Reuters: Southeast Asian nations hope to strike a joint agreement on cybersecurity in coming days with Russia, accused by the United States of meddling in its elections, after a series of high-profile hacks in the region. The draft of a document seen by Reuters discusses formalizing an agreement with Russia. It is set to be…
Dr. Asif Nazrul speaks to DOT: The 11th parliamentary election is a big insult to the voters of this country as they have been deprived of their rights to vote freely. The environment was the worst of its kind and the whole election was held in a polluted environment. Numerous people were arrested before this…
UNB, Dhaka Brac chairman Fazle Hasan Abed on Friday said giving the urban people a meaningful life would be a big challenge for Bangladesh as it will have 50 percent of population living in towns within next 35 years. “In the next 30 years, population of Bangladesh is likely to be around 200 millions. It…
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age : Two million people — Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs — died in the carnage. Fifteen million left their ancestral homes, uprooted by hate ignited by misrepresentations and misinterpretations of faith, to seek new abodes in lands they had never been to before. Seventy one years after the violent division of…
Reuters: Saudi Arabia has stressed to Russia the need for a political solution to the Syria conflict, the foreign minister said on Wednesday. Speaking at a joint press conference in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Adel Al-Jubeir said they had held talks on a range of issues in the Middle East. Al-Jubeir said…
Eshan Maitra All the military bases around the world combined can make only make 30 average sized American Military Bases. While they possess 800 of these modern bases around every corner of the globe. It only creates a spread-out influence of global power and leadership. But how come they ended up with these massive numbers…
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Tahmeed Taha: A decision has been made by the Organization for Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to form an OIC ministerial committee. The committee will focus on accountability for crimes against the Rohingya. Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali said, “We are working with Gambia and any other countries can join us. We will come up with…
The Independent, BD: Several large consignments of ‘khat’ leaves, a narcotic substance originating in the African continent, have recently been seized in Dhaka and Chattogram, which law enforcers say have added a new dimension to drug trafficking in the country. These seizures came at a time when the country is abuzz with anti-narcotic drives in…
Desk report Law Minister Anisul Huq yesterday committed to placing the serious concerns of editors, journalists and media practitioners before the cabinet meeting to work out amendments to the recently passed digital security bill to make the law acceptable to all, reports the daily star. At a meeting with the Sampadak Parishad (Editors’ Council), a…