Sofian Khan While visiting head of the southeast Asian country’s army, a senior Chinese general said that the force is looking forward to increase the diplomatic and economic ties with Myanmar. China, as a result offered their support to Burma throughout a crisis over its treatment of Rohingya. On wednesday, the United States for the…
ChannelNewsAsia: From clowns and youths to caregivers, the folks of Arnsberg – where 1 in 5 residents is over 65 – show what social inclusiveness can do in the face of a worrying trend. The first in a CNA Insider series on how an ageing Germany is leading the way in long-term care. At 98…
DOT Desk: Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday said necessary initiatives will be taken to publish gazette of ninth wage board for journalists by January 28 next, reports The Daily Star. “Necessary initiatives will be taken to publish ninth wage board gazette for journalists — I will begin work from today in this regard,” he…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Minorities Rights Forum Bangladesh (MRFB) urged the government yesterday to ensure standard living, rights and safety for the minorities of the country as well as equal rights in social, economic and political sectors. Leaders and members of MRFB along with representatives of different indigenous rights groups participated at a round-table conference…
Desk Report: Thousands of trade organisations active in the country are set to come under the supervision of a director general as the government is looking to hold its grip on the growing number of such bodies. The rank of the director general will be equivalent to a joint secretary or above and he or…
Kabir Humayun: A second-grader girl was violated by a septuagenarian in Gojanagar area in Nabinagar municipality of Brahmanbaria district on Friday. Kulsuma Begum, victim’s mother, filed a case with Nabinagar Police Station on the day of the incident, reports UNB. Till Sunday, police had still failed to arrest the main accused although they have detained…
UNB A tribunal here on Monday convicted a man and sentenced him to life term imprisonment for violating a minor girl at Durgasram village in Sadar upazila in 2009. The lifer, Rubel Miah,32, son of Abdul Miah of the village, was also fined Tk20,000, in default, to suffer one year more imprisonment. According to the…
Kabir Humayun: UN Refugee Agency UNHCR and its partner Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) yesterday distributed over 10,000 family kits among poor families of the host community of the district. Of those, Moheshkali gets 3500 kits, Kutubdia 1,500 kits and Chakaria 5,115 kits. A total of 30,000 households received the family kits, which include two…
Afrida Ahmed Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been arriving in Bangladesh with minimal belongings they gathered in a last-minute rush, reports BBC. They say they had to flee to save their lives from assaults by the Myanmar military and the majority Buddhists population claims the government denies. The BBC’s Shalu Yadav and Neha…
Mohammad Ali Sattar Someone at some place in those days (late 40’s) gave birth to a thought, may be in the remotest corner of his heart, in solitude, of a free land for the Bengalis of East Pakistan. Who thought of this first, we don’t know. Later it found voice. A group thought aloud “Rashtro…