Dhaka, Apr 24 – Two collaborators from Netrokona were sentenced to death for war crimes on Wednesday. The convicts are Hedayetullah Anju BSc and Shohrab Fakir. Both were collaborators of Pakistani occupation forces during the Liberation War. A three-member International…
Dhaka, Apr 24 –Two suspected drug traders were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with law enforcers in Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar early Wednesday. In Dhaka, a ‘drug trader’ was killed in a ‘gunfight’ with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Diabari in…
Dhaka, April 24 – The Special Judge Court-9 of Dhaka on Tuesday fixed May 6 to hold next hearing on the charge framing in the Niko Graft case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 10 others. Judge Sheikh Hafizur…
Dhaka, Apr 23 (UNB) – BNP on Tuesday alleged that local ruling party MP and its big leaders are involved in the murder of Feni madrasa student Nusrat Jahan Rafi. Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office,…
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 19 2019 (IPS) – Journalists around the world are increasingly seeing threats of violence, detention, and even death simply for doing their job, a new press index found. In the 2019 World Press Freedom Index, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has found…
Bhola, Apr 22 – Awami League’s student-associate Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men reportedly attacked Borhanuddin Police Station here on Sunday night over the seizure of a fellow’s motorcycle, injuring six policemen. Officer-in-charge of the police station Ashim Kumar said a…
Dhaka, Apr 22 (UNB) – President of Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Monday laid emphasis on establishing the politics of respect coming out of that of hatred to give democracy an institutional shape in the country.…
Dhaka, Apr 22 (UNB) – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Monday said it is not possible to ‘restore’ democracy in the country without freeing Khaleda Zia from jail. Speaking at a sit-in programme, he urged BNP leaders and…
Berlin, Sep 10 (AP/UNB) — A new Syrian law empowering the government to confiscate property is threatening to leave refugees stuck in Europe with no homes to return to. It’s led to confusion and concern among Syrian migrants and also…
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront Convener and Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday hoped that people will be successful in bringing a change through a movement before the golden jubilee of the country’s independence. On his 83rd…
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – Gonoforum will send a show-cause notice to party presidium member and MP Mokabbir Khan for ‘violating’ its constitution and indulging ‘anti- party’ activities. The decision was taken on Saturday at a meeting of the party’s…
Cumilla, Apr 20 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the media reports on their chairperson’s release on parole and taking oath by their party MPs-elect are nothing but a baseless speculation. Talking to reports at…
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina goes to Brunei Darussalam on Sunday on a three-day official visit as the two countries are expected to sign seven Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). The Prime Minister takes up the…
Dhaka, April 19 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday directed her party rank and file to strengthen its grassroots by holding district councils respectively ahead of the party national council session likely to be held in October this year.…
Dhaka, April 19 – Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday said the banks of developed countries don’t want to disclose the information regarding the syphoning off the money by Bangladeshi nationals. He said his ministry would follow the directives of…
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB) – Trashing various media speculations, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said their party will not back off from its decision of not sending their party MPs-elect to parliament. “There’s no question …our six MPs-elect…
By Jonathan Rozen New York, Apr 17 2019 (IPS) – When Nigeria’s incumbent president Muhammadu Buhari won re-election this year, he campaigned (as he did in 2015) on an image of good governance and anti-corruption. Billboards in the capital, Abuja,…
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB) – The prime minister of Mali and his entire government have resigned, following an upsurge of violence in the country, reports BBC. On Wednesday, a motion of no confidence was submitted as MPs blamed Prime Minister…
Dhaka, Apr 18 (UNB) – A court here on Thursday ordered freezing three bank accounts of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman with a UK bank. Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Sessions’ Judge…
Dhaka, April 18 – A special judge court of Dhaka on Thursday deferred the hearing on charge framing in Gatco corruption case against BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and 17 others to April 30. The BNP chief was not produced…
Dhaka, April 18 – A new report from International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) establishes that enforced disappearances in Bangladesh constitute crimes against humanity, and calls on the international community to take all necessary measures to ensure that the government…
Dhaka, Apr 18 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday urged the government to stop a ‘plot’ to eliminate its chairperson Khaleda Zia from politics though a ‘minus-formula’ in the name of parole. Speaking at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central…
Bogura, Apr 18 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said people are no longer safe anywhere in the country as the-law-and order situation has seriously deteriorated. “There’s now no rule of law, justice and human…
Léonce Bekemans initiates a ‘Europe 2025’ series on Social Europe, which will look beyond the May elections to the challenges in the next term, with a call for a mobilising vision. Throughout its shared history, Europe has always developed as a…
Dhaka, Apr 17 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday regretted that the incidents of killing, rape and reprisal growing as politicians have failed to build a safe and beautiful Bangladesh. “Why’re we indulging in such…
by Werner Raza, Jan Grumiller and Bernhard Tröster The European Union’s disproportionate pressure for trade liberalisation risks exacerbating political strains in the last democracy of northern Africa. Tunisia is the only country in northern Africa in which a democratic political…
Dhaka, Apr 17 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday paid tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of historic Mujibnagar Day. The Prime Minister paid the homage by placing a wreath at Bangabandhu’s…
Dhaka, Apr 16 – BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Tuesday alleged that no one is safe from the clutches of ‘wicked elements in the current government’. “I would like to ask who is in society safe from the…
Dhaka, April 16 – The Metropolitan Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka yesterday fixed June 12 for the appearance of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia before it in 11 cases filed against her. Metropolitan sessions judge Imrul Qayes set the date…
Dhaka, April 16 – The BNP on Tuesday brushed aside the news report that party’s ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia is getting the release on parole for treatment abroad. “Our deshnetri (country leader) has not given any decision over seeking parole…