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by Senior Correspondent in bdnews24.com, May 28, 2017 at 19:39 BdST As many as 2.6 million people are still jobless despite new job creation, according to a survey by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics or BBS. The labour force participation rate that sheds light on the economic activity of a nation rose to 58.5 percent in 2015-16 from 57.1 percent in 2013 in signs of an improvement in the job market, according to the survey released…

Report in The Daily Star, May 28, 2017 Counterterrorism officials claimed to have busted a bomb-making factory and two militant dens of militant outfit “Neo JMB” in Genda area of Savar on Friday night. Police found a “huge consignment” of bomb-making materials, splinters, seven grenades, four suicide vests and laptops at the hideouts. “Two militant families living in the dens managed to flee moments before our officials cordoned off the house at 7:00pm on Friday,”…

By Ashutosh Sarkar in The Daily Star, May 27, 2017 For the statue of Lady Justice, it was a brief stay on the Supreme Court premises. It was there for only five months. Soon after the statue was installed as a symbol of justice in December last year, several Islamist organisations, including Hefajat-e Islam, termed it “un-Islamic” and demanded its removal. A few days later, Hefajat submitted a memorandum to the SC to press home…

Report in Dhaka Tribune, May 25, 2017 The Trump administration, in a proposed US State Department budget, has recommended the reduction financial assistance and military support for Bangladesh. The proposal has already been sent for the approval of Congress. In 2016, Bangladesh received $210m in funds from the US. However, the State Department has proposed to cut the amount to $138m for 2018. In addition, the proposed budget has recommended that the US stop all…

By Zhang Yiqian and Xie Wenting in Global Times, May 22, 2017 at 18:18 hrs * A video of a college student hitting a noisy four-year-old in a restaurant recently went viral. It sparked wide discussion as to whether Chinese youth are becoming increasingly “kidphobic” ** On Internet forums there have long been discussions about misbehaving children and whether deciding to remain childfree is acceptable *** Some argue “kidphobia” is caused by the one-child policy…

report in Prothom Alo, May 23, 2017 The sudden raid on Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson’s Gulshan office has given rise to suspicion and tension among the party men. The policymakers of the party think that there might be three reasons for the raid. They also think that the raid might be a political strategy of the government. A number of senior BNP leaders think that the government was passing on the message through the…

News Analysis by Sumaiya Shams Dhaka Tribune, May 20, 2017 The prime minister takes off today to attend the Arab Islamic American Summit in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. While all eyes will be on US President Donald Trump who is slated to address the Islamic world for the first time, the PM’s trip takes on a special significance for us because of a number of recent initiatives taken up by the government that suggest…

Report in the News, May 22, 2017 DHAKA: Five young Bangladeshis accused of being Islamist militants surrendered to authorities on Sunday, an official said, after a lengthy siege that prompted questions about heavy-handed police tactics. Elite counter-terror troops surrounded a one-storey house in the central district of Narsingdi on Saturday afternoon after a tip-off that Islamist extremists were holed up there. The information came from militants arrested in April after a raid on an extremist…

Report in bdnews24.com, May 21, 2017 Law enforcers have confirmed that there are at least five suspected terrorists, including three to four who fled the raid on Sylhet’s Atia Mahal, now cornered inside a hideout in Narsingdi. “There are five to six inside. We will now ask them to surrender,” Mufti Mahmud Khan, media director for Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), told bdnews24.com He later told the media about the militants from Atia Mahal. “They tried…

by Asaduzzaman Ripon in Dhaka Tribune, May 21, 2017 Five suspected militants, who were hiding inside a den in Narsingdi’s Gabtoli area, have surrendered to the law enforcers. They came out of the under-construction two-storey building Sunday morning. Confirming the matter, RAB spokesperson Commander Mufti Mahmud Khan said: “Details regarding the matter cannot be disclosed now. We are looking into the matter.” Earlier, he said they were able to establish contacts with the suspected militants…