Report in The Daily Star, Dec 26, 2023Hundreds of RMG workers took to the streets yesterday, protesting the announcement of Crony Tex Sweater Ltd to lay-off workers of the sweater division due to a decline in work orders from foreign buyers. The workers brought out a procession on Dhaka-Munshiganj road in the morning after seeing the notice hanging outside the factory in the BSCIC Industrial Estate in Fatullah area. The notice said the global economic…
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report in Prothom Alo, Dec 26, 2023The central office of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has been under lock and key since 28 October. The party’s temporary and permanent offices also remain closed in all but eight districts across the country. The BNP has been waging anti-government for quite sometimes while the closure of the party offices started following the events of 28 October when their grand rally in Dhaka was foiled and two people including…
report in The Daily Star, Dec 26, 2023The Election Commission has decided to file a case against an Awami League candidate in Chattogram for assaulting a journalist. The instruction came on Sunday, said EC officials. Enamul Haque, senior election officer at Chattogram District Election office, said they will file the case against Mustafizur Rahman, an AL candidate of Chattogram-16 constituency (Banshkhali), with a court today. On November 30, Mustafizur staged a showdown before he submitted…
report in Prothom Alo, Dec 26, 2023Awami League (AL) general secretary Obaidul Quader on Monday urged the United States (US) to impose visa sanctions on those who are impeding the next general elections. “It is a widely circulated announcement of the US that it will impose restrictions on the people creating barrier to holding the elections and apply those. To this end, we are seeking attention to the visiting five-member US delegation, including NDI (National…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 26, 2023The writer is a reporter covering diplomacy, international relations and national politics for The Kathmandu Post.Finally, a breakthrough on transitional justice is on the horizon. Top leaders of the three major political parties have agreed to endorse the much-awaited bill to amend the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act in the upcoming winter session of Parliament. After months of deliberations at the Law, Justice…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 25, 2023Sources confirmed to Khaama Press that Parisa Azada, a member of one of the Afghan women’s protest movements, has been released from the Taliban administration prison after 40 days and has returned to her family. According to the source, Parisa, who had been arrested on November 14, was released from prison on Tuesday, December 25. Local media outlets have also confirmed the news of her…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews Online, Dec 25, 2023 at 10:11 PMThe acting foreign minister of the Islamic Emirate, Amir Khan Muttaqi, met with Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, to discuss the diplomatic ties between the two countries, the situation and problems of Afghan prisoners and refugees, and the Islamic Emirate’s stance on the Palestine issue. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ deputy spokesperson, Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, said on X that Abdollahian praised the…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 25, 2023 at 4:50 PMAs the weather is getting colder, authorities have announced an increase in facilities at Spin Boldak camp for immigrants returning from Pakistan. Officials said that they accelerated the transfer of migrants to their main areas, and warm rooms and other necessary facilities have been provided for them in the temporary camp. “The services are delivered properly and the distribution plan for heaters and coal has been…
By Abubakar Saddiq in The News, December 26, 2023PESHAWAR: Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Central Senior Vice President of the Awami National Party (ANP), voiced concerns on Tuesday about the possibility that depriving them of their party’s election symbol was under consideration as a means of striking a balance to establish another ruling. The ANP leader’s remarks followed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) reserving its verdict on the ANP’s plea seeking six months of additional…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 26, 2023PESHAWAR: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Sirajul Haq has said that the country can move forward only with the strength and continuity of democracy and the parties of oppressive landlords and corrupt capitalists are an obstacle to the stability of democracy. “Jamaat-e-Islami wants the rule of law instead of individuals while the rest of the parties have the theory of power of individuals or families,” Siraj said while addressing a workers’…
report in The Express Tribune, Dec 26, 2023ISLAMABAD: In a strange twist, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Monday faced conflicting assertions after Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Parliamentarian (PTI-P) chief Pervez Khattak stirred the political pot by alleging he had been “offered” the symbol ahead of the upcoming elections. The claims raised alarms among observers and the supporters of the PTI, speculating that the ECP’s action to withdraw the symbol – amid concerns that the party…