Beximco gets JB loans in violation of BB rules

The state-owned Janata Bank (JB) has given loans worth Tk 21,978 crore to various institutions of the Beximco Group without following the appropriate rules of the Bangladesh Bank (BB), official sources said. According to BB rules, a bank can lend a maximum of 25 percent of its capital (funded and unfunded)

Did China’s balloon violate international law?

Was the balloon that suddenly appeared over the US last week undertaking surveillance? Or was it engaging in research, as China has claimed? While the answers to these questions may not be immediately known, one thing is clear: the incursion of the Chinese balloon tested the bounds of international law. This incident

UN seeks court opinion on violation of Palestinian rights

The U.N. General Assembly has asked the U.N.'s highest judicial body to give its opinion on the legality of Israeli policies in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.The Assembly voted by a wide margin, but with over 50 countries abstaining, on Friday evening to send one of the world's

Climate change leading to human rights violations: UN expert

UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change, Ian Fry, has said throughout the world, human rights are being negatively impacted and violated as a consequence of climate change. This includes the right to life, health, food, development, self-determination, water and sanitation,

Annexing a state’s territory is a violation of int’l law

The Kremlin has announced that a ceremony will take place Friday in Moscow that will launch a process of annexation of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. In this moment of peril, I must underscore my duty as Secretary-General to uphold the Charter of the United Nations. The UN