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July 3, 2023

UN again calls for peaceful solution

Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has emphasised the need for finding a solution to the current situation in Bangladesh. The UN High Commissioner made the remarks when the Bangladesh Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali met him at his office Zeid-Raad-Zeid-al-Hussein-014in Geneva. While briefing the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights about the current spate of violence in Bangladesh, the Foreign Minister said some of the recent acts of BNP-Jamaat are almost identical to ...

Mamata writes to Modi on Teesta deal

The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about settling Teesta and LBA issues with Bangladesh Assuring of her cooperation with central government. Modi_MomotaKolkata’s Ananda Bazar Potrika reported that Mamata wrote to Modi saying she was not against the Teesta deal with Bangladesh. Mamata has also sought an early meeting with Modi. In a letter written after her recent Dhaka visit, Mamata described the outcome of her trip as “positive.” Indian media also reported t...

London calls for inclusive political process

The United Kingdom has urged the government and all political parties in Bangladesh to ensure an inclusive and participatory political process. british foreign ministerIn a statement on Thursday, the UK secretary of state for foreign and commonwealth office, Hugo Swire, insisted on taking confidence-building measures necessary to stop violence and reduce tension. The UK minister joined the calls for confidence-building measures as a group of diplomats of developed countries, stationed in Dhaka, recommended t...

Militancy may rise in blood-stained Bangladesh

As dusk falls on the mango orchards in northern Bangladesh, Zem Ali and about a dozen other men leave their mud-thatched homes to sleep under the stars. The nightly ritual began in January when the body of Motiur Rahman, Ali’s 25-year-old brother, was found riddled with bullets in a pool of blood. He was last seen alive in the hands of the Rapid Action Battalion, an anti-terrorism squad that reports to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed. human rights Bangladesh“Anybody can be arrested, anytime,” Ali said from h...

Nadia Sharmeen receives Int’l Award from US

Nadia Sharmeen, a crime reporter at Ekattor TV and women’s rights advocate, will receive an International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award at a ceremony to be held March 5 at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. nadia In observance of International Women’s Day, the IWOC award honors the courage of extraordinary women worldwide who have played transformative roles in their societies. Ms. Sharmeen is the second Bangladeshi woman to earn this prestigious recognition, and she will be honored along with eight other women leaders from across the...

GMR to sell 500 MW energy to BD from Nepal

Infrastructure major GMR India is to enter into an agreement with Bangladesh to export 500 MW electricity from two hydropower projects it is constructing in Nepal, according to officials here. GMR has already signed an agreement with the Nepal government to build the 900-MW Upper Karnali project in western Nepal and is in the final stages of acquiring permission for constructing the 600-MW Upper Marsyangdi-II project in central Nepal. PowerAn agreement for the export of power to Bangladesh will be signed during the three-day regional energy conference star...