Foreign minister tells diplomats over Rohingya repatriation Special Correspondent Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen held Myanmar responsible as efforts to begin repatriation of Rohingyas went in vain amid their distrust in the Myanmar government. “It’s Myanmar’s failure as it has failed to ensure overall security for the Rohingyas in Rakhine State,” Abdul Momen […]
Honoring Modi by two Gulf states put Kashmiris in the dark
Faruque Ahmed Two Gulf States awarded their highest civilian honor to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week in Dubai and Bahrain with lavish words of praise to the Indian Prime Minister’s leadership to make India great. Narendra Modi was awarded the highest civilian award of UAE—the ‘Order of Zayed’ which the ruler of Dubai […]
10TH JS SPEND 12PC TIME FOR LAW MAKING:TIB
Tk 163cr wasted due to quorum crisis Special Correspondent Transparency International Bangladesh on Wednesday said that the 10th general election held on January 5, 2014, was neither participatory nor contested as the main opposition party boycotted it. As a result, ruling Awami League formed the government with overwhelming majority and it became the centre of […]
HC ASKS ENVIRONMENT DEPT
Lift bar on LPG bottling plants near Sundarbans Holiday Desk The High Court (HC) yesterday (Tuesday) directed the Department of Environment (DoE) to issue environmental clearance certificates to three separate LPG companies to set up their LPG bottling plants in Mongla near the Sundarbans, an Ecologically Critical Area (ECA). However, the HC bench gave two […]
Trump seeks to Deescalate Tensions With China, Iran as G7 Ends
By TeleSur Speaking on the sidelines of the G7 summit Monday, Trump said he believed China wanted to make a trade deal and he also backed away from a confrontation over Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump Monday offered an olive branch to China after days of intense feuding over trade and opened the door to […]
Facing flak, PCI now says it doesn’t approve of media restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir
KT NEWS Faced with severe criticism over its move to intervene in a case in the Indian Supreme Court over the curbs on communication in Jammu and Kashmir, the Press Council of India has decided to tell the apex court that it does not approve of any sort of restriction on the media and will […]
US agency expresses concern over NRC in Assam
Assam Tribune (Aug 27) – Washington-based United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) has expressed concern over potential abuse of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and the resulting introduction of a religious requirement for citizenship, which is contrary to the ideals of religious freedom in India. The USCIRF is an independent, […]
Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia Chairperson BNP lone popular opposition in Bangladesh
Muhammad Quamrul Islam This is the feeling of surviving septuagenarians now at 78 years age who at early childhood have seen setting sun of British rule, partition 1947 into independent two states India and Pakistan, and emergence of sovereign Bangladesh thru liberation war 1971 in East Pakistan to vindicate democracy in the true spirit of […]
The Annexation of Kashmir surprises the world
Muhammad Serajuddin in Karachi Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dramatic decision to abrogate the special status of Jammu and Kashmir enshrined in Article 370 of the Indian Constitution seems to have taken the world by surprise. Since 5 August 2019, the situation Kashmir Valley, which has been on a lockdown, is tense. While the Bharatiya Janata […]
An intriguing view on Kashmir
Nava Thakuria in Guwahati That was an amazing interaction with a senior journalist based in Jammu which was organized through the video-conference at a time when there is wild rumour that entire Jammu & Kashmir was under strict internet censorship as a precautionary measure by the government following the revocation of Article 370 & 35A […]
