Bangladesh violence leaves at least 32 children killed: UNICEF
At least 32 children have died during student protests that engulfed Bangladesh last month, the UN’s children’s agency has said. The youngest child killed had yet to turn five years old, a Unicef spokesperson said, adding that most of those who died were bystanders. They were among more than 200 people who were killed during…
No one can be arrested without identification
Home Affairs Advisor Lt. Gen. (retd.) Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury has instructed that no one can be arrested without identification. The Ministry of Home Affairs announced this in a circular on Sunday (September 1). According to the notification, during any operation, the law enforcement forces have to identify themselves and arrest the accused or the…
Growth likely to slow to 4 percent this fiscal: World Bank
In the current financial year, the economic growth in Bangladesh may decrease to 4 percent. The World Bank forecasts weak growth in investment and industry and moderate growth in agriculture as a result of recent floods. The World Bank’s South Asia Development Update published today on Wednesday said that Bangladesh’s growth will slow down to…
ডিএনএ রিপোর্ট প্রমাণে সাক্ষ্য দিতে হবে প্রস্তুতকারীকে : হাইকোর্ট
বিয়ের প্রলোভন দিয়ে একাধিকবার ধর্ষণ। ফলে সন্তানসম্ভবা হয়ে পড়ে ওই কিশোরী। করা হয় ডিএনএ টেস্ট। টেস্টের কথিত রিপোর্টে তার প্রমাণ মেলেনি। যিনি ডিএনএ টেস্ট করেছেন তিনি ওই রিপোর্টের সপক্ষে আদালতে এসে সাক্ষ্য দেননি। যার কারণে ওই রিপোর্ট উচ্চ আদালতের কাছে বিশ্বাসযোগ্য হয়নি। এ প্রসঙ্গে হাইকোর্ট বলেছে, বিশেষজ্ঞ রিপোর্ট তখনই প্রমাণ হিসেবে গৃহীত হবে, যখন ওই…
A’League worried about organizational weakness
The party’s high command is worried about the organizational weakness of the Awami League and its allied-fraternal organizations outside the capital Dhaka and Dhaka. The party’s top leadership is worried about the failure to deal with a non-political anti-quota movement of common students as a party despite having instructions from the center and vandalism of…
3 conditions of Imran Khan in talks with the government
This information was given in a report of the Pakistan-based media The News International on Sunday.According to the report, former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Saturday presented three conditions for talks with the government to bring political stability in the country.Imran Khan presented these terms during an informal interaction with reporters in the…
