Abrar Hussain: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday emphasized creating a social movement against drugs similar to the one against militancy. “There was a social movement against militancy; like that we want another social movement against drugs,” she said at a videoconference arranged to inaugurate four amphibian dredgers, Gajaria-Munshiganj ferry terminal and ferry service, four container…
Sofian Khan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated second Dharla Bridge yesterday in Kurigram. The inauguration session of the Bridge, named Sheikh Hasina Dharla Bridge, was done through a video conference from Gono Bhaban. The bridge, 950 metres long has connected Fulbari upazila and Sadar upazila of Lalmonirhat over the Dharla river. The project was implemented by…
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, working in Bangladesh Institute of Law and Inetrnational Affaiars (BILIA) as Law Research Officer. She is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh: The National Budget for the FY 2018-2019 is going to be placed before the parliament by the first week of this month, June. People all over the country…
Abrar Hussain: The government has launched an investigation into the audio clips thought to be linked to the murder of Teknaf ward councillor Akramul Haque, reports The Daily Star. According to Home Minister Asaduzzaman, Akramul killing Khan, the audio clips are currently in the government’s possession. A magistrate is leading an investigation team which has already…
A.S.M Riad Arif, SARRC Silver Jubilee Scholar, South Asian University, New Delhi :The Bede is mainly an occupation-based community. The life style, social category and social integration of the Bede people are highly linked to their occupation. And because of their occupation, they are neglected and deprived of their rights in the society, for centuries….
Syed Ishtiaque Reza, Editor-in-Chief, GTV & sarabangla.net : For years, Bangladesh has been a source of positive news. The country’s economy has done well with GDP growth exceeding 6%. Recently, the planning ministry claimed that the GDP growth rate hits 7.65%. The country has been graduated from least developed country to a developing country. A…
Sofian Khan: The new six dozen prospective parties pledge to register are mostly to be rejected by the Election Commission (EC) in the coming parliamentary election , said some EC officials. “It seems that the conditions for registering new parties have been difficult to meet,” Helaluddin Ahmed, EC Secretary said. “Some of the parties have…
Abrar Hussain: Nine people have been killed and at least 12 injured in road accidents throughout the country yesterday. A head-on collision on the Sirajganj-Bogura Highway in Sirajganj’s Raiganj Upazila between a truck and covered van left three dead and another three injured, reported BDnews24. The deceased were identified as Rashidul, 24, Rahman, 32, and Alamin,…
Dr. Mizanur Rahman, Former Chairman, National Human Rights Commission : Despite the government announcing a zero-tolerance policy for the ongoing anti-narcotics operation, in reality, we have not yet seen anything to reflect that. Even if small or mid-level dealers are being caught, we are not seeing the zero-tolerance policy in action because no action is…
Muhammad Zamir, Former Ambassador :Why do the UN, the US and the international arena have to worry about the ongoing anti-drug crackdown in Bangladesh? This is a problem of Bangladesh and the country is trying to address it. The government is here to look into any incident violating the law takes place. It will surely…