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KSA, Bangladesh to broaden ties

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Bangladesh are set to hold bilateral talks on broadening their cooperation in the health sector in Riyadh on Sunday. Bangladesh Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mohammed Nasim and Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeah are scheduled to meet at the MOH headquarters in Riyadh today. bd-ksaNasim arrived in Jeddah on Friday and performed Umrah with his accompanying team. On arrival in Riyadh on Saturday, the visiting minister was received by Dr. Taha Malibary, adviser to ...

Microcredit regulator seeks DFID support for one more year

The microcredit regulator has sought one-year extension of the British Department for International Development (DFID)-funded project 'Promoting Financial Services through Poverty Reduction' (PROSPER). Under this programme, the DFID provided Tk 370 million to support the Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) in 2007. The project is going to end June this year, reports The Financial Express. DFIDThe DFID support was instrumental in providing the MRA with core operational funding in its early years before government re...

Cattle smuggling creating huge anarchy in Indo-Bangla border

Illegal mass-theft of cattle is a huge problem on the border between India and Bangladesh. Along the largely porous boundary between Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, cattle-raids and cattle-smuggling, often conducted by criminal gangs, raise hundreds of millions of dollars annually in illicit profits. The activity is so lucrative and dangerous that it often costs the lives of the perpetrators and innocent bystanders. cattle smugglingAccording to a report from Agence France-Presse (AFP), four men suspected of catt...

Rights group urges ICC to investigate Bangladesh

An Islamic rights group is urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, to investigate the government of Bangladesh for alleged crimes against humanity in persecuting its political foes. British lawyer Toby Cadman said he filed the request on behalf of the International Coalition for Freedoms of Rights a month after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party won elections marred by violence and a boycott by the main opposition party. International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda will decide whether to launch an investigation after studying the application. ICC

Concern over extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh

Activists in Bangladesh have called for an investigation into a recent spate of killings described by many as ‘extrajudicial’. Activists claim most of those who died were affiliated to the opposition. “Extrajudicial killings have been taking place for a long time in the country and it’s getting worse each day,” C R Abrar, president of Odhikar, a human rights group, alleged. “There should be an independent and credible inquiry into the incidents.” Following the disputed general election on 5 January, in which the ruling Awami League retained power, activists claim the number of such killings has risen.

Government suffers from legitimacy: Hossain Zillur

Post the violent elections in Bangladesh conducted on January 5, the Executive Chairman of the Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and a former advisor to the caretaker government of Bangladesh, Hossain Zillur Rahman, has pinpointed the failures of the elections that were also shunned globally. "The election has led to a parliament whose legitimacy is questionable. The government which is in place now suffers from this legitimacy issue enormously at home and at abroad," said Rahman. hossain Zillur
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