EC-JournalistSenior journalists on Wednesday asked the election commission to ensure participation of all political parties in the next 11th parliamentary elections to make it a credible one. Joining a dialogue organised by the commission at its secretariat in the capital, as part of its series of talks with different stakeholders ahead of the next general elections, the journalists also asked the commission to deploy military troops and introduce ‘no-vote’ provision. EC’s acting secretary Helaluddin Ahmad…
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QUETTA: The environmental protection tribunal of the Balochistan High Court has issued a notice to the Chinese company working on a proposed coal-fired power plant in Hub. The notice was issued during the hearing of a petition filed by Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, a former speaker of the Balochistan Assembly. Mr Bhootani has argued that the power plant — being constructed under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor at an estimated cost of $2 billion — would damage…
By Tan haojun in Global Times, Aug 16, 2017 at 20:43:39 The author is a financial commentator from Zhenjiang, East China’s Jiangsu Province. According to China Merchants Bank and Bain & Company, a global business consulting firm, nearly 60 percent of China’s high net worth individuals have assets overseas in 2017, while in 2011 this ratio was only 20 percent. In 2015 and 2016, China’s annual financial assets exported overseas amounted to more than 1…
by Choi Chi-yuk & Viola Zhou in South China Morning Post, Aug 18, 2017 The influence of Chinese Communist Party elders appeared to be on the wane at the key annual summer conclave this year, sources said, underscoring President Xi Jinping’s dominance as he makes final preparations for his second term in office The annual gathering at the seaside resort of Beidaihe – along with a preparatory meeting of ministers, provincial governors and military top…
by Fazlur Rahman Raju in Dhaka Tribune, August 17, 2017 The Awami League is set to hand tickets to compete in the next parliamentary election to a number of businessmen and former bureaucrats and military officers, party sources have revealed. Many of the aspiring candidates are so confident of receiving the ruling party’s nod, they have already started unofficial campaigning around the country. Several sources of the Awami League have confirmed to the Dhaka Tribune…
Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh militant Tariqul Islam Tareq was arrested in Chittagong in connection with a 2005 countrywide series bomb blast case. A Chittagong court later sentenced him to five years in prison for the bomb attack. He served the time and was released in 2013. On October 5, 2015, he stormed a Maddhya Badda house and hacked a spiritual leader (pir) dead. He was arrested nine days later. The murder was carried out at a…
By Manik Miazee and Tarek Mahmud Leaders and activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir are allegedly using a “get expelled strategy” to join the New JMB, a new faction of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh, to carry out terror attacks across Bangladesh. With very little scope to play a role in the country’s political arena nowadays, Jamaat and Shibir over the years had secretly expelled over various unclear reasons…
by Arifur Rahman Rabbi in Dhaka Tribune, August 17, 2017 Police on Wednesday said they suspect the Mourning Day bomber, Saiful Islam, 21, had other co-conspirators who had planned to bomb the procession leading up to the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum on National Mourning Day. Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia said: “We strongly suspect that the co-conspirators are hiding somewhere in Dhaka and we are doing everything to find them.” Police also said militant…
by Bilkis Irani in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 17, 2017 at 5.41pm Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda on Thursday said the Election Commission will neither bow down nor mediate any election-related issue among political parties. “It’s not the Election Commission’s (EC’s) duty to mediate among political parties. We don’t need to go to anyone as the EC is an independent body,” KM Nurul Huda told a dialogue with electronic media persons and senior journalists at…
Dhaka: Militant outfit Neo-JMB may have changed its target of attacks in order to attract attention, counter-terrorism officials apprehend. The group may now carry out terrorist attacks at crowded public places rather than attacking members of other religions and foreign nationals. “Neo-JMB is desperate to launch a massive attack in the county,” an official engaged in counter-terrorism operations said. As part of this desperation, the official added, the group had planned an attack near Dhanmondi…
By Andrew deGrandpre in The Washington Post, August 17 at 1:27 PM China’s state news agency has faced criticism for publishing a video that features a caricature of an Indian man. (Xinhua News) A state-run Chinese media agency faces growing backlash over its propaganda video demeaning India’s Sikh community, the latest development in what’s fast becoming a volatile border dispute between the two nuclear powers. Titled “7 Sins of India,” the video features a Chinese…