By Khalid Mehmood in The Express Tribune, January 30th, 2019. ISLAMABAD: Diplomatic ties between Pakistan and Bangladesh stooped to new lows after the latter on Tuesday refused to accept Saqlain Syedah’s documents as Pakistan’s High Commissioner to the country and sought a new name for the post. Diplomatic sources told The Express Tribune that the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid did not mention any reason for refusing to accept Syedah’s credentials. The post…
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Report in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 15, 2019 Bangladesh and India will hold the next round of foreign minister-level bilateral talks in the first week of February, aiming to take the relations between the two countries to newer heights. The meeting – 5th Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) – will be held in New Delhi, paving the way for new Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen to make his maiden foreign tour to India after formation of…
by Ranajit Chandra Kuri in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 5, 2019 The Awami League has expelled its upazila unit publicity secretary Ruhul Amin, following his recent arrest in a gang rape case in Noakhali. The suspended ruling party leader had also formerly served as a member of Ward 4 under Charjubili union of Subarnachar upazila in the district. Confirming the matter to the Dhaka Tribune, upazila Awami League President Advocate Omar Faruq said the decision to…
by Raheed Ejaz in Prothom Alo, Jan 2, 2019 at 17:37 hrs Two Bangladeshis have been caught in the biggest drug haul ever of Sri Lanka’s recent history. A total of 272 kgs of heroin and 5 kgs of cocaine were found in their possession. Sri Lanka’s law enforcement agencies nabbed them during a special operation in the Mount Lavinia area in the suburbs of capital Colombo. The value of the confiscated drugs is estimated…
report in The daily star, Dec 23, 2018 Thakurgaon: At least 21 people, including a former union parishad chairman, were sued over the arson attack on a Hindu family in Takhurgaon Sadar on Friday. One of the victims, Krisna Ghosh, filed the case with Thakurgaon Police Station accusing nine named and 12 unnamed people. According to the case statement, a group of criminals, including former Jagannath union parishad chairman Mostafizur Rahman Liton, was trying to…
Report in Prothom Alo, Dec 20,2018 The High Court on Thursday stayed the candidature of nine aspirants, including 6 BNP candidates, of the 11th national election as they did not resign from the posts of upazila chairmen ahead of contesting the national election, reports UNB. The HC-bench of justice JBM Hassan and justice Md Khairul Alam came up with the orders following writs filed by other candidates. The candidates are Faridul Kabir Talukder Shamim of…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Oct 30, 2018 at 03:45 pm Jamaat-e-Islami has expressed concerns over the cabinet’s final approval of three amendments to the Representation of the People Order (RPO) 1972; allowing for the use of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the upcoming 11th national election. The proposed Representation of the People’s (Amendment) Act 2018 was approved on Monday. In a press release issued on Tuesday, Assistant Secretary General of Jamaat, Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan…
Book review by Ahmad Faruqui in Daily Times, Oct 10, 2018 Most books about the army focus on its interference in politics or on its battles with India. Almost none discuss its wartime decision making. General Gul Hassan’s memoirs are the exception. His 30-year career in the army culminated in his becoming the commander-in-chief (C-in-C). And, as he reminds us in the sub-title of the book, he was the last C-in-C. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto replaced…
by Diplomatic Correspondent in The daily star, oct 10, 2018 A fresh diplomatic row between Dhaka and Islamabad emerged following Dhaka’s refusal to accept the new high commissioner of Pakistan to Bangladesh. Highly placed diplomatic sources said the Pakistan foreign ministry sent a proposed nomination of its envoy to Bangladesh in early March this year but Bangladesh was yet to respond to the appointment. Dhaka [has] neither accepted nor rejected the nomination of the new…
by Mateen Haider in Daily Times, October 9th 2018 Diplomatic row between Islamabad and Dhaka has escalated as Islamabad is considering expulsion of Bangladeshi high commissioner following Dhaka’s refusal to accept the Pakistani high commissioner. Diplomatic sources told Daily Times that the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad had informed Prime Minister Imran Khan about the diplomatic row between the two countries and recommended the expulsion of the Bangladeshi High Commissioner to Pakistan Tarik Ahsan. Pakistan’s high…
By Mohammad Al-Masum Molla in The Daily Star, Oct 6, 2018 The BNP plans to launch countrywide agitation soon after the formation of polls-time government to realise its demand for a free, fair and inclusive national election under a neutral administration and the release of its chairperson. It will finalise the plan and also devise an election roadmap within the next 15 days, say party insiders. The BNP will keep putting pressure on the government…