by Ghulam Abbas in Pakistan Today, April 19, 2017 ISLAMABAD: Making breaking news for thousands of affectees of a major financial scam in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), National Accountability Bureau (Rawalpindi) has arrested an official of a fraudulent investment company – Big Board – from Karachi on Tuesday. The Karachi-based firm Big Board Advisory Service (Pvt) Ltd had cheated thousands of people in GB by opening offices in various districts and by promising a rate of return…
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By James T. Areddy in The Wall St Journal, April 18, 2017 1:23 p.m. ET NANXIAHUI, China—A missing Chinese billionaire who did business with the highest echelons of the Communist Party has previously undisclosed ties to China’s military. Firms linked to Beijing’s formidable arms-trading conglomerate, China Poly Group Corp., executed at least three recent transactions involving the billionaire, Xiao Jianhua, including a $10 million donation to Harvard University, according to corporate filings and interviews with…
by Laura Zhou & Minnie Chan in South China Morning Post, Apr 18, 2017 a6 11.29 pm President Xi Jinping has demanded military units be absolutely loyal to the Communist Party, in a call that comes just months before a key political meeting in the autumn, state media reported. Speaking at the PLA’s headquarters in Beijing on Tuesday, Xi also said the army should remain on high alert and be ready for war at any…
Global Times, April 18, 2017 at 22:48 China’s top discipline watchdog said Tuesday that 85,000 officials had been punished during the first quarter of 2017, including 14 at the provincial level, as part of the country’s sweeping anti-graft campaign. Aside from the 14 officials, more than 400 others on the prefecture level and more than 3,500 on the county level were punished, according to Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of…
by Ashis Biswas in Dhaka Tribune, April 19, 2017 Bangladesh and India have settled years of protracted negotiations on deepening infrastructure cooperation by agreeing to link the two countries with a new natural gas pipeline. The pipeline will run for 131 kilometres from Duttaphulia in West Bengal to Khulna in Bangladesh and is part of the overall agreement reached between the two countries during the recent visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India.…
The Daily Star, Apr 19, 2017 Bangladesh and Bhutan yesterday stressed the need for boosting regional connectivity and expediting the process of implementing the BBIN initiative to bring prosperity in the region. The issues were discussed at the bilateral meeting between Bangladesh and Bhutan at Gyalyong Tshogkhang in Thimphu. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina led the Bangladesh delegation while her Bhutanese counterpart Dasho Tshering Tobgay led his country at the meeting, reports UNB. Our diplomatic correspondent…
by Manik Miazee in Dhaka Tribune, April 16, 2017 at 07:34 PM After nearly four years of lingering in political limbo, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is showing it is actively engaging people in the grassroots level, without drawing undue attention. In 2013, a Supreme Court verdict cancelled the registration of the party with the Election Commission, preventing it from taking part in any elections. Another Supreme Court decision in 2016 to remove “weighing scales” as an electoral…
By Tarek Mahmud &FM Mizanur Rahaman in Dhaka Tribune, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:43 PM New JMB recruiter Mahbubur Rahman Selim, who has been wanted by police for over a year, is already in Chittagong Central Jail under the alias Mahbubur Rahman Khokon. Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) chief Deputy Inspector General Banaz Kumar Majumder told the Dhaka Tribune: “We have succeeded in locating Selim, who is in Chittagong Central Jail under the name Khokon.…
By Tarek Mahmud in Dhaka Tribune, 19, 2017 Dhaka: Students of computer science, engineering and medicine are increasingly the target of radicalisation by militants who view their technical ability coupled with sharp but uncritical thinking skills as an asset, experts have said. Prof Dr Nehal Karim, chairman of the Department of Sociology at Dhaka University, made the assertion that such students generally lack analytical skills and are less able to critically weigh the basis and…
Report in Dhaka Tribune, April 19, 2017 at 02:45 PM Tension at the Chittagong Hill Tracts has been on the rise as an organised movement by Bangali settlers to undermine the legitimate demands of adivasi political groups, as well as the violence resulting from it, have left the indigenous population on the edge. The Bangali groups have taken a strong stand against the indigenous groups, mainly PCJSS and UPDF, criticising them for demanding the quick…