Wednesday, 13 July 2016

David Cameron prepares to hand over to Theresa May


Bogra Sangbad Desk : David Cameron will leave Downing Street for the final time as PM later, with Theresa May waiting to replace him.

Mr Cameron will face his last Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons, before heading to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to the Queen.

He told the Daily Telegraph: "As I leave today, I hope that people will see a stronger country. It has been a privilege to serve the country I love."

After taking office, Mrs May will set about naming her own frontbench team.

India ad sparks debate on recognising sportswomen

Bogra Sangbad Desk : The online video made by Nike features 10 Indian sportswomen, as well as actress Deepika Padukone, who has spoken out against gender inequality.

In a widely shared Facebook post, she spoke of how sport helped in her struggle with depression.

Women's sport draws few Indian crowds or sponsors and gets little coverage.

Some of the Indian sportswomen featured in the ad include hockey player Rani Rampal, cricketers Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandana and Shubhlakshi Sharma, and footballer Jyoti Ann Burrett.

But many people felt they were unable to name many of the sportswomen featured.

Saturday, 8 August 2015

Not a single case of Bangladesh bloggers’ murder resolved so far || Perpetrators of blogger killings go unpunished


Bogra Sangbad Desk : The law enforcement agencies could not yet arrest the masterminds behind the gruesome killings of bloggers and freethinkers, although they repeatedly claimed that militant outfits had links with the murders.

With yesterday's murder of Niladri Chattopadhyay, four bloggers have been killed in a span of just seven months. However, investigators have yet to make any visible progress into the killings of bloggers -- Avijit Roy, Oyasiqur Rahman and Ananta Bijoy Das -- except the arrest of a handful of suspects.

Bangladesh’s child killing rate goes up alarmingly || 191 killed July 2015 year

Bogra Sangbad Desk : The rate of children being killed in the country had increased by 61 percent in 2014 than that of the previous year, according to a statistics of Bangladesh Shishu Adhikar Forum (BSAF) and it's not looking good at all for this year either.

Based on newspapers' reports, the BSAF said at least 191 children were killed till this July, 350 in 2014, 218 in 2013 and 209 in 2012.

The leading network of child rights organisation expressed concern, saying incidents of brutalities against children in different forms are increasing every year. At least 968 children were killed after brutal torture from 2012 to July 2015.

This year, incidents of murder, kidnap, human trafficking, rape, sexual harassment and violence against children are also on the rise, the BSAF noted.