Demand for repeal of Cyber Security Act

Forum for Freedom of Expression Bangladesh (FExB), today urged the interim government to repeal the Cyber Security Act immediately and enact democratic, humane, people-friendly and participatory laws and policies. The Forum raised the demand at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in the capital this morning. “All the cases filed under repressive Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006, Digital Security Act, 2018 and the Cyber Security Act, 2023, should be canceled. The interim government ...

Instrument of accession to int’l convention on enforced disappearances signed

Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus today signed the Instrument of Accession to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances. He signed the instrument at the weekly meeting of the council of advisers amid clapping by the advisers. "It is a historic occasion," the chief adviser's press wing quoted Prof Yunus as saying. The instrument was signed a day before the International Day for the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The i...

Ameer Shafiqur Rahman makes sense

Sir Frank Peters

It’s been a most refreshing experience to read Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Shafiqur Rahman’s call for patience and restraint above the shouts and screams that permeates Dhaka’s polluted air seeking premature fresh elections.

It’s only been a couple of weeks since President Mohammed Shahabuddin Chuppu swore in Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus as Chief Adviser to the Interim ...

Sarsina Peer Saheeb distributes relief goods among flood victims

Peer Saheeb Alhaj Maulana Shah Abu Nashar Nesharuddin Ahmad Hussain of Sarsina distributed relief goods among the flood victims of Feni, Cumilla and Noakhali districts on Thursday. He visited and monitored the relief activities of Rahi Madrasa of Chanua Union under Sadar Upazila of Feni District at the time of distributing food stuffs among the flood victims. During the visit, Pir Saheeb offered a special prayer for the peace of the nation and the Muslim Ummah including the victims of ...

Govt lifts ban on Jamaat, Shibir

The interim government on Wednesday lifted the ban on Jamaat-e- Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. "It (lifting of the ban) will come under effect immediately," the home ministry said in a gazette notification. The notification said the ban slapped on August 1, 2024 under the Anti-Terrorism Act 2009 was lifted as there was no particular evidence and neither the government believed that Jamaat and its associate bodies including the Chhatra Shibir are involved in terrorist activities and violence. The notification was signed by home ministry's senior secretary Mohammad Abdul Momen. On August 1, the previous Awami League (AL)-led government banned Jamaat, Shibir, and all of its associated organisations as political entities under the Anti-Terrorism Act-2009. ...

Life expectancy in Bangladesh drops by 4.8 years due to air pollution

Bangladesh is the world's most polluted country and fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) shortens the average Bangladeshi resident's life expectancy by 4.8 years, relative to what it would be if the World Health Organization (WHO) guideline of 5 µg/m³ was met, says a new global report released on Wednesday. Some areas of Bangladesh fare much worse than others, such as the Gazipur and Narsingdi districts, where air pollution is shortening lives by more than 6 years, it said, reports UNB. All of Bangladesh's 166.4 million people live in areas where the annual average particulate pollution level exceeds both the WHO guideline and 96.8 percent of the country's population live in regions that don't meet the country's own national standard of 35 µg/m³. Even in the least polluted distr...
Verified by MonsterInsights