New York-based rights body Human Rights Watch (HRW) has asked Bangladesh authorities to establish an independent body to ‘investigate evidence’ that Rab has been responsible for extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture, and other serious abuses over many years.
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday reiterated its longstanding call that Rab be disbanded, and replaced with a fully accountable civilian law enforcement agency dedicated to fighting crime and terrorism.
“This is a good opportunity for Bangladesh to deliver on its longstanding promise of zero tolerance for human rights violations by security forces,” said Adams. “RAB should be disbanded and replaced with a fully civilian force that operates under the rule of law and has external oversight. Death squads have no place ...
Green and yellow auto rickshaws chug through the crowded streets of New Delhi. Tuk tuks sputter on the roads in Thailand to tourists’ delight.
Millions in South and Southeast Asia rely on these three wheelers—known variously as rickshaws, tuk tuks or tricycles—as an affordable mode of transportation.
But while beloved by many, the vehicles are also blamed for bottleneck congestion and pollution, spewing carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and particle matters that become trapped inside the lungs.
“In many places both inside China and in other Asian cou...
Global Hotels Management (GHM) LLC, a Dubai-based hotel management company, announces the opening of the first Bundoo Khan Express in Dubai to serve customers in residential and commercial areas looking for traditional Pakistani home-made recipes.
Bundoo Khan Express is located along Sheikh Zayed Road near 3rd Interchange and will offer grilled and charbroiled specialities for dine-in, take-away and delivery services.
Masood Hashim, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Hotels Management, said: “We have reduced the menu of Bundoo Kha...
The World Bank Board has approved USD60m in interest-free credit to modernize the administration of Bangladesh’s value-added tax regime and to boost the tax take.
The VAT Improvement Program Project will introduce automation, including the launch of online VAT taxpayer services, and improve transparency in VAT administration. The project aims to increase the ratio of VAT to gross domestic product (GDP) by at least one percentage point of GDP by 2019, from just 3.7 percent of GDP in 2012-13.
The project will support the government to implement the new VAT law, which comes into effect in 2015, and aims to provide better servic...
Indian stock markets have risen to a record high after exit polls suggested the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies are on course to win the general election.
India’s main stock index, the Sensex, rose 1.7% to 23,941.32 points in early trade on Tuesday.
This follows a 2.4% gain on Monday ahead of the exit poll results, reports BBC online.
Analysts said investors were hopeful that a BJP win could help reverse the slowdown in India’s economy.
Exit polls released by Indian media organisations...
Twenty-five of the 51 Bangladesh missions abroad have failed to achieve respective export targets for the first 10 months (July-April) of the current fiscal (2013-14).
The key Bangladesh missions like the ones in Washington, London, Paris, Ottawa, Tokyo and Canberra which failed to achieve their July-April export targets while some other important missions –- Berlin, Madrid, Rome, The Hague and Stockholm — have been able to reach their targets for the 10-month period.
The overall export earnings for the July-April period of the current fiscal amounted to US$ 24,654.39 million against the strategic target of $ 24,555.55 million, having a growth of 0.40 percent over the strategic target.
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