The High Court Division of the Supreme Court yesterday adjourned till July 2 the hearing on a writ petition filed by BNP leader Barrister Moudud Ahmed challenging the legality of his eviction from a Gulshan residence. A High Court bench…
Category: Politics
HC issues rule against Moudud eviction
The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday issued a rule asking the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to explain in four weeks as to why it should not be directed to formulate rules for disposing of complaints…
Poverty and the UK general election
In a modern election it is increasingly easy to get caught up in the drama of the campaigns and ignore the actual issues that lie beneath. There is often a lack of thoughtful expert analysis on the issues at hand,…
Trump offers help; UAE tightens squeeze on Qatar
U.S. President Donald Trump offered on Wednesday to help resolve a worsening diplomatic crisis between Qatar and other Arab powers as the United Arab Emirates invoked the possibility of an economic embargo on Doha over its alleged support of terrorism.…
Britain votes as narrowing polls indicate 5 scenarios
Polls are open and voting is underway in a U.K. election dominated by Brexit, austerity and in the closing phases, security. The first indications of the result will come at 10 p.m. London time, when broadcasters will release an exit…
Left leader, 2 ‘robbers’ killed in gunfights
Dhaka, June 8 – A regional leader of the outlawed Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP) was killed in a ‘shootout’ between his cohorts and the members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Khaskarra in Alamdanga upazila of Chuadanga district early…
North Korea fires ‘cruise missiles’ after US drills
Seoul, Jun 8 (AP/UNB) – North Korea fired several suspected short-range surface-to-ship cruise missiles off its east coast Thursday, South Korea’s military said, in a continuation of weapons launches that have rattled Washington and the North’s neighbors as Pyongyang seeks…
‘Water resources require topmost crisis management’
Dhaka – The policymakers and water experts at a meeting on Wednesday acknowledged that water resources management is the topmost crisis management issue for the country.
Rajuk takes over house: Illegally evicted, says BNP’s Moudud
Dhaka – The Rajdhahi Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) on Wednesday took over former law minister and senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed’s Gulshan house following a court order. Talking to reporters Rajuk’s executive magistrate Khandaker Waliur Rahman said they took over the…
Khaleda deplores Moudud’s eviction
Dhaka – Criticising the government for evicting her party leader Moudud Ahmed from his Gulshan residence, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Wednesday said people will one day evict ruling party men from their houses the same way. UNB
Khaleda visits Moudud after eviction
BNP chief Khaleda Zia has visited senior party leader Moudud Ahmed after his eviction from his Gulshan home of more than four decades.RAJUK, the capital development authority, began the drive to vacate the house in Gulshan-2 on Wednesday noon, marking…
BNP’s Vision 2030 has already been implemented: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said it’s really a challenge for the BNP to regain the public confidence what it lost over the years. BNP has floated the ‘Vision-2030’ of BNP aimed at regaining the public confidence, she said in…
Iran attacks leave 12 dead at parliament, Khomeini mausoleum
Twin attacks on the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini’s mausoleum in the capital, Tehran, have killed at least 12 people and injured many more.
HC releases text of mobile court verdict, stayed till 2 July
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday released the full text of its verdict declaring mobile court conducted by executive magistrates illegal and contradictory to the Constitution of the country.
Attacks on Iran parliament, Khomeini shrine, guard killed
Tehran, Jun 7 (AP/UNB) – Several attackers assaulted Iran’s parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Wednesday, killing a security guard and wounding 12 other people in rare twin attacks, with the shooting at the legislature still underway.
Trump siding against ally Qatar in Arab crisis
Washington, Jun 7 (AP/UNB) – President Donald Trump injected the United States into a volatile crisis among America’s Mideast allies, siding Tuesday with Saudi Arabia and other countries against Qatar in a dispute that threatens to disrupt efforts to defeat…
Factional clash in Magura AL: 20 injured
Dhaka, June 7 – At least 20 people were injured during a clash between two groups of local Awami League leaders and activists over establishing supremacy at Palashbari village in Mohammadpur upazila of Magura district on Tuesday. Officer-in-charge of Mohammadpur…
Historic 6-Point Day being observed
Dhaka, June 7 – The historic Six-Point Day is being observed on Wednesday in the country in a befitting manner commemorating the placing of the demand for autonomy for the erstwhile East Pakistan, , now Bangladesh.
Bid to increase speedy trial jail term conspiracy: BNP
Dhaka – The BNP on Tuesday acused the government of hatching conspiracy to increase sentence term in speedy trial act in a bid to hold another January 5 like election conviting oppostion leaders and activists.
2018 to be year of people, says Khaleda
Dhaka – Apparently pointing at the next general election, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday hoped that repression and oppressors will disappear from the country in 2018 as it will be the year of people. UNB news agency reported
Jail term extension politically motivated, alleges BNP
Dhaka – BNP on Tuesday alleged that the government has raised the jail term by two years under ‘The Law and Order Disruption (Speedy Trial) (amendment) Bill, 2017’ with a political motive to keep the party out of the next…
Kuwait trying to mediate, solve rift: Qatar
Dubai, Jun 6 (AP/UNB) – Kuwait is trying to mediate a diplomatic crisis in which Arab countries have cut diplomatic ties to Qatar and moved to isolate the energy-rich, travel-hub nation from the outside world, Qatar’s foreign minister said early…
Electronic voting unlikely in Bangladesh’s next polls
Muhammad Syfullah, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Jun 5 – The Election Commission (EC) is highly unlikely to go for digital voting in the next national election as the two major political parties — Awami League and BNP — are now…
Alleged London attacker was a known radical Islamist
London, Jun 6 (AP/UNB) – One of the men believed to have carried out the deadly weekend attack in central London was a known radical Islamist who was filmed unfurling a black flag resembling the one used by the Islamic…
Excise duty on bank accounts to impact negatively: TIB
Dhaka, Jun 5 – The additional excise duty imposed on bank accounts in the proposed budget will increase the influence of bank money in the country’s economy and it will act as a tool to protect loan defaulters, said Executive…
Women small-holder farmers, key drivers for sustainable production
By Sally Nyakanyanga Harare, Jun 5 (IPS) – The shouts can be heard from a distance as one approaches Domboshawa, 30 kilometres northeast of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare.
Charting a course to a Blue Commonwealth
By Patricia Scotland London, Jun 5 (IPS) – The United Nations Ocean Conference offers an historic opportunity to safeguard the ocean environment and support small island and vulnerable developing coastal states, who depend on the seas for national economic growth…
Israel: 50 years of occupation abuses
Jerusalem – Fifty years after Israel occupied the West Bank and Gaza Strip, it controls these areas through repression, institutionalized discrimination, and systematic abuses of the Palestinian population’s rights, Human Rights Watch said today.
Supreme Court stays HC order blocking gas price hike
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court o Monday extended its order staying a High Court order that had stayed for six months the second phase of the gas price hike that came into effect from June 1.
37 female activists of Jamaat held in Jessore
Dhaka, June 5 – Police in a drive detained 37 female activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including two ‘Rokons’, from Basundia area in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Sunday.