Netanyahu says Israel not bound by ‘disgusting’ UN vote

The cabinet includes newly created positions and reorganized roles, giving some of those powers to pro-settlement coalition partners who ultimately aim to extend Israel’s sovereignty into the West Bank. However, Netanyahu has given no indication of any imminent move to annex the settlements, a move that would likely shake his ties with Western and Arab […]

Netanyahu says Israel not bound by ‘disgusting’ UN vote

The UN General Assembly asked the ICJ to give an advisory opinion on the legal consequences of Israel’s “occupation, settlement and annexation … including measures aimed at changing the demographic composition, character and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem”. Huh.” Members of Netanyahu’s new government have pledged to fortify the settlements with development plans, […]

Senior lawyer and BNP leader Khandekar Mehboob Hussain passed away at the age of 84

After passing the matriculation examination, he studied at the Notre Dame College in Dhaka and then at the Law Department of the University of Dhaka. He was arrested again during protests against Pakistani ruler Ayub Khan. He started his career as a lawyer in 1964 after passing his LLB. In 1966 he was enrolled as […]

Two Chhatra Odhikar Parishad leaders allegedly picked up

When contacted, MD Farooq Hussain, Deputy Commissioner of Media and Public Relations of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, told Prothom Alo that they have no information about the arrest of any umbrella rights leader from Gulistan area today. Abu Hanif, Joint Convenor and Media Coordinator of Gana Adhikar Parishad, earlier told ALO that some people posing as […]

Over 5,000 Jamaatis file lawsuit over Friday’s clash with police

Several charges, including obstruction of public duty, assault on police, were leveled against the accused in all the five cases. Clashes broke out between workers and leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Chhatra Shibir when they tried to take out a procession after Friday prayers in Malibagh, Mauchak, Shahjahanpur and Rampura areas of the […]

Jamaat did not take permission for Dhaka procession: DMP commissioner

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Khandaker Ghulam Farooq cited Jamaat-e-Islami’s failure to obtain permission to hold the procession as the reason police stopped the party’s rally in the capital. “They (Jamaat-e-Islami) did not seek or take permission from the police [for the procession,” Faruq said at a media briefing on Saturday, a day after 11 people […]

Government will be badly defeated if people can vote: Musharraf

Addressing the current government, Khandekar Musharraf Hussain said, “You have said that you will guard every mohalla. You have done it, but cannot keep people at home. The BNP leader said that this mass procession is the first program of the 10-point movement. Along with some other democratic, patriotic individuals and groups, 33 parties have […]

China appoints Xi’s trusted aide Qin Gang as new foreign minister

State radio reported Friday that China has appointed President Xi Jinping’s trusted aide Qin Gang as its new foreign minister. Qin, 56, and currently China’s ambassador to the United States, replaces Wang Yi, who has been foreign minister for the past decade. Wang, 69, was promoted to the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in […]