AP, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Monday of possible election-related violence in Congo, where recent months have also seen a sharp increase in tribal and inter-ethnic conflicts. The U.N. chief urged the Security Council and leaders in the region to help U.N. peacekeepers preserve political stability in Congo “by quickly finding a solution to…
AP, Havana Laying bare a half-century of tensions, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro prodded each other Monday over human rights and the longstanding U.S. economic embargo during an unprecedented joint news conference that stunned Cubans unaccustomed to their leaders being aggressively questioned. The exchanges underscored deep divisions that still exist between the…
Desk Report First stage of Union Parishad election has ended on Tuesday in 712 polling amid widespread irregularities, leaving two dead and 500 injured. The balloting in the first phase of the UP election began at 8:00am and continued till 4:00pm without any break. Although 717 UPs were set to go to polls on Tuesday,…
UNB, Dhaka Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday sought cooperation from the country’s Islamic scholars in spreading out a message among people that there is no place for militancy and terrorism in Islam as it is a religion of peace. “I seek your cooperation in establishing the belief among people that there’s no place of…
BSS, Dhaka Bandwidth export to India is going to be inaugurated formally today morning, as both the countries have already established commercial connection through Akhaura-Agartala frontier. Import of electricity from India will also be inaugurated on the day. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi would launch the much-talked-about bandwidth export and…
UNB, Dhaka The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved six development projects involving Tk 1219.26 crore, including one to construct some 672 residential flats for government officials and employees at Aliganj in Narayanganj. The approval came from the 24th Ecnec meeting of the current fiscal year held at the NEC…
UNB, Dhaka The Law Commission has completed the draft to enact a law to stop the distortion of Liberation War facts, says its Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque. He said this when he met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Tuesday to submit the Commission’s Annual Report-2015. During the meeting, the President advised the Commission…
BSS, Dhaka The committee on investigation of the cyber heist of over $100 million from Bangladesh Bank (BB) account with Federal Reserve Bank of New York started its probe on Tuesday. Head of the committee former BB governor Dr Mohammed Farashuddin came to the central bank headquarters this afternoon and discussed with BB high officials.
BSS, Dhaka International War Crimes Mass Trial Committee (IWCMTC) today raised a demand for declaring “March 25” as the “International Genocide Day”. Committee convener and Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan today raised the demand at a press briefing at Segunbagicha in the city. “There should be a day fixed as a sign of protest against devilishness…
UNB, Dhaka A freedom fighter, who converted to Christianity from Islam 15 years ago, was hacked to death by unidentified miscreants at Haspatalpara in Kurigram town on Tuesday morning. A gang of miscreants came on a motorbike and in a sudden swoop started hacking Hossain Ali,65, while he was having his morning walk.