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Chief Adviser (CA) Dr. Muhammad Yunus arrived in Cox’s Bazar on Monday morning (August 25) to attend the international conference on the Rohingya crisis.
Cricket of diplomacy. Cricket of politics. For many years, India and Pakistan have been using cricket as a tool of politics and diplomacy. Both countries exploit extreme nationalist ‘sentiment’. For the vast populations of both nations, cricket is equivalent to religion. In times of internal political crises and election battles, cricket has been a major issue for many years in those two neighbouring countries.
The success of women’s football is now a special topic of discussion among the country’s sports-loving community. The women footballers have ‘earned’ the admiration through their skill on the field. In the country’s football activities, women are far ahead, and therefore this attention is well-deserved. Women have come onto the football field and made the impossible possible. They have proved that on the national stage they are far ahead of the men footballers although they have been held back in the male-dominated sports arena in various ways
The killing of people through mob beatings on the basis of false accusations is spreading in Bangladesh almost like an epidemic. Despite widespread discussion and criticism, this form of extrajudicial killing is not stopping in any way. According to news published in the media on Saturday (23 August), three people were beaten to death in three districts of the country after rumours were spread against them on Thursday night and Friday. According to the information received, one was a teenager and two were youths. Two of the victims were beaten on suspicion of theft, and one on the allegation of extortion. Police suspect that two of these incidents were premeditated.
The 2024 student-people’s uprising was a spontaneous mass uprising. Some try to call it a revolution; but there is no scope to call it a revolution, it was simply a mass uprising. The uprising began with protests against quota discrimination in jobs. When the government tried to suppress that anti-discrimination movement in a fascist manner, it carried out the July Massacre. As a result, the anti-discrimination movement first turned into the ‘Nine-Point’ and later into the ‘One-Point’ movement. In this mass uprising Jahangirnagar University played a very significant role.
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The 2024 student-people’s uprising was a spontaneous mass uprising. Some try to call it a revolution; but there is no scope to call it a revolution, it was simply a mass uprising. The uprising began with protests against quota discrimination in jobs. When the government tried to suppress that anti-discrimination movement in a fascist manner, it carried out the July Massacre. As a result, the anti-discrimination movement first turned into the ‘Nine-Point’ and later into the ‘One-Point’ movement. In this mass uprising Jahangirnagar University played a very significant role.
Senior journalist and columnist Bibhoranjan Sarkar has left behind a message of grief for honest journalists in Bangladesh, which may be called his self-written epitaph. That epitaph has become a grim document of the miserable state of professional journalism in Bangladesh.
With the fall of the Awami League government on 5 August last year, the looting of stones began and continued relentlessly in mass scale over the past year. Although stories of this looting spread on social and other media, the government and local administration remained in a deep slumber like Kumbhakarna. They only woke up after the looting was over. On 13 August, the joint forces launched an operation to recover the looted white stones and seized 130 stone-laden trucks. According to the Sylhet district commissioner, the confiscated stones will be returned to the areas from where they were looted, and there is also a court order regarding this. Stone is a mineral resource, and therefore its authority lies with the Ministry of Mineral Resources. The power to permit or stop extraction lies with that ministry. However, if stone extraction causes environmental damage, the Ministry of Environment can raise objections.
In the upcoming national election, 12 per cent of people will vote for the BNP. Jamaat will get 10.40 per cent and the National Citizen Party (NCP) will get 2.80 per cent. If the Awami League is able to contest the polls, 7.30 per cent of people will vote for them. Besides, the Jatiya Party will get 0.30 per cent and other Islamic parties 0.70 per cent of the vote. This picture has emerged in a recent survey by the Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD). It reflects the opinions of 5,489 people from different classes and professions in rural and urban areas.
At the recent meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska, the focus of discussion was the Ukraine war and land swap. More than anything else, Putin clarified the ‘situation surrounding Ukraine’. Rather than ending a blood-soaked war of over three years, he repeated what he had earlier said about Russia’s lost status.
build and change upon this landscape. Agriculture is culture, cooking is culture, and therefore even fishing is culture. That is why I do not know whether we should see as cultural exchange the recent incident in which 95 people lost their way into the seas of Bangladesh, were caught by police of the other country, and, as I heard, were returned after being beaten severely. If it is an exchange, surely it is not an example of “lawful” or mutually desired exchange between two countries.
A heart-wrenching plane crash has shaken the Diabari area of Uttara, Dhaka. Around 1:00 PM on Monday, a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft lost control and crashed directly onto the campus of Milestone School and College. According to a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), 20 people have been confirmed dead, and over a hundred others injured, most of them students. The pilot, Lieutenant Tawkir, was also killed, and 171 injured victims are currently undergoing treatment at various hospitals. The area was immediately engulfed in grief and panic, with smoke thickening the air and the wreckage strewn with scorched clothing and schoolbags. Even hours after the incident, the shock remains palpable across the Uttara neighborhood of the capital.
The first District Commissioners (DC) conference of the interim government holds significant importance in the current administrative context. This conference will involve discussions between the DCs and various ministries, where important directions will be given. In light of the changed political scenario, special policy decisions and administrative directions are expected to emerge from this conference.
Some death news envelops people like a dense, cold fog. Some death news makes the rhythm of breathing longer and heavier. Some death news gathers steam inside the chest and truly makes it heavier. The news of journalist Bibhoranjan’s death felt much like this for Bangladeshi journalists. On Friday evening, before hearing the news of the death of this accomplished journalist, I was carefully reading his last ‘open letter’. In that letter, he laid bare a cruel picture of Bangladesh’s journalism. At the farewell of ending his life, he pointed out with his finger at how this world is full of brotherhood illusions, hollow, over-emotional, and unprofessional. Where, bit by bit, the lives of many journalists are being destroyed.
Israeli strikes in Yemen’s capital Sanaa on Sunday (August 24) killed at least six people, according to the country’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels.
The bodies of 64 Palestinians killed and 278 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in a single day have been brought to various hospitals. In addition, eight more people, including a child, have died from forced starvation and malnutrition in the besieged valley.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against industrialist Anil Ambani and his former telecom company, Reliance Communications, on charges of bank fraud amounting to ₹2,929 crore, reports NDTV.
At least 63 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip within 24 hours, as Israeli forces intensified their ground offensive and airstrikes, reports Al Jazeera.
America's semiconductor industry, once the pride of Silicon Valley, suddenly found itself in the midst of fierce competition in the 1980s. Japanese companies were surging like an irresistible wave. One silent but important hero in this story was Hewlett-Packard (HP) executive Richard Anderson. He set strict criteria for which memory chips HP would buy. Therefore, the fate of semiconductor vendors depended on his decisions.
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr. Muhammad Yunus arrived in Cox’s Bazar on Monday morning (August 25) to attend the international conference on the Rohingya crisis.
After three rounds of discussion, Bangladesh has managed to reduce the increased tariff imposed on its products in the US market from 35 percent to 20 percent. This is not only positive for the country's economy but also a diplomatic success for the interim government. Because when on April 2, US President Donald Trump first announced the rate of additional tariffs on various countries, he stated that a 37 percent additional tariff would be levied on Bangladeshi products. Later, that tariff was suspended temporarily for three months. Trump informed Dr Yunus in a letter that instead of 37, the tariff amount on Bangladesh would be 35 percent, after reducing it by 2 percent.
Cinephiles in Bangladesh are enjoying a week that comes once in a blue moon. It is not often that multiplexes screen several big-budget, ambitious films at the same time—each managing to win over audiences as well as critics. Currently, four highly anticipated films of different genres are running in the country's multiplexes. These films have not only created a stir at the box office but have also received excellent ratings from audiences and critics alike. Let's find out more about these four films.
Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore and national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam are among the greatest minds of Bengali literature and culture. Two great souls of Bengali literature. Their literature and creative works have played an unforgettable role in shaping the identity and expanding the thinking of the Bengali nation, said speakers at a discussion.
