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From artificial intelligence drones to hypersonic missiles, the modern battlefield is packed with all the latest technology. But among these, one technology that is hundreds of years old still holds equal importance – and that is: Morse code. Chord lines of different tones, which a railroad worker would have understood just by sight more than…
Iranian officials confirmed that all aboard the helicopter, including Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Amir Abdollahian, were killed. “President Raisi, the foreign minister and all other passengers on board the helicopter were killed in the crash,” a senior Iranian official told Reuters news agency. However, he did not want to reveal his name…
DHAKA, April 24, 2024, (BSS): The National Human Rights Commission has expressed concern about the suddenly rising and so-called human rights institution and organizations, and has condemned their activities of embezzlement and fraudulence. “Numerous suddenly rising, upstart human rights organizations have been engaging in fraudulent activities and for a long time. Also, using similar names…
DHAKA, Apr 25, 2024 (BSS) – Criticising the recently released US State Department’s 2023 Human Rights Report, a foreign ministry spokesperson today said it is apparent that the report mostly relies on assumptions and unsubstantiated allegations. “As such, some of the inherent and evident biases in the reporting pattern are quite evident”, said spokesperson Seheli…
The 12th Parliament went into its second session at 5:04pm on Thursday. Prior to this, the Business Advisory Committee met at 4pm to determine the session’s duration and agenda. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury presided over the committee meeting, setting the stage for parliamentary proceedings. According to sources at the Parliament Secretariat, this session is expected…
Speaker of Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has said Bangladesh is committed to maintaining human rights and the rule of law. “Bangladesh is ensuring economic, social, and political justice for all,” she said. She said these at a meeting held with speakers of the Commonwealth countries along with the Speaker of the House of Commons…
There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Bangladesh last year, according to the “2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Bangladesh”. The US State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labour published the report early today. Secretary of State Antony Blinken launched it. In December 2021, the US imposed sanctions on Rab…
Israeli forces have continued to bombard the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, where Israel’s military offensive is deepening a humanitarian crisis in the already ravaged part of the Palestinian enclave. Hamas said on Friday that its fighters were battling invading Israeli troops in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia – the Gaza Strip’s largest refugee camp –…
Joe Biden has sought to address anger on United States university campuses over his support for Israel amid the war in Gaza, as the US president delivered a graduation speech at a historically Black university attended by Martin Luther King Jr. Biden’s graduation speech on Sunday at Morehouse College in Atlanta, in the election battleground state of…
Nearly 800,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since Israel launched its offensive against the southern Gaza city last week, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has said. Lazzarini decried the repeated displacement of Palestinians in the statement on Saturday. “Since the war in Gaza began, Palestinians have been forced…
