Day: May 1, 2024
City Desk : Speakers at a workshop on Tuesday said Bangladesh must have a “definite and transparent” system of calculating greenhouse gas emissions. The national workshop on ‘Transition to Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF): The Way Forward for Bangladesh’ was held at Bangabandhu Military Museum in Dhaka, reports UNB. The Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organised the workshop under the ‘Climate Promise – From Pledge to Impact’ project The key...
AFP : Police clashed with protesters at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday, including using pepper spray, and made arrests while dismantling an encampment, adding to the more than 350 people detained nationwide over the weekend. The UN on Tuesday voiced concern over heavy-handed steps taken to disperse and dismantle pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses in the United States. Police clashed with protesters at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday, including using pepper spray, and made...
Staff Reporter : A recent research paper by the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) revealed that since its inception, at least 451 journalists have been sued under the Digital Security Act (DSA), with 255 of them facing legal action for their reporting. Among the accused, 209 journalists are associated with national-level media outlets, while 197 are from regional media organizations. Shockingly, the research also indicates that at least 97 journalists have been arrested, including 50 local journalists. The CGS’s research,...
Court Correspondent : A court of Habiganj sentenced seven people to death and 10 others to life imprisonment for beating a senior citizen to death in 2003. Additional District and Sessions Judge-1 Court Judge Md. Azizul Haque handed down the verdict on Tuesday afternoon. The court also fined the convicts Tk one lakh each. Habiganj District and Sessions Judge Court Additional Public Prosecutor Saleh Uddin Ahmed confirmed the media about the verdict. He said of the convicts, one is on...
AFP : The UK expects to deport 5,700 migrants to Rwanda this year, a senior minister said Tuesday, after the government published new details on the controversial plan. The figures come days after the scheme aimed at deterring migrant arrivals on small boats from northern Europe became law following months of parliamentary wrangling. Rwanda has “in principle” agreed to accept 5,700 migrants already in the UK, the interior ministry revealed late Monday. Of those, 2,143 “can be located for detention”...
Chattogram Bureau : Hajj Jatri Kayllan Parishad (HJKP) formed a peaceful humanchain at Station Road in the city on Saturday demanding recommission of Pahartali Haji camp into Chattogram Divisional Hajj office immediately. Leaders of HJKP, honourable hajj pilgrims and aspirant Omrah jatri and wellwishers participated the humanchain. President of HJKP Ahmadul Islam Chowdhury and the secretary General Principal Dr.Abdul Karim delivered speech in it. In their deliverations told Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed concerneds in 2016 to operate Pahartali Haji...
Staff Reporter : A total of 45 police inspectors have been promoted to the posts of assistant police superintendent (ASP). The Security Division of the home ministry issued three separate notifications signed by Deputy Secretary Mahabur Rahman Sheikh in this regard on Monday. The lists of the police officers were published on the ministry’s website. The promoted members will get BCS (Police) cadre status. According to the notification, the promoted police officers include 22 inspectors (unarmed), 19 inspectors (armed) and...