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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

India still working on water sharing issue Special Correspondent Bangladesh in her official reaction on Wednesday described abrogation of Indian constitution Article 370 relating to special status of Jammu and Kashmir as an internal issue of India. ‘Bangladesh maintains that the abrogation of Article 370 by the Indian government is an internal issue of India,’ […]

Special Correspondent US President Donald Trump on Tuesday again offered to mediate the Kashmir issue and said it is a “very complicated place”. The offer came a day after Trump had a telephonic conversation with both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. Trump said that religion was one of the main […]

SRINAGAR, India, Aug 22, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Young men sit beside a pile of rocks and a bonfire, protecting the only entrance to a besieged neighbourhood they call “Kashmir’s Gaza” as a mosque loudspeaker broadcasts slogans of liberation. In an act of defiance against New Delhi’s controversial decision to strip the Muslim-majority region of its […]