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India outrage over MP’s rape threat

There is growing outrage in India after an MP threatened to kill opposition workers and have women raped. Trinamool Congress (TMC) party MP Tapas Pal made the controversial comments warning the rival Communist party while addressing his party supporters. tapasHis wife has apologised for his remarks and his party has asked him to explain his comments within 48 hours, reports BBC. Several opposition parties and the National Commission for Women have also condemned his comments. Mr Pal made the threat weeks ago, but a video clip of his comment...

Europe to pressure Putin in talks

France and Germany yesterday looked set to ramp up pressure on Russia to stem the Ukraine conflict in frantic negotiations as the clock ticks down on a shaky truce. French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were due to hold four-way telephone talks with Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin and new Kiev leader Petro Poroshenko ahead of a 1900 GMT deadline for an unsteady ceasefire to end in violence-hit eastern Ukraine, reports AFP. putinThe last-minute talks follow a two-hour conversation between the quartet on Sunday in which Merk...

Not many Bangladeshis going to India: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said she does not think that many Bangladeshis go to India, as they are doing well in the country. “Nobody has given any clear proof that there are illegal immigrants from Bangladesh in India,” Khaleda said in an interview with the Indian Express on Sunday. khaleda-wb_1She was replying to a question on Narendra Modi-led Indian government’s stance on the illegal immigration in India. Terming Modi’s invitation to Saarc leaders at his oath-taking ceremony a ‘welcome initiative’, the BNP chief said “It...

ADB loans to tackle menace of river erosion

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund state-of-the-art riverbank protection measures in Bangladesh to prevent land erosion, which is destroying livelihoods and costing the economy an estimated $250 million a year. An ADB multitranche loan financing facility of $255 million will help put in place riverbank protection structures and embankments along vulnerable portions of the Jamuna, Padma, and Ganges rivers—the country’s main waterways. adb-logoLow-lying Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to floods and erosion, with u...

TIB denounce opportunity given to whiten black money

The Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has voiced concern over the opportunity given in the just passed Finance Bill to whiten black money by investing in the housing sector. tib In a statement on Sunday, TIB executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman said it has now become clear that the government’s policy-structure has been gripped by graft due to continuation of the scope of whitening black money, reports UNB. He said that despite the finance minister’s and the MPs’ open stand against the unethical provision, the scope of whitening black money contin...

Ramadan begins amid soaring prices

Ramadan, the ninth month in the Islamic lunar calendar in which Muslims are meant to fast from dawn to dusk, begins on Monday amid the soaring prices of essentials. Ramadan is a said to be the time of restraint and austerity, and also a time for inner reflection, devotion to the Almighty Allah and self-control. RamadanDuring the month, all government, semi-government and autonomous and semi-autonomous organisations will follow a new office from Monday as announced by the government. All these offices will remain open from 9:00am to 3:30pm ...
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