UNB, New York :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s ICT Adviser Sajeeb Ahmed Wazed Joy on Tuesday said the government has developed its own methods, own innovations for implementing ‘Digital Bangladesh’ initiative for simplifying and digitising services.“Digital Bangladesh’ initiative was an innovative and learning experience for the government as it developed the necessary systems for materialising it,” he said. Joy said this while taking part in the panel discussion of the South-South and Triangular Cooperation in scaling-up innovation in public service delivery...
Staff Reporter :The BNP on Tuesday urged the government to form the new election commission based on consensus.The tenure of present election commission will expire in February, 2017.“We want a national election under an election commission, which must be neutral. A neutral EC is a must to hold a free, fair and acceptable election,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said this, while speaking at a discussion meeting in the city. He said, “The government should announce a neutral...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Sunday termed the delay in appointing the new Chief Justice an ‘evil design’ of the government.Speaking at a discussion, he also opposed the government’s step to build a new cantonment after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s name, saying it will not be good for the country.“There’s no scope for keeping the post of the Chief Justice vacant even for a day as per the constitution. You (govt) are buying time in appointing the...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP on Thursday alleged that a ‘fake’ Facebook account has been opened again against its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s name with an evil motive.Speaking at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office, party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the allegation.He called upon law enforcement agencies to take proper action in this regard.“Some unscrupulous people opened a fake Facebook account again in the name of BNP secretary general. They’re posting...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP spokesman Asaduzzaman Ripon on Sunday alleged that ‘false’ cases are being filed against their party leaders and activists across the country in a bid to harass them.In a statement, he said, “We condemn the government’s move to harass BNP leaders and activists by filling false cases against them across the country.”The statement was issued protesting the arrest of Madaripur’s Kalkani upazila unit BNP president Fazlul Haq Bepari on Friday night. Ripon alleged that law enforcers raided the...
UNB, Dhaka :BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday night said they made a mistake by halting their anti-government movement just after the January- 5 election.”It was our wrong decision to stop the movement after the January-5 election,” a BNP join secretary general quoted khaleda as telling a meeting she held with her party’s vice-chairmen and joint secretaries at her Gulshan office.He said Khaleda made the remark as some of her party leaders said that the current regime has become confident...
BBC Online :An Australian senator who made history by breastfeeding in parliament has resigned after learning she holds dual citizenship. Larissa Waters, from the minor Greens party, was born in Canada.Under Australia’s constitution, a person cannot run for federal office if they hold dual or plural citizenship.On Friday, another Greens senator, Scott Ludlam, also resigned for having dual citizenship. Both politicians were deputy leaders of the party. In May, Ms Waters gained international attention by becoming the first politician to...
UNB, Dhaka :Scientists have calculated that at least 30 percent and perhaps one half of the decline in Arctic summer sea ice could be attributed to natural causes – changes of ocean and atmospheric circulation that happen according to some long-term cycle.And that means humans can be held responsible for at least 50 percent and up to 70 percent of a pattern of decline that could devastate Arctic ecology and accelerate climate change in the temperate and tropical zones.The new...
BBC Online :About 240 migrants are believed drowned in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, migration officials say.The UN refugee agency was told the news by survivors brought ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa, spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said.No bodies have so far been recovered. More than 4,200 migrants have died making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea this year, International Organization of Migrationspokesman Leonard Doyle says. The UN has warned 2016 could be the deadliest for migrants...
CNBC News :In an exclusive interview for “Meet the Press,” Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) said he believes Donald Trump’s election is illegitimate because of Russian interference in last year’s election.Asked whether he would try to forge a relationship with the president-elect, Lewis said that he believes in forgiveness, but added, “it’s going to be very difficult. I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president.”When pressed to explain why, he cited allegations of Russian hacks during the campaign that lead...
Staff Reporter :Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a suspected militant of banned outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) from Trishal upazila of Mymensingh district.The arrested man has been identified as Abu Raihan Bin Sadek alias Raihan, 32, hailing from Saud Kanda village in the upazila, said Noor-E-Alam, Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) of Mymensingh. Police have been following him for a long time, the police official said.Raihan was being interrogated at Trishal Police Station for his insolvent with the...
UNB, Kushtia :A suspected member of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) was killed in a reported gunfight with detectives in Kabirhat area of Sadar upazila early Monday.The deceased was identified as Kulu Mollah, 30, a resident of Khajanagar area of the upazila and a regional commander of JMB. Sabbirul Islam, Officer-in-Charge of the Detective Branch (DB) of Kushtia police said on secret information, a team of the DB conducted a drive in the area around 3am.Sensing the presence of the detectives,...