Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) handed over two members of Myanmar army, who were rescued near the Bangladesh-Myanmar-India border in Bandarban district on Tuesday, to Myanmar’s Border Guard Police (BGP) on Friday. BGB handed over the soldiers to BGP in a…
By Thalif Deen UN.Jul (IPS) – Despite high expectations, the third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) ended on a predictable note: the United Nations proclaimed it a roaring success while most civil society organisations (CSOs) expressed scepticism over…
By Aruna Dutt UN.Jul 2015 (IPS) – As Nepal’s monsoon rains approach, some humanitarian aid remains tied up in the capital Kathmandu and there are concerns that a rush to build shelters could lead to the same shoddy construction that…
Yerevan – Thousands of patients with advanced cancer in Armenia suffer from avoidable, severe pain every year because they cannot get adequate pain medications, Human Rights Watch said in a report and video released today. While effective, safe, and inexpensive…
Antonio Ginatta Yesterday, two days before his visit to the El Reno federal prison in Oklahoma – the first visit to a prison by a sitting United States president – President Barack Obama made a long-overdue and compelling call for…
By Daniel Hernandez The entrance to the tunnel that Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman used to escape from prison is located at an abandoned cinder-block building with a metal roof and a dirt floor. There is a wheelbarrow filled with dirt,…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has poured cold water on rumours and wild speculations of her ‘strained’ relations with Syed Ashraful Islam, a week after removing him from the LGRD ministry. She has given the Awami League general secretary another politically…
Misconceptions about climate-induced migration could lead to inadequate support for affected populations, according to the Worldwatch Institute’sState of the World 2015 Washington, D.C.-Between 2008 and 2013, some 140 million people were displaced by weather-related disasters; meanwhile, gradual displacements, such as…
Countries have agreed on a series of bold measures to overhaul global financial practices and generate investments for tackling a range of economic, social and environmental challenges at the United Nations Third International Conference on Financing for Development, held in…
Customs officials at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized 710 grams gold from two passengers of United Airlines from Kuala Lumpur on Thursday morning. Assistant Commissioner (customs) Al Amin said Alal Uddin, 30, and Abdur Rahim, 35, were landed at the…
Heartiest congratulations to Bangladesh Cricket Team for sealing first ever bilateral series win over South Africa. I hope Bangladesh cricket team will continue this winning streak in future.” – Yunus Centre press release
The Bnp on Thursday demanded of the government to immediately arrest the killers of 13-year-old boy Sheikh Samiul Alam Rajon in Sylhet and give them exemplary punishment. Party spokesperson Dr Asaduzzaman Ripon made the demand in statement issued on the…
We the undersigned express our profound dismay and disquiet at the continued official harassment by the central government of leading human rights defenders Teesta Setalvad and Jawed Anand. Since the installation of the BJP led government in Delhi in May…
At least ten people including a journalist and the OC of Chokoria Police Station were injured in a clash between police and Sramik League-Jubo League activists at Chiringa Bus Station in Chokoria municipality on Thursday. Police and locals said the…
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, who has been undergoing treatment at a city hospital since his release on bail on Tuesday evening, returned his Uttara home on Thursday. Mirza Fakhrul reached his house around 3pm from United…
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Thursday greeted all the Muslims of Bangladesh and elsewhere across the world on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and wished them Eid Mubarak. In an Eid-ul-Fitr message, Khaleda, also a former Prime Minister said, “The Eid-ul-Fitr…