Cloud of accountability in Sri Lanka
THE cloud of accountability that has dogged Sri Lanka since the end of the war has begun to spread. There was warning of this reality when the UN human rights commissioner in her March 2019 report on Sri Lanka made a recommendation that the international community should use the
Diarrhoea cases surge in capital
There has been an unusual surge in the number of diarrhoea patients in and around Bangladesh capital Dhaka at the very outset of this summer.
River route workers agree to join work after daylong strike
Bangladesh Noujan Sramik Federation on early Wednesday postponed for 45 days work abstention of waterway workers that caused sufferings to hundreds of passengers and business people and hampered export and import through sea ports on Tuesday.
Eminent citizens ask govt to bring ex-OC Moazzem to book
Eminent citizens of the country have demanded immediate government actions against former officer-in-charge of Sonagazi police station Moazzem Hossain of Feni for his alleged breach of job rules and committing criminal offences over the case on sexual assault and fire attack on the deceased madrassah girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi.
BNP trashes reports on Khaleda’s release on parole
Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday termed ‘baseless’ different media reports on their chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release on parole saying that there had been no decision yet in this regard.
Actor Ferdous to return to Bangladesh as India revokes visa
Bangladeshi film actor Ferdous Ahmed’s visa has been revoked by the Indian authorities allegedly for campaigning for the Trinamool Congress for the upcoming Loko Shabha election, scheduled on April 18.
ACC begins probe into forged release of imports
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday initiated an inquiry into the release of some 30 containers under 22 import consignments from the Chattogram Customs House, which was
How Australia's 'everyday racism' moved from political fringe to mainstream media
In the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks, the kind of racist comments usually found in the darkest corners of far-right chat sites were suddenly, stunningly, coming from the keyboard of an Australian senator.
How Australia's 'everyday racism' moved from political fringe to mainstream media
In the aftermath of the Christchurch attacks, the kind of racist comments usually found in the darkest corners of far-right chat sites were suddenly, stunningly, coming from the keyboard of an Australian senator.
Fire guts Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris; Macron pledges to rebuild
A massive fire consumed Notre-Dame Cathedral on Monday, gutting the roof of the Paris landmark and stunning France and the world, though firefighters saved the main bell towers and outer walls from collapse before bringing the blaze under control.
