Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) today strongly condemned and protested the heinous attack on journalists in Barisal. BFUJ president Omar Faruque and its secretary general Dip Azad, in a statement, said legal actions should be taken against the miscreants, who carried out the attack on journalists. The leaders demanded arrest and punishment of the doctors for attacking journalists when they went to Sher-e-Bangla Medical College and Hospital, Barisal to perform their professional duties on Saturday. Read More...
RANGPUR: The Teesta crossed its danger mark (DM) at Kawnia and Dalia points in greater Rangpur district creating a temporary flood satiation due to huge onrush of water from upstream during the last 24 hours ending at 9 am today. Officials of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) said intensity of monsoon rains lessened in the upstream northwestern Indian states from today creating a possibility of no further deterioration of the situation during the next 24 hours. "The Teesta was flowing above its danger mark by 41 cm at Kawnia point in Rangpur and 7cm at Dalia point in Nilphamari respectively at 9 am today," said Additional Chief Engineer for Rangpur Zone of BWDB Engineer Md Mahbubur Rahman. Currently, all 44 gates of the Teesta Barrage Project are remaining open to control the huge water flow at Dalia point in Nilphamari where the river was flowing below its danger mark by 27cm at 3pm today. Read More...
KUTUPALANG, Coxs Bazar: Hundreds of forcibly displaced Rohingyas today held rallies at different camps here marking the sixth anniversary of their huge exodus, demanding safe return to their homeland Myanmar. "We do not want to stay in Bangladesh any long. Our only demand is to quick return to our homeland Myanmar," said Musa, a representative of Rohingyas at a camp. Since August 25 in 2017, Bangladesh has been hosting over 1.1 million forcefully displaced Rohingyas in Coxs Bazar district and most of them arrived there after a military crackdown by Myanmar, which the UN called a "textbook example of ethnic cleansing" and other rights groups dubbed it as "genocide". Read More...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held "candid and in-depth" talks to ease tensions along their disputed frontier, Beijing said Friday, after a rare face-to-face encounter between the two leaders. Relations between the world two most populous countries have been in deep freeze since a deadly Himalayan border clash that killed 20 Indian soldiers and at least four Chinese troops in 2020. Tens of thousands of soldiers have since been massed along both sides of the border. They remain despite 19 rounds of talks between top military officials of both countries. Read More...