Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor/ Bangladesh National Section, The New York Times The Constitution of People’s Republic of Bangladesh in its preamble provides that democracy is it’s one of the fundamental principles. Article 11 of the Constitution provides that the Republic shall be a democracy in which fundamental human rights and freedoms and respect for…
UNB: Bangladesh’s famed archer Mohammad Ruman Shana was eliminated from the pre-quarterfinals of Recurve Men’s Individual event of the 18th Asian Games Archery losing to Agata Salabilla Riau Ega of Indonesia 4-6 at the GBK Archery Field in Jakarta on Thursday. Ruman Shana, who was placed 3rd scoring 677 in the ranking round, beat Thamwong…
BSS Poverty has been part and parcel of lives of Farida Yeasmin, 50, and her mother Aklima Begum, 70, since lost their husbands in tender age. Farida has been habituated to face difficulties since her childhood with demise of her father when she was just four. She at her age of 40 later fell in…
Wion: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for unity on Saturday in the face of criticism from all sides of his handling of an economic crisis and tensions with the United States. “Now is not the time to unload our burdens on to somebody else’s shoulders. We must help each other,” Rouhani said in a televised…
Desk Report: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has identified seven private picnic spots and resorts which were built grabbing forest land in Gazipur in collusion with dishonest forest officials, reports Daily Sun. A three-member ACC enquiry team, led by its director Sayed Iqbal Hossain, found that the seven resorts and picnic spots were built occupying forest land….
Banglanews24: A farmer was killed in a clash erupted over a friendly football match, on occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, in Mithamoin upazila of Kishoreganj Friday (August 24). At least 25 others were reportedly injured. The deceased was identified as Akter Uddin, 55, a farmer in Charkatkhal village under Katkhal union. Police and local sources said two…
Dr Nehginpao Kipgen /Channel NewAsia The Rohingya crisis has become the single-most pressing issue in Myanmar but it remains unresolved one year after, says one observer. Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech on democratic transition this week was particularly notable for one thing – its omission of the word Rohingya. It was notable because the Rohingya…
Sky News: Italy has been urged to let the 150 migrants stranded aboard a coastguard ship in Sicily to disembark immediately. The country’s populist government has refused to let the passengers come ashore unless other EU nations commit to taking them.Now, EU countries are being implored to take responsibility for the migrants stranded aboard the Italian…
The Sky News: Tennis icon Serena Williams can no longer wear her skin-tight “warrior princess” catsuit at the French Open after an official said she had gone “too far” with her choice of outfit. Bernard Giudicelli, the French Tennis Federation president, said the tournament – which Williams has won three times – would be implementing…
UNB: The leading digital service provider of the country, Robi, has created by far the largest 4.5G network of the country with 7,000 4.5G sites, covering 532 out of 544 thanas of the country. This means that two out of every three citizens of the country now have access to Robi’s 4.5G network. On the…