BEIJING — Fifty years to the day since Communist Party leaders formally set in motion Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, miring China in a decade of bloody political upheaval, the party’s main newspaper broke the general silence about the anniversary and urged people to accept the past condemnation of the event and focus on the future. “History always advances, and we sum up and absorb the lessons of history in order to use it as a…
Posts published in “Day: May 18, 2016”
A prisoner in Dhaka Central Jail has to spend around Tk 30,000 a month for food and other services which the state is supposed to provide for free. The amount is more than some families living in the capital spend a month. A major portion of the inmates’ money goes to the convicts who are given the charge by the jail authority to look after other prisoners. Those in charge take more than Tk 16,000…
Washington yesterday reassured Dhaka about extending all-out assistance in countering violent extremism and terrorism before it took root in Bangladesh. While conveying the US message, diplomats of the country now on a visit to Bangladesh, said they consider Bangladesh an important country since it, being a moderate Muslim country, could be a key player in dealing with the problem of violent extremism. “The message is we bring assistance and we want to coordinate with your…
Dhaka yesterday lodged a strong protest with Naypyidaw over the recent mortar shell attacks and repeated intrusion by Myanmar security forces inside Bangladesh territory. In a note verbale sent to the Myanmar government through the Myanmar embassy in Dhaka, the foreign ministry said the incident of mortar shell attack targeting a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) camp on May 12 was most unfortunate and totally unwarranted. Such unprovoked firing by the Myanmar security forces is not…
Rajshahi: Police yesterday claimed that an operative of banned militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) confessed to his involvement in the killing of Rajshahi University teacher Prof AFM Rezaul Karim Siddiquee. Law enforcers produced the arrestee — Maskawat Hasan alias Sakib alias Abdullah of Bogra — before the court of Rajshahi Metropolitan Magistrate Khalid Hossain in the afternoon. “In his confession, he said he was involved in the murder,” Rajshahi Metropolitan Police Commissioner Shamsuddin told…
Shafiq Abbas, a senior Daesh commander was killed in a foreign troops drone strike in eastern Kunar province on Monday afternoon, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said in a statement. The airstrike took place in Watapoor district of the province, statement said. However, the statement did not provide more details about the airstrike. Meanwhile, officials at 201 Selab Military Corps confirmed that the air strike was carried out by U.S troops but did not provide…