Utpal Dutta : Crisis really soars while Myanmar putting into immense pressure in our socioeconomic formation leaving 1.1 million Roh Rohingya ynga. And PM naturally opts to pushing UN to resolve it through the international community as soon as it is possible. Bangladesh seeks an early possible solution of the crisis.” We want an early…
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has defended Beijing’s repeated blockage of India’s bids at the United Nations to list Masood Azhar, chief of Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) as a global terrorist. China, while defending the terrorist, argued that the issue lacks “consensus” among the members of the UN Security Council as well as the…
The Hill The House Judiciary Committee said it will hold a hearing with Google CEO Sundar Pichai about “social media filtering practices” following a meeting between Republican congressmen and Pichai on Friday. “Today we held a very productive meeting with Google CEO Sundar Pichai to discuss concerns regarding Google’s business practices,” Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte…
Yahoo Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to open one of Europe’s largest mosques in Cologne on Saturday as he wraps up a controversial visit to Germany, with police deploying in force amid planned protests. The inauguration will be the closing event of his three-day state visit, aimed at repairing frayed ties with Berlin…
NDTV The shock winner of the Maldives’ leadership vote was declared president-elect on Saturday, with election authorities saying they had been pressured to delay the final announcement of strongman Abdulla Yameen’s decisive loss. Common opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won last week’s election with 58.4 percent of the ballot, or 134,705 votes, election commission chief…
Afsan Chowdhury The government is least committed to the middle class since it is politically influential. The middle class does not have any political power. The government does not seem to care much about the middle class because it is weak. For this reason, the middle class can be denied. It is a different issue…
Star Stripes The F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet, the U.S. military’s most expensive weapon ever produced, was used Thursday for the first time in a combat mission, striking a Taliban target in Afghanistan, defense officials said. The Marine Corps’ F-35B variant of the aircraft carried out the strike on a static target in support…
Prof Dr Mahbub Ullah : India has been mounting pressure on Bangladesh for a long time to use Chittagong Port to transport cargo to its northeastern states. India wanted to use the maritime port from 1972. However, they could not gain permission. Finally, India has fulfilled its long-cherished desire through the visit of Prime Minister…
Arafat Hasan Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney told a press freedom event at the United Nations on Friday that the of two Reuters reporters imprisoned in Myanmar have asked for a pardon, as she pressed the country’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to agree. Clooney is a member of the legal team representing Reuters…
Abrar Hussain A powerful typhoon battered Japan’s southern island of Okinawa yesterday, injuring at least 17, as weather officials warned the storm would tear through the Japanese archipelago this weekend. The Category-2 Typhoon Trami, with maximum wind speeds of 216 kilometres per hour near its centre, is forecast to hit the mainland early today and…