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Dhaka Tribune, ATN to host televised mayoral debates

In anticipation of the mayoral elections to be held on April 28, the Dhaka Tribune has teamed up with ATN News to host two televised mayoral debates among candidates – one for Dhaka South and one for Dhaka North. Anisul Huq, Tabith Awal, Zonayed Saki, and Mahi B Chowdhury have been invited to participate in the debate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), while Sayeed city election logoKhokon, Mohammad Saifuddin Ahmed Milon, and Golam Mawla Roni will be participating in the debate for Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)...

Hundreds feared dead in Mediterranean sinking

Hundreds of people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying up to 700 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, the Italian coastguard says. A major rescue operation is under way after the vessel carrying “between 500 and 700 migrants” capsized at midnight local time, in Libyan waters south of the Italian island of Lampedusa. Med sinking-AFPSo far 28 people have been rescued. Since the start of the year, at least 900 other migrants are thought to have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea. In the past week alone...

Gülen, Chowdhury presented with award for dedication to peace

Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen and Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, former UN Ambassador of Bangladesh  have been presented with a prestigious peace award in recognition of their “life-long dedication to promoting peace and human rights” at Atlanta's Morehouse College, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s alma mater. image001The Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College honored Gülen with its 2015 Gandhi King Ikeda Peace Award on Thursday for promoting ideas shared by the world's leading peace and civil rights activists. Past r...

Dhaka most affordable commercial property in Asia

Bangladesh’s capital city is the most affordable location to invest in commercial property in Asia, according to new data released today by global real estate portal Lamudi. Prices to buy an office in the Gulshan-2 area of Dhaka average 2636.36 Bangladeshi taka (US$33.79) per square meter, Lamudi’s ranking of emerging Asia’s top five Colombo, Sri Lanka - Shutterstockcommercial property hotspots shows. These prices sit in stark contrast to areas such as Hong Kong, which has the world’s most expensive...

US Ambassador condemns Pahela Boishakh assault

The US Ambassador to Bangladesh, Marcia Bernicat has expressed her shock at the incident of sexual harassment the Dhaka University campus during the celebration of Bangla New Year. Marcia_BernicatBernicat took to Twitter to express her condemnation. She tweeted: “Appalled to learn about 20 women assaulted during #PohelaBoishakh celebration at #Dhaka University. Let’s act to stop #ViolenceAgianstWomen.” On 14 April evening, several women were sexually assaulted by 30-40 unruly youth. The incident has generated much condemnation...

Closure from 1971 Bangladesh war comes at a high cost

Last Saturday, Bangladesh executed a senior Islamist party leader, Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, for war crimes committed during the country’s 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. It was the second such hanging, with several more death sentences handed down by a domestic court set up to try local collaborators of the Pakistani army from that period. The judicial process has come under repeated international criticism for not being up to standard, while supporters of the largest Islamist political party, Jamaat-e-Islami, have violently protested against the verdicts. But the trials have wide popular support. As the BBC’s Bangladesh Correspondent, I covered the first execution and some of the first verdicts. [caption id="attachment_15166" align="alignleft" width="300"]
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