Tahmeed Taha: President Donald Trump was urged by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres not to walk away from an international deal designed to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Mr Guterres said if the 2015 agreement was not preserved, there was a real risk of war. Mr Trump has been a strong critic of the accord,…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed The pride & glory of May day will never fade. With the hope to liberate the workers class from deprivation, the 1st May is celebrated in the whole world. This celebration is not confined not only to the lobour class. It has become a universal event now. The spirit of the…
Sayeed Muhammad: At least 14 people lost their lives in lightning strikes across the country yesterday, with the highest four npeople dying in Narayangan alone. Of the rest, two were killed in Moulvibazar, Rajshahi, Pabna and Jamalpur each, while one in Sunamganj and Habigan apiece. In Narayanganj, three people died in Rupgan upazila. The deceased are…
Sayeed Muhammad: Hours into of a cabinet shuffle in Jammu and Kashmir, new Deputy Chief Minister Kavinder Gupta debuted in an unprecedented manner on the Kathua eight-year-old’s rape and murder as he termed it a minor incident. “Rasana is a chhoti si baat (minor)… We have to think this should never happen again and the…
Afrida Ahmed: A police spokesman told Reuters on Sunday that the Myanmar policeman who testified in favor of Reuters journalists has been sentenced to a secret prison term for breaking Myanmar’s Police Disciplinary Act.A senior officer had ordered police to trap one of the two journalists arrested in December, Moe Yan Naing told the court…
Sayeed Muhammad: Bangladesh has witnessed a historic verdict in a case filed to decide custody over a child that went in favour of the mother. The development came as Dhaka’s 12th Assistant Judge and Family Court passed the order yesterday, giving guardianship to model and actress Badhon in the case filed on August 3. The…
Mehedi Hasan: Renovation work needed to be done in a faster way, to help us survive in hostile environment. New plans were supposed to be taken up for the water-stagnation problem. It is also necessary to work fast on the plans considering them long-term ones. These comments were made by Prof Dr Nazrul Islam, former…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed With the hope to liberate the workers class from deprivation, the 1st May is celebrated in the whole world. This celebration is not confined not only to the lobour class. It has become a universal event now. The spirit of the day has reduced discrimination & creating path of equalization and…