Abrar Hussain: Almost 60 babies a day are being born in the vast refugee camps in Bangladesh, sheltering hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar, according to the UNICEF on Wednesday, reports the Daily Star.After a military crackdown in Mynamar, nearly 700,000 Rohingya fled to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh in the past nine months. the…
Sofian Khan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked the members of police to direct their works mainly focusing on the basic rights of the people.”You must give the highest importance to people’s fundamental rights, human rights and the rule of law during your duties,” she said. The PM came up with her regards while addressing the…
Raj Abrar: The Jatiya Sangsad budget session for 2018-19 Fiscal Year will commence on June 5, the last budget of the incumbent Awami League government. The parliament will go into session at 11:00 am on that day with Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury in chair. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith is exprected place the budget proposal…
Sofian Khan: Quota reform demonstrators yesterday paraded against ruling party activists, demanding their activists’ security at the dormitories. Some thousand students marched from the central library of Dhaka University protesting Bangladesh Chhatra League’s (BCL) threats to two of their activists. According to them, two frontline leaders of Bangladesh Sadharan Chhatra Adhikar Sanrakshan Parishad Nurul Huq Nur…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a latest reaction, the US has expressed its disappointment over purported irregularities and intimidation in Khulna City Corporation polls held on Tuesday. It, however, congratulated all the parties for making the elections inclusive. US Ambassador in Dhaka Marcia Bernicat made the observation yesterday, but termed the election very encouraging that a wide range…
Sejuti Mourin: BNP has rejected the Khulna City Corporation (KCC) election results, the allegation an ‘unprecedented vote rigging’ as well as other irregularities.The party also demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda for what it claimed to be his ‘inability’ to hold a ‘fair and impartial’ election, reports UNB.“I, on behalf of…
Abrar Hussain: Iran alle-ged yesterday that the new sanctions imposed by Washington were an attempt to sabotage efforts to save the 2015 nuclear deal by its remaining signatories following the withdrawal of the US from the accord. On Tuesday, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on Iran’s central bank governor, three other individuals and an Iraq-based bank…
Sofian Khan: The most appropriate way to address the rest of the world of Iran’s role in the region and its ballistic missile program is within its nuclear deal framework, even after US pulled out.German Chancellor Angela Merkel while talking to the lawmakers in the Bundestag lower house of parliament said, “The question is whether…
Kiron Sharma, from Chattogram: Orbis International, a flying eye hospital, has been providing treatment, medicine and treatment materials, including glasses, to locals of Cox’s Bazar and Rohingya refugees for free. It is also operating upon the people with cataract probleam, helping them get back clear eyesight. The free services were delivered in Baitush Sharaf Hospital…