PM’s birthday a muted affair due to Rohingya crisis

The ruling Awami League (AL) and its affiliated organisations yesterday observed the 71st birthday of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina by organising various…

Seminar on use of RTI Act in investigative journalism

Journalists might be covering news about the Right To Information (RTI) Act, but they, themselves, are not utilising the Act so much, and the culture of hiding information remains a big obstacle in making Bangladesh an information-rich society. Chief information commissioner Prof. Md. Golam Rahman said…

Cautionary signal 3 for maritime ports

The Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has advised the country’s maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Mongla and Paira to hoist local cautionary signal number 3 following deep convection taking place at the Bay of Bengal yesterday. The BMD has also asked the fishing trawlers…

PM recovering well: Joy

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who underwent a successful gallbladder surgery in the US capital of Washington on Monday, is now recovering well. “She is now recovering well,” PM’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy today said in his Facebook post, reports BSS. Joy, also the ICT adviser to the prime…

Rohingyas to be termed ‘forcibly displaced’

The government has decided to term the Rohingya people ‘forcibly displaced nationals from Myanmar’ and not ‘refugees’, who have taken shelter in Bangladeshi fleeing violence in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque said this yesterday at a programme organised…

Quader banks on China, Russia support

Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader yesterday expressed hope that China and Russia will support Bangladesh over the Rohingya issue. “China and Russia are now becoming sympathetic towards the ongoing Rohingya crisis. I hope the two countries will support the UN Security Council’s…

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