Sofian Khan: Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday said that Bangladesh should order an independent investigation into the extrajudicial killings allegation during its latest and ongoing “war on drugs.” According to local media and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), the campaign resulted death to over 100 alleged drug peddlers in the hand of country’s law enforcers. It should…
Sabah Mannan: Japa-nese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will have his voice heard ahead of the Trump-Kim Summit as US President Donald Trump plays the role of a host on Thursday. Before heading to Canada for the G7 Summit, Trump and Abe will hold a joint press conference at the White House. Ever since the possibility…
Sofian Khan: President of France Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau came up with affirmation toward “strong multilateralism” before the G7 summit. US President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies are predicted to raise serious concerns there. The two leaders in a statement said that they are in for strong, responsible, transparent multilateralism…
Sabah Mannan: Just before the festive season marking Eid-ul-Fitr, a fire had started at the hawkers’ market in Gangina, a commercial hub in Mymensingh town at around 7am on Thursday, reports BDnews24. To control the blaze, nine units of fire fighters from Mymensingh, Muktagachha and Trishal rushed to the spot. President of the hawkers’ association Abdul…
Afrida Ahmed: Ashraf Ghani, Aghan President announced on Thursday an unconditional ceasefire with the Taliban until June 20, which will correspond with the end of the Muslim fasting season but removed all other militant groups such as Islamic state. This decision was made after a meeting of Islamic clerics across the country, who declared a…
Afrida Ahmed: At a summit this weekend on the Chinese coast, leaders of Russia, China and Iran may find ways to reclaim the nuclear deal which was abandoned by Donald Trump. On Saturday and Sunday (June 9 and 10), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), which is a regional security bloc led by China and Russia…
Abrar Hussain: Australi-an Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claimed yesterday that he would “love” Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg to be grilled by Australian lawmakers, after allegations arose that social media giant allowed Chinese smartphone makers access to user data. There was fresh criticism aimed at Facebook after it confirmed that data was shared with Chinese electronics…
Dr. Mahfuz Kabir, Research Director, BIISS : Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday unveiled the mega budget of Tk 4,64,573cr for the fiscal year 2018-19, which has a lot to offer. A very important thing to recall is that we were able to achieve is around an unprecedented 30% of growth from the previous fiscal year’s…
The so-called war on narcotics is going on in full swing in Bangladesh. Thus far, more than 100 people were killed in this war. The war is being apparently waged between security forces comprising of police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) on one side, and the so-called drug peddlers on the other. According to official…
Prof. Dr. Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, Chairman, JANIPOP and Vice Chancellor, Begum Rokeya University : The Election Commission is a constitutional body, a sovereign institution. If it decides to adopt EVMs (Electronic Voting Machine), deploy the army or take any other decision, the political parties are obligated to accept those decisions. I do not know whether…