Author: PV Online Desk
In the wake of the Awami League-led government’s collapse, young singers have called for freedom from the irregularities, corruption, and political biases that have plagued the music industry for the past 16 years. The “Free Artistes’ Society” held a meeting at the Reporters’ Unit in the capital, attended by nearly two hundred artistes and industry professionals. Musician Muhin Khan played a key role in organising the gathering. The organisation intends to establish a new monitoring database centre that will function as a music regulatory commission. This entirely non-political body is designed to support artistes throughout Bangladesh. The event was attended…
A record 15 national heat records have been broken since the start of this year, an influential climate historian has told the Guardian, as weather extremes grow more frequent and climate breakdown intensifies. An additional 130 monthly national temperature records have also been broken, along with tens of thousands of local highs registered at monitoring stations from the Arctic to the South Pacific, according to Maximiliano Herrera, who keeps an archive of extreme events. He said the unprecedented number of records in the first six months was astonishing. “This amount of extreme heat events is beyond anything ever seen or…
For the first time since Israel launched its brutal war on Gaza more than 300 days ago, there is a glimmer of hope, with almost unanimous global agreement that the conflict must finally end. The US, Egypt, and Qatar, a troika that is directly involved in mediation talks between Israel and Hamas, earlier this month agreed that the time has come to embrace a framework agreement to halt the fighting based on US President Joe Biden’s ceasefire plan. Two days ago, the UK, France, and Germany also issued a joint statement calling for a permanent ceasefire and the unfettered passage…
Every war, every revolution carries with it a significant share of history marked in red. This red is not an ideology but the colour of bloodshed. The recent turn of events in our neighbourhood, Bangladesh, is evidently the most atrocious human rights violation. I am reminded of a Facebook conversation I had some time ago with a junior Bangladeshi scholar, who was criticising certain policies and actions of my head of state, drawing examples from social media blunders. This was occurring while India was repatriating Bangladeshi students along with Indian students from Ukraine. I was shocked to see a scholar…
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) has emphasized that there is no alternative to strengthening and comprehensively reforming institutions to effectively combat corruption and money laundering and to ensure accountability by identifying those involved in such crimes. Despite substantial evidence of undeclared assets belonging to former land minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury Javed and his wife, Rukhmila Zaman Chowdhury, the authorities have failed to take action for an extended period, TIB said. The TIB highlighted this case as a clear example of partisanship and ineffectiveness within key institutions, particularly at the leadership level, including the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC),…
Newly appointed Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur issued a stern warning to money launderers, declaring that those involved in illicit financial activities will be held accountable and will not be allowed to “sleep peacefully.” Speaking at a press conference at the central bank on his first day in office on Wednesday, Dr. Mansur pledged a relentless pursuit of those who have illegally moved money out of the country. “We will create such a situation that those who have taken the money will suffer. I will make sure that they cannot sleep with a pillow on their bed of…
A complaint against former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been filed with the investigation agency of the International Criminal Tribunal on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity. Supreme Court lawyer Gazi MH Tamim made the application today on behalf of Md Bulbul Kabir, father of Arif Ahmed Siam, a student who succumbed to his injuries two days later, after being shot by police during the anti-discrimination student movement in Savar on August 5. The complaint has been filed to the Coordinator of the International Criminal Tribunal’s investigation agency. Also, an application was submitted to register the complaint for taking…
Jail guards opened fire during a clash with a section of prisoners at Chattogram Central Jail Friday afternoon. The guards fired to control the situation when some prisoners and detainees staged demonstrations and tried to break open a room at the jail. The clash broke out around 2:00pm and continued till 2:40pm, he said. Army men reached the spot and brought the situation under control around 3:00pm. Two injured people were seen being taken by army, but their identities could not be known. None of the prisoners could escape. A tense situation was prevailing in the area.
Noble laureate economist Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus has urged the country’s people to join hands with him to advance the country rapidly in his maiden address after reaching the country from Paris to take the charge of the interim government set to be formed this evening. “Today is a glorious day for us . . . they (students) protected and gave rebirth to this country. Now our vow is to let the new Bangladesh march forward rapidly,” he said just after landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) here. A select gathering of civil society figures, including academics and student…
The first phase of what is described as one most advanced automated container terminals in China adds a design capacity of 2.6 million teu annual throughput to the world’s largest container port, according to Seatrade Maritime News. Construction started in December 2022, and the terminal at Luojing port currently has one 100,000 tonnes-class container berth and four 10,000 tonnes-class container berths. The automated container terminal at Luojing has been built on the site of old coal and ore terminals, which ceased operation in 2017 and 2019 due to the high pollution they caused, providing low added value to the business.…