News Desk :Condolences poured in from around the world on Friday after the death of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who...
Day: September 10, 2022
News Desk :Bells tolled across Britain on Friday and mourners flocked to palace gates to honor Queen Elizabeth II as...
Gulam Rabbani :The High Court in a full text of a verdict observed that the right to leave the country by citizen has never been considered as absolute right. Despite the long standing ideal of free movement, it has in practice always been subject to State restrictions, it also observed. The High Court bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Md Mostafizur Rahman delivered the verdict after hearing on a writ petition filed by Tafsir Mohammad Awal, one...
News Desk :Bangladesh on Friday declared three days of national mourning in memory of British Queen Elizabeth II who died on Thursday after 70 years on the throne.From September 9 to September 11, the national flag will be kept at half-mast at all government, semi-government and autonomous organisations, educational institutions, non-government buildings and Bangladesh missions abroad, according to a notification issued by the Cabinet division.Special prayers for the departed soul will also be arranged, as per the notification, reports UNB.Queen...
The Diplomat :Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to India on September 5 to 8 saw the two sides signing seven Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs). These envisage cooperation in the areas of river water sharing, space, science and technology, broadcasting, and capacity building among railway and judicial personnel of the two countries.Foremost among the pacts signed following talks between Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in New Delhi was the MoU to finalize an interim bilateral agreement on the...
Reuters :Sterling jumped against the dollar on Friday, as most majors fought back against the greenback’s recent strength, capping a volatile week in which the pound hit a 35-year low, Britain saw a new prime minister, and Queen Elizabeth passed away.The pound rose over 1% to as much as $1.1646, its highest level this month, and was last at $1.622.Sterling’s moves against the euro were much more muted. The euro was a whisker lower at 86.77 pence.“Today it’s a dollar...
Staff Reporter :Awami-League (AL) leader was shot dead by miscreants in Pabna in broad daylight. The incident occurred on Friday noon at Bangabari village of Himayetpur union in Pabna sadar.Victim leader was identified as Saidar Rahman Pramanik, 50, tenant of Kablipara village of the union. He was an executive member of Pabna pourashava unit AL.According to the deceased’s family, and locals, Saidur was sitting with some people in a tea shop at Najur Mor few minutes before Juma prayers. Suddenly...
Staff Reporter :A section of Gonoforum President Mostafa Mohsin Montu said that Bangladesh got ‘Jugglery with figures’ from the two Prime Ministers Bangla-desh’s Sheikh Hasaina and India’s Narendea Modi.He raised a question that what Bangladesh has achieved from PM India visit? He said that we did not get anything. We have given India all connectivity line but still did not get Tista yet. Criticism emerged that we did not get any connectivity from other neighbours such as electricity from Nepal...
Staff Reporter :The opposition political parties are criticising the government for not having secured significant achievement during Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official visit to India from September 5-8.Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lashed the government saying that there was no visible achievement in the PM’s recent visit. Rather the nation witnessed a killing of a Bangladeshi national by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) and missing two others. “It was said that the border killing will be brought to zero. But...
Staff Reporter :Akbar Ali Khan, caretaker government advisor, economist, historian, researcher and teacher, was buried at Mirpur Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard...