Bangladesh

Staff Correspondent: Interim government’s Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus on Sunday urged the country’s people to be patient and allow time for the mountain-like challenges to be overcome gradually, rather than insisting on immediate solutions. “I would like to say, you have to be patient. We must avoid forcing all…

Staff Correspondent: Interim government Chief Adviser, Professor Muhammad Yunus, said on Sunday that all necessary steps have been taken to restore normalcy in the flood-affected regions of Bangladesh. Speaking in a televised address, Prof Yunus emphasized the importance of both domestic and regional cooperation to tackle such crises in the…

Staff Correspondent: Several people were injured as a clash broke out between Dhaka University students and Ansar members at the Secretariat on Sunday night. The clash started after 9 pm, following reports that key figures from the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement including Sarjis Alam and Hasnat Abdullah are under siege at…

Stuff Correspondent: Prices of essential products including dry food and drinking water have shot up in the flood-hit districts as traders increased their prices with rise in the demand of relief materials. Millions of people in 11 districts including Feni, Lakshmipur, Comilla, Noakhali have been stranded due to flash flood.…

Stuff Correspondent: A total of 1235 mobile towers out of 13,491 in 10 flood affected districts have remained out of order due to flood, according to the Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission (BTRC). The districts include Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Chattogram, Khagrachhari, Habiganj, Moulvibazar and Sylhet, said a press…

Stuff Correspondent: Flood situation in Cumilla district deteriorated further with the flooding of fresh areas in the past 24 hours till Saturday, leaving seven lakh people stranded. The water level of Gumti River is flowing 80 cm above its danger mark during this period. The volunteers are seen struggling to…

Staff Correspondent: The Editors’ Council has urgently called for the completion of the trial process in the high-profile murder case of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi. The couple was brutally killed in their West Rajabazar apartment in Dhaka on February 11, 2012. The court has extended the deadline…

Staff Correspondent: Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) members have stopped an attempt of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) members to construct a barbed wire fence along the border in Patgram upazila in Lalmonirhat. According to BGB members and local residents, on Wednesday afternoon, some BSF members started constructing a barbed wire…

Staff Correspondent: The Bangladesh Secretariat Service Association (BSSA) held its inaugural meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat, chaired by its convener Abdul Khalek. The session was co-led by Senior Assistant Secretaries Md. Nazmul Haque and Nazrul Islam. Speakers at the meeting, including Md. Shahidullah, Sushil Kumar Pal, Md. Abdul Mannan, Sheikh…

Zarif Mahmud: After the collapse of the Awami League government in the student uprising, the true picture of the country’s economy is becoming visible one by one. The work of reforming the state has been going on since the government led by Nobel-winning economist Dr. Muhammad Yunus took charge of…