Bangladesh ‘fails’ to protect dissenting voices: AI
Amnesty International, a London-based right group, has said Bangladesh government has failed to protect dissenting voices or hold accountable the armed groups that threaten them, and stifled freedom of expression through a slew of ‘repressive tactics and new laws’.
Opposition MP wants end of debate on judiciary-executive relations
Opposition Jatiya Party lawmaker Fakhrul Imam on Tuesday urged prime minister Sheikh Hasina to hold discussion in parliament to settle the ongoing debate centering which branch of the state holds most authority.
The FBI translator who went rogue and married an ISIS terrorist
An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative she had been assigned to investigate, CNN has learned.
Trump: I'd be 'honored' to meet Kim Jong Un under 'right circumstances'
President Donald Trump said Monday he would be willing to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "under the right circumstances" to defuse tensions over North Korea's nuclear program.
North Korea cut off by 3rd biggest trading partner
North Korea has lost one of its biggest trading partners after India banned most dealings with the country.
Trump abruptly ends interview with CBS' Dickerson after wiretapping questions
President Trump cut off an Oval Office interview with CBS anchor John Dickerson and gestured for him to leave the room when Dickerson repeatedly asked about the president's unfounded wiretapping claims.
May Day observed
The historic May Day was observed across the country as elsewhere around the globe on Monday with a fresh call to announce a new salary structure for workers and ensure their justified rights, including trade union one.
Culture of impunity continues in absence of rule of law: NHRC
National Human Rights Commission chairman Kazi Reazul Hoque on Monday said that the country failed to come out from the culture of impunity in the absence of rule of law.
So-called labour leaders out to destroy industries: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday criticised so-called labour leaders for their repeated attempts to destroy the country’s industrial sector through complaining to foreigners.
Ban on Shakib Khan withdrawn
The indefinite ban imposed on Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan by 12 film associations was withdrawn on Monday after the actor apologised unconditionally.
