PM lauds BGB role against BNP-Jamaat violence
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has appreciated members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) for their role in protecting the country from the violence that was created by the BNP-Jamaat men during the January 5 election.
The premier made the statement while addressing a programme marking the “Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day-2014” at Pilkhana on Saturday morning.
Pakistan hangs 2 militants after school massacre
Pakistan executed two prominent militants on Friday, sources said, in a clear response to this week's massacre of more than 130 children at a school.
The hanged militants had no links to the Taliban's assault in the city of Peshawar on Tuesday, but their executions came at a time when a shocked Pakistani society is piling pressure on the government to do more to stem escalating violence.
3 killed in Kishoreganj road accident
Three persons have been killed as a passenger bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Monohorpur area under Kuliarchar upazila of the district early Saturday.
At least 20 others were also injured in the accident.
Two siblings killed in Chittagong clash
Two siblings have been beaten to death in a clash between two groups of local people in Chittagong city’s Chandgaon area over land dispute.
The deceased are Faridul Islam, 45, and his brother Abu Siddique, 42.
Modi reassures of resolving Teesta, LBA issues
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday assured President Abdul Hamid of resolving Teesta water-sharing and implementation of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) issues.
Modi also reaffirmed that his government was working continuously on these two crucial issues, reports BSS.
‘Land grabbing is the reason behind every attack in the CHT’
Land grabbing is the main reason for the arson attack this Victory Day on homes, shops and a temple belonging to non-Bangalis in Naniarchar upazilla in Rangamati, residents of the area told the Dhaka Tribune.
They said most attacks on minorities in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) had been carried out in connection with the encroachment of land by Bangali settlers in the region.
Birth registrations 11% higher than total population
The number of birth registrations in the country has far exceeded the number of population that was found by the latest national census in 2011.
As of September this year, the government had registered 16.72 crore births, around 11.69% higher than the 14.97 crore population enumerated by the adjusted results of the Population and Housing Census 2011.
Bangladesh left out of US GSP review
Bangladesh has not been included in the list of countries now under review of the US GSP programme that could alter their beneficiary status.
The GSP status of Bangladesh as also other countries has been suspended in June last year, following which the US authorities were reviewing the worker rights, child labour, intellectual property rights, or arbitral awards issues to consider reinstating the trade preferences.
Indigenous families living under open sky
Thirteen-year-old girl Ilsha Chakma and her brother Mithun Chakma, 18, silent and grim-faced, stood in front of their house burnt by Bangali settlers on December 16.
Their house at Suridas Para under the Naniarchar upazila in Rangamati went up in flames in the morning of the day when the county was celebrating its 44th Victory Day.
