Washington (AP/UNB) — The State Department is confirming that the 35 Russian diplomats President Barack Obama ordered out of the country have departed the United States.
Category: Politics
Civil disobidience is back to America
Jelani Cobb The sixties produced a conviction that “democracy is in the streets.” The Trump era may echo that. On the 6th, less than a month after the election, Vice-President Joe Biden, who was in New York to receive the…
Utility’s malware discovery points to ‘Russian hacking’?
VOA News A U.S. congressman from Vermont said Saturday that Russian malware code found in a computer belonging to a major state electric utility was further evidence of “rampant Russian hacking.” Democratic Representative Peter Welch called Thursday’s malware discovery further…
PM opens dot bangla domain
Dhaka – The much-awaited dot bangla (.bangla) domain was unlocked for the people today as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated it at a function. The premier opened the dot bangla (.bangla) internet domain at a ceremony at her official Ganabhaban…
President hopeful about formation of a neutral, competent EC
President Abdul Hamid has expressed the hope that formation of a competent, neutral and acceptable Election Commission (EC) would be possible through discussions with the political parties.”The tenure of the present EC will end soon and with an aim to…
Gaibandha MP Liton shot dead
Awami League MP from Gaibandha-1 constituency Manjurul Islam Liton was shot dead in a gun attack at Bamandanga village in Sundarganj upazila on Saturday.Police super of the district Ashraful Islam said two unidentified men entered Liton’s house around 6 pm…
Govt working to expand media: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the government has been working to expand the media both in the public and private sectors to ensure the free flow of information.“Then free flow of information is very much essential to develop…
Chinese retailers obsessed with Donald Trump
Despite all his contentious campaign rhetoric, Chinese retail has embraced Donald Trump in a big way.Take the Trump-rooster statue just erected at a shopping mall in Taiyuan, the capital city of China’s Shanxi province, for example. The enormous effigy —…
BNP protests Hanif’s remarks over ‘democracy killing day’
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Friday said that it would observe ‘democracy killing day’ on January 5 holding black flag processions across the country amid the ruling Awami League’s ‘threat’ not to allow BNP to take to street.
BNP would not be allowed to hold rallied on Jan 5: AL
Dhaka – Awami League joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif Thursday warned that the country’s people would not allow Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to take field in the name of holding rallies centering ‘January 5,’ voting day of the 10th…
US kicks back 35 Russian diplomats: Russia to retaliate
Honolulu (AP/UNB): The United States struck back Thursday at Russia for hacking the U.S. presidential campaign with a sweeping set of punishments targeting Russia’s spy agencies and diplomats. The U.S. said Russia must bear costs for its actions, but Moscow…
Russia, Turkey broker Syria peace, sideline US
(CNN)Call it a pop-up alliance. After spending much of this year berating each other after Turkey shot down a Russian jet over the Syrian-Turkish border, the two governments are suddenly the “honest brokers” of a ceasefire in Syria — one…
Mobilise public opinion against militancy: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated her call to all, including teachers, students, guardians, religious teachers and people of various professions, to mobilise public opinion and wage a social movement against terrorism and militancy.”All will have to remain alert,…
Kerry just gave Israel his harshest possible rebuke
John Tensions ratcheted higher between the U.S. and Israel on Wednesday as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered his harshest rebuke of Israeli settlement expansion, saying it leads toward a “separate but unequal” one-state reality that puts any hope…
Five ‘JMB operatives’ on remand
Dhaka – A Dhaka court on Wednesday placed five JMB operatives, arrested from city's Mirpur area, on a seven-day remand each in connection with planning to conduct subversive activities.
Zila Parishads election : Polls in some Noakhali wards postponed
Dhaka – Voting in the maiden election to 59 Zila Parishads (district councils) across the country began on Wednesday morning in a non-partisan manner unlike the polls to other local government bodies. The balloting began at 9am and will continue…
Report against Khaleda for hurting religious sentiment
Dhaka-The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Tuesday set January 23 for submission of the probe report in the case filed against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia for hurting religious sentiments of people and inciting communal hatred.
Similarities in some proposals of political parties found over new EC
President Abdul Hamid today said that he found similarities in some proposals of political parties regarding the formation of a new Election Commission (EC).The President said this during discussion with Workers Party, a component of the ruling Awami League led…
Awami League dissidents will make the District Council polls competitive, says Obaidul Quader
The Awami League has not pressurised its dissidents to pull out of the District Council polls to keep it competitive as no other parties have fielded candidates, General Secretary Obaidul Quader told journalists in his office.Polls to elect chairmen, members…
Zila parishad polls like ‘Ayub Khan’s basic democracy: Moudud
Terming Wednesday’s zila parishad polls unconstitutional, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Tuesday said the government is holding such elections as part of its move to restore ‘Ayub Khan’s basic democracy’.“The zila parishad polls must be held with common people’s…
Jamaat leader held in Jessore
Dhaka – Police arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh on sabotage charge from Badhaghata area in Manirampur upazila in Benapole on Monday night.The arrestee was identified as Maulana Mohammad Ali, ameer of Khedapara union unit of Jamaat and assistant…
I could’ve won again, says Obama. No way, replies Trump
(CNN)Arguing that Americans still subscribe to his vision of progressive change, President Barack Obama asserted in an interview recently he could have succeeded in this year’s election if he was eligible to run.
India’s border with BD to be sealed by mid 2018: Rajnath Singh
Dhaka – Indian Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the BJP government was committed to sealing the 223.7-km Indo-Bangladesh border in next one and a half years.
Quotas for minorities if JP comes to power: Ershad
The Jatiya Party will offer quotas for religious minorities in parliament, government jobs and higher education if it comes to power, says party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad.During a Christmas programme for the leaders of Bangladesh’s Christian community on Monday, the…
Closed garment factories to reopen Wednesday
Dhaka – The recently closed Ready Made Garments (RMG) factories of Ashulia, the outskirt of capital, are going to be reopened from Wednesday at the intervention of Prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
Free judiciary from case backlog: Chief Justice Sinha
Dhaka – Chief Justice (CJ) Surendra Kumar Sinha Sunday slammed district judges for not conducting their judicial function properly and expected that the district judges would attend their courts in time and remain engaged in the judicial function for their…
Snatching democracy tantamount to militancy: BNP
Dhaka – BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said snatching people’s voting rights and democracy is tantamount to indulging in militancy and extremism.
Government to make Bangladesh a failed state: BNP
The ‘unelected and illegal’ government is trying to turn Bangladesh into a failed state, says BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.His remarks on Sunday came in the context of comments by the chief justice concerning the competition for dominance…
German town evacuates on Christmas morning for WWII bomb
Thousands of people in the southern German city of Augsburg have left Christmas presents and decorations behind, forced to evacuate while authorities disarm a large World War II aerial bomb.The bomb was uncovered last week during construction work in the…
Rohingya man who spoke to media killed in Myanmar
Myanmar authorities reported the death of a Rohingya Muslim in Rakhine state days after he spoke with the media visiting the region, officials said on Saturday.The decapitated body was found on the outskirts of Doe Dan, while his head was…