Rajshahi – The newly formed executive body of Bangladesh Awami Ain Chhatra Parisad of Rajshahi University (RU) unit called on vice chancellor and pro-vice chancellor of the university on Saturday.
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State religion will be dropped in time: AL leader Razzak
Dhaka – The state religion, which was included in the Constitution contravening the main spirit of the independence, will be discarded when the time comes, a policymaker of ruling Awami League has said. “Islam has been kept as the state…
US history teacher suspended for comparing rise of Trump and Hilter
A Bay Area history teacher was suspended from teaching on Thursday over a lesson in which he examined parallels between the rise of Trump and German fascist dictator Adolf Hitler. The Monterey Herald said that Mountain View High School placed…
BNP to stage countrywide demo Monday
Having failed to get permission for holding its rally in the city, BNP on Sunday announced a countrywide demonstration programme for Monday in protest.BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir declared the programme at a press briefing at BNP’s Nayapaltan…
American liberals unleashed the Trump monster
By Jonathan Cook The earth has been shifting under our feet for a while, but all liberals want to do is desperately cling to the status quo like a life-raft. Middle-class Britons are still hyperventiliating about Brexit, and now middle-class…
‘Riggin ironic: More Americans voted for Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton won popular vote, but Donald Trump won election because electoral system doesn’t treat each vote equally William Howell: Trump decried political system as “rigged,” but the system that distorts vote delivered him presidency (CNN)For the past year, Donald…
Hillary Clinton blames her defeat on FBI director
Hillary Clinton has blamed her defeat in the US presidential election on interventions by the FBI director. James Comey’s announcement of a new inquiry into her use of email while secretary of state shortly before election day had stopped her…
BNP in political bankruptcy, says Quader
Chittagong- Mentioning that BNP is suffering from political bankruptcy, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said the party had been looking towards the US elections to return to power. Obaidul Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, came…
Ensure foolproof security of minority people: PM
Stressing the importance of maintaining communal harmony, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday directed all concerned to ensure the foolproof security of minority people as it is the duty of all.”The security of minority people must be ensured …this is…
Ban on B’baria town meetings to stop political clash
Dhaka – Local administration imposed section 144 in Poiratala area of Brahmanbaria district town on Saturday as the two factions of Jatiya Party called meeting at the same venue and time. The restriction will remain in force from 6 am to…
Minority students protest attacks on Brahmanbaria Hindus
Dhaka – Agitated minority students blocked roads at Shahbagh intersection in protest to recent communal attacks in Brahmanbarhia and other parts of the country. More than 200 hundred protestors started the protests demonstrating around 12:00pm yesterday. They came under the…
Anti-Trump Protests Turn Violent in Portland, Oregon
Dhaka- Overnight protests against the election of Donald Trump as US president turned violent in Portland, Oregon.4,000 demonstrators gathered in the centre of the western city. Some smashed shop and car windows, threw firecrackers and set rubbish alight.Police declared a…
That Facebook influenced election is ‘crazy’: Zuckerberg
New York (AP/UNB) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the idea that Facebook influenced the outcome of the U.S. election is a “crazy idea.”
AL distorting history, alleges BNP
Dhaka – BNP on Friday alleged that Awami League is presenting a distorted history of the country before the young generation to hang onto power.“We want to stand up raising our heads high with our national tradition. We also want…
Mexico enters acceptance stage of grief after Trump’s election
Mexico was the foreign country with the most riding on the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Eventual winner Donald Trump launched his campaign last year by declaring he’d “build a wall” on the border between the two countries and force Mexico…
BNP complains DMP Commissioner didn’t meet them
BNP leaders yesterday complained that they were unable to meet or contact Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Assaduzzaman Mia in collection with taking police permission for holding its rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on November 13 to mark the “national revolution and…
Obama, Trump talk at White House to begin power transition
Washington (AP/UNB) — President-elect Donald Trump arrived at the White House Thursday for his first meeting with President Barack Obama, a symbolic start to the transition of power to the nation’s 45th president. Obama was harshly critical of Trump throughout…
BNP for resistance against Rampal plant
Accusing the government of trying to set up Rampal power plant to protect India’s interest only to cling to power, BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Thursday said there is no alternative to resisting it through a movement.“There’s no…
Muslim ban statement disappears from Trump website
A statement that the Trump campaign issued proposing a total ban on the immigration of Muslims to the United States has disappeared from the team’s website.”Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the…
Thousands protest Trump win around US
Chicago (AP/UNB) —The raw divisions exposed by the presidential race were on full display across America on Wednesday, as protesters flooded city streets to condemn Donald Trump’s election in demonstrations that police said were mostly peaceful. From New England to…
White people elected Donald Trump
By Emma Fidel In the run-up to Election Day, most discussion of demographics emphasized growing turnout among Latino voters and hand-wringing over whether Democrats could turn out black voters. But by early Wednesday, white voters’ resounding support for Republican Donald…
We’re not Democrats first, not Republicans first, we are Americans first – Obama
The President just addressed the nation on the 2016 election results and the next steps we can take to come together as a country and ensure a peaceful transition of power. “We have to remember that we’re actually all on…
Hillary Clinton: ‘We owe him an open mind, chance to lead’
Washington- A day after Donald Trump, against all odds, won election as America’s 45th president, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday said the nation proved to be “more divided than we thought” but urged unity and told her supporters, “We owe him…
BNP urges Prime Minister to learn from US presidential election
With an oblique reference to free election, the BNP has urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to learn a lesson from the US presidential elections.Referring to Wednesday’s US results that brought Republican candidate Donald Trump to the White House, BNP Senior…
Hillary Clinton calls Trump to congratulate him on victory
On the eve of the election, Hillary Clinton was standing behind a podium bearing the presidential seal. By the time the votes were counted, Donald Trump had captured the White House in a political earthquake.Clinton conceded the presidency to Trump…
BNP-Jamaat leaders must face trial for killing, corruption: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said BNP-Jamaat leaders will have to stand trial for killing people through arson attacks, trying to resist the last general election, getting involved in corruption and pampering war criminals.”They must face trial on the…
Trump promises ‘I will not let you down’
President-elect Donald Trump is telling the American people that “I promise you I will not let you down.”Trump, addressing supporters at his victory party in New York City early Wednesday, says he looks “very much forward to being your president.”He…
Donald Trump Winner In Surprise US Election Result
Donald John Trump, 70, will be the 45th president of the United States. A real-estate developer and former reality-TV star, Trump is the first person to win the presidency without having previously held public office or served in the U.S.…
Hasina congratulates Trump; invites him to visit Bangladesh
Dhaka- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday greeted Donald Trump for being elected US President and invited him to visit Bangladesh. In a felicitation message to the US President-elect, the Prime Minister said she on behalf of the government and…
Trump truimps to be next US president leaving Hillary far behind
GreenWatch Dhaka Report Dhaka – Belying all predictions and proving true only those who studied his mind Donald Trump has won the presidential race by bagging 276 votes far ahead of his democratic rival Hillary Clinton who secured 218 electoral…