Organizations Working to Conserve Seed Biodiversity
Danielle Nierenberg Biodiversity is a cornerstone of the food and agriculture system, but it’s increasingly jeopardized by climate change, deforestation, industrialization, and other threats. But seed saving is an important way of protecting the natural vibrancy and resiliency of the…
Abul Kalam should be put on trial: BNP
Dhaka, July 23 – BNP on Thursday demanded the government put Prof Abul Kalam Azad, who resigned from the post of the Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on trial for his alleged irregularities in…
Fear of death grips people for failure to check corona: BNP
Dhaka, July 22 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the people are suffering from a fear of death due to the government’s failure to tackle the coronavirus situation.
Flyover, underpass work to be suspended for 14 days: Quader
Dhaka, July 22 – Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday instructed the authorities concerned to suspend the ongoing construction work of all flyovers and underpasses in the country for seven days before and after Eid-ul-Azha.
Knowing state with corporatocracy, inverted totalitarianism
Sinha MA Sayeed Nature, contents and contexts of politics, political science and government(s) evolve and move in various and varied moods and modes in the settings of time, space and dimension. All these are topics of social science and necessarily…
False reports keep people away from corona test: BNP
Dhaka, July 20 – BNP on Monday alleged that people are showing little interest in undergoing Covid-19 test out of their mistrust caused fake reports.
BNP slams govt ‘apathy’ towards flood victims
Dhaka, July 19 – BNP has alleged that people are going through a tough time for lack of food, fresh water and medicines in the country’s flood-hit areas due to the government’s ‘inaction’.
Mass protests rock Russian Far East city again
AP/UNB, July 18 – Tens of thousands of people in the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk demonstrated on the streets on Saturday, protesting the arrest of the region’s governor on charges of involvement in multiple murders.
US civil rights pioneer, congressman John Lewis dies
The long-time member of the US House of Representatives has died, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Lewis, who had announced in December that he had advanced pancreatic cancer, was 80.
Govt’s policy behind emergence of Shahed, Sabrina: BNP
Dhaka, July 16 – BNP on Thursday alleged that the ‘government’s policy’ is behind the rise of Regent Hospital chairman Mohammad Shahed and JKG Healthcare’s chairman Dr Sabrina who indulged in fraudulence in the name of corona test.
PM mourns death of Shajahan Siraj
Dhaka, Jul 15 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of valiant Freedom Fighter Shajahan Siraj.
BNP pays last respect to Shahjahan Siraj
Dhaka, July 14 – BNP on Tuesday paid last respects to former minister and freedom fighter Shahjahan Siraj. On behalf of the party, its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir paid tributes to its late leader as his body was…
Foreign students in US: Trump admin drops deportation plans
US President Donald Trump’s government has dropped its plans to deport international students whose courses move fully online because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Ershad, Jatiyo Party and Bangladesh
Dr. Sinha MA Sayeed On this very day of the opening death anniversary of HM Ershad, a legend in the history of Bangladesh for so many reasons, explainable or not, let me out the outset, pray to Allah for his…
A ‘Hamiltonian moment’ for Europe
by John Weeks on 14th July 2020 @johnweeks41 Invoking Alexander Hamilton in the context of the sensitisation achieved by Black Lives Matter could not be more inappropriate. Drawing analogies across countries rarely provides insight and often proves wrong-headed. For instance,…
No mercy to those spoiling party’s image by graft: Quader
Dhaka, July 13 – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday said those who are spoiling the image of the party by accumulating wealth illegally will not be spared.
Bogra-1, Jessore-6 by-elections Tuesday
Dhaka, July 13 – Two parliamentary constituencies –- Bogura-1 and Jashore-6 – are going to by-elections on Tuesday as the Election Commission has completed all necessary preparations.
People astonished at fraudulence by two hospitals: Quader
Dhaka, July 12 – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said people have got astonished at the fraudulence by two hospitals in coronavirus sample testing.
Regent scam: Fakhrul wants health minister to resign
Dhaka, July 12 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said Health Minister Zahid Maleque should step down as Regent Hospital was allowed to conduct corona tests and treatment at the ‘behest of his ministry’.
BNP slams govt’s ‘inaction’ to help flood victims
Dhaka, July 11 – BNP on Saturday alleged that the government has not taken any initiative to stand by flood-hit people though they are going through serious hurdles.
Trump Commutes Friend Stone’s Sentence
WASHINGTON, AP, July 11 – President Donald Trump called Roger Stone to inform his longtime political confidant that he would commute his sentence for crimes related to the Russia investigation, Stone told The Associated Press on Friday, just days before…