BSS Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said all fears over the polls started disappearing and the countrymen would exercise their franchise in a favorable and festive environment. “Foreigners, including European Union (EU), have given their opinions over the forthcoming polls, saying it will be held in a free, fair and neutral manner. Now…
Anadolu Agency: The Arab League on Tuesday decried a U.S. decision to close the diplomatic mission of the umbrella Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Washington, saying the move undermines the Palestinian cause. “Since the declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in December 2017 and the relocation of its embassy to Jerusalem this May,…
Noor Majid of DOT In the early 17th and 18th century, animal pelts and fur were in high demand among the fashion loving elites of Europe. Its potential for economic returns lured traders and thugs alike from the old world and bought them to the doorsteps of the New, namely the North American continent. In…
Hindustantimes: Union Minister K J Alphons said that 11 out of Kerala’s 14 districts have been inundated by floods and teams of armed forces, sent by the Centre, have been helping the state government tackle the situation over the last three days even as the rain eased up a bit on Saturday after three days…
Tanzim Arnob Hajj begins on the night of August 30 and ends on the night of September 4 in BDT (3 hours ahead the time in Mecca). The dates were announced on Tuesday by the Saudia Arabia’s Official High Court after first sight of new moon crescent witnessed by the astronomers and others.”There has been…
Prominent citizens arranged conference meeting at the National Press Club, demanding to publish reports about the Uranium Contamination in Sunamganj Haor area, on yesterday. At this ‘Legitimate Justice for the Citizens’ event, speakers also talked about the necessity of horough report on this contamination situation and criticized BNP’s ineffectiveness about the issue. Only testing water…
Amulya Ganguli/Daily Sabah, Turkey ower and politics in Pakistan have always been an intricate affair crisscrossing through the political sphere of parliament and making their way right across the institutional sphere dominated by the country’s strong military and a coming of age judiciary. Where the political history of Pakistan has recorded coup d’état’s derailing the…
Desk Report: The finance ministry has allocated Tk 89.67 crore to the state-owned Steel and Engineering Corporation for payment of installment for 30 per cent of shares in the Bangladesh Honda Private Limited, a Bangladesh-Japan joint venture company, reports The New Age. Narayan Chandra Debnath, a director of the steel corporation, on Saturday told New…
Hindustan Times: On the tape, Imran Ahmed Siddiqui is heard saying: “Journalists have freedom, they can say whatever they want…We too have the freedom to do whatever we need to.” Pakistan’s consul general in Toronto has been caught on tape purportedly threatening a Canadian journalist of Pakistani-origin, prompting calls for his expulsion from the country….
AFP They were promised a “peace diamond” dividend in the Sierra Leone village of Koryardu after the stone they handed over for auction fetched $6.5 million (5.7 million euros) a year ago. But they are still waiting to see the benefits. “Absolutely nothing happened,” said Pastor Emmanuel Momoh, who manages the team of diggers that…