Staff Correspondent : Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan today stressed reimagination of corporate roles in environmental protection. She said safeguarding environmental rights is a collective responsibility for governments, businesses, civil society, and communities. Joining virtually from her residence in Dhaka, the environment adviser said this while delivering her speech at the Opening Plenary of the Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Rights in Asia Conference of the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok. The theme of the conference is “The Right to a Clean, Healthy, and Sustainable Environment: Redefining Corporate Engagement”. Rizwana underscored the necessity of strong legal frameworks,…
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DJ Desk : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres returned to his workplace wrapping up a four-day visit to Bangladesh with foreign relation analysts seeing it as a significant event when the South Asian nation passes a challenging time. “Definitely the visit was important when Bangladesh is going through a transition, a challenging time with an election ahead, reform initiatives going on; and uncertainties over external factors like Rohingya crisis,” former diplomat Humayun Kabir told BSS. He said under the circumstances if foreign friends stood by us at this critical situation it was always a good signal for the country. “(And) who…
Staff Correspondent : BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman today alleged that his party is facing media trial like ‘one-eleven’ period as a group is out to defame BNP. “BNP is being put on media trial as it is gaining massive public support to be victorious in the next general election if it is held in free and fair manner,” he said while virtually addressing a pre-iftar event at a Gulshan hotel. He said conspiracy has started again against Bangladesh and a group is hatching deep-rooted conspiracy against the BNP and nationalist forces and the country’s independence and sovereignty. “The group…
Staff Correspondent : The interim government has decided in principal to amend the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act-2000 inserting a provision of establishing special tribunals to hold trial of children rape cases. Law Adviser Dr Asif Nazrul made the announcement at a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy here after a special meeting of the council of advisers, held at the Chief Adviser’s Office here today. The law adviser said it is expected that the amended act will be finalised on Thursday and its gazette will be published as soon as possible. He said the rape incidents…
BSS The Interim government has expressed deep concern and distress over the remarks of US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard regarding Bangladesh in an interview with Indian television channel NDTV World. “The interim government has noted with deep concern and distress the remarks made by DNI Tulsi Gabbard, in which she alleged “persecution and killing” of religious minorities in Bangladesh and that “the threat of Islamic terrorists” in the country is “rooted” in the “ideology and objective” to “rule and govern with an Islamist caliphate,” said a statement issued by the Chief Adviser’s Press Wing tonight. “This statement…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today called on police personnel to remain alert against acts of defeated force of the July uprising to destabilise the country. “Following the existing laws, police must do everything to maintain law and order in the country,” he said while addressing a special meeting with senior police officers on law and order issues at his office here. The chief adviser said the government, which will be elected in the future, will be a government of rule of law and that is why police should perform duty properly. Nothing that technology must be…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today said since election is approaching, pressure will mount on police but they should remain strong in performing their duties. “As the election is approaching, various problems will emerge and pressure will come from different quarters…but you (police) should stay firm,” he said while addressing a special meeting with senior police officers on law and order issues at his office. Prof Yunus said, “the government is stating that the polls would be held within December this year. So, all the things within its ability should be accomplished before that time.” “We will…
Israel on Tuesday unleashed its most intense campaign on the Gaza Strip since a January ceasefire, with rescuers reporting more than 121 people killed, prompting Hamas to accuse Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of torpedoing the truce. The strikes were ordered after “Hamas’s repeated refusal to release our hostages, as well as its rejection of all of the proposals it has received from US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and from the mediators,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. An Israeli official told AFP that the operation “will continue as long as necessary, and will expand beyond air strikes”. In a statement, Hamas…
Staff Correspondent : The Philippine Senate said Monday it will conduct a formal probe of ex-president Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest and swift handover last week to the International Criminal Court, which is to try him for alleged crimes against humanity. The 79-year-old, the first Asian former head of state charged by the ICC, stands accused of the crime against humanity of murder over his years-long campaign against drug users and dealers that rights groups have said killed thousands. The probe was initiated by Senator Imee Marcos, sister of President Ferdinand Marcos but a close friend of Duterte’s eldest daughter, Vice President…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today addressed a special meeting with senior police officers on law and order issues at his office here. Home Adviser Lieutenant General (retd) Md Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, Home Secretary Nasimul Gani and Inspector General of Police (IGP) Baharul Alam spoke at the meeting. Among the field-level officials, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Chattogram range police Ahsan Habib Palash and Superintendent of Police (SP) of Rajshahi Farzana Islam also spoke. About 127 SPs and senior officers joined the special meeting.
