Iraqi forces raid anti-govt protest camp, fire live rounds at demonstrators
Iraqi security forces raided Baghdad’s main protest site at Tahrir Square on Saturday, firing live rounds and tear gas at anti-government demonstrators who have camped out there for months, according to a Reuters report. There were no immediate reports of casualties...
Coronavirus virus: Bangladeshi students appeal for help in China
Bangladesh Embassy in Beijing has said its officials are in regular contact with the Bangladeshi students living there to assist them following an outbreak of deadly Coronavirus. “We already have spoken to some of the students at Hubei University in China,” Bangladesh...
Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 9 wkts, sweep T20I series
Two unbeaten half centuries from Babar Azam and Mohammad Hafeez helped Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 9 wickets in the second T20 international at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Saturday. The hosts won the series with one match to go. Chasing Bangladesh’s total of 136...
Top News of the hour
TOP NEWS OF THE HOUR
HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS
PM expresses gratitude to countrymen for AL’s landslide victory
Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina today expressed heartfelt gratitude to the countrymen for her party’s absolute victory in the December 30 national elections, pledging that she will continue to serve them for their well being. “Serving the...
Killers, corrupt elements unite against govt: PM
DHAKA: Mentioning that killers, money-launderers and usurers forged unity against the Awami League government, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the country will be destroyed if they could come to power. The premier was addressing a civic reception hosted in her...
Police implicates dead man of BNP for ‘cocktail blast’
The police has recently sued Abdul Azizullah, a leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in Old Dhaka, who died in May 2016, for an incident that allegedly took place only this month. According to the case statement, Azizullah, along with other party men,...
Housewife ‘burnt to death’
A housewife, who suffered burn injuries allegedly inflicted by her in-laws at Nardahi Charpara village in Kalihati upazila of Tangail early Wednesday, died at the burn unit of Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday, reports UNB. The deceased is Shapla...
US condemns attacks on protesters
The United States (US) on Sunday condemned attack on student protestors demanding safe roads. US Embassy said “nothing can justify the brutal attacks and violence” over the weekend against the thousands of young people who have been peacefully exercising...
No dialogue with BNP as they celebrate fake birthday: Quader
DHAKA – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader today said the question of holding dialogue with BNP does not arise at all unless the party does not offer apology for observing fake birthday on August 15, the day of martyrdom of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu...
Daily Think Tank & Human Rights Review
News Video
Advertisement
