Two days after seven FIFA officials were arrested by Swiss police on charges of corruption, and others were detained around the world, septuagenarian and incumbent leader Sepp Blatter — who has led FIFA since 1998 and weathered numerous calls to…
Day: May 29, 2015
Discuss matters of consensus with Khaleda before Modi visit: Bnp
BNP on Friday urged the government to hold talks with party chairperson Khaleda Zia on matters relating to country’s national interest based on consensus before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bangladesh. “We hope that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina…
Some experts blame dating apps for a rise in STDs
Diagnoses of sexually transmitted diseases including HIV and syphilis are on the rise in the United States among certain groups, with experts attributing the uptick to growing complacency about sexually risky behavior. Public health officials in Rhode Island said this…
2 Gang-rape accused put on 10-day remand
A court of Dhaka yesterday (Thursday) placed two people on a ten-day remand each in a case filed on the charge of gang-raping a 21-year-old Garo woman on May 21. Magistrate Amit Kumar Dey of the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM)…
UN wants all countries involved to solve Asian migrants trafficking
The United Nations (UN) has said all the countries that are ‘implicated’ need to sit around the table and come up with a solution regarding human trafficking. “I think all the countries that are implicated, whether they’re origin countries, transit…
JU Teacher sacked for sexual harassment
Jahangirnagar University (JU) authorities has sacked a teacher on charges of sexual harassment brought against him by several female students of his department about one and a half years ago. JU registrar Abu Bakar Siddiqe said the JU syndicate on…
Sepp Blatter seeks 5th term as graft scandal grips FIFA
The 209 members of Fifa are to vote for their new president at a congress in Zurich, as football’s world governing body faces a major corruption scandal. Sepp Blatter, the favourite, is seeking a fifth term. He is being challenged…
New FIFA President should end abuses
New York – The next president of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) – world football’s governing body – should ensure that future host countries of the World Cup are required to comply with fundamental human rights norms. The FIFA…
Accounts from Rohingya boat people
Rohingya and other survivors of dangerous boat voyages from Burma andBangladesh describe horrific treatment by unscrupulous smugglers and traffickers in Burma, and abuse and neglect aboard ships, Human Rights Watch said today. A regional meeting scheduled on May 29, 2015,…
End poverty, unemployment, carbon emission for sustainable growth: Yunus
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus said said on Thursday the world must show zero tolerance to poverty, unemployment and carbon emission for sustainable development, the next new agenda of the UN after conclusion of millennium development goal this year. Addressing the…
Dhaka Statement on Urban Health in Sustainable Development
Dhaka Statement on Urban Health in Sustainable Development International Conference on Urban Health Dhaka, Bangladesh, 24-27 May 2015 A Call for Action The International Society of Urban Health (ISUH) and the participants in the 12th International Conference on Urban Health…
Death toll in trawler capsize in the Meghna now 9
The death toll from Thursday’s trawler capsize in the Meghna River here rose to nine with recovery of six more bodies on Friday morning. Seven of the deceased were identified as Ummeli, 04, Sumiya, 08, Faysal, 06, Bayezid, 02, all…
Rizvi, Dudu to be quizzed at Jail gate
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Thursday passed order allowing police to interrogate BNP leaders Ruhul Kabir Rizvi and Shamsuzzaman Dudu at the jail gate, rejecting the pleas of police for their remand. Magistrate Imdadul Haque of…