Rohingyas must go back: Bangladesh PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday reiterated her firm stance on Rohingya repatriation, saying the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals must go back to their homeland.
At least one extrajudicial killing every day
Extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearance go unabated in Bangladesh as on an average at least one person has been killed either in custody or in reported gunfight every day in the fi
Enforced disappearance in Bangladesh constitutes crime against humanity: FIDH
A new report from Paris-based International Federation for Human Rights, better known as FIDH, said on Thursday that enforced disappearances in Bangladesh constitute crimes against humanity. The platform called on the international community to take all necessary measures to ensure that Bangladesh government fulfils the right of the victims to truth, justice, and reparation.
INQUIRIES INITIATED AGAINST BNP LEADERS BEFORE JS POLLS ACC puts probe on back burner
Inquiries that were begun against at least 13 BNP leaders just before the last general election by the Anti-Corruption Commission are now on its back burner.
Importers still suffer for inadequate lightering service: Munal Mahbub
Due to shortage of lightering vessels at the Chattogram port still importers to pay extra charges and demurrages, forcing consumers to ultimately bear the costs, said Munal Mahbub, proprietor of Munal Trading and Anowara Trading.
North Korea tests new military weapons
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the testing of a new tactical guided weapon, state media said on Thursday, the North’s first public weapons test since a second summit with the United States ended without agreement in February.
Don’t know about Khaleda’s release on parole: FM
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said that they have no information about Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release on parole.
Facing arrest, Peru ex-president Garcia kills self
Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in hospital on Wednesday after shooting himself in the head at his home as police were about to arrest him in a sprawling corruption case. He was 69.
Malaysia begins public inquiry into 2015 mass graves discovery
Malaysia began a public inquiry on Wednesday into the discovery of mass graves and suspected human trafficking camps in the jungles near its border with Thailand, which prompted a regional crisis in 2015, and accusations over obstruction of justice.
Indian elections, South Asian concerns
THE staggering scale of the election that is under way in India with just under a billion voters is hard for the mind to grapple with, even in this densely populated neighbourhood that includes
