Bangladesh

    Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested four alleged members of Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), including a pilot of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, who had been planning acts of sabotage on an aircraft. The arrested pilot is Sabbir Ahmed, a first officer of the national flag carrier and son of Habibullah Bahar Azad. He was arrested after a drive at a militant den at Mirpur Mazar Road on September 7 last. Azad is the owner of the six-storey building where the militant hideout was busted. RAB Director (Media) Mufti Mahmud Khan said they arrested the four alleged militants in an overnight drive beginning on Monday in Mirpur area. The identities of the three others could not be known immediately. Earlier, the elite force recovered the skulls of seven people, i...

    BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday distributed relief goods among the Rohingya refugees during her visit at Rohingya camps in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar. The BNP chief reached Moinar Ghona area of Palongkhali union at Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar at about 11:45am.The refugees waited for the relief goods on a queue before Khaleda Zia reached there. BNP relief committee head Mirza Abbas handed over around 45 trucks carrying 100 metric tons of relief goods to Army. Khaleda Zia officially opened the relief distribution programme. Later, members of Bangladesh Army distributed the donated relief among the Rohingyas. The BNP chief started her journey for Ukhia from Cox’s Bazar Circuit House around 11:20am. She will visit three Rohingya camps at Moinar Ghona, Hakim Para, Bal...

    State Counsellor and Myanmar Union Minister for Foreign Affairs Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday said her government started work on repatriation of Rohingyas who are living in Bangladesh. She also said the Myanmar government has started work to implement the recommendations made by the Kofi Annan Commission to bring solution to the Rohingya crisis. Suu Kyi conveyed it to Home Minister Asaduzzaman during a meeting held at her office in Myanmar’s capital city. The Home Minister invited Suu Kyi to visit Bangladesh. In reply, Suu Kyi said she will visit Bangladesh at a time convenient to both sides. Home Ministry sources said the repatriation process will be done as per the Kofi Annan and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s five-point proposal. Minister Khan also informed Suu Kyi abo...

    A domestic flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, which faced problem in a wheel after taking off from Syedpur Airport, landed safely at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Wednesday morning. Biman's general manager (PR) Shakil Meraj said Dash-8, a plane of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, took off from Syedpur Airport at 9:33am with some 66 passengers, including women and children, on board. Just after the take-off, wheel No. 4 of the back side of the aircraft got damaged, Shakil added. However, the pilot successfully managed to land the aircraft with his outstanding skills at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 10:38am, the general manager said. Tofail Ahmed, one of the passengers, appreciated the pilot’s work saying, ‘We are happy that the pilot landed the plane smo...

    As Rohingya women struggle to access even the very basics such as food and water in Bangladesh’s overcrowded camps, a flourishing sex trade offers cash in times of desperation. Four women entered the clean-swept mud hut, took off their black shawls and sat cross-legged on the floor. When asked if they sold sex, the women stirred uncomfortably and were silent. Later, after cups of tea, the question came up again. The women caught each other’s eyes. Slowly one of them walked across the room to shut the door, another blocked the window. Darkness fell in the small, humid hut and voices turned to whispers. If anyone finds out what we do, they will kill us,’ murmured 26-year-old Romida. More than 600,000 ethnic Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, have fled attacks by the Mya...

    Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said Chief Justice SK Sinha is destined to face Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) investigations as 11 scheduled allegations of graft and moral lapses were surfaced against him with an overnight Supreme Court statement. Nobody is above the law, he told a crowded press conference at his office. Anisul Huq said the statutory Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) was likely to investigate the allegations as almost all of the allegations against him fall under the ACC purview while ‘it is the prerogative of the President to take (the subsequent) actions if the charges are proved. The law minister’s comments came a day after the Supreme Court issued a statement revealing that President Abdul Hamid last week conveyed the apex court judges about the 11...

The human tie is held in Kattoli under Pahartoli Police Station of CMP in opposition to Murder of brilliant student of Chittagong government City College and house wife Monisha Das (Popi) organized by her mournful family demanding justice. There attended in the human tie held on 6th October at 11 A.M in front of Chittagong press Club : Dilip Das father of Monisha, Tunto Das mother of Monisha, Madov Das uncle of Monisha, Ratan Das,Anna Das, Debasish Ruddara, Daizy Ruddara, Bijoy Das, Chanda Das Munmun, Uttam Dey, Swapan Das, Ashish Das Bacchu, Sushmi Das, Pompi Das, Bhivu Chakraborty, Rubel Das, Md.Lokman, Ujjal Dutta, Sanjib Chakraborty Tinku, Md.Ishak Mia Babul, Apu Dutta, Tonmoy Dey, Liza Das, Sworup Biswas, Joy Chowdhury, Rita Das Bappi, Sawpan Chowdhury, Junto Chowdhury, Bablu Dey, Min...

    The Hindu devotees are celebrating Maha Ashtami, at different Puja mandaps across the country. The main attraction of Maha Ashtami is Kumari Puja in which a pre-pubescent girl is worshipped as ‘Mother Goddess’. Thousands of Hindu devotees are flocking to Puja mandaps throughout the country to celebrate Kumari Puja. The celebrations mark the triumph of good over evil. The rituals began around 11:00 am where girls were worshipped as the goddess at Puja mandaps, including Dhaka’s Ramkrishna Mission Temple. The worshipped girl symbolises the power that regulates creation, stability and destruction on earth. The goddess is bathed symbolically and dressed for the final battle. It is believed that on this day, Durga killed the demon. In old days, a buffalo was offered as sacrific...

    The second consignment of China’s relief for the Rohingya refugees, who have fled to Bangladesh amid persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State since August 25, arrived in Chittagong on Thursday. A cargo flight of China with 53.50 tonnes of relief materials, including 2,000 pieces of tents and 3,000 pieces of blankets, arrived at Shah Amanat International Airport in the morning. Mohammad Zillur Rahman Chowdhury, deputy commissioner of Chittagong, received the relief items from Chinese Embassy Economic and Commercial Counsellor Li Guangjun at around 9:30am. Habibur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner, said China has sent 110 tonnes of relief materials for the Rohingya refugees, who have taken shelter in Bangladesh, in two phases. The relief will be distributed among Rohingya...

    Bangladesh’s ranking in the World Economic Forum’s latest Global Competitiveness Index has moved up by seven places to 99 out of 137 countries surveyed. The reports says: ‘Competitiveness has improved across most countries in South Asia (as seen in Figure 4a and 4b), in particular in the two Himalayan countries of Bhutan (82nd, up 15) and Nepal (88th, up 10). On a similarly positive trend, Pakistan (115th, up seven) and Bangladesh (99th, up seven) have both improved their scores across all pillars of competitiveness. Upgrading ICT infrastructure and increasing ICT use remain among the biggest challenges for the region: over the past decade, South Asia has been the area where technological readiness stagnated the most, with a performance similar to that of sub-Saharan Afric...