DISAPPEARANCE, EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING UN officials criticised for inaction
Rights activists on Saturday criticised three senior UN officials for ignoring human rights abuses, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing in particular, in Bangladesh during their recent visit.
Sofia Hossain’s novel Bir Birangana launched
A novel featuring struggles of women during the Independence War titled Bir Birangana by Sofia Hossain was launched at RC Majumdar auditorium of Dhaka University on Saturday.
China's billion-dollar Belt and Road party: Who's in and who's out
Leaders from across the world have arrived in Beijing for the second Belt and Road Forum, drawn by the possibility of billions of dollars in Chinese funding for infrastructure projects.
Sri Lanka bombers' mentor is dead, but his memory still stokes fear
Zahran Hashim had preached hate and violence for years. On Easter Sunday, at the Shangri-La hotel in Colombo, he put those words into action.
The dilemma of Imran Khan
PAKISTAN’S enigmatic prime minister Imran Khan, charismatic and outspoken, has, it seems, tasked himself with rewriting the rule book on relations inside the Islamic world.
NUSRAT MURDER Classmate Mohiuddin sent to jail
A Feni court on Friday sent Mohiuddin Shakil, who was arrested in the case of killing the 18-year old Sonagazi madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi, to jail after police produced him before the court.
ROHINGYA RELOCATION TO BHASAN CHAR PM criticises aid organisations
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Friday criticised international aid and voluntary organisations for opposing government move to relocate Rohingyas to Bhasan Char island form Cox’s Bazar camps.
Zahidur took oath under govt pressure: Fakhrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said that the party’s lawmaker-elect Md Zahidur Rahman from Thakurgaon 3 took oath as an MP under government pressure.
WASA sewage treatment plants construction in limbo
Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority is yet to begin construction works of four sewage treatment plants and renovation of existing Pagla plant under a 23-year master plan taken in September 2014.
PepsiCo is suing farmers in India for growing the potatoes it uses in Lays chips
PepsiCo is suing four farmers in India for copyright infringement, claiming they were growing a variety of potatoes trademarked by the company for exclusive use in its Lays potato chips.
