Md. Ali Raj: After his shock election win last week broke the six-decade stranglehold of a corruption-riddled regime, Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad officially got down to work yesterday. As he started his second time as a Prime Minister who was also having previously been in office for two decades and also arrived at…
Afrida Ahmed:The Israeli military warned Palestinians by dropping pamphlets and firing tear gas into Gaza on Monday, to stay away from the border with Israel as protesters assembled for the demonstration, reports Reuters.On Monday, protesters were expected to increase rapidly since it would be the 70th anniversary of the foundation of Israel and the day…
Tahmeed Taha: Law enforcers yesterday have been directed by The High Court (HC) not to harass or arrest any political activists in Khulna City Corporation (KCC) until the election to the city is held. A rule was also issued by the HC asking the government to explain in four weeks why the mass arrest of…
Tahmeed Taha: A day after a deadly wave of suicide bombings hit churches, four militants on motorcycles have blew themselves up at a police headquarters in Indonesia’s second city Surabaya yesterday, wounding at least 10 people including officers, police said. There was a child in the bombers group who survived the attack but was injured,…
Riku Amir: At an award-giving ceremony organized by the greater Cumilla (Cumilla-Brahmanbaria-Chandpur) Journalist Forum, it was stressed that whatever the new Cumilla division is named, it has to be established as quickly as possible. The Chief Guest at Sunday afternoon’s reception event was MP and Railways Minister Mujibul Haque. According to the Prime Minister’s Information Advisor…
Sofian Khan:Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday asked the Army to stay alert of facing any sort of internal and external threats to safeguard country’s constitution and sovereignty.”You’ll have to always remain ready to face any internal or external threats unitedly for protecting the sacred constitution and sovereignty of the motherland,” she said while inaugurating 27…
Tahmeed Taha: Ahead of the city corporation elections on Tuesday a total of 16 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have been deployed in Khulna city.Returning Officer of Khulna City Corporation Md Younus Ali said to avert any untoward incident, the border guards were deployed at different parts of the city in the morning, reports…
Despite some people making negative remarks on the social media, we firmly believe that the launching of the Bangabandhu-1 satellite has brightened the image of Bangladesh abroad through adding value to our country’s soft power. Soft power, a term coined by Joseph Nye, a reputed expert of international relations, emphasizes on developing a country’s image…
An unknown remote island of the Bay of Bengal has now turned into a widely known name in Bangladesh. Matarbari of Cox’s Bazar is now well set to emerge as the beacon in the energy landscape of Bangladesh. Only a decade back, it was an abode for the few working class people. They took shelter…