The UN’s free speech problem
ANYONE willing to consult the international law book on the subject of free speech will find it heavy with protections for free speech. The UN Declaration of Human Rights features, ReadMore
Govt must stop railway accidents
LACK of people’s awareness and the poor maintenance of level crossings and railway bridges by the authorities concerned contributed to an increase in railway accidents, which claimed 209 lives in ReadMore
Rifat’s wife taken to SP office for interrogation
Shawdesh Desk: Police on Tuesday morning took Aysha Siddika Minni, wife of Rifat Sharif, who was hacked to death in broad daylight in Barguna town on June 26, to the ReadMore
ICC team in Bangladesh to discuss Rohingya crisis
Shawdesh Desk: A delegation of the International Criminal Court, led by its Deputy Prosecutor James Kirkpatrick Stewart, arrived in Dhaka on Tuesday morning on a weeklong visit to Bangladesh to ReadMore
Cricket wins in all-time greatest thriller
Sports Desk: World Cup final often does not promise a great match. Take Melbourne 2015 as one example or the last final held at Lord’s in 1999 when Pakistan were ReadMore
Ershad to be buried in Rangpur: JaPa decides amid outcry
Shawdesh Desk: Facing followers’ disagreement, Jatiya Party high-ups have decided to bury party chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad in his hometown Rangpur. A chaotic situation had been created before the fourth ReadMore
HC bars sale of cattle without antibiotics
Shawdesh Desk: The High Court has banned the sale antibiotics for cattle and its administration without a prescription from a veterinarian. The bench of Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice ReadMore
Ecnec clears 8 projects involving Tk 5,142 cr
Shawdesh Desk: The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved eight projects involving Tk 5,142 crore, including Tk 2,606 crore to improve important roads under various ReadMore
