report in The Daily Star, Aug 14, 2023Thirty-four Rohingyas, mostly children, were rescued when they were being gathered in Cox’s Bazar Central Bus Terminal area for trafficking, police said. Two suspected human traffickers were also detained from the spot. Among the rescued people, 16 are children, aged between one to five, 10 women and eight men, Officer-in-Charge of Cox’s Bazar Sadar Model Police Station Rafiqul Islam told The Daily Star. They all are residents of…
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report in Prothom Alo, Aug 14, 2023Visiting two US Congressmen held a meeting with the leaders of three major political parties — governing Bangladesh Awami League, its major political rival Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the opposition in parliament Jatiya Party — in Dhaka on Sunday. The meeting was held at the residence of the US ambassador in Dhaka Peter D. Haas in the capital’s Gulshan. The one-and-a-half-hour meeting began at 4:00 pm. Sources said…
report in Prothom Alo, 13 Aug 2023Sohel Tanjim, a physician of a private medical college hospital in Sirajganj, had been missing along with his wife Mayesha Islam since 26 July. Their family lodged a general diary with the local police station, seeking assistance to trace them. The police arrested Mayesha from a militant den in a deserted area of Kulaura upazila in Moulvibazar on Saturday, but her husband Sohel managed to escape. The counter terrorism…
report in The Daily Sta, Aug 13, 2023Two US Congressmen — Rich McCormick and Ed Case — will be holding meetings with major political parties today in Dhaka, including the ruling Awami League, the opposition BNP, and the Jatiya Party. Republican Congressman Richard McCormick from Georgia’s 6th Congressional District arrived yesterday, while Democrat Ed Case, who represents Hawaii’s First Congressional District, is scheduled to arrive early today. They will hold meetings with politicians today and…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 12, 2023Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police arrested 10 people — four male and six women — from a “militant hideout” in the remote hilly area of Kulaura in Moulvibazar today. They also had three children with them, Mohammad Asaduzzaman, chief of the specialised unit, told the media after the operation. “We had information that a new extremist group had radicalised a large number…
report in Prothom Alo,Aug 11, 2023Ruling Awami League’s associate organisation Jubo League has submitted a a memorandum to election commission demanding a ban on politics of BNP. Jubo League general secretary Md Mainul Hossain Khan handed over the memorandum to EC secretary Md Jahangir Alam on Thursday afternoon. The organisation also sent memoranda to home ministry, foreign ministry and law ministry. After submitting the memorandum, Jubo League secretary Mainul Hossain Khan told journalists BNP wants…
by Mohiuddin Alamgir in The Daily Star, Aug 11, 2023The Election Commission yesterday officially declared two “little-known” and “suddenly established” parties — Bangladesh Nationalist Movement (BNM) and Bangladesh Supreme Party (BSP) — as registered political parties with the commission. The EC unanimously decided to register the parties. BNM’s symbol will be an “anchor”, while BSP will have “ektara” as its symbol, read an EC statement. This registration took place just ahead of the next polls,…
report in The Daily Star, Aug 10, 2023Not only was the Digital Security Act not repealed, the proposed changes in the law were not in line with the recommendations made by Bangladesh civil society groups and the United Nations. Also, no stakeholders were invited to review the draft changes before it was approved in the cabinet on Monday, and Cabinet Secretary Md Mahbub Hossain has said the draft will not be revealed to the public…
report in Dhaka Tribune, Aug 10, 2023Representatives of the US Congress Ed Case and Richard McCormick are coming to Dhaka on Saturday for a four-day visit. Foreign Minister Dr Ak Abdul Momen confirmed the visit to Dhaka Tribune. “We welcome the visit,” he said, adding that: “The Biden administration is sending delegations one after another to strengthen our bilateral relations. This is a good sign.” Ed Case is a Democrat representative from Hawaii. Richard McCormick…
by Sajjad Hossain in The Daily Star, Aug 9, 2023After a 12-day break, BNP and like-minded parties are set to restart their one-point movement for the government’s resignation with a protest rally in Dhaka on August 11, according to party sources. It, however, currently has no plan to launch protests outside Dhaka due to excessive flooding in many districts at the moment, party leaders said. The BNP standing committee took the decision on Monday. At…