Saba Naqvi/Daily O If shareholders in a company have the right to updates on the financial health of the firm, why don’t voters have the right to demand accountability from a political party? And if the enterprise is failing, surely a restructuring is the need of the hour. It’s been over two months since the…
UNHCR.org Nearly 1,500 civilian casualties were reported in Yemen in the period between August to October this year, according to the UNHCR-led Protection Cluster in Yemen. This means an average of 123 civilian deaths and injuries every week during this period. Each new day of the conflict inflicts more suffering on an already battered and…
BDnews24: Five hundred tonnes of coal were extracted between 9:30pm on Friday night and 6am Saturday morning, Fazlur Rahman, managing director of Barapukuria Coal Mining Company, told bdnews24.com. “We believe 1,000 tonnes will be extracted by this evening. We are still assessing the situation. Work will gradually pick up speed. If all goes well we…
Reuters: French President Emmanuel Macron hopes to draw a line under a raft of troubles plaguing his 16-month-old presidency and to re-energize his economic reform drive with a cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday. Macron was forced into the move by the surprise exit of his former ecology minister, Nicolas Hulot, who said he despaired at what…
UNB: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government is formulating an anti-narcotics law where there will be a provision of death penalty for the patrons of drug traders, drug syndicates and godfathers. “There’ll be a proposal in the law to award death penalty to the patrons of drug trading, drug-syndicates and god-fathers,” she said….
M Hafiz Uddin Khan, President, SHUJAN : If there are pending cases against those being arrested centering the city elections, then why have they not been arrested much sooner? Why should they be arrested in election time? There is actually some sort of ulterior motive behind this. If there are cases pending against the arrestees, then why…
Abrar Hussain: Austr-alia’s new Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s maiden address to parliament yesterday was mired by a poll that claimed he may soon be out of a job. Morrison – an evangelical Christian and former head of Australian tourism – stepped up to a boisterous first session of questions with the future of his own…
Asian Age The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched its earth observation satellite – HysIS and 30 co-passenger satellites onboard Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C43 on Thursday morning, officials said. The satellite was launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, off the Bay of Bengal coast, located in the southern Indian state of…
Utpal Dutta: A large number of atrocities were committed against the members of the minority communities across the country where regrettably the violations against Hindu minority have been left unnoticed reveals Human Support Society, HRSS. In a Half Yearly Human Rights Report done by Human Resource Society, HRSS come out with a sequence of painful…
Syed Ripon Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda has inaugurated the Smartcard Distribution Programs in 27 districts via video conference from the EC HQ in Agargaon, on yesterday. 10 more districts will be receiving smartcards this month as well, said KM Nurul Huda. Bangladesh government was able to save 170 crores taka by organizing everything…