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Nargis Mohammadi, a renowned human rights activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize, has alleged that security forces sexually assault female prisoners in Iran’s prisons. Nargis, imprisoned for this, is facing a new trial, her family said yesterday on Saturday. The trial is scheduled to begin on Sunday. Earlier last April, Nargis sent an audio…
Despite many attempts and much discussion for the repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar for the past seven years, practically not a single person has been repatriated. On top of that, Bangladesh experts fear that this repatriation has become more uncertain due to the current internal conflict situation in Myanmar. Although the foreign minister…
Western governments are coming under growing pressure to halt arms sales to Israel over how it is waging the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israel is a major weapons exporter, but its military has been heavily reliant on imported aircraft, guided bombs and missiles to conduct what experts have described as one of…
The first shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived in Gaza via a temporary floating pier, the US military has confirmed. US Central Command said aid trucks had begun moving ashore at about 09:00 local time (07:00 BST) on Friday. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said 8,400 plastic shelters had been delivered. About 500 tonnes of British…
US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser has urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to connect the war in Gaza to a “political strategy” for the territory’s future. Jake Sullivan met Mr Netanyahu in Israel after holding talks in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. His intervention comes a day after war cabinet minister Benny Gantz threatened…
The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, for war crimes. Karim Khan KC said there were reasonable grounds to believe that both men bore criminal responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity from the…
The Israeli army has stepped up attacks across Gaza, killing dozens of Palestinians in the central part of the besieged enclave, as US national security adviser Jake Sullivan travelled to Israel to hold talks with senior officials. Sullivan was expected to press Israeli leaders on Sunday to take a more targeted approach in the country’s Gaza…
Gazipur Metropolitan Police raided a flat in North Khailkur of Gacha police station in the city and recovered 884 counterfeit notes worth 500 and 1000 taka four lakh 92 thousand and arrested two persons. Gazipur Metropolitan Police South Division Deputy Police Commissioner Mohammad Ibrahim Khan gave this information in a press briefing on Monday (May…
Battery-operated rickshaw drivers and traders protested with batons at Mirpur No. 10 in the capital. At that time, apart from attacking some buses, the angry people also beat the pedal rickshaw drivers. From 10 am on Sunday, they besieged Mirpur goal square No. 10. Their protest is against the recent operation of the police to…
Hajj flights started last May 9. Around 24,000 pilgrims have already arrived in Saudi Arabia. But the Hajj journey of 75 passengers of an agency has become uncertain. In this situation, the Ministry of Religion has banned the departure of the Chairman of Dia International Tours and Travels Kamrul Islam and Managing Director Mohammad Ali…
