ROLLING OUT POLL-TIME GOVT FRAMEWORK BNP drags heels
Bangladesh Nationalist Party is yet to place the framework of an election-time government it had proposed to put forth to the nation five months ago.
AL-HEFAZAT TIE Allies not happy
Parties in the ruling Awami League-led alliance consider Awami League’s compromise with Hefazat-e-Islam as a backward step for democratic politics and they would not accept it.
Illegal poster, graffiti turn ubiquitous in Dhaka
Illegal banners, posters, festoons and graffiti are visible in every corner of the capital, which is aggravating the bad look the city has already got because of its unplanned growth and indifference of the authorities concerned to its beautification.
Trump administration talks tougher on Iran but sticks with deal -- for now
The Trump administration ratcheted up the rhetoric on Iran Wednesday, declaring the international deal to restrain Tehran's nuclear program had failed and that Iran continues to be "the world's leading sponsor of terrorism."
3 politicians to stand trial over Indian mosque demolition
Three senior figures within India's ruling party will be prosecuted for alleged criminal conspiracy over the 1992 demolition of a mosque in northern India, the country's Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
Turkey's electoral board rejects calls to annul referendum
Turkey's top electoral board overwhelmingly rejected objections to the way the country's referendum was run, semi-official Anadolu news agency reported Wednesday.
Russia vetoes UN statement on North Korea's missile tests
Russia has derailed a proposed UN Security Council statement that would have condemned North Korea's latest missile launch test, using its veto to torpedo the motion.
Seating Service Drive on hold as govt stoops to bus owners
The government on Wednesday once again bowed down to the transport owners by suspending for 15 days the ongoing drive in the capital against buses running under the tag ‘seating service’. By the time, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority will also decide if the so-called ‘seating service’ could be brought under a legal framework.
KISHOREGANJ WAR CRIMES Hussain, Moslem to die
The three-judge International Crimes Tribunal -1 on Wednesday sentenced Md Moslem Prodhan and Syed Md Hussain alias Hossain to death finding them guilty of committing genocide and other war crimes at different places under Nikli thana in the then Kishoreganj sub-division during the Liberation War.
PM for effective polices for disabled in society
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina here on Wednesday called upon all countries of the world to adopt effective policies and programmes for persons with disabilities including autism to enable them to live life with dignity and hope in the inclusive society.
