Abrar Hussain: A human chain was formed by the families of students detained during the quota reform and road safety demonstrations in front of Jatiya Press Club yesterday. They demanded release of the students before the coming Eid and urged the prime minister to intervene. Rights activists and civil society members also attended the event,…
CNN: The bomb used by the Saudi-led coalition in a devastating attack on a school bus in Yemen was sold as part of a US State Department-sanctioned arms deal with Saudi Arabia, munitions experts told CNN. Working with local Yemeni journalists and munitions experts, CNN has established that the weapon that left dozens of children…
Arab News: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday presented four options aimed at boosting the protection of Palestinians in Israeli-occupied territories, from sending UN rights monitors and unarmed observers to deploying a military or police force under UN mandate. The proposals were contained in a report requested by the General Assembly in response to a…
Sayeed Muhammad: Qatar has alleged that Saudi Arabia is barring its citizens from this year’s Hajj, but Riyadh denies it, claiming that a diplomatic dispute is not to blame in this case. Although 1,200 Qataris are eligible to perform Hajj under a quota system, Qatar says it has become impossible to get permits, blaming the…
Sayeed Muhammad: If you are not getting the promised internet speed and quality service from your local internet provider then you can file a complaint with the telecom regulator, Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The BTRC in a notice posted on Facebook yesterday said that it will deal with such complaints giving them utmost importance,…
Desk Report: Tanners of Savar leather estate fear that they may suffer a serious setback in dealing with rawhide this season as the country’s largest tannery hub is still in a sorry state, reports Daily Sun. Although the peak leather season is approaching nearer during Eid-ul-Adha, there are different problems in the management of rawhide…
Ramzy Baroud, Journalist, author and editor of Palestine Chronicle, Noted columnist/Gulf News Fast-paced changes in the digital economy are shaking up the creative industries and producing new opportunities to advance development and diversity. The intersection of the creative and digital economies – and the emerging opportunities at this nexus – was an important discussion point…
BDnews24: Israeli troops killed two Palestinians and wounded scores of others taking part in weekly Gaza border protests on Friday, medics said, as Egyptian mediators tried to clinch a truce deal that would calm the impoverished enclave. In Jerusalem’s Old City, another area that Palestinians want for a future state, Israeli police said they shot…
Prof Dr Ajoy Roy, Physicist, Educationist: The quota reformists are being targeted and becoming of victims of torture. They are also being apprehended from wherever they are found. Even the female students are not spared. Why the arrestees are denied bail? This is not right at all. This makes it abundantly clear that the rule…
Sayeed Muhammad: Just two and half months into the killing of five people in a political dispute in a single day in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Khagrachhari in the latest blow saw six people being shot dead. The six ill-fated including a of Pahari Chhatra Parishad (PCP) nwere killed while three others sustained injuries…