report in Prothom Alo, July 23, 2023Ruling Awami League is preparing to bring its leaders and activists to the streets at short notice in order to tackle any situation that may arise. It is with the forthcoming election as well as the one-point movement of BNP and other parties in mind that this preparation is being made. Top leaders of Awami League’s committees of all levels from all over the country have been summoned to…
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By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, July 22, 2023The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan has rejected Iran’s claim that Daesh leaders have moved to the country from Iraq, Syria and Libya. Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told ISNA News Agency, “It is not a secret to anyone that the leaders of Daesh and the trained forces of Daesh have moved from Iraq, Syria, and parts of Libya to Afghanistan in recent months.…
by Asaduzzaman in Prothom Alo, July 22, 2023 Banianagar Mor (intersection) in Sutrapur is one of the busiest areas in Old Dhaka. At 6:15pm on 30 December 20-25 leaders and activists of BNP and its affiliated bodies gathered there and started chanting anti-government slogans. When they were asked to stop saying anti-government slogans, they attacked the Awami League leaders and activists and then exploded cocktails with an intention to kill them. This is the statement…
By Naveed Samadiin ToloNews, July 21, 2023 at 9:42 PM Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid reacted to the European Union’s decision to sanction some leaders of the Islamic Emirate, saying that the move is “not beneficial to any side.” On Thursday, the European Council said that it imposed restrictive measures against 18 individuals and 5 entities under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, because of their responsibility for serious human rights violations and abuses…
By SabriaAbdalin ToloNews, July 21, 2023 at 1:18 PM Amir Hossein Abdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister, claimed that leaders and fighters of Daesh have recently moved to Afghanistan from Iraq, Syria and parts of Libya. Abdollahian said that the shifting of the Daesh leaders to Afghanistan has become one of the main challenges ahead of the interim Afghan government. The Islamic Emirate has yet to react to the Iranian foreign minister’s remarks. Previously, the spokesman of…
report in Khaama Press online, July 20, 2023Following the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions Regime, the European Council on Thursday imposed restrictive measures against 18 people and five entities because of their involvement in grave human rights abuses and violations in several countries, including Afghanistan. Six people were listed “over various forms of sexual and gender-based violence,” according to a statement from the council, three of whom are senior Taliban leaders in positions of authority.…
by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, July 20, 2023The Nepali Congress leadership has come under withering attack from its own leaders at the ongoing central working committee meeting, which started on Monday in Lalitpur. The meeting is taking place after almost a year, although the party’s statute requires that it be held every two months. Those speaking on Tuesday and Wednesday at the meeting, which was broadcast live on social media for the first…
report in The Daily Star, July 19, 2023BNP leaders and activists have begun their march from capital’s Abdullahpur area to press home their one-point demand for polls under a non-party interim government. They started their march from Uttara’s Abdullahpur area and will end the procession at Bahadur Shah Park in Old Dhaka around 4:00pm, reports our correspondent from the spot. BNP supporters, activists and leaders started gathering at Mollajir Masjid Market of Abdullahpur since 9:00am…
by Partha Pratim Bhattacharjee in The Daily Star, July 17, 2023After around 16 months, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina is going to sit with the leaders of AL-led 14-party alliance on Wednesday. Informing the leaders about the outcome of AL and government’s meetings with US envoys and visiting European delegations and discussion on the next course of action regarding politics are in the agenda, said sources. But sources in the 14-party alliance said Hasina convened…
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…
by Tika R Pradhan in the Kathmandu Post, JUly 14, 2023On Monday, a day after the agreement between the three top leaders to resume the House meeting following an apology from the prime minister for his controversial statement insinuating that India had a role in appointing him the country’s executive head, the UML leaders easily agreed to lift their obstruction of the House proceedings. The UML is not the party that easily drops its stance…