Md. Saddam Hossain, Thakurgaon Correspondent: The workers and employees of Thakurgaon Sugar Mill have begun cultivating sugarcane in order to protect the existence of the mill. Lacking their own land, they are harvesting crops by leasing land. According to the workers and the employees, they didn’t receive their salaries for the last four months and…
Sabah Mannan: UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a three-day visit. Till July 3, he will visit Nepal, India and Pakistan. During this trip, Lacroix will meet with senior officials from all four countries, including government, military and police officials. Before concluding his trip to the region with a…
Abrar Hussain An Indian court on Saturday sentenced former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad to 3.5 years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 10 lakh in a 21-year-old case of fraudulent withdrawal of funds from a government treasury. Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge Shivpal Singh handed the 15 other convicts jail terms…
Md Taqi Yasir In the war in Syria and Iraq, but the political and military stalemate at the beginning of 2015 was still there at the end of it. The most important change on the ground was the start of the Russian air campaign on 30 September which ended a series of significant defeats for…
Susan Hattis Rolef/The Jerusalem Post The survey tried to demonstrate whether one can qualitatively compare the anti-Arab sentiments of Israeli Jews to the antisemitic sentiments of non-Jews in Europe. On December 9, Yaron London of TV Channel 10 presented the results of a survey, prepared for the channel by the Guttman Center for Public Opinion…
M Hafiz Uddin Khan, Former Advisor, Caretaker Government: I do not believe that the way the government is trying to resolve the drug situation is right at all. The process by which the anti-drug operation is being conducted has violated the human rights of many. The violation of human rights is not acceptable at all….
UNB BNP is going to roll out its own election manifesto for the 11th parliamentary elections today, a day after launching of the election manifesto by its alliance Jatiya Oikyafront. BNP senior leaders, led by its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, will present the party’s manifesto at a city hotel at 11am, BNP Chairperson’s…
Peter Apps,Reuters global affairs columnist/Reuters Ten years ago on Wednesday, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics showcased a fast-growing, economically powerful China with unmistakable ambitions to be a major global player. Just a few days ago, the Chinese authorities demolished the studio of artist Ai Weiwei, designer of the iconic “bird’s nest” stadium and…
NTV Concerned about producing a generation of children with hunched backs and other spine problems, India has denounced schools for making students carry heavy school bags and giving young children homework. The government has issued weight guidelines for school bags depending on a child’s age, citing studies that show how the load can affect soft,…
AFP It may have been a long time coming, but eco-fashion is no longer a hippie pipe dream. Biker jackets made from pineapple leaves and leather tanned with olive extract rather than hugely polluting chemicals are now within reach, experts say. Everyone from young avant garde designers to the big-name brands are racing to hop…