Report in Dawn, May 13th, 2017 MUZAFFARABAD: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Dr Ijaz Munir has taken strong exception to alleged overpricing by petrol pumps in different parts of the state and has directed the divisional and district administration officials to provide relief to consumers in this regard. The attention of the chief secretary’s office was drawn towards alleged overpricing by the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), after its team found that consumers…
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Report in The Daily Star, May 13, 2017 A regional leader of an outlawed party and his aide were killed in a “gunfight” with Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari district early today. The deceased are: Rakibul Hasan Roky alias Bappi, 35, the regional leader of outlawed Purbo Banglar Communist Party’s (PBCP-ML) Lal Pataka faction, and his aide Lalon Mollah, 40. Rab recovered one foreign-made pistol and one 22 bore rifle, one…
report in bdnews24.com, May 13, 2017 Ahmadiyya Muslim community chief Mobasherur Rahman has questioned the government sincerity in ensuring their security and said the attacks are unabated. He said at a media conference that the authorities do not act as fast when the Ahmadiyyas come under attack as they do in case of attacks on other religious minorities like the Hindus or the Buddhists. “Why is this discrimination?” he asked, speaking at the Ahmadiyya Muslim…
: report in Dhaka Tribune, May 11, 2017 at 01:24 AM Ruling Awami League leaders are saying that BNP’s Vision 2030 manifesto for the upcoming parliamentary election is mostly comprised of ideas taken from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Vision 2021, Vision 2041 and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2030. After the end of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s press conference on Wednesday, ruling party’s leaders held a press conference at Dhanmondi political office of Awami…
Report in Dhaka Tribune, May 12, 2017 at 08:27 PM BNP on Friday opposed Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda’s proposal for electronic voting machine (EVM) use in the next polls, saying it was an ill-motivated plan, reports UNB. “The Prime Minister’s son and one of her advisers a couple of days ago said the EVM will be used in the next parliamentary elections. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) echoed the same yesterday (Thursday). The…
Reuters report in The Express Tribune, May 13, 2017 DOHA: Gunmen killed a Saudi child and a Pakistani man during an attack on workers at a building project in restive eastern Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the interior ministry said on Friday. The gunmen tried to stop redevelopment work in the old quarter of the town of Awamiya, where authorities say militants are hiding, said an interior ministry spokesman quoted by state news agency SPA. They…
by MALIK ASAD in Dawn, May 13th, 2017 ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday directed the Foreign Office (FO) to make a decision within five days regarding Uzma Ahmed’s application to return to India. Through her counsel, Uzma filed a petition in the IHC seeking the court’s help in returning to India, exemption from police reporting and security from Islamabad to Wagah. She has cited the foreign affairs secretary and her alleged husband,…
Xinhua report in Global Times, May 13, 2017 More than 350,000 Chinese students have studied in countries along the Belt and Road since 2012, according to Vice Minister of Education Tian Xuejun. Some 11,900 of them were sponsored by the Chinese government, Tian said. By the end of April 2017, China had signed 45 agreements on education cooperation with Belt and Road countries, he said. Diplomas issued by universities from China and 24 such countries…