Suzana Rahman The courts cannot hold fair trials because they are ‘constrained by the government’, according to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia. The BNP chief gave the statement following the announcement of the date for the verdict in the Zia Orphanage Trust case, during a BNP Executive Committee meeting. Khaleda Zia, being the chairperson started the…
Interview taken by Sofian Chowdhury Born and raised in Bangladesh, Mustafa Chowdhury left for Canada back in 1972 when he was only 23. While working for the Government of Canada, he took an interest in the war babies of Bangladesh mainly because he was involved in conducting research in the area of children of mixed…
Abrar Hussain Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is planning to go all-out in order to ensure that the presence of its leaders and activists in the capital on February 8 is marked by all. The gathering comes at a time right before the announcement of the verdict in a graft case against Khaleda Zia, triggering fresh political…
Sofian Khan The President Abdul Hamid appointed a senior justice of the Supreme Court Appellate Division, Syed Mahmud Hossain, the new Chief Justice (CJ) of Bangladesh. The new CJ is about to read the oath today evening (February 3). The new CJ appointment was disclosed by Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday at a program but,…
Suzana Rahman Spa-rking personal freedoms debate, new wave of protests spread across country. Police in the capital of Iran arrested 29 women accused of being “deceived” into joining protests against a law that makes wearing the Hijab compulsory. Women are in protest throughout the country by climbing onto telecom boxes, taking off their headscarves and…
Sayeed Muhammad A municipality mayor has allegedly threatened to kill a reporter for publishing a news report on corruption in Ranishankail upazila of Thakurgaon district. However, the accused Alamgir Sarkar, also the upazila unit Juba League president, refuted the allegation, saying he just verbally abused the reporter.Khurshid Alam Shawon, the upazila correspondent of Pritidiner Sangbad,…