M Humayun Kabir: UN investigators yesterday said Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent” and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for orchestrating the gravest crimes under law. In a report, they said the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi has allowed hate…
Kabir Humayun: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader alleged that BNP and Jamaat are taking advantage of students’ logical movement for safe roads. Obaidul Quader, also Road Transport and Bridges Minister, made the remark at a joint meeting organized at Awami League’s central office in city’s Bangabandhu Avenue yesterday, reports Banglanews24.com. Quader said, “BNP and…
UNB: Border Guard Bangladesh seized the hauls yesterday. Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have seized 42kg of cannabis and 264 bottles of phensedyl—worth Tk5.25 lakh—in separate drives, at different border points in Jessore. The drives, conducted by BGB, started around 10pm on Monday and lasted till early Tuesday. Commanding Officer of BGB 49 Battalion…
Desk Report: All the licensed recruiting agencies of the country from now on can send workers to Malaysia under the G-to-G Plus system. The decision was taken at a meeting of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam with Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran in Putrajaya on Tuesday. Nurul Islam led a five-member…
UNB A Kushtia court sent BNP’s Kushtia-1 candidate Reza Ahmed Bachchu to jail in a case filed over the possession of illegal firearms and explosive on Wednesday. Kushtia District and Sessions Judge Arup Kumar Goswami rejected the bail petition of Bachchu after he had surrendered before the court, said Public Prosecutor Anup Kumar Nandi. The…
Tara Sattar Grameenphone, the biggest mobile network in Bangladesh has signed up singer and actor Tahsan as their model. Bidya Sinha Mim, actress and model acted alongside of him in the role of his wife, reports clickittefaq. Mim is also the brand ambassador of Grameenphone. The roles that they play portray Tahsan as a musician…
Sofian Khan The High-Court upholds death sentence of 139 people as they were involved in the 2009 mutiny at the Border Guard Bangladesh’s headquarters in Dhaka. Also, a lifetime imprisonment of 146 people was sentenced by the court. The three-member bench was led by Justice Md Shawkat Hossain. On Monday, he pronounced the sentences after…
Banglanews24: Health Minister Mohammad Nasim announced that the Dhaka Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) to be modernized into a 5,000-bed hospital in a bid to improve the health service system of the country. We have plans and will implement it if we come to power in the next election, the minister added. Nasim made the…
Arafat Hasan of DOT In a new measure to deter illegal immigration through the southern border, US President Donald Trump’s administration has begun forcing asylum applicants to remain in Mexico while their cases are considered. The new policy, originally announced in December, will be launched initially at the busy Tijuana-San Ysidro border crossing south of…
BSS: Bangladesh Bank (BB) and police have taken some cautionary measures to check inflow of fake notes in the cattle markets centering the Eid-ul-Azha. “We have already distributed over 400 fake currency detecting machines across the country as per requisition of the law enforcement agencies to check use and spread of counterfeit notes in the…