Voicing concern over reluctance about engaging in dialogue by BNP and Awami League, Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna on Friday said the two parties are paving the path for undemocratic forces to intervene in country’s politics. “There’s no chance…
Stephane Dujaric, spokesman for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has said on Thursday that Assistant Secretary Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, as part of his functions, is in regular contact with Member States, including the United States (US). Replying to a question at…
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday warned that the people would be forced to resort to civil disobedience and non-cooperation movement against the government soon, said BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed in a statement. “The illegal and unelected Awami League…
Police continued to bar food supplies for leaders of BNP and staffs of Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office for the third consecutive day yesterday. Almost all staffs and BNP leaders were living on dry foods, said Shyrul Kabir Khan, a member…
Steve Strange, lead singer of 1980s pop band Visage, has died aged 55 following a heart attack, his record label says.
Nearly 50 soldiers have been killed in a week of fighting between government troops and Kokang ethnic rebels in Myanmar, state media report.
The American south-west and central plains could be on course for super-droughts the like of which they have not witnessed in over a 1,000 years.
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) has planned to conserve 53 natural water-bodies in the city in order to retain its surface water resources for protecting the environment from further degradation.
Chittagong district police in a series of drives detained eight activists of BNP-Jamaat-Shibir from different upazilas of the district on Thursday night.
Saber Ahmed, 29, was shot dead and 30 others injured in a clash between two local rival groups at Charkhagaria area under Satkania upazila of the district on Friday morning.
An alleged mugger was killed and another injured by angry mob beating at Bandherhat-Paschim Bazar area under Sadar upazila this morning.
At the rising of temperature, the mango trees of the district have been sprouting fast as about 60 percent trees have blossomed, Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office said.
Nagorik Samaj, a platform of civil society members, yesterday called upon the Awami League and the BNP to stop the violent activities as well as to take immediate step in holding dialogue to overcome the present political deadlock in the…
By Josh Butler U N, Feb(IPS) – Global youth unemployment may be “six or seven times” what the International Labor Organisation’s (ILO) latest figures state, due to what a youth advocacy group calls a flawed system of assessment. The ILO…
By Desmond Brown Antigua, Feb (IPS) – At 49 years old, Edison Liburd has established himself as one of Antigua and Barbuda’s most recognisable artists. But Liburd was not always in the spotlight. In fact, you could say he was…
New York – Serious concerns about workers’ rights have not been resolved for a high-profile project in Abu Dhabi that will host branches of the Louvre and Guggenheim museums and a campus of New York University (NYU), Human Rights Watch…
New York – Photographs, videos, and witness statements strongly indicate that a member of Egypt’s security forces was responsible for fatally shooting a female protester in a downtown Cairo square on January 24, 2015, Human Rights Watch said today. Evidence…