BLUE WHALE CHALLENGE HC asks govt to block game link
The High Court Division on Monday directed the government to block for six months, Blue Whale Challenge, and similar online games that inspire teens’ suicide. A bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and JBM Hassan passed the order after hearing a writ petition.
Rohingya influx surges again
The influx of Rohingyas into Bangladesh to flee violence in Myanmar beginning from August 25 surged further on Monday while 11 more bodies of the fleeing ethnic minority people drowned in the River Naf were recovered.
CEC’s remark a tactic to bring BNP to election: Quader
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda’s remark that Bangladesh Nationalist Party founder Ziaur Rahman had restored multi-party democracy in the country might be a ‘stratagem’ to persuade BNP to join the upcoming general election.
Right to food in Bangladesh
FOOD is a substance that is consumed to provide nutritional support for body. It is a basic need of every human being and should be made available to all irrespective of caste, creed, religion, race and nationality
Rohingyas’ journey to safety into Bangladesh
The Hariyakhali harbour point was the last stop for the Rohingyas, headed for camps inside Teknaf, to walk down to. This is where relief operation personnel were noting down the name and packing them into trucks and sending them to the camps farther inside, writes Abu Jar M Akkas
Thousands of new Rohingya refugees flee violence, hunger in Myanmar to Bangladesh
Hungry, destitute and scared, thousands of new Rohingya refugees crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar early on Monday, Reuters witnesses said, fleeing attacks by Buddhist mobs and hunger that the United Nations has called ethnic cleansing.
DIALOGUE WITH EC Withdraw cases against Khaleda, others: BNP
Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday suggested that Election Commission take an effective initiative for the immediate withdrawal of all ‘false’ and ‘dictated’ cases filed against its chairperson Khaleda Zia and other leaders and activists across the country.
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST CJ ACC may initiate probe: LM
Law minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday that most of the allegations raised against chief justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, now in Australia on sick leave, were under the jurisdiction of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
SA pile more misery on Tigers
Mushfiqur Rahim’s brave century went in vain as South Africa crushed Bangladesh by 10 wickets in the first one-day international to take a 1-0 lead in three-match series at Kimberly on Sunday.
Sinha to face ACC probe: Anisul
Law minister Anisul Huq said on Sunday the allegations raised against Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, now in Australia on sick leave, come under the jurisdiction of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
