Barrister Harun ur Rashid The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) has started a case for the attempted hijacking of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft. Debtosh Sarker, technical assistant of CAAB, filed the case at Patenga police station in Chittagong on Monday (25th February) night. However, formal news media and various informal social media have […]
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Afixing responsibility of terrible fire at Chakbazar
Muhammad Quamrul Islam A senior government official asked me in agony at the terrible scenes of fire caused burn, death and destruction of many near first hour of 21st February, 2019 in emotional voice true to his concern as a student of Sociology and fellow feeling, still persists in our country tolerant to corruptions with […]
Putin does not name Russian missile targets in US: Kremlin
Source: Xinhua Russian President Vladimir Putin did not name any U.S. locations as the possible targets of Russian missiles when the country is threatened, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on 26 February. He made the remarks after Rossiya-1 TV channel said on 25 February that Russia may aim its missiles at U.S. military decision-making centers, […]
BSF on alert at Bangladesh border amid India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir
Special Correspondent India has put its Border Security Force or BSF on alert at the Bangladesh border as tension is roiling in the region due to an ongoing India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir. The BSF has issued an alert and taken all preventive measures at the India-Bangladesh border, PTI has reported citing an official of the […]
Arab-Israeli conflict key agenda at UAE meeting
OIC foreign ministers to map out Islamic road to prosperity Online Agencies The 46th session of the OIC’s Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) will be hosted by the UAE in Abu Dhabi on March 1-2 under the title “50 Years of Islamic Cooperation: Road Map for Prosperity and Development.” Foreign ministers represen-ting member states of […]
Debate sparking over the party’s future
Faruque Ahmed A fresh debate is growing as to what future lies ahead for Jamat-e-Islam in the country’s political system. It came to the fore in the wake of Jamaat’s assistant secretary general Barrister Abdur Razzak’s resignation from the party. It has sparked the debate because never before such a major political dissent happened in […]
India rejects Imran’s offer, seeks action against perpetrators
Jawed Naqvi India summarily rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan’s offer on February 19 to investigate the Pulwama attack and demanded “credible and visible action against the perpetrators” sheltered in Pakistan. “We are not surprised that the Prime Minister of Pakistan refuses to acknowledge the attack on our security forces in Pulwama as an act of […]
Delhi shouldn’t take aggressive policies promoting violence
Kashmir Media Service,Dawn The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) in Indian-occupied Kashmir on Wednesday warned New Delhi against pursuing aggressive policies that promote “the worst kind of violence”, saying they cause youths to turn to armed resistance. After Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi said he was giving Indian soldiers a “free hand” in the wake of […]
Citizenship amendment row divides India’s north-eastern people
Nava Thakuria As the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 lapsed on tabling in Rajya Sabha on 13 February, it brought smiles to thousands of agitators in northeast India and many of them celebrated the achievement. They organized series of press briefings to extend their gratitude to residents of the region and also did not forget to […]
Bangladesh-Saudi Arabia relations
Barrister Harun ur Rashid Being a Muslim-majority state, Bangladesh attaches a special importance to its ties with Saudi Arabia, which is the birthplace of Islam. Both nations are members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and Saudi Arabia hosts a large proportion of the global Bangladeshi diaspora. Saudi Arabia’s stated policy is focused on […]
