Prof Dr Emajuddin Ahmed, Former Vice Chancellor, Dhaka University : People opposed to the national unity are branding ‘Jukta Front’ as an advance king’s party. They are branding ‘Jukta Front’ as an advance king’s party only to thwart the unity process between BNP and Jukta Front. Jukta Front is just a front against the government….
Reuters: Several armed men attacked the headquarters of the National Oil Corporation (NOC) in the Libyan capital on Monday and several blasts could be heard, a Reuters witness said. Gunfire could be heard as a security force allied to the Tripoli-based government arrived at the landmark building located in central Tripoli. “Three or five gunmen…
Reuters: Jack Ma, the charismatic co-founder of China’s largest e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, will step down as chairman in one year to concentrate on philanthropy and education, passing on the reins to trusted lieutenant Daniel Zhang. Ma, who turned 54 on Monday, has long flagged plans to step back, insisting that Alibaba management…
Monaem Sarker, Politician, presently Director General, Bangladesh Foundation for Development Research : Manifold of problems endanger our world and the stability of our society. Fundamentalisms, Drugs, Aids, Terrorism, specially Islamic Terrorist & Imperialist in new form have created crises around the globe. A new Phenomenon of trade war between the USA and its trading pertners…
Prof Dr Tareq Shamsur Rahman, Political Analyst : In an unprecedented ruling on September 6, the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) said it had jurisdiction over the alleged deportation of Rohingyas from Myanmar as a possible crime against humanity although the country is not a party to the Rome Statute, which established the ICC. Meanwhile,…
Reuters: The leader of Germany’s Social Democrats said on Monday her party would not approve any participation of Germany in the war in Syria, opening a potential new line of conflict in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s loveless coalition government. SPD leader Andrea Nahles issued a terse statement after the Bild newspaper reported that Germany’s conservative-led defense…
WIO News: The Turkic mostly Muslim Uighur minority in China’s Xinjiang region face arbitrary detentions, daily restrictions on religious practice and “forced political indoctrination” in a mass security crackdown, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. The United Nations human rights panel said in August that China is believed to be holding up to 1 million…
BBC: Miners in Western Australia say they have discovered two huge gold-encrusted rocks that are each estimated to be worth millions of dollars. The largest specimen, weighing 95kg (210lb), was found to contain more than 2,400 ounces of gold, Canadian miner RNC Minerals said. The company said it had extracted gold worth about C$15m (£9m;…
Khushi Chakrabarti, Mumbai/ Seven Billion Today A number of parties who are opposing the NDA Government will unite on Monday, and protest against the NDA. They will unite in what Congress has organised; a Bharat Bandh. Congress are protesting about an increase in fuel prices and a depreciating rupee. But we don’t know what is…
Arab News: Yemeni tribal leaders say a suspected US drone strike has killed four alleged Al-Qaeda militants including a field leader in the country’s south.The tribal leaders said on Sunday that the operatives were killed when an unmanned aircraft targeted a group of Al-Qaeda militants in the district of Ahwar, one of Al-Qaeda’s strongholds in…