Chinese Envoy Offered Rohingya Money to Return to Myanmar: Sources By Kamran Reza Chowdhury and Sunil Barua on Mar 05, 2019  Benar News A Chinese government delegation met Rohingya Muslims in Bangladesh, promising each refugee up to U.S. $6,000 if they returned to Rakhine state in Myanmar, a Bangladeshi official and refugee leaders said Tuesday. […]

Ensure rule of law instead of denial Mar 04, 2019  Prothom Alo Bangladesh has done poorly in the recent rule of law index, drawn up by the US-based World Justice Project. The matter is disturbing, but the ruling party is unwilling to accept the facts. And this denial of the truth is further deteriorating the […]

Where does it all end? Syed Abul Maksud | Prothom Alo  Mar 05, 2019       Maulana Bhasani had repeated the story several times of an old man in the 1946 election who had managed to reach reached the polling centre and cast vote, but died on the way back home. In 1954, I was just […]

A never-ending probe No charge sheet filed even after six years of the murder of Narayanganj teenage boy Taqi Tanwir Muhammad Taqi Sanad Saha and Shariful Islam “Investigation is going on.” This is what officials say every year when journalists contact them for comments on the anniversary of Taqi murder. And six years have passed this way. […]

‘It’s outrageous that 9 men are wealthier than 500m Indians’  Sadia Khalid Dhaka Tribune  March 6th, 2019 Indian novelist Arundhati Roy poses for photos on stage at an interaction, organized as part of the ongoing Chobi Mela International Festival of Photography, held at the Midas Centre in Dhaka’s Dhanmondi on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Mahmud Hossain […]

The Daily Star March 05, 2019 Problems with mega projects Metro rail must be completed on time View of the construction site for Dhaka Metro Rail in Shewrapara, Mirpur, Dhaka. FILE PHOTO: STAR/ PRABIR DAS In a recent statement, the country director of Asian Development Bank stressed the need to complete mega projects like the […]