Ines Osman/Al jazeera Wissam disappeared without a trace after US soldiers arrested him in Baghdad 13 years ago. August 30 marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. For Salam Al Hashimi, an Iraqi refugee in Finland, this day is another stark reminder that his son Wissam, who was abducted by US soldiers…
Sofian Khan BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman and former chairman of Ekushey TV Abdus Salam and its two other senior journalists were framed “sedition charges: by a Dhaka Court on Monday for broadcasting a “fabricated and provocative” speech. The hearing of the witnesses is scheduled to be held on 15 January. Judge Kamrul Hossain Mollah…
DOT Desk: Police rescued an old woman, Mridul Saha, 80, from a house in No. 15 Ward of Feni Municipality, reports The Daily Observer. She is wife of late Haripad Saha and mother of three sons and two daughters. She was living in the house alone. On Tuesday, finding no response from inside the house,…
Jessica Goddard, Opinionatedmillennial living in Toronto/CBC News Nothing says ‘happy holidays’ like the death of nuance and frantic institutional overreaction After a radio station in Cleveland decided to withdraw Baby, It’s Cold Outside from its rotation of Christmas songs, Canadian stations (including a couple of CBC Music streams) were quick to follow suit. The concern…
UNB: Six people were murdered everyday on average in the first month of the new year, the Bangladesh Human Rights Commission (BHRC) said on Thursday. A BHRC report documented 185 killings in January alone. ‘Soial violence’ claimed most lives (64), followed by deaths under unclear circumstances (36), killing by law enforcement agencies (18) and family…
UNB On three accounts, Kofi Annan, perhaps one of the most distinguished and illustrious UN Secretary-General, was quite different from rest of the lot. One, he was the first UN Secretary-General ever to come from a lifelong career in the UN bureaucracy. Two, he was also the first UN Secretary-General from sub-Saharan Africa, a courtly…
Arafat Hasan of DOT Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni has requested authorities of educational institutions not to charge additional admission fees to students, warning stern action if the directive is not followed, The Daily Star reported. “Tougher action will be taken if anyone is found charging extra fees to students…taking additional fees during admission and…
The Guardian: Saudi Arabia’s state airline has suspended its direct flights to Toronto after Canada called for the release of detained activists for civil society and women’s rights.The Middle Eastern country has also frozen all trade and expelled Canada’s ambassador over the “interference”.
BBC China has announced a 14% jump in the number of its citizens who are living with HIV and Aids. More than 820,000 people are affected in the country, health officials say. About 40,000 new cases were reported in the second quarter of 2018 alone. The vast majority of new cases were transmitted through sex,…
Desk Report Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Saturday that the Navy, for the first time, would be getting two submarines to help the navy become more of a “three-dimensional” force, reports BSS. “The much awaited two submarines would be added to the navy fleet this year and it would transform the navy into a…