Sayeed Muhammad: Canada has sharpened its tone towards asylum seekers, warning that simply traction through the border is not a “free ticket” to Canada as the number of migrants crossing from the US keeps soaring. Since the election of Donald Trump, growing numbers of asylum seekers have been entering Canada by foot, driven by fears…
Tahmeed Taha: In connection with the murder of Naniarchar upazila chairman advocate Shaktiman Chakma and four other people in separate attacks on May 3 and 4, two separate cases have been filed. Seven days after the incident, yesterday Shaktiman Chakma’s assistant Rupam Chakma, mentioning names of 46 people, filed a murder case with Naniarchar police station…
Abrar Hussain: The death toll from lightning strikes across Bangladesh in a single day (Wednesday) rose to 21 in 10 districts, with six of them in Habiganj alone. According to multiple sources including Bdnews24, The Daily Star, Prothom Alo, at least 3 people died in Rajshahi while 2 each in Kishoreganj, Sunamganj, Nilphamari and Manikganj….
Sejuti Mourin: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to return from North Korea with three American prisoners, along with details of the upcoming summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, a South Korean official said yesterday.Pompeo yesterday travelled from Japan to the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, and…
Tahmeed Taha: By vowing to take steps to immunize European firms doing business with Tehran from any US sanctions the European Union has moved to protect the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. A day after Donald Trump announced the US would exit the Iran deal agreed with other major powers in 2015, and impose the highest level…
Abrar Hussain: More lawmakers have quit the Australian parliament amid the escalating citizenship crisis, after the High Court’s ruling yesterday ordered an 11th lawmaker to leave.This has left the country facing by-elections after the court found that opposition Labor Party Senator Katy Gallagher was a British citizen at the time of her election and thus…
After the liberation war, the government introduced us with thirty percent quota facility for the freedom fighters. How many freedom fighters have been benefitted by the quota system after these many years of liberation? The number of freedom fighters is high in remote areas, most of whom are low middle class. Farmers and workers are…
Sayeed Muhammad: Two people have been sentenced to death while three others got life term imprisonment for the 2016 murder of Rajshahi University teacher Prof Rezaul Karim Siddiquee 2016.Upon completion of examining records and witnesses, Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal Judge Shirin Kabita Akhter delivered the verdict in presence of three convicts, reports UNB.The death row…