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Three Bangladeshis have been included in the ‘Asian Influential-100’ list conducted by New York City and State of USA. They are Shahana Hanif, the first New York City Council member of Bangladeshi origin, Maf Misbahuddin, the National President of the Alliance of South Asian-America Labor Association, and Tanbir Chowdhury, the President of De C Blue…
A Bangladeshi was injured in the attack by miscreants in New York, USA. The incident took place in Jamaica, New York on Friday afternoon local time. The name of the injured person is Khorshed Alam Rinku. He does photojournalism as a part-time job. Khorshed Alam Rinku has been admitted to a local hospital with serious…
Nearly half of the total remittances in December last year came to Bangladesh through Islamic banking channels, according to the Bangladesh Bank. Migrant workers sent home Tk 10,619 crore in remittances in December last year through Islamic banks, which accounted for 48.41 percent of the total Tk 21,934 crore received through all types of banking…
The opposition candidate’s people have been accused of beating to death the vice chairman candidate Md Suman Mia while campaigning for the upcoming upazila parishad elections in Narsingdi’s Raipura. The attack took place in Mirekandi area of Paratali Union of the upazila on Wednesday (May 22) noon. Suman Mia is the son of Charsubuddhi Union…
Two sisters died after drowning in pond water in Panchora village of Comilla’s Burichong Upazila Rajapur Union. The incident took place on Wednesday (May 22) at noon in Panchora Dakshin Kalem para mosque-adjacent pond. Those two sisters are Umme Kulchum Tamanna (9) and Khadija Akhter (7). The father of these two deceased sisters of Panchora…
42 shops were gutted in a fire at Eidgaon in Cox’s Bazar. Two people were injured in the fire. The fire started at 5 am on Wednesday (May 22) in the traditional furniture market at Banshghata of Eidgaon Bazar. The injured are Shafiq (35) son of Babul of Haripur village of Islamabad Union and Kamal…
This time, the Arakan Army, a rebel group, has launched an attack on the Rohingyas in Rakhine. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is on alert to prevent the arrival of Rohingyas in the emerging situation. The Arakan Army, the country’s armed insurgent group, is fighting an ongoing battle with the military junta in Rakhine state. The…
Neighbors showered Ehsanul Hakim Sadhan with milk after he was elected chairman in the Baliakandi Upazila Parishad elections of Rajbari. At noon on Wednesday (May 22), the newly elected chairman was showered with 21 liters of milk by his supporters and residents. In the election, Ehsanul Hakim Sadhan Baliakandi won the post of Chairman of…
Human rights are inherent to us all, regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status… Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings – they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are inherent to us all, regardless of nationality, sex, national or ethnic…
“Together, let’s rejuvenate the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, demonstrate how it can meet the needs of our time AND advance its promise of freedom, equality and justice for all”. Pledges for Human Rights There were more than 286 pledges made from 150 Member States, NGOs, businesses and UN entities on a wide range of…
