Hossen Sohel: Banglade-sh has expressed the hope that Rohingya repatriation will begin soon with sending the first batch of over 3,000 Rohingyas though no specific date is there to begin the process, reports UNB. “We’re thinking of beginning the first batch repatriation soon. I cannot tell you the date at this moment. Clearance for over…
Sadiya S. Silvee, Research Assistant, Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs, BILIA : According to Section 374 of the CrPC, “when the Court of Session passes sentence of death, the proceedings shall be submitted to the High Court Division, and the sentence shall not be executed unless it is confirmed by the High Court Division.”…
Desk Report: Vendors have occupied nearly half of the road with items ranging from vegetables to chickens. The market has almost everything stretching from Shapla (Water Lily), fruits to Muri-Murki (puffed rice), reports Daily Asian Age. The vendors showed no sign of leaving the road though the clock stuck from noon to evening. The illegal…
Tips and tricks: It might not be the most newsworthy thing, but we love knowing what other people’s daily menus look like. Whether it’s our colleagues, friends or of someone we don’t even know: we love to know what they eat. Especially fascinating is celebrities’ daily menus. Everybody eats, but what do these people who…
Kabir Humayun: The High Court yesterday directed the government to give first-class division facilities to acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam in jail. Shahidul, 63, is now in jail in a case filed under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, reports The Daily Star. The HC bench of Justice Borhanuddin and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman passed…
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government has ensured the voting rights of people. She also said democracy is now established on a strong base in the country, reports UNB. “We’ve ensured it (the environment) so that the people of Bangladesh can exercise their franchise freely,” she said while addressing the…
AFP: French President Emmanuel Macron has picked a political ally and a former swimming world champion to plug two holes in his government left by the unexpected departures of the ministers for the environment and for sports. Francois de Rugy, president of the National Assembly, Parliament’s lower house, takes over at the Ecology Ministry. He…
Desk Report: Vegetable growers in the district are upset due to lack of rainfall for the last three weeks and they are worried that they may not get expected production of crops this season, reports Daily Star. Vegetable grower Nirobala Rani, 52, of Gorol village in Kaliganj upazila, said she takes care of her one…
C.P. Surendran, Senior journalist based in India/Gulf News The Prime minister has to reshuffle Cabinet as no Indian government in recent times has a more crying need for critical, creative brains What must Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi do? Last week, the Reserve Bank of India reported that 99.3 per cent worth of cancelled big…
Reuters: An Ethiopian commercial ship docked in an Eritrean port for the first time in two decades on Wednesday, state-affiliated media said, in a concrete sign of a stunning rapprochement between the neighbors and former foes. The Mekelle entered the Red Sea port of Massawa and was due to carry 11,000 tonnes of Eritrean zinc…