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…
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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…
Staff COrrespondent : The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Bangladesh has recently awarded three university clubs for their innovative ideas and campaigns in raising awareness about air pollution. Starting on a small scale in 2023, UNDP launched the “Breathe Well Dhaka” campaign to address growing concerns over air quality in the capital, a UNDP press release said today. Encouraged by an overwhelming response, the initiative expanded in 2024 into a nationwide campaign titled “Let’s Breathe Well,” engaging students’ clubs from different universities across the country to propose innovative solutions for air pollution. The second phase of the campaign saw…
Staff Correspondent : Bangladesh and Bhutan have expressed optimism that they would be able to maximize the potential of Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA), signed between the two neighbours. This was observed when Bhutanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Rinchen Kuentsyl made a farewell call on Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin at the State Guest House Padma today, said a foreign ministry’s press release. During the meeting, both sides discussed various aspects of the Bangladesh-Bhutan bilateral relations. They also discussed about opportunities over the singed MoU on Cooperation for establishing a Bhutanese Special Economic Zone in Kurigram. Foreign Secretary mentioned that Bhutan has a special place in the…
Staff Correspondent : Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain and Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar today acknowledged the challenges facing bilateral relations and stressed the need for joint efforts to address them. The discussion took place during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 8th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Muscat, Oman, according to a press release issued by the Bangladesh foreign ministry. “Both sides recognized the challenges the two neighbours are facing in terms of bilateral relations and discussed the necessity to work together to address those,” read the release. During the meeting, Touhid underscored…
Staff Correspondent : Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today stressed the need for establishing a new economic zone involving Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan. “The process has begun. This process should be accelerated so that the economic zone could be established,” he told a programme, hosted by Bangladesh Administrative Service Association (BASA), at Bangladesh-China Friendship Centre here tonight. Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, Law Adviser Dr. Asif Nazrul, Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md. Nahid Islam, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Sheikh Abdur Rashid, and BASA President and LGRD Secretary Md Nazrul Islam also spoke at the event. Speaking at the event, Prof…
Staff Correspondent : US President Donald Trump said Sunday he could meet “very soon” with Vladimir Putin, adding he believes his Russian counterpart genuinely wants to stop fighting in Ukraine. “No time set, but it could be very soon,” Trump told reporters, hours after Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to play down expectations of upcoming high-level talks in Riyadh on ending the war. With Rubio set to lead a high-level American delegation at the discussions with Russian officials in Saudi Arabia’s capital in the coming days, a flurry of diplomacy was taking place as the brutal Ukraine war nears…
