Sayeed Muhammad: In his reaction over the ongoing nationwide anti-drug crackdown, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said one or two mistakes can occur during the raids, reports The Daily Star. When asked whether the death of Teknaf municipal councillor Akramul Haque in crossfire has put the ongoing drives in question, Quader answered in the…
Sayeed Muhammad: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has urged all member states to adhere to their commitments to promote balanced, human rights-based approaches to drug control. In a statement, it insisted on following the three international drug control conventions and the outcome document of the UN General Assembly special session on the…
Syed Mahfujul Haque Marjan, Faculty Member of Criminology, University of Dhaka: The Criminal Justice system controls and prevents crime. It enforces penalty for not obeying the law. It includes courts, law enforcement and correction system. If a person commits crime, he or she has to go through these stages. Violation of the natural process of…
Sofian Khan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid homage to her father, the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a floral wreath at his mazar in Tungipara yesterday. The PM reached her hometown at Gopalganj around 10:55am and offered ziarat at his mazar. Sheikh Hasina joined a munajat along with her sister Sheikh…
Sayeed Muhammad: As the countrywide crackdown on suspected drug abusers and peddlers continues, two more people were killed in separate “gunfights” in Comilla and Cox’s Bazar yesterday. One of the deceased was killed in a “shoot out” with police while another killed in a “gun battle” between two groups of yaba peddlers, The Daily Star…
Kazi Reazul Hoque, Chairman, National Human Rights Commission: The killings of Cox’s Bazar municipal councilor or others need to be probed by a judicial magistrate, to unearth the truth. When neither police nor RAB are given the right to kill in an extrajudicial manner, the state too has to have the legal ground to take…
Sofian Khan: Seven people were killed with 25 more injured in two road accidents in Sirajganj, Nilphamari and Rajshahi districts. Four were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van in Sirajganj. On Bangabandhu Bridge west road, a Gaibandha-bound bus collided with a covered van leaving three people dead on the…
Dr. Ahmad Al Kabir, Former Chairman, Rupali Bank: Youths make up almost 65% of the country’s population. We have to ask ourselves how to employ such a large part of the populace through practical education. Even the government worries about prioritizing the youth. But we cannot merely worry; rather have to move forward in a…
Sayeed Muhammad: Myanmar National Security Adviser Thaung Tun said the country is willing to take back all 700,000 Rohingya refugees who have fled to Bangladesh if they volunteer to return. He was speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue, a regional security conference in Singapore, where he was asked if the situation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, where…
Raj Abrar: Awami Lea-gue MP (Cox`s Bazar-4 constituency) Abdur Rahman Badi had reportedly left for Saudi Arabia to perform Umrah. A private airline, carrying Badi, his daughter and son-in-law, left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Thursday night. He will stay there until the Eid-ul-Fitr on June 17, reported Bangladesh Protidin, quoting Badi’s private secretary Helal Uddin….