Korean PM Lee Nak sees huge investment potentials in BD’s economy Holiday Report South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon who visited Bangladesh last week said his country sees huge investment potentials in several growing business sector of Bangladesh economy. The list of his interest include investment in infrastructure, power, ICT, deep sea fishing, construction, shipbuilding […]
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India’s brutal torture of Kashmiri prisoners an ‘Instrument of Control’
Special Correspondent The Kashmiri prisoners under Indian occupation are subjected to brutal physical, psychological and sexual abuse, said a report published Monday. The 71 Years of Occupation and Piling Bodies in Indian-Occupied Kashmir The 560-page report provides details on the torture Kashmiri prisoners are made to undergo for resisting Indian occupation. According to the report, […]
By-election to Mirza Fakhrul’s Bogura-6 seat on Jun 24
Special Correspondent The Election Commission (EC) has set Jun 24 as the date for the by-polls to the Bogura-6 parliamentary constituency. The Bogura-6 seat was declared vacant on Apr 30 after its winner in the Dec 30 elections, BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, refused to take oath as an MP. EC Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed […]
Jute mill workers continue strike for wage
Special Correspondent The demonstration of state-run jute mill workers continued for the fourth straight day demanding arrears and implement of wage commission. On Thursday, thousands of workers of Latif Bawani Jute Mill and Karim Jute Mill put barricade on roads there, halting traffic movement in Demra Staff Quarters area and adjacent areas. They also protested […]
Reminiscing Bangabandhu
Syed Badrul Haque Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s 99th birth anniversary on seventeenth March was the date with asterisk mark in the chronicle of our nation’s calendar. Beyond this day’s significance in our national life, I am much drawn to recall my memories as Bangabandhu’s press officer. Back in 1956, after a stint in journalism behind, […]
SDF take last ISIS pocket: What next?
Bill Weinberg The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced the complete “territorial defeat” of the Islamic State (ISIS) on March 23. The SDF “declare total elimination of so-called caliphate and 100% territorial defeat of ISIS,” Mustafa Bali, head of the force’s press office, announced on Twitter. “On this unique day, we commemorate thousands of martyrs […]