Sporadic notes: China-US in Osaka
IT IS a question: who won in the trade conflict, China or the United States? The answer is as difficult as the question. Probably the outcome is still to be visible.
1994 HASINA TRAIN ATTACK Nine BNP leaders to die
The Pabna Special Tribunal 3 on Wednesday sentenced nine Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists to death and 25 others to life on charge of attack on a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina, now the prime minister, in 1994.
Fakhrul dubs verdict as cruel, dictated
Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said a ‘dictated and ‘cruel’ verdict was given by a Pabna court sentencing nine of its activists to death and jailing 25 others for life on a ‘fabricated’ charge of attacking a train carrying the then opposition leader Sheikh Hasina in 1994.
JP may fly Ershad abroad for treatment
Jatiya Party is planning to fly the ailing party chairman HM Ershad abroad for better treatment.
Charge pressed against principal for abusing Nusrat
A Feni court on Wednesday took cognisance of charges against SM Sonagazi Islamia Senior Fazil Madrassah principal Sirajuddoula in a case filed for sexually harassing student Nusrat Jahan Rafi before burning her to death.
Contamination, bacteria found in DWASA water
A new joint study has found bacteria and other contaminations in water supplied by the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority at several source points.
By killing whales, Japan seeks to revive a dying industry
For the whale hunters, the inaugural expedition was a big success.
Beijing says 'radical' Hong Kong protests are an 'undisguised challenge'
The Chinese government has denounced Monday night's violent protests in Hong Kong as "radical," terming them an "undisguised challenge" to the city's system of governance.
US govt tops all for creating refugees
ON JUNE 19, Statistica headlined ‘Number of forcibly displaced people reaches new high’, and when one looks at the data, one finds an even bigger story which stands behind those numbers:
Appellate Division allows BB to reschedule defaulted loans
The Appellate Division on Tuesday stayed until July 8 the status quo imposed by the High Court Division on rescheduling the loans of defaulters by Bangladesh Bank.