Gulf News, Cairo :The recent death of a girl of circumcision has sparked outrage, sounding the alarm that the centuries-old practice is still alive in the conservative country years after it was banned.Nada Hassan, 12, reportedly died due to complications as she was subjected to a female genital mutilation (FGM) operation at a private clinic in her hometown of Assiut, about 380 kilometres south of Cairo.After the child’s death, police arrested the doctor who had performed the illegal operation, her...
Staff Reporter :The Washington-based human rights organisation, Right to Freedom (RF), has commented that the Bangladesh government should pay a price for its systematic assault on democracy and human rights ahead of the election. In a statement on ‘Bangladesh’s January 7 General Election’, the President of Right to Freedom Ambassador William B Millam, also a senior US diplomat and specialist in South Asia and West Africa, said on December 29. Since early 2023, Right to Freedom has called attention to...
BBC Online: Former US President Bill Clinton has set out the case why his wife and “best friend” Hillary should...
Moulvibazar Correspondent :Bangladesh Tea Garden Workers Union went on strike for an indefinite period in all the country’s tea gardens...
S M Mizanur Rahman :The government may get permission from the Thai government today (Tuesday) to carryout investigation whether any Bangladeshi national was rescued alive or found dead in the graves traced recently in the jungle of Thai southern region.”We have already sought Thai government permission to investigate into the incident. We are expecting Thai government’s permission in this regard tomorrow,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam told The New Nation on Monday.Replying to a query he said...
Violence has erupted as millions head to the polls in Pakistan, with at least 31 dead in the worst attack,...
Al Jazeera News :Cameroon’s army, with backing from a regional anti-Boko Haram task force, have killed at least 100 fighters from the Nigerian armed group and freed 900 people it had held hostage, the army and defence ministry said on Wednesday.”In the course of this operation, at least 100 members of Boko Haram were killed. Nine hundred hostages detained by Boko Haram were freed,” army spokesman Colonel Didier Badjeck announced on Wednesday. Joseph Beti Assomo, Cameroon’s Minister of Defence, said...
UNB, Jashore :A Ansar member was shot dead by some unknown miscreants in broad daylight at Hashimpur village in Sadar upazila on Saturday.The deceased was identified as Hosain Ali Tarafdar, 55, son of Ershad Ali Tarafdar of Hashimpur village.Locals said when Hosain was having tea in front of a tea stall in the village around 10 am a group of miscreants appeared there and fired gunshots on him, leaving him dead on the spot.Victim’s daughter said her father came home...
Al Amin : Under pressure from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the government’s upcoming budget for fiscal year 2024-25 may...
Staff Reporter :The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) seized a huge quantity of illegal liquor and casino equipment from the...
Kazi Zahidul Hasan :The central bank is set to dissolve the boards of directors of Farmers Bank and NRB Commercial Bank in line with the suggestions of a Parliamentary Standing Committee, sources said.The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance earlier recommended the central bank for dissolving the Boards of the Directors of the banks on allegations of corruption and mismanagement. “Bangladesh Bank (BB) has already initiated the process of dissolving the banks’ boards as per the directive of the parliamentary body,”...
Staff Reporter :Senior Supreme Court lawyer and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Vice-Chairman Khandker Mahbub Hossain was kept on ventilator support in a hospital in capital Dhaka on Wednesday after his health condition deteriorated.Khandaker Mahbub’s junior Advocate Mohammad Shishir Monir and Advocate Mahbubur Rahman Dulal said that Khandaker Mahbub was admitted to Evercare Hospital on Monday due to sudden water in his lungs. He was taken for ventilation support after his condition worsened early hours yesterday.The family urged all to pray...