DJ DESK : Sarah had survived famine, multiple wars and years of displacement in Sudan’s Zamzam camp and never considered fleeing, until a paramilitary attack turned the site into a “killing field”. Last week, shelling and gunfire shook the streets as the Rapid Support Forces, at war with the army for nearly two years, stormed the famine-stricken camp in the Darfur region. “Bombs were falling on houses. There were bodies on the street. There was no way we could stay,” the 22-year-old literature student told AFP after arriving in the town of Tawila, around 60 kilometres (37 miles) west of…
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Correspondent : Australia’s central bank cut its key interest rate Tuesday for the first time in more than four years, but warned global turmoil could derail further easing. The Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4.10 percent, the first time it has been lowered since November 2020. It said inflation had “fallen substantially since the peak in 2022”, but that it “remains cautious” about the prospect of further reductions in the future. Notably, the bank pointed to the prospect of “significant” uncertainty abroad. “Geopolitical and policy uncertainties are pronounced and may themselves bear…
Staff Correspondent : Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain has said young people must lead through their merit, thinking, and creativity to build a new Bangladesh. The advisor said this while addressing a discussion organized to celebrate the Tarunyer Utshab-2025 at Dhaka Residential Model School and College here today. Asif Mahmud said more than 14,000 events have been organized in schools and colleges in every district and upazila level across the country marking the Tarunyer Utshab. The youth society has once again been energized through sports, cultural activities and creative activities across the country, he added. He said…
Staff Correspondent : Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today categorically said that India must provide due share of Teesta water if it wants to be friends of the people of Bangladesh. “India must stop border killings and behaving like a big brother towards us…We want to stand on our own feet and get our due share of Teesta water…Of course, we want to see India as a friend and that friendship will be based on mutual respect and by paying dues,” he said. The BNP Secretary General was addressing as the chief guest at…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed today stressed the need for giving importance on harmonization of the judiciary and the executive during their separation. “The judiciary exists to uphold rights, deliver justice, and ensure that no person irrespective of status remains without redress. The executive, on the other hand, is tasked with implementing policies, maintaining stability, and facilitating governance. These functions, while separate, must harmonize, and not be in conflict with each other,” he said. He was speaking as the chief guest at the Deputy Commissioners’ Conference at auditorium of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. The Chief Justice…
Staff Correspondent The prolonged single-party rule had steadily politicised Bangladesh’s state institutions that permeated the country’s entire security sector as well, since authorities preferred recruitment and promotion there to be based on perceived political loyalty instead of professionalism, the UN rights office report said. “Fifteen years of rule by a single political party coincided with a steadily increasing politicization of state institutions that has permeated the entire security sector,” read the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) fact finding report. The OHCHR said “many police officers were recruited and promoted not on the grounds of…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will inaugurate the 7th National Comdeca 2025 to be held at the hard point of Sirajganj town protection embankment on February 19-25. The Chief Adviser will open the 7-day Comdeca virtually from Dhaka on February 19, Chief Adviser’s Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS. Bangladesh Scouts is going to arrange the Comdeca with a slogan of “building discrimination-free society”. Around 6,000 people, including 4,000 rover scouts and 1,500 volunteers, are expected to participate in the event. Bangladesh Scouts Assistant Director Nasir Uddin said the Bangladesh Scouts headquarters and Sirajganj…
DJ Desk : A Delta Air Lines jet with 80 people onboard crash landed Monday at the Toronto airport, officials said, flipping upside down and leaving at least 17 people injured but causing no fatalities. The Endeavor Air flight 4819 with 76 passengers and four crew was landing in the afternoon in Canada’s biggest metropolis, having flown from Minneapolis in the US state of Minnesota, the airline said. Paramedic services told AFP 17 people were injured including three critically — a child, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 40s. Delta said 18 people suffered injuries. All…
Staff Correspondent : Dhaka has called for the inclusion of the Rohingya repatriation issue in the OIC’s Ten-Year Plan of Action (2026-2035), emphasizing the need for the organization’s continued advocacy for the sustainable return of the Rohingyas to their homeland in Myanmar. The call was made when OIC Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar Ambassador Ibrahim Khairat paid a courtesy call on Foreign Secretary Ambassador Md. Jashim Uddin at the foreign ministry here today, said a ministry’s press release said. During the meeting, the special envoy conveyed that the OIC is willing to work with the Bangladesh government to organize…
Staff Correspondent : Foreign Affair Adviser Md Touhid Hossain today laid emphasis on facilitating maritime connectivity and reducing trade barrier to ensure a brighter, more prosperous future for all nations of the Indian Ocean and beyond. “We need to facilitate maritime connectivity, reduce the trade barriers,” he said when speaking at a plenary session titled “Strengthening Maritime Supply Chains: Overcoming Disruptions and Enhancing Resilience” at the 8th Indian Ocean Conference being held in Muscat, the capital of Oman. The adviser said that Bangladesh places strong importance on maritime cooperation for facilitating the efficient movement of goods, services and people, for…
