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Posts published in “Day: September 21, 2017

B’desh: Anti-terrorism police unit approved

by Arifur Rahman Rabbi in Dhaka Tribune, Sept 20, 2017 at 10:51 PM The government on Wednesday approved the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Anti-Terrorism Unit. The Home Ministry issued a notification after the approval of the Ministry of Home and Finance. DMP Headquarters Assistant Inspector General (AIG) (Intelligence and Special Affairs) Md Moniruzzaman confirmed the approval of the unit and said they will begin working soon. “The police wanted this unit for a long time.…

Two Ms destroying Bangladesh democracy: Kamal

Report on Prothom Alo, Sept 20, 2017 at 21.14hrs Dr Kamal HossainGano Forum on Wednesday proposed the election commission (EC) to ensure the neutral role of the election-time government and proper enforcement of laws during the next general elections, reports UNB. A 10-member delegation of Gano Forum, led by its president Kamal Hossain, placed its 22-point proposal at the EC’s dialogue held at Nirbachan Bhaban. Chief election commissioner KM Nurul Huda chaired the meeting. “The…

An Emboldened Beijing Wields China’s Laws to Strike at Overseas Threats

By Steven Lee Myers in Beijing & Chris Horton in Taipei, NY Times online, Sept. 20, 2017 BEIJING — On the morning he disappeared, the activist Lee Ming-cheh crossed from Macau into mainland China to meet with democracy advocates. It was 177 days later when he reappeared in public, standing in the dock of a courtroom in central China last week, confessing to a conspiracy to subvert the Communist Party by circulating criticism on social…

PLA Navy gets new nuclear submarine

By Yang Sheng and Qu Qiuyan in Global Times, Sept 21, 2017 A new nuclear submarine has been turned over to the People’s Liberation Army Navy, one of the largest State-owned naval shipbuilding enterprises revealed on Tuesday, but experts believe that this submarine is not the most advanced Type 096, which is China’s next generation strategic nuclear submarine. China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), which also manufactures China’s aircraft carrier, posted the information on its WeChat…