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Special Correspondent India has proposed to expand its Agartala airport into the Bangladesh territory in Brahmanbaria for an upgrade to international standards, Bangladesh officials source told the media. India, which already has obtained transit and transshipment facilities, has made the proposal at several meetings in the past one year. The Indo-Asian News Service reported from […]

Who runs the health ministry when Dengue hits the nation? Faruque Ahmed The entire nation has been terrorized. Mosquito menace and Dengue fever has become endemic and its spread has been reported in 62 districts out of 64. On top of it the number of Dengue patients in capital Dhaka is growing every hour and […]

Special Correspondent The Shipping Ministry reconstituted a committee on Thursday to look into the death of a schoolboy who died in an ambulance after a ferry was reportedly delayed to accommodate a VIP in Madaripur. Additional Secretary Sanjay Kumar Banik is made convener of the committee. Other members are – Joint Secretary Shahnewaz Dilruba Khan […]

Nermin Ismail An increasing number of refugees are being tortured and raped in Libya, a new study has found. The perpetrators, motivated by greed, sadism and the desire for power, include local European Union partners. It is a cycle of captivity and exploitation, violence and abuse from which there seems to be no escape. That’s […]

Special Correspondent The High Court on Wednesday summarily rejected bail application of former prime minister and Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the Zia Charitable Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. A bench of Justice Obaidul Hassan and Justice SM Kuddus Zaman passed the order after hearing her […]

Special Correspondent Amidst concerns and confusion among the consumers over the laboratory test findings and the high court orders on milk , Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzak claims on Wednesday that here is no harmful substance such as lead and antibiotic in packaged milk of seven local brands Abdur Raz-zaque came up with the latest […]

A Muslim teenager has claimed he was set on fire by a gang after he refused to chant a Hindu slogan in the Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh,India. The 15-year-old boy said he was kidnapped by four men who poured kerosene on him and set him alight after telling him to chant “Jai Shri Ram”, […]

Special Correspondent So far, eight people, including women, have been beaten to death across the country over the rumours of child abduction. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Tuesday said those who are responsible for the killings will be made accused in murder cases. Stating that those who are against the construction of Padma Bridge are […]

Bigger threats to public safety that call for urgent mitigation Faruque Ahmed The nation has no major political crisis at the moment and yet it is bad hit by a series of crisis at almost all levels such as public lynching, killing of young people at home and in open places, rape of school and […]

Online Agencies A group of Bollywood film makers, historians and citizens have written to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to stop mob attacks on minority Muslims and others at the bottom of society. Hindu mobs have targeted Muslims on suspicion of slaughtering cows they consider sacred as well as Dalits, the lowest group […]