Russia Today: US President Donald Trump has denied he wanted to kill Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a key claim in a new book by renowned Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward. “That was never even contemplated,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday as he met with the emir of Kuwait. According to…
Sabah Mannan Bringing an end to 37 years of presidency and sparking triumphant celebrations in the nation’s streets, Zimbabwe’s Mugabe has resigned. A letter from Mr. Mugabe read out by the speaker of parliament informed that the decision to step down was voluntary and he had made it to allow a smooth transfer of power….
M Humayun Kabir: ‘Shantite Bijoy Campaign’, a national campaign seeking peace ahead of the next national elections, was launched in Dhaka yesterday with a slogan ‘Bangladesh will win if peace wins.’ The campaign was launched at the Celebrity Hall of the Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC) with the joining of 400 Awami League and BNP…
Kabir Humayun: New York-based Human Rights Watch has accused authorities in Bangladesh of using abusive measures in handling a student-led protest calling for safer roads. In a statement, the rights group yesterday said that the ruling party men armed with sticks and machetes have swooped in on protesters and journalists since the students took to…
Barrister Shafique Ahmed speaks to DOT : Jatiya Oikyafront submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission demanding re-election under a neutral government. A seven-member delegation of Oikyafront led by BNP Secretary General handed over the memorandum to Chief Election Commissioner at the Election ommission’s office. In this regard, Barrister Shafique Ahmed said that there is…
TRT World: Anti-government protests that have rocked Sudan have left 22 people dead, authorities said Thursday, after three demonstrators died hours after thousands cheered for President Omar al Bashir at a rival rally in Khartoum. Bashir told the rally of thousands of supporters in the capital Khartoum that he would stay in power despite weeks…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a significant move, Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to add three new Dash-8 aircrafts of Q400NG model to its fleet by mid June, 2020. Each of the planes costs $33.4 million. An agreement in this regard was signed between the national flag carrier authorities, and Canadian aerospace and transportation company Bombardier Inc…
Prabhash Amin, Head of News, ATN News: British lawmaker Lord Alexander Carlile is now a legal consultant to BNP’s imprisoned chairperson Khaleda Zia to help fight her cases. Although he is a lawyer for Khaleda Zia, he is an old foe of Bangladesh. However, I would like to say that there is no connection between…
Desk Report: Bangl-adesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has decided to keep its all circle offices open for 12 hours every day, except Friday, in order to provide its services properly. All BRTA circle offices will remain open from 9:00am to 9:00pm every day, except Friday, said a press release issued by the road transport authority…
Mazaharul Islam Minister for Shipping, Shahjahan Khan commented, “All miscreants who help Pakistan in harming Bangladesh are enemies of the state. The spirit of the Liberation War must be strengthened and these miscreants must be removed. He made such comments during a discussion meeting organized by the ‘Sramik-Kormochari-Peshajibi-Muktijoddha Somonnoy Parishad’ at the National Press Club…