Syed Refat Ahmed was appointed as the Chief Justice
High Court Division Justice Syed Refat Ahmed has been appointed as the 25th Chief Justice of Bangladesh. He was appointed by the President under Article 95 of the Constitution. President Md. Sahabuddin appointed him to this position on Saturday (August 10) night. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Law announced the appointment of Md. Ashfaqul Islam as…
‘Market-based interest rates will be painful for businesses’
“Businesses will find the central bank’s move of the market-based interest rates painful as the cost of borrowing will rise. But the policies have been taken in the right direction,” Mustafizur Rahman, a distinguished fellow of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), said today. He shared the view after the Bangladesh Bank took three major…
7 more people died in dengue
In the last 24 hours, 1 thousand 139 people have been admitted to hospital with dengue. During this time, seven people died due to dengue. This information was informed from the Health Emergency Operation Center and Control Room of the Department of Health on Tuesday. It said that among the new patients admitted to the…
Israel attacks Gaza school, kills 28
At least 28 people, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli attack on a school used as a shelter for displaced families in Gaza. Another 54 people were injured. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported this information. The attack took place on Thursday at the Rufaida al-Aslamiya school near the Red Crescent headquarters in…
To realize the aspirations of mass revolution, we must be united in the field: the state reform movement
The leaders of the state reform movement said that the students must be united in the field to implement and protect the desire of the people’s revolution. All parties should transform this victory and unity into true national unity and stop the conspiracy of counter-revolution. The speakers said these things in the dialogue entitled ‘The…
The flood water is slowly receding and the suffering is increasing
The flood situation in Sylhet and Sunamganj is improving due to the absence of heavy rainfall and the subsidence of the upstream hills. The water has started coming down slowly. Some people have started returning home from the shelters. Again, as the water is rising in the Howrah area, new people are going to shelters….
The surge in Islamophobia on Biden’s watch is unprecedented
The surge in Islamophobic bias in the United States in late 2023 horrifies the soul. Wadea al-Fayoume, a six-year-old Muslim Palestinian boy, was stabbed to death in Chicago. A Georgia teacher threatened to decapitate a student for criticising an Israeli flag he put up in the classroom. A Maryland-based Muslim’s routine donation to a place…