Noman Mosharef Whether the displaced Rohingyas can ever return home is a burning question since the exodus began in 1978. It is not only them who want to go back to their own land, but also the international community is largely concerned about their repatriation. More than 600,000 Rohingyas have entered Bangladesh since a fresh…
Arafat Hasan of DOT With just 3 days remaining till the election, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has announced to step out of the race for the Dhaka-17 constituency. Instead, he will be extending support to the ruling Awami League candidate, ex-film star Akbar Hossain Pathan, more popularly known as Farooque, reported The Daily Star,…
Sayeed Muhammad: The flood-affected south Indian state of Kerala has declared a health alert after 11 people died of leptospirosis or rat fever in the last two days. The government asked everyone who came into contact with flood waters to take medication as a precautionary measure to avoid an epidemic. Health officials in the state…
Sofian Khan: Secretary-General of UN Antonio Guterres and President of World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim are scheduled to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar while pressure on Myanmar mounts following the ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the Rakhine State. International Criminal Court judges gave the country a deadline to respond to a prosecution request that the…
Minnie Potter 1.Change your habit of eating outside every other day and start cooking your own food. Buy groceries from your local stores and vendors at very cheap rates and take help from family, friends, or even YouTube for recipes to cook your own unique dishes. This will be a healthier and cheaper choice. You…
The Independent Exclusive zone will be created in Kaliakoir Bangabandhu Hi-Tech City for ensuring availability of land for foreign IT companies aimed at achieving the ICT export target of US$ 5 billion by 2021. “The investors of local and foreign are enjoying attractive incentive package to invest in the country’s IT parks and in addition…
BBC: A Taiwanese tourist has died after being bitten in the chest by a hippo he was trying to photograph in Kenya. Chang Ming Chuang, 66, was tracking the animal at a wildlife resort on Lake Naivasha, 90km (56 miles) north-west of the capital, Nairobi.A second tourist, also from Taiwan, was injured. Six people have…
UNB, Rangamati A court here has transferred the anti-terrorism case against leader of Myanmar’s insurgent group Arakan Army, Dr. Renin Suye, and three of his accomplices to an anti-terrorism tribunal on Wednesday. The court has also ordered that they be sent to jail under the Money Laundering Act till having to appear before…
Eisa Khan Ayoobi, PhD candidate in government and public policy/Aljazeera The NUG is struggling with containing the Taliban and addressing internal divisions. During this year’s holy day of Ashoura, residents of Hazara-populated neighbourhoods of Kabul had to take security into their own hands. After a series of deadly bombings shook Afghanistan over the past month,…
Arafat Hasan: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Wednesday he was willing to “shake hands” with his US counterpart Donald Trump “despite the differences”. The socialist leader made an unexpected visit to the UN General Assembly in New York to “defend his country”. “Despite the differences… I would be willing to reach out my hand…