BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government is working relentlessly for further strengthening democracy and speeding up development in the country as Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland QC paid a courtesy call on her. “We’re working tirel ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Myanmar said on Thursday a request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek jurisdiction over suspected deportations of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh was “meritless and should be dismissed”. Judges at the court had asked Myanma ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: A row over human rights in Saudi Arabia will not have any impact on Saudi oil supplies to Canada, its energy minister said on Thursday, reassuring customers after Riyadh froze new trade with Canada and ruled out mediation efforts. Saudi Arabia, infuriated by Canada ...বিস্তারিত
MEMO: Israeli Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz said his government rejected an EU plan to link the Gaza Strip with the West Bank by train, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. “I made it clear that Gaza will not be linked to Judea and Samaria [the West Bank],” Kat ...বিস্তারিত
Russia Today: An execution in Saudi Arabia has again caused a media stir after a man was beheaded and crucified in Mecca for murder, robbery and rape. It comes amid a human rights spat between the ultra-conservative kingdom and Canada. The Myanmar man was convicted of killi ...বিস্তারিত
VOA News: Ahlam Jbara lives in Chicago, Illinois — six hours away from Detroit, Michigan — which means she can’t vote in the state’s primary election. But the race for Michigan’s 13th Congressional District was too important, and personal, for Jbara to miss. So sh ...বিস্তারিত
BSS: Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Kazi M Aminul Islam yerterday said a separate Economic Zone can be set up for manufacturing halal products. He made this comment while speaking at seminar, titled ‘Halal Certification Standards ...বিস্তারিত
Banglanews24: Visiting Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland assured of the organization’s support to Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue. Patricia Scotland gave the assurance in a meeting with the Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday (August 9). The two leaders h ...বিস্তারিত
Al Jazeera: Asma al-Assad, the wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, began treatment for early stage breast cancer as the government released an image of her with an intravenous drip inserted in her left hand on its social media accounts. "Asma al-Assad is beginning the ...বিস্তারিত
Russia Today: Russia, Iran and Turkey told a meeting of the Syria humanitarian taskforce on Thursday that they would do their utmost to avoid a battle that would threaten millions of civilians in rebel-held Idlib, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said. He estimated tha ...বিস্তারিত
