May 4, 2018

Sayeed Muhammad: In a latest move, US President Donald Trump has assured Bangladesh of continuing its pressure on Myanmar to create necessary conditions for the safe and voluntary repatriation of the Rohingyas.Trump made the commitment through a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, reports UNB.”The United States will continue to pressure Myanmar to create necessary…

Sayeed Muhammad: All CNG refuelling stations across the country will remain closed for two additional hours during Ramadan, meaning that they will not be operational for 6 hours every day. The measure has been taken aiming to boosting gas supply in the power plants, according to UNB. The decision was taken at a meeting between…

Sayeed Muhammad: With Bangladesh continuing maintaining its growth, solutions to its air pollution must be worked on carefully so they do not affect development, said US Ambassador Marcia Bernicat yesterday. She made the comment while speaking as a discussion styled “Air Quality in Bangladesh – Challenges and Solutions” at EMK Centre in the city marking the…

Bangladesh Constitution has a clear condition that “83. No tax shall be levied or collected except by or under the authority of an Act of Parliament.” So parliament must endorse the new or revisions made in the tax policies during the current financial year other than which were passed by the parliament while adopting the…

Prof. Dr. Delower Hossain The Rohingya crisis has been fallen under motionlessness. The diplomatic development in their rehabilitation is not being fruitful anymore. Instead, Myanmar, shamming the international community, took a 5-member family from ‘no-man Lands’ to Rakhine state, claiming to have started repatriation. They ran campaign through international media, which is a completely false…

Tahmeed Taha: It was said by Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali yesterday that a high-level delegation including ministers from 58 countries will visit Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar today.Bangladesh foreign ministry sources said in the visit, the ministers, state ministers, secretaries and high officials of 57member countries of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)…

Tahmeed Taha: Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, said yesterday that after recent diplomatic moves by Pyongyang, Seoul and Washington, he was optimistic about the prospects for progress on the issue of North Korea’s nuclear program. During an interview he said, “I am optimistic … I think now things are on track for a meaningful negotiation.” He…

Afrida Ahmed: It was believed that nine people were dead on Wednesday when a Puerto Rico Air National Guard plane crashed on a highway just a few miles from a Georgia airport. A spokesman for the Georgia Air National Guard’s 165th Airlift Wing, Capt. Jeff Bezore said five bodies had been found from the Lockheed C-130…