AFP: Malians were called to the ballot box on Sunday for a presidential runoff likely to see Ibrahim Boubacar Keita return to office despite criticism of his handling of the country’s security crisis. The second round is a rerun of a 2013 faceoff that Keita won by a landslide over former finance minister Soumaila Cisse….
Kabir Humayun: BNP leaders and activists yesterday staged a token hunger strike in Dhaka demanding release of its Chairperson Khaleda Zia and to ensure her better treatment. The token hunger strike began at 10am and continued till 12noon, reports The Daily Star. Senior BNP leaders, front and associate bodies’ leaders and hundreds of activists attended…
NDTV: Two inmates died at a shelter for women with mental disabilities in Bihar, their postmortem was also conducted at Patna Medical College, but the officials of the state-run facility didn’t bother to inform the police. A 40-year-old woman and a girl, 16, were taken to the hospital on Friday, but the doctors declared them…
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor and Founder Chair, Dept. of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka Facebook and Twitter have turned into rumor mill s in Bangladesh. Compared to Twitter, Facebook is used more ominously. The liberals who think the online based media as technologies of freedom may find this statement…
Shamiul Haque Shamim Tarash Correspondent Awami League Presidium Member and Family Health Minister Muhammad Nasim has urged everyone to unite and vote under the Boat banner on the December 30 national elections. He praised the developments brought by the AL-led government, including rooting out terrorism from the country and bringing electricity throughout homes. He made…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the young voters of the country will play a crucial role in making the upcoming general polls fair and acceptable, reports The Daily Star. He made this statement during a press meet at BNP’s Naya Paltan headquarters yesterday. Rizvi said:…
Raj Abrar: The National Economic Council (NEC) is expected to approve an overall Taka 1,80,869.17 crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) today for the next fiscal year, reports BSS.According to a Planning Commission official, the next ADP, anticipated to be the highest development budget in the history of the country, will emphasize on speeding up the…
Sayeed Muhammad After criticism from different quarters over its ordeal stirred, Juboraj, the ailing lion at Comilla Zoo, lost his battle for life. Even a special care from the zoo authorities at the fag end of its life could not help the animal survive.Comilla Zila Parishad CEO Sanjay Kumar Bhowmick confirmed the matter to the…
Shahidul Alam,who was freed from Keraniganj, Dhaka’s central jail, on 20 November 2018/The Guardian, UK The Bangladeshi photographer was charged with criticising his country on Facebook and spent more than 100 days behind bars. Now freed, he replies to the Indian novelist who wrote to him in jail It was a letter I read and…
UNB, Dhaka More than 160 countries have so far confirmed that they will sign the Paris Agreement on climate change on April 22, the first day that the agreement will be open for signature. “Next Friday will truly be a historic moment. It’ll be a great moment for multilateral efforts and this (UN) organisation,” said…