report in Prothom Alo, July 15, 2023Speakers at a human chain in Dhaka have said the Digital Security Act (DSA) is posing risks to journalism and creating an environment of fear for media outlets as well as freedom of expression. The law is working as a shield for injustice. Despite repeated assurances from the government, journalists are consistently being harassed through the act, they alleged. Journalists from different media outlets, under the banner ‘We are…
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report in The Daily Star, July 14, 2023Bangladesh’s domestic and external debt stands at around Tk 16.14 lakh crore, according to the latest report of Bangladesh Bank. As a result, the per capita debt of people stands at Tk 95,019. But income is still higher than per capita debt. The current annual per capita income of the people of the country is USD 2,793, which is around Tk 3.3 lakh in Bangladeshi currency. Though Bangladesh…
report in Prothom Alo, July 14, 2023Opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a 31-point pledges to reform the constitution, the state machinery, and achieve economic emancipation of the country. Party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement at a press conference in the capital’s Gulshan on Thursday. The de facto opposition party came up with the programmes one day after announcing their one-point demand to oust the ruling Awami League government. The…
report in The Daily Star, July 14, 2023US Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya has wanted to know from the civil society leaders about the protection of human rights defenders and trade union leaders. She also wanted to know about the security and protection of the ethnic minorities in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. The issues were discussed during a meeting of Uzra Zeya with five civil society and trade union…
report in The Daily Star July 13, 2023The ruling Awami League has said there will be no election unless it is held under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The announcement came from a huge “peace” rally near Baitul Mukarram mosque yesterday. At another rally only a kilometre away, the BNP vowed to unseat the government through a one-point movement. Speaking at the “peace” rally, AL General Secretary Obaidul Quader said, “We, too, have a one-point demand.…
report in The Daily Star July 13, 2023Announcing a one-point movement for polls under a non-party interim government, the BNP yesterday asked the government to step down right away and pave the way for conducting the election freely and fairly. The party declared it will hold marches in all city and district headquarters on July 18 and July 19 in the first programme as part of the one-point movement. Apart from the BNP, 36 like-minded…
report in The Daily Star online, July 12, 2023Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud today said the BNP had announced a one-point demand before the 2014 elections too, but that had yielded no results. “Khaleda Zia in 2013-14 made a one-point demand [saying] that the government should leave, the government must be pulled down. But their movement died at the start,” he said while speaking at AL’s peace rally at the South Gate of Baitul…
report in The Daily Star online, July 12, 2023BNP will march in all city and district headquarters on July 18 and July 19 respectively to materialise their one-point demand. Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the programmes from the party’s rally at its Nayapaltan headquarters, where he announced their one-point demand — holding the next national election under a non-partisan interim administration. About the party’s programmes on those days, he said the party will…
report in The Daily Star online, July 12, 2023Unidentified miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple in Lalmonihat Sadar upazila early today. They also looted the gold ornaments the Kali idol was adorned with and cash from the donation box, reports our local correspondent quoting Lalmonirhat Sadar Police Station Officer-in-Charge Omar Farooq. The incident took place at Ratipur Paschimpara Central Cremation Temple at Gokunda Union. The miscreants broke in the temple by cutting the iron grill. People…
report in The Daily Star’, July 11, 2023Nurul Haque Nur was elected Gono Odhikar Parishad president in its first-ever council held yesterday amid intra-party rifts over leadership. Nur, who was the member secretary of the immediate past committee, bagged 135 votes, while his two other contenders Nazmus Sakib and Bayezid Shahed got 13 and six votes respectively. A total of 162 votes were cast in the president post. Muhammad Rashed Khan got 103 votes and…
report inThe Daily Star’, JUly 11, 2023At least one person was injured as a crude bomb went off in the capital’s Moghbazar intersection last night. Inspector (Operations) Abdus Kuddus said that the incident took place on Dilu Road around 10:00pm. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel.Police immediately went to the spot and recovered another unexploded crude bomb from the area. The identity of the injured could not be known. The…