Arab News Myanmar forces are conducting new rounds of “clearance operations” in conflict-hit Rakhine state after four local Buddhists were attacked and two killed, the commander-in-chief’s office said Thursday, with one of the incidents blamed on Rohingya Muslims. The violence occurred around the evening of December 17 along Pyu Ma creek in northern Rakhine state’s…
David Leonhardt, Op-Ed columnist at The New York Times/BDnews24 Young or old? Female or male? White, black or Latino? The first stage of the 2020 presidential campaign — the jockeying stage — is underway, and Democrats are trying to figure out who the ideal candidate is. They’re asking the wrong questions, though. Demographic identity matters…
UNB A Kushtia court sent BNP’s Kushtia-1 candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu to jail in a case filed over the possession of illegal firearms and explosive on Wednesday. Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Arup Kumar Goswami rejected the bail petition of Bachchu after he had surrendered before the court, said Public Prosecutor Anup Kumar Nandi. The…
DOT Desk A female honours student has been allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend’s relatives in Dimla, Nilphamari, in an incident that occurred at the Shovan Ganj Balapara village under the Balapara union on Wednesday, reports Dhaka Tribune. The deceased has been identified as Surobhi Akter, 22, daughter of Abdur Sattar of the Melapanga…
Bdnews24 In a crackdown just days before the general election, social media giants Facebook and Twitter have taken down a total of 30 pages and accounts related to Bangladesh for manipulation. Facebook has taken down nine pages and six accounts while Twitter has suspended 15 accounts. Facebook says it took down the pages and accounts…
DOT Desk Law enforcers, in special drives arrested 28 people including three drug pedlars from different areas of Dinajpur district in last 12-hour ending at 8:00am on Wednesday morning. Law enforcers also seized 95 bottles of Phensidyl syrup during the drives, reports the Financial Express BD. Police said they were picked up from different areas…
DOT Desk About 20,000 fishermen families have been living in hardship for long as most of the water bodies in the district are drying up fast. According to the district fisheries office sources, a total of 98,262 hectares of wetland are surrounding the district, reports the Financial Express BD. Of that 129 canals, four rivers,…
DOT Desk Winter has intensified in Panchagarh, a northern district of Bangladesh, and in Nilphamari, due to the influence of Cyclone Phethai that has formed in the Bay of Bengal. The skies are covered with thick black clouds in both the districts as it drizzles nonstop, reports Dhak Tribune. This sudden wave of chilly weather…
DOT Desk Election Commission is going to impose a ban on carrying and displaying licensed arms for 12 days from December 21 and ask the owners to hand over to police their arms for seven days from December 24 ahead of the next general election slated for December 30, reports Dhaka Tribune. The commission would…
UNB Fifty-three suspected drug peddlers were killed in reported encounters with law enforcers in the Khulna division alone since the government launched a war on drugs in mid-May. Sources say the figure shows the causalities until November 29. A good number of law enforcement officials were also injured in the so-called gunfights. Those killed were…