2017
PM to Launch Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant construction work
Sofian Khan Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is set to launch the main construction work of the most-awaited Nuclear Power Plant on Thursday. This will be the 1st and maiden nuclear plant of the country. Sources at the Ministry of Science and Technology confirmed this and said that, The main construction work will launch at 11…
EC is prepared for early election: CEC
Sofian Khan KM Nurul Huda, the chief election commissioner on Wednesday said that if the government decides to hold snap election, Election Commission is prepared for it. Following up a meeting with the European Union (EU) delegation, the CEC made this statement. Nurul Huda said that the EC will receive a deadline of 90 days…
Tulip sorry after remarks to pregnant news producer
Sayeed Muhammad British Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has apologised for her comments to a Channel 4 News producer about having a difficult childbirth, reports The Guardian. Following a heated altercation with the channel’s reporter Alex Thomson, Siddiq told his producer, Daisy Ayliffe, who is pregnant: “Thanks Daisy for coming. Hope you have a great birth…
Amnesty condemns Rohingya relocation plan
Sofian Khan The Inte-rnational Human Rights Agency on Tuesday said that Bangladesh needs to drop all its plans to reallocate the Rohingya Refugees in an uninhabitable island. Previously, Bangladesh government had allotted Tk 2,312 crores to accommodate the Rohingya Refugees temporarily who’s been awaited repatriation. The director of Amnesty International South Asia said that reallocating…
60% people of marginalised community victims of violence in 2016, says study
Sofian Khan A study by Manusher Jonno Foundation at a programme at Jatiya Press Club in Dhaka on Wednesday reveals that since 2016, 60% people of the marginal community at least twice have been victims of different types of violence. A 33.9% members of household were victims of physical violence on an average. Sultana Kamal…
5 indicted in Rupa murder case
Tanzim Taqrim On Wednesday a court staged charge against five accused which was filed over the murder of Zakia Sultana Rupa after gang rape in a running bus. She was a law student and a employee of multinational company.Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal acting Judge also Tangail District and Sessions Judge Rabiul Hasan ordered…
JMB militant of Sarwar-Tamim group held: Rab
Tanzim Taqrim On Wednesday Law enforcers asserted arrest of a member of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Narayanganj’s Rupganj, reports Daily Star.The arrestee has been recognized as 50 year old cloth merchant Hafez Maolana Ishahak. Additional super intendent of police and also an official of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) 11 Md Shakil…
Pope due in town today
Sayeed Muhammad Pope Francis is arriving in Dhaka on a three-day state visit today, wrapping up his Myanmar tour. He is coming at invitation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Catholic Bishop’s Conference of Bangladesh, reports BSS. President Abdul Hamid will receive him at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka around at 3 pm, who…