Pakistan’s premier-designate and three opposition lawmakers have submitted their candidacies for the country’s next head of government.Monday’s development comes ahead of Tuesday’s vote in parliament that will elect a successor to three-time Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who was disqualified from…
Prime Minister’s Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury on Monday said the construction of the coal-fired Rampal Power Plant near the Sundarbans will continue as Unesco has no ‘restriction’.“The Rampal issue has been dropped from the Unesco resolution,” he told a…
BNP on Monday submitted its annual financial statement to the Election Commission (EC) for the 2016 calendar year, showing a fund of Tk 14, 04,878 in reserve.BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi handed over the financial report to…
A court here on Monday placed five people, including a female councillor of Bogra municipality, on different terms of remand in two cases filed for shaving the heads of a female student along with her mother after the rape of…
Dhaka, July 31 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) today allowed former adviser of the caretaker government, Justice Fazlul Haque, o file an appeal against the High Court order that cleared way to try him in a…
Dhaka, Jul 31 – The Election Commission on Monday started its dialogue with civil society members to take their opinions over the arrangements to hold the 11th national election.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 755 staff must leave US diplomatic missions, in retaliation for new US sanctions against Moscow.
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday rejected the draft of a Gazette that clarifies the service rules for the sub-ordinate court judges, submitted by Law Minister Anisul Huq.
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday declared the second phase of the gas price hike for household uses illegal.
Savar – Demanding the withdrawal of case filed against some students, general students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) have continued their demonstration. on Sunday evening, they brought out a torch procession on the campus.
Dhaka – Seventy percent of the total land area of Bangladesh is vulnerable to earthquake risk and 80 per cent of the total population under earthquake threat. Besides, 61% areas of the country are in flood risk, 23% flash flood…
By Pepe Escobar Considering the impenetrability of that desert petrodollar family oligarchy it’s up to a few foreigners granted access to make sense of the latest Arabian Game of Thrones. It also does not help that the “largesse” of Saudi…
Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to disqualify him from office.
Seoul, South Korea — North Korea launched a missile on Friday that was in the air for 45 minutes before landing off Hokkaido, the northernmost Japanese island, officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan reported.
The panel of Dhaka University’s pro-BNP-Jamaat teachers, White Panel, has announced to boycott Saturday’s special senate meeting of the university convened to elect a three-member panel for the appointment of the university’s vice-chancellor.White Panel Convener Prof Akhter Hossain Khan announced…
Condemning ‘police obstruction’ towards holding Yunus Centre’s scheduled international conference on social business here, BNP on Friday said it has demonstrated the government’s ‘despotic and vicious attitude’.“Police denied permission to Yunus Centre to hold its seventh international conference on social…
Mentioning the current circumstances of BNP, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said they have already failed in their movement, and so they cannot form the government.
Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly’s announcement of the opening of a new office to focus on victims of crimes by immigrants looks for all the world like a cynical ploy to stigmatize a vulnerable class of people to justify inhumane…
Himanshu Thakkar leading water activist of India and coordinator of the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers & People (SANDRP) has pointed out an erroneous reporting by the Indian Express on the Ken Betwa link, the first link of the…
Gulnara Karimova, the once-powerful daughter of late Uzbek ex-President Islam Karimov, has been in detention since a corruption conviction in 2015, officials have confirmed. Ms Karimova, 45, was tipped to succeed her father, who died last year, until she fell…
Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country’s Supreme Court to disqualify him from office. The ruling came after a probe into his family’s wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Mr…
Dhaka, Jul 28 – Police arrested another mastermind of Gulshan Café attack from Singra Upazila of Natore district early Friday.
By IPS World Desk Rome/Seoul, Jul 27, (IPS) – The answer to this big question is apparently “yes” – Economic growth can be really green. How? The facts are there. For instance, in 2016, solar power became the cheapest form…
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday alleged that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia along with her son Tarique Rahman has been hatching a conspiracy against Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina staying in London in the name of treatment. He came…
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven accepted the resignation of two cabinet members on Thursday but refused to fire Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist. An alliance of opposition parties has nevertheless vowed to press for a no-confidence vote unless Hultqvist is removed…
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday submitted the draft of the rules of the discipline and code of conducts for the subordinate court judges to Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha.
Dhaka – Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Wednesday vowed to continue demonstrations until the case, lodged against their 56 fellows in connection with vandalising VC’s residence, is withdrawn.
By Chandra Muzaffar Which is the most important bilateral relationship in the international arena today? Many analysts would argue that it is the relationship between the United States of America and China that has the greatest significance for the world.…
Describing Bangladesh Election Commission as an independent body, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said it has been working independently in all fields. “The Election Commission has been working independently in every field, including decision making,” she said when French…
Before he landed his new job as White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci reportedly told fellow Republicans that the Trump administration should cut out the middleman and just produce its own television news show each morning. The financier, who until…