Reuters: Gay McDougall, a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, cited estimates that 2 million Uighurs and Muslim minorities were forced into “political camps for indoctrination” in the western Xinjiang autonomous region. “We are deeply concerned at the many numerous and credible reports that we have received that in the…
Prof. Nazrul Islam, Former Chairman, UGC: To make people obey traffic laws, efforts should be underway throughout the whole year, not just one week. The effort should be constant. The current situation of road transport is due to years of indiscipline, corruption and anarchy. These problems cannot be solved in a mere week or even…
UNB: Two Bangladeshi raising golfers Shakhawat Sohel and Ismail mad their successful cuts in the US$350,000 Take Solutions Masters at Karnataka Golf Association course in Bengaluru, India. Sohel aggregated one-under-par 141, after carding even-par-71 in the second round, while Ismail aggraded matching total with carding a two-under-par-69 in the second round. Both shared joint 53rd…
AFP: Pakistan’s World Cup cricket hero Imran Khan will be sworn in as prime minister next week, his party said on Friday, announcing it has the numbers to form a coalition government in the lower house of parliament. Imran’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party said the entire squad that Imran captained to victory in the 1992 World…
Nurul Kabir, Editor, New Age: Scared by the takeover of streets by the young students, the government admitted that there was a genuine cause behind the student protests and promised effective measures to meet the legitimate demands of the protesters. The students left the streets, but the government now seems more interested in punishing the…
Reuters: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they had killed ten militants overnight in a security operation conducted in the northwest of the country near the border with Iraq, the official news agency IRNA reported. “A well-equipped terrorist group … intending to infiltrate the country from the border area of Oshnavieh to foment insecurity and…
Desk Report: Though the prices of other essentials remained stable over the last two weeks, most spices used in meat recipe went up by Tk 20 to Tk 000 per kg on average as Eid approaches, reports Asian Age. The price of cardamom mostly used in cooking meat to add flavour saw a sharp rise….
NDTV: The rice farmer doesn’t know how it happened. Abdul Mannan just knows a mistake was made somewhere. But what can you say when the authorities suddenly insist one of your five children isn’t an Indian? What do you do when your wife and daughter-in-law are suddenly viewed as illegal immigrants? “We are genuine Indians….
The list began spreading from phone to phone on Saturday, just as police were starting to fire teargas and rubber bullets at protesters in Dhaka demonstrating for safer roads. “Please pass these addresses to trusted people through Messenger or text message,” it read. Names, phone numbers and locations were listed: sanctuaries for students fleeing a…
Prof Dr Anupam Sen, social scientist, Vice Chancellor of Premier University: The assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is an irreparable loss for the nation. The scars left the killing of Bangabandhu will never heal. We will be able to reach our expected development goals within a very short time if we can follow in…