West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has been the Centre’s fiercest critic over the updated Assam citizen list, which leaves out names of nearly 40 lakh people and plans to crackdown on illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. But 13 years ago in 2005, the Trinamool chief took an entirely opposite stand over the same issue. Mamata…
Reuters: The Philippine military said on Thursday it has arrested a Muslim cleric who knew in advance about a bomb that killed 11 people on Basilan island in an attack earlier this week that raised fears of Islamic State involvement. Acting on a tip off, scout rangers raided the home of Indalin Jainul, alias Ustadz…
Sayeed Muhammad: A Dhaka court has granted a seven-day remand for the owner of bus that ran over two students at Dhaka’s Airport road, triggering mass student protests across the country demanding road safety. Metropolitan Magistrate Nurunnahar Yasmin passed the order after Md Shahadat Hossain, the owner of the transport agency Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan, was produced…
Reuters: Israel described the Syrian civil war as effectively over on Thursday and predicted that the Golan Heights frontier between the countries would be quieter with central rule by Damascus restored there. President Bashar al-Assad’s sweeping away of rebels in southwestern Syria has worried Israel, which last week downed a Syrian warplane that it said…
Afsan Chowdhury,Political Analyst : I think road transport is the largest sector for investing black money. The transport service providers have a political role. They are needed for waging a movement. That is why none will try to stop them. The transport owners-workers can control the whole road transport sector. Therefore, the government turns a…
Reuters: In a solemn ceremony, the United States welcomed home on Wednesday human remains it said presumably included Americans killed in the 1950-1953 Korean War, and thanked North Korea for making good on a June summit pledge to hand them over. Only one identification “dog tag” was delivered by the North Koreans, underscoring the long…
Russia Today: Shares of iPhone and computer maker Apple surged six percent after the company reported solid third-quarter results. The corporation closed the trading session just shy of the $1 trillion in market capitalization. Apple stock closed at $201.50, slightly below the intraday high of $201.76. Shareholders had been seeking a share price of $203.45…
The Government of Bangladesh has ratified CRC( Convention on the Rights ) of the Children. These young Girls & Boys have every right to hold state institutions accountable. So appeal is please listen to their demand to provide safe street!
Reuters: Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional will likely cut stakes in some top state-linked firms as the government overhauls the sovereign wealth fund’s investment strategy, after revamping its board last week, to boost transparency and slash national debt. The performance of the $39 billion fund has been muted, but backed by past governments, its investments have spread…
UNB: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the proposed Road Transport Act will bring discipline in the transport sector as the act kept a provision of harsher punishment according to the gravity of accident. “People are dying like birds and flies. Once the act gets passed the sector will come under…