US to look into ‘unhealthy competition’ in garment pricing
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) is going to hold a hearing involving Bangladesh to see whether a recent rise in prices of garment items sourced from the country had anything to do with unhealthy competition. The USITC found out that the prices the US paid for each unit of Bangladeshi garments had recently…
India will not have any relationship or contact with Jamaat
On August 5, Sheikh Hasina’s government fell in the face of a mass uprising by students. Jamaat-e-Islami was banned by the Awami League government just four days ago. However, after the change in political status, the ban on Jamaat was lifted. Jamaat-e-Islami is now continuing its activities like other political parties as there is no…
Hizbollah chief is alive and well
Israel has launched a new attack on Lebanon. The aim is to kill the main leader of the armed group Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrullah. It was feared that Nasrullah was injured or killed in this attack. However, according to Reuters, the Hezbollah chief is alive and well. The news agency reported this information about people close…
BNP leader Khokon walks out of jail
BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon was freed from jail after granting bail on Wednesday after more than six and a half months of his arrest. He walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 12:30pm, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi. After the release, some leaders and activists received…
How healthy is cycling really? Where is the risk?
“The innate joy of riding a bicycle is unmatched” – former US President John F. Kennedy’s quote is popular on the Internet. Whether or not he really says it, cycling is considered one of the easiest ways to keep the body and mind in shape. Even in Bangladesh, it is difficult to find a person…
Hezbollah’s rocket attack targeting Israeli air base
37 people were killed and 3,000 injured in the simultaneous explosion of tens of thousands of pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah members on Tuesday and Wednesday, and a senior commander named Ibrahim Akil was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Friday. These incidents raised the specter of an all-out war on the Israel-Lebanon border….
Sheikh Hasina will have to face trial after returning home
Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina should be arrested and tried, said Nahid Islam, advisor to the interim government and leader of anti-discrimination student movement. He made this comment in an interview given to Reuters on Friday (August 9). This student-coordinator, who led the quota reform movement and later the mass uprising against the Awami League…
The request to return to the hall was rejected, ‘Dalal-Dalal’ slogans
The protesting students of Dhaka University refused the request to return to the hall. Monday (July 15) around 7:50 PM Dr. Provost in front of Muhammad Shahidullah Hall. Mohammad Javed Hossain gave such requests and instructions. Later, the students were seen chanting slogans of ‘Dalal Dalal’ ‘Bhua Bhua’ after rejecting the instructions and requests. On…
