Hossen Sohel: South Korea yesterday said it would dispatch special envoys to the North Korean capital on September 5 to discuss the timing of a summit between the two countries’ leaders expected to take place later in the month, reports Reuters. The special envoy will also discuss “establishing peace,” “advancing inter-Korean ties,” and the…
Reuters: The German government has pledged to significantly increase its funding for the U.N. agency that supports Palestinian refugees after the United States cut its aid. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the funding crisis for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) was fueling uncertainty. “The loss of this organization could unleash an…
Desk Report: A special team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested five members of outlawed Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) with firearm, ammunitions and bomb-making materials from Char areas in Rajshahi and Chapainawabgonj districts on Thursday, reports the daily sun. RAB sources said the arrestees were identified as Aminul Islam, 32, Mosharraf Hossain alias Murshalin, 22,…
M Humayun Kabir: Pri-me Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home yesterday afternoon from Kathmandu wrapping up her two-day official visit to Nepal to attend the 4th summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (Bimstec). A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage landed at…
Hossen Sohel: Australia’s former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its one-seat parliamentary majority, reports Reuters. Turnbull last week said he would resign from parliament after he was ousted from office in a bitter party-room contest, which ushered in the country’s sixth…
Al Arabiya: Iran has given ballistic missiles to Shi’ite proxies in Iraq and is developing the capacity to build more there to deter attacks on its interests in the Middle East and to give it the means to hit regional foes, Iranian, Iraqi and Western sources told Reuters. Any sign that Iran is preparing a…
Daily Sabah: Far-right Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders on Thursday canceled a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest that sparked protests in Pakistan. In a written statement Thursday night, Wilders, an outspoken anti-Islam party leader, said he decided to “let the contest go” following death threats and concerns other people could be put at risk. Wilders added that…
Sadiya S. Silvee, Research Assistant, Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs: There remains a controversy, many times, in the cases relating to murder- whether decision of a particular High Court (HC) bench to be followed or not in deciding the appeal. Generally, the decision of the higher courts is binding on its subordinate courts. …
M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh has proposed introduction of solar power grid and ocean cruises among Bimstec member countries. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina placed the proposal at the retreat session of Bimstec held at Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza in Kathmandu yesterday, reports UNB. After the session, Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque told reporters that discussions on…
Halima Akter: Stress can actually be passed from person to person. You can become stressed just by being around someone who is stressed or anxious. The stress you fell from being around other stressed people has the exact same effect on your brain as stress you personal experience on your own. Scientists were studying mice…