M Humayun Kabir: Roma Chowdhury, the writer and Liberation War heroine (birangana), has passed away yesterday after a long illness. She was 79. Roma breathed her last at 4:40am at Chattogram Medical College Hospital, said her long-time companion and publisher Alauddin Khokon, reports bdnews24.com. Chowdhury was admitted to the hospital in January due to her…
ADVOCATE MD. RAYHAN UDDIN, Supreme Court of Bangladesh & Judges’ Court, Chittagong: * According to Article 7(1) of our Constitution, “All powers in the Republic belong to the people, and their exercise on behalf of the people shall be effected only under, and by the authority of, this constitution.” * According to Article 8(1) of…
Anadolu Agency: A monthly statistical report by the Saudi justice ministry has revealed that enforcement courts across the kingdom received over 72,000 case applications, a 32 percent increase compared to same period last year. The value of application orders totaled more than 4.5 billion dollars (17 billion Saudi riyals). Financial enforcement applications made up 97…
UNB: Bimstec Secretary General Shahidul Islam yesterday said there was no scope to formally discuss the Rohingya issue in the 4th Bimstec Summit held in Kathmandu on August 30-31 as no Member State of the regional body proposed it. “The Rohingya issue was not included in the agenda of the Summit. So, there was no…
AP: French children who are going back to school Monday after summer vacation will have to do so without their mobile phones. The government passed a law banning phone use in all primary and middle schools for the entire day, including during breaks —with exceptions in cases of emergency and for disabled children. Pupils are…
Md. Kamrul Hasan Arif, Lecturer of Law, BGC Trust University Bangladesh, Chittagong. The role of the opposition is vital to the healthy growth of democracy and in the larger public interest. The role of opposition in parliament is a necessary and indispensable component of democracy. Democracy is an inclusive process in which all citizens, men…
The Guardian, UK: The UK’s possession of a remote archipelago in the Indian Ocean that includes the strategic US airbase of Diego Garcia is being challenged at the international court of justice. Despite British attempts at the United Nations to prevent Mauritius’s claim to the Chagos Islands reaching The Hague, judges will spend four days…
UNB: Bangladesh has urged Canadian investors and Bangladeshi Diaspora to bring in bigger investment in the country. Commerce Secretary Shubhashish Bose made the call while addressing a ‘luncheon meeting’ for attracting Canadian Diaspora organised by Canada Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry or CanCham Bangladesh in the city recently. Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Benoit…
Hossen Sohel: Ministers from a dozen Latin American nations started a two-day meeting in Ecuador yesterday on how they can cooperate to end the massive Venezuelan migrant crisis that has jolted the region, reports AP. Officials will discuss calls for international funding for overwhelmed public services and whether to impose tighter restrictions to curb migrant…
Hossen Sohel: A Myanmar court yesterday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress toward democracy in the Southeast Asian country, reports Reuters. Yangon northern district judge Ye Lwin said Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw…