Publication: Bangladesh Daily Star

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

Repatriation after stability?

MYANMAR would start repatriation of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh but only after the situation in that country became stable. The conditional assurance came at the latest round of foreign office consultations held in Myanmar, between June 14 and 15 ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Repatriation, Myanmar/Burma, Rohingya People

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

HC seeks explanation from NHRC

ABSENT OF COMPLAINT DISPOSAL POLICYThe High Court issued a rule upon the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to explain in four weeks why it should not be directed to formulate a policy on disposal of complaints.The court asked the commission to explain ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Complaints, Illegal, Human Rights Commission, Petitioner

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

6 drown in Bay

Border Guard Bangladesh personnel detain 11 men near the Teknaf river in the Bay November 7 last year after they were rescued by fishermen from the water. A trawler while trying to carry them and 99 others illegally to Malaysia capsized in the Bay. Around ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Teknaf (Bangladesh), Deceased, Abdur Rahman, Malaysia

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 2 reports

Sheikh Hasina

Unconstitutional govt not needed

The just-held elections to four city corporations were free and fair and thus a “victory of democracy and victory of the government”, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said in parliament yesterday.“These elections have proved there’s no need for any unconstitutional ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Sheikh Hasina, Elections, Humayun Ahmed, Barrister Moudud Ahmed, Begum Khaleda Zia

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Awami League

BNP favourites elected in most wards

Besides securing all the four mayoral offices, the BNP-backed candidates have outperformed their Awami League-supported rivals vying for the posts of councillors.Of the 157 councillor posts in the four city corporations, BNP-backed candidates won 93 and ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Khulna, Rajshahi, Awami League

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

UN awards Bangladesh

Bangladesh received a UN award yesterday for its outstanding progress in fighting hunger.The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) gave the special “Diploma Award” to Bangladesh in recognition of the country’s reaching a key millennium development ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United N..., United Nations

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

A massive public indictment

A rejection well deservedTHE voters in four important city corporations have given a resounding verdict in favour of opposition BNP-backed candidates. The mayoral AL incumbents in Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna and Sylhet have been defeated hands down. The ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Awami League, Indictment, Fazlul Haq, Verdict, Khulna

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Dhaka cut off from 10 Khulna districts

STRIKE DEMANDING WAGE HIKEBus services between the capital and 10 southeastern districts of Khulna division remain suspended from Monday morning as the workers enforced a wildcat indefinite strike demanding hike in their wages.The Khulna regional committee ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Khulna, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Workers, Chuadanga (Bangladesh), Meherpur (Bangladesh)

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Owners pushed

As celebrities including Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman celebrated Wal-Mart at its annual meeting last week, workers and activists converged to demand sweeping changes at the company’s U.S. stores and global factories. Around 100 striking workers with the ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Workers, Tazreen Fashions, Hugh Jackman, Tom Cruise

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

Attention, food minister

A news published in The Daily Star on 12th June left me shell-shocked. It says that a study conducted in 26 areas’ shops of Dhaka city revealed that around 94 percent of the mangoes and 100 percent blackberries and litchis are formalin-tainted! So, all ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Fruit, Poison, BlackBerry

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

People must resist

We are horrified by the news that in spite of knowing about all the hazards that a nuclear power plant may pose, the government is going ahead with its plan to set up a 1000 MW nuclear power plant in Rooppur. Bangladesh should not go for nuclear power ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Nuclear Reactor, Nuclear Power Plant, Radiation, Bangladesh, Nuclear Power

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 17 2013 - 1 reports

An outstanding achievement!

Eight highly challenging goals were set by the UN for the developing nations to achieve by 2015. Among them the number one goal was to halve the number of people suffering from extreme hunger. Bangladesh has already achieved this goal by reducing the ... [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, United Nations

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6 drown in Bay [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
HC seeks explanation from NHRC [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
Unconstitutional govt not needed [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
BNP favourites elected in most wards [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
UN awards Bangladesh [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
PM remark bad signal for democracy: BNP [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
A massive public indictment [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
Repatriation after stability? [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
Dhaka cut off from 10 Khulna districts [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
People must resist [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
Owners pushed [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
An outstanding achievement! [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
Attention, food minister [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
Ticfa signing may impact US? GSP stance: Analyst [Published Bangladesh Daily Star - Jun 17 2013]
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