Biden announced a $425 million security package for Ukraine
President Joe Biden has announced an additional $425 million security aid package for Kiev amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. Stryker armored vehicles and advanced weapons are included in this package. The Biden administration continues to provide military aid to defeat Moscow in the Ukraine war. On Wednesday (October 16), the US president spoke by…
Human rights ndicators
Tools for measuring progress Human rights indicators are essential in the implementation of human rights standards and commitments, to support policy formulation, impact assessment and transparency. OHCHR has developed a framework of indicators to respond to a longstanding demand to develop and deploy appropriate statistical indicators in furthering the cause of human rights. One of…
BNP will bring back caretaker government system: Tariq Rahman
Acting Chairman of BNP Tariq Rahman said that BNP wants to re-attach the caretaker government system to the constitution to restore the voting rights of the people. He said this at the Khulna division meeting on Monday (September 2) as part of a series of discussions with Trinamool leaders and activists. Tariq Rahman said, ‘Bangladesh…
Blueprint for smuggling abroad!
Rajshahi-based Amana Group has collected ‘deposits’ of at least 800 crore rupees from all over the country with the lure of higher profits than banks or financial institutions. Controversy has already arisen over their fundraising activities modeled on multi-level marketing (MLM). Serious allegations of fraud have been made in the name of trade by showing…
Chief justice urges all to follow Bangabandhu’s ideology
Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan has urged everyone to follow the ideology of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman to build a non-communal Bangladesh. Everyone should hold in their heart the spirit of non-communalism so that people of all faiths can live peacefully, he said while addressing a conference of children at an auditorium of the Supreme Court…
আরাকান আর্মিকে নৃশংসভাবে দমনের চেষ্টা
আরাকান আর্মিকে নৃশংসভাবে দমনের চেষ্টা করেছিল তারা। এরপরে বার্মিজ জান্তার এলাই হয়ে রোহিঙ্গাদের বাসভূমি আরাকান থেকে উচ্ছেদ করা হল। বাংলাদেশের সরকারকে বাধ্য করা হল সীমান্ত খুলে ১১ লক্ষ রোহিঙ্গাদের স্থান দিতে। তারা নিজেদের দুই অংশের সমুদ্র সংযোগ করতে ইকোনোমিক করিডোরের কাজ শুরু করলো, কালাদান মাল্টি-মোডাল ট্রানসিট ট্রান্সপোর্ট প্রজেক্ট। (কলকাতার হুগলি বন্দর থেকে সমুদ্রপথে আরাকানের সিত্তে…
Hamas-Blinken clash over cease-fire proposal
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the Palestinian independence group Hamas has proposed ‘multiple changes’ to a US-backed resolution on a Gaza ceasefire. Some of these proposals are not workable. But the mediators are determined to try for a ceasefire. Meanwhile, in an interview given to Al-Arabiya television, Hamas official Osama Hamdan denied this…