report in Prothom Alo, Dec 28, 2023The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has started its three-day public campaign and distribution of leaflets calling people to boycott the ‘dummy’ elections and build a public opinion in favour of their non-cooperation movement demanding the resignation of the incumbent government in the second phase of its ongoing movement. According to concerned sources, the party is likely to declare the same type of programmes at the end of this 3-day…
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by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, Sept 8th, 2023• Islamabad, Kabul discussing matter at ‘high level’• Offices, residential quarters near border point vacated• Trucks containing fruit, vegetables returned due to possible delaysKHYBER: The Torkham border crossing remained closed for a second day on Thursday after clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan border forces, leading to a build-up of trucks laden with goods. The border crossing — the main transit point for travellers and goods between Pakistan and…
by our Political Editor in The Sunday Morning, July 23, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe has informed senior members of the Indian Government that the Sri Lanka Parliament, following recommendations from a special Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC), will decide on the proposal to build a land bridge connecting India and Sri Lanka, The Sunday Morning learns. India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, during a meeting with President Wickremesinghe on Thursday (20) in New Delhi, had underscored the…
by Liakat Ali Badal, in Dhaka Tribune, July 23, 2023Over 150,000 residents of nine char areas under Kaunia Upazila in Rangpur have long been waiting for a concrete bridge on the old Teesta River, which will ease their travel and improve economic conditions significantly. Though neglected for over 52 years since the country’s independence, they now see the light of hope as the authorities have initiated efforts to connect the villages with Haragach Municipality and…
by Susannah George in The Waqshington Post, Feb 18, 2023 at 2:00 a.m.KANDAHAR— When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the group quickly launched what officials called a “purification” campaign aimed at stripping the country of civil laws and institutions to build an entirely Islamic society. A year and a half later, the Taliban has gutted the country’s justice system in its campaign to forge a religious emirate, by scrapping the constitution and replacing the…