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The initial shock of the devastating floods in Noakhali, Feni, and Comilla has begun to subside as swift efforts to manage the crisis take hold. News of the disaster on Wednesday spurred an outpouring of support, with people from all corners of the country mobilizing to save lives and offer aid. Many were unaware of…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami central working council member and Dhaka Metropolitan North Secretary Dr. Muhammad Rezaul Karim said, ‘The path of the Islamic movement is not one of flowers, but of friendship. Unspeakable torture has come down on those who have invited the right to religion to the self-indulgent people over the ages. Even the prophets and…
The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West by Todd H Green was published in 2015 by Fortress Press. Todd Green is an Associate Professor of Religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and a former US State Department advisor on Islamophobia in Europe. This book is an incredibly informative and well-researched introductory…
The High Court ruled that the accused cannot be kept in solitary confinement (known as condemned cell) before the death sentence is finalised. The court said death row convicts should be treated like other prisoners. However, in the interest of the safety of death row convicts or other prisoners, the prison authorities can keep him…
Thousands of people are surrounding the state secretariat demanding the resignation of the chief minister over the much-discussed rape and murder of a doctor in West Bengal, India. West Bengal Chhatra Samaj, a non-political organization of students, started ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ in the direction of West Bengal State Secretariat on Tuesday morning local time. On this…
It is Awami League’s policy decision to not allow relatives of the party’s ministers and lawmakers to contest the upcoming upazila parishad elections, the ruling party’s General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today. “It is a policy decision of Awami League to prevent relatives of ministers and MPs from participating in the local government elections. There…
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has returned to the country after a health check-up in Singapore. He arrived in Dhaka at 6 pm today Thursday Bangladesh time on Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG 0585.It should be noted that Obaidul Quader went to Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital for a…
Women, men and children of various ages have been digging the soil piled up in the brick kiln for a week in the hope of gold. Rajor village of Ranishankail upazila of Thakurgaon on Friday Photo: Prothom Alo In Ranishankoil of Thakurgaon, a massive search for gold has been going on for several days in a…
Narendra Modi is the Prime Minister of India for the third time in a row but this time he has to form a coalition government. His new cabinet of 72 members has 30 full ministers. There are 36 Ministers of State and five Ministers of State with independent responsibility (there will be no minister in…
