By Farhang Jahanpour OXFORD, Nov 20 2020 (IPS) – American democracy has survived a dangerous virus, and it has even come off the ventilator, but whether it will be restored to full health or will suffer for a long time…
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Ex-Jubo League leader in jail for threatening govt official
A Dinajpur court on Friday sent an ex- Jubo League leader to jail as he allegedly threatened a government servant and obstructed his work over the lease of a local sand quarry (Balu Mahal) in Khansama upazila.
BNP waiting for right time to wage movement: Gayeswar
BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said their party is waiting for an atmosphere conducive to creating a mass uprising to turn Bangladesh into a democratic country by ousting the current government.
Sirajganj ‘militant hideout’ busted, 2 JMB leaders held: Rab
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) says it has arrested four militants, including two top regional leaders of banned group Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from a house in Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur upazila.
AMERICA CHOOSES!
“I am a Trump supporter. I supported him in ’16, voted for him in ’20, but I had a raging case of Trump fatigue myself…. I was not that sorry to see the outcome, and I think the country needed…
Biden approaches 80 million votes in historic victory
Washington, AP/UNB, Nov 19 – President-elect Joe Biden’s winning tally is approaching a record 80 million votes as Democratic bastions continue to count ballots and the 2020 election cracks turnout records.
Govt lost ‘ground beneath its feet’: BNP
BNP senior leader Selima Rahman on Wednesday alleged that the government is harassing opposition leaders and activists by implicating them in fresh ‘false cases’ out of its fear of facing an imminent fall since it has already lost the ‘ground…
Trump fires election security man who rejected fraud pleas
Washington, AP/UNB, Nov 18 – President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the director of the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 election. Trump fired Christopher Krebs in a tweet, saying his recent statement defending the security…
BNP leader Rizvi hospitalised again
BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was hospitalised again on Tuesday for the treatment of his cardiac problems.
BNP leader Hafiz for street movement to ‘oust govt’
Questioning the justification of BNP’s participation in the recent elections and by-elections, party senior leader Maj (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed on Monday said the fall of the current government will have to be ensured through a street movement, not by…
Trump campaign retreats from key claim in Pennsylvania suit
President Donald Trump’s campaign is withdrawing a central part of its lawsuit seeking to stop the certification of the election results in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Joe Biden beat Trump to capture the state and help win the White House.
Trump says Biden won polls but later adds he’s not conceding
President Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time on Sunday that Joe Biden won the presidential election, but the President refused to concede and blamed his loss on a string of conspiracy theories.
AL ‘involved’ in vehicle torching, alleges BNP
Dhaka, Nov 16 – Claiming that the ruling party has ‘involvement’ in Thursday’s vehicle torching incidents in the capital, BNP on Sunday said it does not believe in the politics of ‘arson terrorism’.
BAKSAL idea of Bangabandhu interpreted wrongly: PM
Dhaka,Nov 16 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had formed Bangladesh Krishak Sramik Awami League (BaKSAL) in a bid to make the whole nation united, but the whole idea was…
হেফাজতে ইসলাম-এর নতুন আমীরকে ইসলামী ঐক্য আন্দোলনের মোবারকবাদ
হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ-এর নব নির্বাচিত আমীর আল্লামা জুনায়েদ বাবুনগরী ও মহাসচীব আল্লামা নূর হোছাইন কাসেমীসহ কমিটির নির্বাচিত সকল সদস্যকে অভিনন্দন ও মোবারকবাদ জানিয়েছেন ইসলামী ঐক্য আন্দোলনের কেন্দ্রীয় আমীর ড. মওলানা মুহাম্মদ ঈসা শাহেদী ও সেক্রেটারী জেনারেল অধ্যাপক মোস্তফা তারেকুল হাসান।
PM opens Bangabandhu Pavilion at Parliament
Dhaka, Nov 15 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday opened a pavilion ‘Prodorshonite Bangabandhu’ (Bangabandhu in exhibition) at the South Plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad.
Trump finally acknowledges Biden ‘won’
AP/UNB, Nov 15 – US President Donald Trump finally seemed to acknowledge Sunday that he lost the presidential election and won’t be president anymore from January 20th, 2021 even as he repeated his claims that contest was ‘rigged’ in favour…
Babunagari new Hefazat ameer
Junaid Babunagari on Sunday took the helm of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh. The Qawmi madrasa-based organization’s Dhaka city unit President Nur Hossain Kashemi has been made the secretary general.
Violent clashes in DC after Trump backers’ election protest
After several thousand supporters of President Donald Trump protested the election results and marched to the Supreme Court, nighttime clashes with counterdemonstrators led to fistfights, at least one stabbing and more than 20 arrests.
25 female Jamaat activists held ‘from meeting’ in Kushtia
Kushtia, Nov 15 – In an overnight drive, police arrested 25 female activists of Jamaat-e-Islami from Jhaudia Bazar in Kushtia on Saturday night.
Govt reengaged in its ‘old trap-setting game’: BNP
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that the government has restarted an “old game of setting trap to eliminate BNP”.
BNP trying to take revenge on people: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Saturday said that the BNP is again trying to take revenge by burning people after voters rejected the party in the election.
US Republican Party’s Soul in Danger as Trump Hijacks GOP
By Ameen Izzadeen COLOMBO, Nov 13 2020 (IPS) – What has happened to the Republican Party? Picking Donald Trump in 2016 as the Republican candidate, giving him victory in primary after primary and later tolerating his idiosyncrasies and unpredictably dangerous…
Trump Is Gone, But Trumpism Remains
By Roberto Savio ROME, Nov 11 2020 (IPS) – Now it is clear that Joe Biden is the new president of the United States. It is unlikely that Donald Trump’s legal manoeuvring will change the election results, as when a…
Can Trump win with ‘fantasy’ electors bid? State GOP says no
Republican leaders in four critical states won by President-elect Joe Biden say they won’t participate in a legally dubious scheme to flip their state’s electors to vote for President Donald Trump. Their comments effectively shut down a half-baked plot some…
Denying Biden victory, Pompeo heads to Europe, Mideast
After refusing to acknowledge President Donald Trump’s loss in last week’s election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is leaving Friday on a trip to Europe and the Middle East, to countries where leaders have all congratulated former vice president Joe…
Chhatra Dal leader hacked, sued in Barisal
Barisal, November 13 – A local leader of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, who was stabbed by a juvenile gang in Barishal district town, was accused in a case for assault.
Bus torching act of sabotage by ‘government agents’: BNP
Dhaka, Nov 13 (UNB) – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the incidents of torching vehicles in the capital is an act of “sabotage by government agents”.
Pope Francis congratulates Biden
Washington, AP/UNB, Nov 13 – It’s not exactly divine intervention, but even the pope considers the US presidential race over. President-elect Joe Biden, a lifelong Roman Catholic, spoke to Pope Francis on Thursday, despite President Donald Trump refusing to concede.…
Protect society from militancy, terrorism, corruption: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday urged all to protect this society from militancy, terrorism, corruption and drug to utilise the latent and strengthen of the young generation for the development of the country.