CHT deal not implemented in 19 years
Major features of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord remain unimplemented even inside 19 years of its signing allegedly because of the subsequent governments’ indifference to the implementation of the deal.
10,000 Rohingyas enter Bangladesh: UNHCR
Cox’s Bazar district administration on Wednesday sought directives from the government as about 10,000 persecuted Rohingyas already arrived at places of the district sneaking into Bangladesh fleeing military crackdown on the religious minority group in Rakhine state on Myanmar.
Mangal Shobhajatra new UNESCO cultural heritage
The UNESCO on Wednesday recognised Mangal Shobhajatra, an annual procession of well-being brought out on Bangla New Year, as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Implement CHT accord fully or face consequence: Santu Larma
Parbatya Chattagram Jana Samhati Samiti president Jyotirindra Bodhipriya Larma, also known as Santu Larma, on Wednesday blamed successive governments for non-implementation of Chittagong Hill Tracts Accord in 19 years.
PM’s flight disruption: Biman suspends six officials
Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Wednesday suspended five of its engineering officers and a technician but spared the head of engineering department over a glitch that caused emergency landing of the aircraft carrying prime minister Sheikh Hasina on November 27.
Khaleda visits Mahmudur Rahman
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia visited ailing Dainik Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman in city’s United Hospital on Wednesday evening.
Rohingyas face shelter, food crisis as influx on
Rohingyas who entered Bangladesh were suffering from food, shelter, and drug crises as influx of the religious minority Muslims of Myanmar’s Rakhine state into Bangladesh continued on Tuesday when 250 more sneaked into the country.
ONE MONTH AFTER ATTACK ON B’BARIA HINDUS: Uneasy calm prevails at Nasirnagar
An uneasy calm still prevails at Nasirnagar and Hindus are still in fear of further attacks despite deployment of additional police, Border Guard Bangladesh and Rapid Action Battalion even after one month of attacks on the religious minority group on October 30.
Democracy needs active media role: Inu
Minister for information Hasanul Haque Inu on Tuesday said that the media should play a pro-active role in preserving democracy and upholding the values of the constitution of the country. At the same time, the media must work responsibly, he observed.
B’Desh sees progress in ending child marriage, but ‘still not enough’
Mentioning that Bangladesh has made a very good progress in dealing with child marriage, prime minister’s foreign affairs adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi on Tuesday called for joint efforts to eliminate the problem from the country as it is still far from enough.
