Michael Goodwin/New York Post As I sat a few feet from President Trump while he ripped special counsel Robert Mueller and warned Democrats he is preparing a devastating counterpunch, the phrase “The Gathering Storm” came to mind. That’s the title of Volume I of Winston Churchill’s masterful history of World War II. It also describes…
Barrister Shafique Ahmed speaks to DOT : BNP unveiled its election manifesto yesterday, putting major emphasis on pledges of freedom of speech and abolishing “black laws” of the country. BNP vowed to scrap all black laws including the Digital Security Act, Official Secrets Act and Special Power Acts to facilitate freedom of speech and expression….
Reuters: To hear Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro tell it, this remote hamlet of 1,300 souls is perched on the cutting edge of an innovation in cryptocurrency. Located in an isolated savanna in the center of the country, Atapirire is the only town in an area the government says is brimming with 5 billion barrels…
Desk Report: Readymade garment workers in Bangladesh are paid one of the lowest minimum monthly wages among the global apparel producing countries, reports New Age. Despite the 51 per cent hike in the proposed minimum wage to Tk 8,000, Bangladesh still will remain in the lowest terrain in the global scenario, particularly when compared with…
Delwar Hossain Election Commissioner Md Shahnewaz refused to be blamed for the killings taking place centering the Union Council polls. He made this clear during a discussion with the press at the Election Commission Secretariat. He said, “Why should the Election Commission take responsibility for any killings that occur because of the elections? Local elections…
Sadiya S. Silvee, Research Assistant at Bangladesh Institute of Law & Int’l Affairs : Impris-onment for life is known to be a sentence in prison for a crime under which convicted person is to remain in prison for a time equivalent to rigorous imprisonment for 30 years [Section 57 of the Penal Code (PC)]. However,…
Sabah Mannan Living in the US since 2011, 27-year-old Bangladeshi national Akayed Ullah, who attempted to bomb one of New York City’s busiest commuter hub on Monday had pledged allegiance to ISIS. Law enforcement officials said Ullah acted in response to Israeli actions in Gaza and to avenge the deaths of Muslims around the world….
Myisha Nawar Okay let’s face it. It is not an easy thing to re-create Lewis Carroll’s whimsical, completely topsy-turvical tale of un-reality. Underland Wonderland is a place that gyres and gimbles far too crazily with poetic, toppled over madness and inside our logic to be truly pinned to the modern sterility of digital film. It…
Anadolu Agency: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will decommission 40,000 combatants of its Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAFF) when the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) will be ratified, local media reported on Sunday. A plebiscite will be held on Jan. 21 and Feb. 6 to ratify the bill and once the BOL is ratified, the…
Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong District Mesbah Uddin deems Chittagong to be the leading district in the fields of art, literature, culture and especially journalism. He also said that journalists can play a role in developing the country by connecting the government, the administration and the general public with the news they present. He expressed his…