Dhaka, July 21 – Barisal Awami League leader Obaidullah Saju, who filed a defamation case against a UNO for publishing a ‘distorted’ photo of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in an official invitation card, was suspended from the party on Friday.
Category: Politics
Anisul meets CJ again over Judges’ conduct rules
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq met Chief Justice Surendra Kuman Sinha in connection with issuing a gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for the subordinate court judges.
UK farmers will get subsidies if they protect environment
Farm subsidies will have to be earned rather than just handed out in future, UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said in a speech. Farmers will only get payouts if they agree to protect the environment and enhance rural life,…
Myanmar Army propaganda – Takes media on reporting trip
Kyar Gaung Taung, Jul 21 (AP/UNB)- Myanmar’s military has a big public relations problem: It stands accused of committing genocide.
Five members of a family killed in killed in ctg landslide
Dhaka – Five members of a family including three children were killed in a landslide at hilly Jangal Salimpur area under Sitakunda Upazila in Chittagong early Friday.
President, PM, Khaleda congratulate India’s new president
President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have greeted Ram Nath Kovind on being elected the President of India.“I firmly believe that the ties of friendship and cooperation, which so happily exist between our two countries, will further be…
Ram Nath Kovind India’s new president
A Hindu nationalist leader has been chosen India’s new president, a largely ceremonial position.Ram Nath Kovind was elected by the Indian Parliament and state legislatures in voting held Monday, with the results announced Thursday.
Reporter defies White House rules of not recording briefings
A White House reporter violated the Trump administration’s ban on recording press briefings. Ksenija Pavlovic of The Pavolovic Today broadcast a live-streaming audio record from the Wednesday press briefing with Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
Trump has made 836 misleading claims since January
On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump stood in front of the U.S. Capitol and vowed that his “America First” agenda would bring jobs back to the United States. “We must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making…
Election under current EC difficult: BNP
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that a fair election under Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda is very difficult as he is a ‘partisan’ person. “You (Huda) are not the Chief Election Commissioner of…
Accept 6 combat extremism principles: Qatar urged
UN, Jul 19 (AP/UNB) – Four Arab nations that cut ties with Qatar urged the tiny Gulf nation Tuesday to commit to six principles on combatting extremism and terrorism and negotiate a plan with specific measures to implement them –…
‘Listed criminal’ killed in Ctg ‘gunfight’ with Rab
Dhaka, July 19 – A ‘listed criminal’ was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Polo Ground in city’s Double Mooring area of Chittagong early Wednesday.
EC roadmap is AL blueprint to retain power: BNP
BNP on Tuesday alleged that the Election Commission’s (EC’s) roadmap for the 11t parliamentary elections is part of the government’s blueprint to secure its path to stay in power again in its ‘old style’.“The Election Commission has announced a roadmap…
DB police questions Farhad Mazhar
Dhaka – Detective police on Tuesday summoned and questioned writer and columnist Farhad Mazhar as they found ‘discrepancies’ in his confessional statement over his ‘kidnapping’.
‘Nearly all military court cases in West Bank end in conviction’
Report shows the military appeals courts decidedly favor the prosecution, with judges accepting 67 percent of prosecution appeals, as opposed to only 33 percent of appeals filed by the defense.
31st anniversary of RU Press Club 20 July
Rajshahi – The Rajshai University Press Club (RUPC) will celebrate its 31st founding anniversary on July 20.
SC extends time for Judges’ Conduct Rules gazette
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday allowed one week for the government to publish the gazette notification on the disciplinary and conduct rules for the sub-ordinate court judges.
HC summons Akhaura Thana OC
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Monday directed the Officer-in-Charge (OC) of Akhaura Police Station in Brahmanbaria district to appear before it on July 23 for mentioning a businessman as dead although he was alive.
Biswajit murder death ref verdict Aug 6
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday fixed August 6 to deliver its verdict on the death references and appeals in the Biswajit Das murder case.
We think Khaleda will be back to country with courage
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said Awami League will make comment on the Election Commission’s roadmap after seeing the progress of its implementation.“We’ll talk about it after observing the progress of its implementation after taking some…
BNP demands of EC to create election environment
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the Election Commission must create a proper election environment in the country to make its election roadmap a success.“We would like to call upon the Election Commission you please first…
Hunger strike for case withdrawal in JU continues, two fall sick
Savar – Two students, including a woman, out of four students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) who are on a fast-unto-death for immediate withdrawal of case fell sick yesterday (Sunday) after 27 hours of fasting.
Obaidul plays fear card to motivate AL men in Ctg
Chittagong, July 16 – Advising Awami League leaders and activists to be united, its general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said if BNP comes to power next, AL men will have to tolerate even more awful torture than they had…
2 suspected criminals killed in Khulna gunfight
Dhaka, July 17 – Two suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight with police in No 5 Ghat area of Khulna city early Monday.
Building resilience amidst “imbalances” and “inequality”
Geneva (D. Ravi Kanth) – The leaders of the Group of 20 developed and developing countries on Saturday (8 July) delivered a blueprint for “Building Resilience” in the world, but without addressing the grave “imbalances” between capital surplus and deficit…
Is social democracy facing extinction in Europe?
by Davide Vittori The last French presidential election and the recent legislative elections confirmed a seemingly unstoppable declining trend in the electoral support of social democratic parties. For the second time in the last fifteen years, the official candidate of…
Woman shot dead in Venezuela voting queue
A nurse aged 61 has been shot dead while waiting to vote in an unofficial, opposition-organised referendum in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Men on motorcycles fired at a queue, killing her and wounding three others. Venezuela is in crisis, and more…
Govt to finalise by Judges’ conduct rules next week
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday afternoon said that the government will finalise the rules determining the discipline and code of conduct for the sub-ordinate court judges by the next week.
Two more JU students join hunger strike against case
Savar – Two more students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) on Sunday joined the hunger strike, raising the number to four, for withdrawal of a case lodged against 56 students of the university.
BNP says ‘unilateral EC roadmap won’t settle pol impasse’
Dhaka – The BNP yesterday observed that the “unilateral roadmap” of the Election Commission and its effort for next general election would not settle the prevailing political impasse.