THE Dhaka South City Corporation鈥檚 attempt to evict cleaners from their colony in the Old Town of Dhaka, going against a High Court decision, that has left many injured is unacceptable. The Miranzilla Harijan Colony residents say that on July 11, the city authorities used force to evict them and supporters of the Ward 33 councillor attacked them...
The High Court on Wednesday set July 11 for pronouncing its verdict on contempt of the court proceedings brought against Gana Odhikar Parishad faction president Md Nurul Haque Nur for making 鈥榙efamatory remarks鈥� about the judiciary and judges...
THE government鈥檚 anti-corruption pledges have unfortunately remained rhetorical. The prime minister once again said in the parliament on June 29 that the government had started its drive against corruption and would spare none. Such a statement, made plenty of times earlier, hardly reflects the government鈥檚 position on corruption as it has...
Teachers of the country鈥檚 different public universities on Tuesday resumed the half-day work abstention under a three-day protest demanding the cancellation of the universal pension scheme notification for them, terming it as discriminatory...
The Left Democratic Alliance leaders on Friday at a protest rally called on the Dhaka South City Corporation authority to refrain from evicting the dwellers of the Miranzilla Harijan Sweeper Colony in the capital鈥檚 Bangshal area until their relocation...
Violence against children in armed conflicts reached 鈥榚xtreme levels鈥� in 2023, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to a forthcoming UN report obtained by AFP on Tuesday...
Gutted buildings, vacant windows and blocks bombed to rubble show the price paid by the western Myanmar town of Pauktaw for victory against the junta in the country鈥檚 civil war...
Leaders of the Ganatantra Mancha, a combine of six political parties, on Wednesday at a rally in Dhaka demanded action against corruption...
Even the most optimistic of political analysts did not expect that the International Criminal Court鈥檚 chief prosecutor would be uttering these words:..
THE Israeli-Hamas war is a complex, tragic, and enduring issue in contemporary global politics. The South African government has always expressed deep concern over Israel鈥檚 ruthless military operations against the Palestinian people. Indeed, the governing party, the African National Congress, has a long history of solidarity and sympathy for the Palestinian struggle...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange on Tuesday urged the National Board of Revenue not to impose any tax on capital gains of general investors in the upcoming national budget for the financial year 2024-25...
The RAB鈥檚 intelligence-based drive against the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army is continuing and operations are being launched as soon as any information is received...
WITH a membership of 57 states located across the world, the 54-year-old Organisation of Islamic Cooperation is the second biggest inter-governmental body after the United Nations. The grouping formally recognises itself as the 鈥榗ollective voice of the Muslim world.鈥� Established in Rabat, Kingdom of Morocco...
Nagarik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Friday threatened a large-scale movement against hikes in prices of essential commodities after day temperatures dropped...
Students at Ireland鈥檚 prestigious Trinity College Dublin on Wednesday ended a five-day-long protest against Israel鈥檚 actions in Gaza after they said their demands were met by the university leadership...
The Bangladesh Mahila Parishad on Wednesday expressed concerns over as incidents of violence against girls and women were rising in the streets, indoors and outdoors by the youth gang members and relatives as well...
Columbia, the prestigious New York university at the heart of US campus protests against the war in Gaza, announced on Monday that it has cancelled the main ceremony for graduating students next week...
Bangladesh Hawkers Union leaders on Monday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the government to stop eviction of hawkers in Dhaka city without providing them with alternative job or workplace...
Barishal Cyber Tribunal asked the police to investigate a case against six people, including three journalists, for live-streaming a press conference on social media Facebook at Patharghata press club in Barguna...
Romanian prosecutors Friday issued a fresh indictment against former president Ion Iliescu for crimes against humanity in a deadly 1990 crackdown on protesters, the latest of several proceedings against him...
Security forces in a joint operation against the ethnic armed group Kuki-Chin National Front and its sympathisers between Sunday night and Monday arrested 54 people, including 18 women in Bandarban...
THE death of a forest official at the hands of a group of soil lifters at Harinmara in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on March 31 shows the extent of the dominance of people involved...