UNB: Accusing Awami League of destroying the country’s election system, BNP on Wednesday urged opposition parties to forge a greater unity to force the government to hold a fresh election under a non-party administration. “Awami League has become the mass enemy of people by staging a mockery in the name of an election. They’ve got…
The Statesman, India: For the first time since the Supreme Court verdict allowing the entry of women of all age groups in Sabarimala temple, two women below 50 walked into the shrine before daybreak. As a result the temple has been shut down for ritual purification. According to reports, the two women, identified as Bindu…
Afsan Chowdhury, Journalist, researcher, and political commentator/Dhaka Tribune What Bangladesh’s politicians can learn from regional history December is a significant month not just for Bangladesh, but Pakistan as well. If for Bangladesh it signals victory over Pakistani forces, the Pakistanis have to face the harsh judgment of history that it not only was humiliated, but…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Some 13,000 students from Cumilla Education Board applied for the re-scrutiny of their Junior School Certificate (JSC) examination results of 2018, reports The Daily Star. Sources said 2,904 students applied for re-scrutiny of English, 2,560 of Bangladesh and Global studies and 2,335 of Mathematics while the other applications were submitted for…
UNB, Dhaka BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday renewed her call to the government to resolve the country’s ‘political crisis’ through engaging in dialogue with opposition political parties and holding an acceptable election. “We’ve urged the government to engage in dialogue to resolve the crisis and now the ball is in the ruling party’s (AL’s)…
UNB: A man was hacked to death allegedly by his rivals at Sripur Bazar in Santhia upazila. The deceased was identified as Hafiz Miah, 42, son of Abu Taher Miah of Raghurampur village in Laxmipur union of Atghoria upazila, and was a regional leader of Purbangla Communist Party (Lal Pataka). Sequel to the enmity, Hafiz…
Tara Sattar United States of America had dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima 71 years ago which exhilarated the entire city and killed about 140,000 soldiers and civilians. Ever since, none of the American President has paid a visit to the once devastated land. But, that history is about to change. President…
Reuters: A lawyer acting for a former U.S. marine detained in Russia on espionage charges has filed an appeal with a Moscow court seeking to have his client released on bail, Russian news agencies cited the court as saying on Thursday. Paul Whelan, a former U.S. marine who also holds a British passport, was detained…
Deborah Lehr, Founder and chair of the Antiquities Coalition/Gulf News Al Qaida militants and Al Houthi rebels are selling off stolen antiquities in US Among the many tragedies taking place in the nearly four-year conflict in Yemen — including the thousands of lives lost, the impoverishment to near-starvation of its people and the ruin of…
Anadolu Agency: The terrorist PKK/PYD group does not represent Kurds, a Kurdish official said on Monday. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Nuri Brimo, representative of the National Council of Syrian Kurds at the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) said that the terrorist organization created animosity between Kurds and Arabs. “The PYD has been sowing a seed of…