Masum Billah The different teacher organizations have been on the streets for several months with the demand to nationalize education. We can remember the retired education secretary Nazrul Islam Khan happened to meet the prime minister who wanted to know…
The UN human rights chief said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on the media could trigger violence against journalists, suggesting the US leader would be responsible. Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein voiced particular alarm over Trump’s verbal assaults on…
BNP on Wednesday expressed its fear that MM Aminur Rahman, secretary general of its alliance partner Kalyan Party, was made disappeared as he remained missing since Sunday. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir came up with the allegation at…
Princes William and Harry are paying tribute to their mother, Princess Diana, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death by visiting a memorial garden at Kensington Palace. The engagement at the Sunken Garden will allow the young…
Bangladesher Biplabi Workers Party and Jatiya Ganotantrik Dal (Jagpa) have proposed before the Election Commission (EC) for dissolution of Parliament and deployment of the armed forces ahead of the next parliamentary elections. Both the parties also proposed refraining from the…
Mentioning that there is no scarcity of food in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh will be free from hunger and poverty in the near future as dreamt by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur…
Mahmoud Mohieldin Medellin – In September 2015, the leaders of 193 countries agreed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the most ambitious plan ever to promote human development – by 2030. Nearly two years into the process, there…
BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government is not providing shelter to the Rohingyas fleeing from violence-hit Myanmar to brand itself as an ‘anti-Muslim administration’ to the global community. “Thousands of Rohingyas had been provided with shelter, food, water and…
Dhaka, Aug 28 – The government on Monday signed a $515 million financing agreement with the World Bank to improve the country’s health, nutrition and population services.
Dhaka, Aug 29 – Acting assistant secretary of US Department of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells is due arrived here on Tuesday on a two-day visit.
Thousands of people have fled their homes following two days of violence in a deepening crisis in the state of Rakhine in Myanmar.
North Korea has fired a missile over northern Japan in a move Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called an “unprecedented” threat to his country.
China says India has withdrawn troops from a disputed Himalayan border area, ending a tense standoff lasting weeks. The foreign ministry in Beijing said it was pleased that “trespassing Indian personnel have all pulled back to the Indian side of…
Bangladesh Muslim League (BML) on Monday proposed the Election Commission (EC) to take steps to install an election-time non-partisan and neutral caretaker or supportive government to hold the 11th parliamentary polls in a free, fair and credible manner. During the…
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday called upon the government and law enforcement agencies to provide shelter and security to the Rohingya people who are fleeing their homeland Myanmar to save their lives following a fresh violence there. She also…
By Richard Falk A modified and enlarged version of a talk Richard Falk gave in Geneva a week ago. The audience was a blend of students of all ages from around the world, with almost none from Europe and North…
Thailand’s ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra fled to Dubai ahead of the verdict in her trial over a rice subsidy scheme, members of her party have said. Pheu Thai Party sources said Ms Shinawatra left Thailand last week.
Dhaka, Aug 27 – Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury on Sunday slammed the Chief Justice SK Sinha, using a Bengali proverb with racist undertones to compare him to coal that can never be cleaned no matter how much you wash it,…
Dhaka, Aug 27 – Terming a ‘wrong path’ the government’s stance on the judiciary following the Supreme Court’s 16th Amendment verdict, President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Sunday advised it to calm down.
Dhaka – Police in their special drive detained 100 people, including ten activists of Jamaat-e-Islami, from different parts in Satkhira on Sunday.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said ex-Supreme Court judge AHM Shamsuddin Choudhury should be put on trial for making ‘contemptuous’ comments on Chief Justice SK Sinha. “His (Choudhury’s) remarks (on Chief Justice) are indecent, unforgivable and…
Dhaka, Aug 25 – Bangladesh on Friday clarified to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein its position on the concerns raised allegedly by vested quarters against it about human rights issues.
Thailand’s former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra may have fled the country after failing to appear in court to hear the verdict in her long-running trial, according to the junta that ousted her in a coup in 2014 and reports in…
BNP leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha is facing the vengeance of the ruling Awami League if media reports of investigation into his wealth are true. “The people are seeing this as the Awami League’s…
Myanmar’s government says attacks by ethnic Rohingya militants on security outposts in the western state of Rakhine have left 71 people dead. The office of the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, said Friday that 59 of the dead were…
Former Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra has failed to show up for the verdict in her trial over a controversial rice subsidy scheme.
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka to return the passport of Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna for three months.
Rajshahi – Speakers at a discussion meeting at the Rajshahi University campus have urged the government to withdraw the cases filed by law agencies over the incident of August 20 to 23 in 2007 against teachers-students- officials of the Rajshahi…
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Thursday alleged that the August 21 grenade attack on Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s rally in 2004 was carried by the party itself to put the then Khaleda Zia-led government in…
Former President Badruddoza Chowdhury and Gano Forum President Dr Kamal Hossain have called for a national unity for the emergence of a greater political force.They came up with the call in a joint statement issued on Thursday.