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Category: Politics
What on earth might a Trump-Un meet look like?
Bangkok, May 3 (AP/UNB)- In one corner: the unpredictable dictator, the third-generation family ruler whose nation has a seven-decade reputation of being erratic, quick to take umbrage and insistent that it is powerful enough to upend the planet. In the…
Judge stops bail of Mayor Nasir in journo murder case
Dhaka – The Chamber Judge Justice Hasan Foez Siddique of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the bail of suspect KM Nasir Uddin, granted by a High Court bench in the Shirajganj journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul…
‘BNP has candidates three times the No. of Parliament seats’
Dhaka – The BNP has 900 candidates against the 300 parliamentary constituencies across the country to take part in the next elections, says party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Shibir leader held in Rajshahi along with ‘arms’
Dhaka – Police arrested a leader of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir from Matikata union in Godagari upazila in Rajshahi early Tuesday.
‘Be prepared for military action against North Korea’: US
Reclusive state acting in ‘open defiance of the international community’, says Lieutenant General America’s National Security Adviser has said America should be “prepared” to take military action against North Korea. Lieutenant General HR McMaster called on other world powers to…
Don’t call people ‘Razakar’ before conviction: War tribunal
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday directed the prosecution not to call anybody ‘Razakar’ in any case filed against anybody about crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971, until the allegations are proved.
Declare flood-hit haor areas disaster zones: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday demanded the government declare the flood-hit haor areas as disaster ones for the next six months. In a statement, she also alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has failed to realise the severity of…
SC to scrap down all anti-constitution law-amendment: CJ
Chief Justice SK Sinha on Sunday said the Supreme Court will not backtrack from scrapping any provision of the Constitution or any law if its formulated violating people’s rights. “Even if the 300 MPs enact any anti-Constitution law or bring…
Bangladesh’s flood hit Haor farmers to get free agri inputs
Dhaka, Apr 30 – Issuing a note of warning that no one will be spared if any negligence is found in haor embankment construction, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Haor farmers will get free agricultural inputs for…
Pakistan army ‘rejects’ PM’s actions on security leak
PM Sharif fired an adviser and ordered ‘action’ against a senior bureaucrat after controversial news story leak. Karachi, Pakistan – Pakistan’s military has rejected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to fire a top foreign policy advisor over his alleged connections…
Election in 6 Bangladesh cities likely before national polls
Muhammad Syfullah, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 30 – The Election Commission is preparing to arrange elections to six city corporations — Rangpur, Rajshahi, Khulna, Sylhet, Barisal and Gazipur— before the 11th parliamentary elections to be held in late December…
‘Polls-time supportive government’ in no country: Quader
Masudul Hoque, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 30 – Rejecting the BNP’s demand for arranging the next general election under a ‘polls-time supportive government’, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader has said the parliamentary polls will be held as per…
BNP accuses Govt of maltreating flood-hit haor people
Dhaka – BNP vice-chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Saturday accused the government of maltreating with the flood-hit people of haor areas. Addressing a human chain on Saturday he said that troubles and miseries of the haor areas relected the failure of…
Govt interfering in all state institutions: BNP
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government is ‘interfering in all the state institutions, including the judiciary’. Speaking at a biennial council of Thakurgaon district unit Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal at Zila Parishad auditorium, he…
Duterte opens ASEAN summit with oblique swipe at US, EU
Manila – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has opened an annual summit of Southeast Asian leaders with an oblique swipe at Western governments that have raised alarm over his brutal anti-drug crackdown, asking them not to meddle in the affairs of…
NKorea official calls US efforts to rid nukes a ‘wild dream’
United Nations – North Korea’s deputy U.N. ambassador said Friday that U.S. efforts to get rid of his country’s nuclear weapons through military threats and sanctions are “a wild dream.” AP/UNB news agency reported
Trump to spend Day 100 in office talking tough on trade
Washington – President Donald Trump is marking his 100th day in office by talking tough on trade. The White House says the president will sign an executive order Saturday that will direct his Commerce Department and the U.S. trade representative…
Defiant North Korea test-fires ballistic missile
North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile, South Korean and US military officials say. It apparently exploded seconds after lift-off, the South Korean military was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. The US military said the missile did not…
BAU takes control of Socialist Student Front office
Mymensingh – At least fifteen men of Socialist Students Front (SSF), the student wing of Socialist Party of Bangladesh (SPB), has been injured on Friday as the clash among two factions continue for the second day over taking control of…
BNP’s participation in election to reduce militant attacks
Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said militant attacks will come down sharply if BNP takes part in the next general election. The minister came up with the remarks without further elaboration after inaugurating a mosque at Sundalpur…
Trump’s first 100 days
As he reaches his 100th day in office, instead of protecting and advancing human rights, President Donald Trump has embraced policies across a whole swath of issues that threaten them. His rhetoric and actions have regularly undermined longstanding United States…
‘Militants’ bodies not yet removed from C’nawabganj den
Chapainawabganj, Apr 28 – The bodies of four militants, who were killed during Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)’s operation in Shibnagar Trimohoni militant den in Shibganj upazila on Thursday night, have not been removed from the house till Friday morning.
PM again stresses understanding among 3 State organs
Dhaka, Apr 28 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday again said the three organs of the State — legislature, judiciary and executive — will have to work with an understanding for successfully running the state and urged all concerned to…
China asked North Korea to stop nuclear tests: Tillerson
Washington, Apr 28 (AP/UNB) — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday that China has threatened to impose sanctions on North Korea if it conducts further nuclear tests. “We know that China is in communications with the regime in…
No permit yet for BNP’s May Day rally at Suhrawardy ground
Dhaka – The BNP is yet to get police permission to hold its planned May Day rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city. Police Thursday informed the BNP that they would not allow any party to hold any rally in…
3 Jamaat-Shibir men among 31 held in Satkhira
Dhaka – Police arrested 31 people, including three activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir, from different parts of the district in their separate drives conducted from Wednesday evening to Thursday morning.
Four killed in C’nawabganj ‘militant den’ suicide blast
Four militants were killed during Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT)’s operation in Shibnagar Trimohoni militant den in Shibganj upazila, said Khurshid Hossain, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police, Rajshahi range. Khurshid Hossain disclosed this at a press briefing at a…
Noam Chomsky finds Repulican Party most dangerous
One of the leading political scientists, Martin Gilens, has done important studies of the relationship between public attitudes and public policy, based on polling data. It’s a pretty straightforward thing to study—policy you can see, and public opinion you know…
Haors inundated for rains, not for damaged dams: Minister
Dhaka – Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Thursday claimed that the haor regions in different parts of the country, especially the northwest, have been submerged due to heavy rains, not for the damage to any dam. UNB news…