by Fazlur Rahman Raju in Dhaka Tribune, Jan 01, 2018 The ruling Awami League is planning to launch a massive campaign early next month with the 11th parliamentary election just over a year away. Describing 2017 as a “phenomenal year”, party leaders highlighted the praise of the international community for the government’s support of the persecuted Rohingya people who had fled from strife-torn Rakhine state in Myanmar. The leaders, however, said they are on guard…
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report in bdnews24.com, Dec 30, 2017 at 19.08hrs Bogra: Abu Sayeed aka Talha Sheikh, arrested on Saturday, became the leader of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh or JMB’s southern region after marrying the daughter of a militant leader in India eight years ago, police say. The information regarding Sayeed, who was arrested in Bogra’s Nandigram, was revealed by Additional DIG and acting Bogra superintendent of police Md Asaduzzaman at a media briefing on Saturday. Sayeed became the…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Dec 31, 2017 Four months and eight days after his disappearance, police have arrested BNP leader and businessman Syed Sadat Ahmed from Dhaka. Around 10pm on Saturday, Detective Branch (DB) arrested him from Rampura Bridge area, DB Joint Commissioner Abdul Baten said. “We arrested him on Saturday night. We will give you details on Sunday morning,” he said. A source at DB said Sadat was shown arrested in a vandalism case…
By Sadanand Dhume in The Wall St Journal, Dec 29, 2017 Americans don’t hear much about Bangladeshi terrorists. The vast majority of high-profile terrorist plots targeting the U.S.—successful or unsuccessful—have turned up protagonists with links to familiar trouble spots: the Arab world, Afghanistan and Pakistan, Russia’s autonomous Chechen Republic. But earlier this month, Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old immigrant from Bangladesh, allegedly tried to blow himself up in a crowded New York subway tunnel using a…
by Rejaul Karim Byron in The daily star, Dec 30, 2017 The implementation of at least half a dozen foreign-aided projects involving more than Tk 6,000 crore has become uncertain as those were included in the current fiscal year’s Annual Development Programme without loan confirmation. The Economic Relations Division (ERD) has found that many foreign-funded projects of several ministries — especially railways and power — could not spend their allocated funds mainly because loan agreements…
by Jamal Uddin in Dhaka Tribune, Dec 27, 2017 at 01:13 PM The killing of Bangladeshi nationals along the border with India has been a contentious bilateral issue. Despite Delhi’s assurance to bring down border deaths to zero, the situation has improved little over the years. Officials in Dhaka say cattle smuggling, intrusion and cutting down of barbed-wire border fence are some of the key reasons behind the continuation of border killings. Border Guard Bangladesh…
by Tarek Mahmud in Dhaka Tribune, Dec 27, 2017 Security agencies in Bangladesh have recently identified 39 people in Cox’s Bazar who are trafficking the sheltered Rohingya people, especially women and children by promising them good-paying jobs and a better life elsewhere. An intelligence agency recently made the list, following extended vigilance at different Rohingya camps. The Dhaka Tribune has secured an important portion on the list. All the 39 suspected human traffickers are active…
by Riadul Karim in Prothom Alo, Dec 26, 2017 at 21:06 hrs The country’s principal opposition political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) finds no way but to launch a strong street campaign in the election year 2018. Talking to Prothom Alo, several senior leaders of the party said they think the party will have to face bigger difficulties if it boycotts the next general election no matter in whatever situation the polls will be held.…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 25, 2017 at 20:09 hrs Kalapara (Patuakhali): PM Sheikh Hasina’s special emissary HM Ershad visits tourist spot of Kuakata. Photo: CollectedPM Sheikh Hasina’s special emissary HM Ershad visits tourist spot of Kuakata. Photo: CollectedJatiya Party chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad said on Monday the next general elections must be held under the current prime minister and his political ally Sheikh Hasina. “The current government is in a good state. There is…
report in The Dhaka Star, Dec 26, 2017 Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) today claimed arrest of four members of the banned militant outfit Ansar Al Islam from Rajshahi’s Puthia upazila. Our local staff correspondent identified the arrestees as Md Hayatullah Rubel alias Masud, 32, Abdur Rahim, 30, Mizanur Rahman Mridha, 30, and Mukul Hossain, 32. Rab-5 Director Lt Col Mahbubur Rahman told The Daily Star they were arrested in a drive in the early hours.…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Dec 26,201 Police have arrested a blogger from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday evening on charge of defaming Prophet Mohammad (pbuh) in a blog post. According to the officer-in-charge of Barguna’s Amtali police station, the blogger Asaduzzaman Nur, more commonly known as Asad Nur, have been on the run after a case was filed against him on January 11 this year under ICT act. The case was filed for a…