Reuters: Three Congo Republic peacekeepers were given sentences of just three years in jail for murdering civilians and are now already free, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, describing the sentences as inadequate and unlikely to discourage future abuse. A court in the Congolese capital Brazzaville sentenced each of the soldiers in April for the…
Kabir Humayun: Police yesterday, on the second day of Traffic Week, lodged 25,882 more cases for violating traffic rules. In the last 24 hours, 8,898 such cases have been filed In Dhaka city alone, an official at the police headquarters told The Daily Star. Traffic Week began from Sunday, with police filing 19,366 cases for…
Hossen Sohel: The UN Security Council on Monday approved US-drafted measures aimed at ensuring that tough sanctions on North Korea do not impede deliveries of humanitarian aid to the isolated country, reports AFP. Nearly half of North Korea’s population – 10 million people – is undernourished, according to UN officials, who have reported a drop…
UNB: Police on Tuesday afternoon recovered the body of an elderly woman from a water body in Katigram area under Sadar upazila of Manikganj district. Deceased Samela Khatun, 85, was a resident in the area, said Manikganj Sadar Police Station sub-inspector Ashraful Islam
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed, Former Deputy General and Commandant, Ansar VDP Academy : Intellectuals are enlightened persons are those possessing intelligent understanding of the ideas and thoughts as well as the problems of the society. They are from a minority in the society, and they are the Ôleaders’ of thought. They can lead the majority to…
Abrar Hussain: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said at a press briefing yesterday that the new transport law approved by the government is a “jugglery of numbers”. “This law is not adequate for safe roads. Under the proposed law, miscreants and godfathers will remain at large. It’s just a jugglery of numbers,”…
Abrar Hussain: Researchers believe that the Earth could soon cross a threshold leading to boiling hot temperatures and towering seas in the coming centuries, warning that even if countries succeed in meeting their CO2 targets, we could still slip into this “irreversible pathway” Their study shows it could happen if global temperatures rise by 2C….
Desk Report: The country’s largest gas-field – Bibiyana – is producing above its official capacity following the ‘government’s pressure’ for extra production to meet the country’s mounting primary energy demand, said sources. According to Petrobangla’s statistics as of August 02, Bibiyana gas-field is currently producing around 1,340 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) of gas….
Desk Report: Indigenous people have been enduring forced displacement from their ancestral land across the country, and in Chittagong Hill Tracts the situation is particularly worrisome with little progress in implementing the CHT Peace Accord, signed 20 years ago, Bangladesh Adivasi Forum said. “We call on indigenous people to continue resisting forced migration,” said the…
Desk Report: The number of patients suffering from dengue fever sees an increase in Rangamati General Hospital since its first detection in the district town a few months ago. In April, three people were admitted to Rangamati General Hospital with dengue fever. The number was 12 in May, 23 in June and 22 in July….