By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, May 4 (IPS) – Income and wealth inequality has increased in recent decades, but recognition of the role of economic liberalization and globalization in exacerbating inequality has never been…
By Elena L. Pasquini Rome, May 4 (IPS) – Abdulwahab Tahhan is a journalist and a refugee. From his exile in London, he documents the war that is devastating his homeland of Syria, monitoring airstrikes and assessing civilian casualties for…
By Sohara Mehroze Shachi Dhaka, May 4 (IPS) – New technology could be the answer to reducing negative climate impacts of aviation – one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gases. And a recent quantitative research at North South University…
By Milagros Salazar Tarapoto, Peru, May 3 (IPS) – Corruption has penetrated the Amazon rainforest like an illness that infects everything, said Ruben Siqueira, coordinator of the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), during the VIII Panamazonic Social Forum (FOSPA), which brought…
Bridgetown,(AP/UNB) — The West Indies beat Pakistan by 106 runs for a series-levelling victory as Shannon Gabriel took 5-11 on the last day of the second test on Thursday.Pakistan was all out for 81 in its second innings in 34.4…
Vigo, (AP/UNB) — Marcus Rashford was decisive again, scoring from a free kick in the second half for Manchester United to beat Celta Vigo 1-0 in the first leg of the Europa League semifinals on Thursday.Rashford, who netted an extra-time…
Madrid, (AP/UNB) — A Spanish judge has set in motion proceedings for Neymar’s trial on corruption and fraud charges related to his transfer to Barcelona four years ago.Neymar’s parents, Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu, and former president Sandro Rosell will also…
New Delhi, (AP/UNB) — Delhi Daredevils pulled off the second highest successful run chase in Indian Premier League history when they overhauled Gujarat Lions’ 208 with 15 balls to spare on Thursday.Rishabh Pant, with 97 off 43 balls, and opener…
Dhaka– Members of Rapid Action Battalion on Thursday arrested an alleged terrorist along with two firearms and two bullets from Muslimnagar Alamnagar area in Rangpur on Thursday.
Dhaka – A woman was beaten to death allegedly by her mentally ill son at Faridpur village in Godagari upazila on Thursday.Locals said Bani Israil, 35, a mentally ill son of Habibur Rahman, beat his mother Serina Begum, 52, and…
Dhaka : A tenth-grader was killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision between two motorcycles on Khagrachhari-Mohalchhari Highway in Gugalchhari area of the district on Thursday evening.The dead is identified as Sujal Tripura, a class ten student…
Dhaka – Two examinees of Secondary School Certificate (SSC), who failed to pass this year’s SSC examinations, reportedly committed suicide in Sreepur and Sadar upazilas in Magura on Thursday.
Enayetullah Khan ‘Abaar elo je shondhya/ Shudhu dujone……..’ It gets you every time, doesn’t it? It could just be the most touching, most enduring paean to a Bengali heart’s yearning. How it almost meanders through all the right sensibilities, delicately…
Rajshahi – The Department of Accounting and Information System (AIS) under the Business Studies faculty of Rajshahi University (RU) is offering two-year long Evening MBA (EMBA) Program (July-December 2017).
Jakarta, Indonesia, May 4 – The four-day international conference on “Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive societies” organised by UNESCO marking the World Press Freedom day ended on Thursday urging states to recognise…
Dhaka – The trend of higher percentage of pass in results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations has been broken this year both in pass percentage and Grade Point Average (GPA)-5.
Dhaka – The government is apprehending at least 15 lakh tonnes of rice production shortfall due to damage of Boro crops caused by floods in haor region other areas of the country this year. Meanwhile, the government has included 50,000…
Dhaka – Law minister Anisul Huq on Thursday said that it was clear from the chief justice’s statement that there was no gap between the executive and the judiciary.
Dhaka – Bashabo Tarun Sangha earned a 2-0 goals victory over Badda Jagoroni Sangsad in the Saif Power Tec Dhaka metropolis Senior Division Football League at Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mustafa Kamal Stadium at Kamlapur in the city on Thursday.
Dhaka – Country’s leading mobile phone operator Robi again has been named as the sponsor of National Cricket Team for next two years with effect from July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2019.Chairman of the BCB Marketing Committee Kazi Enam…
Dhaka – A schoolboy who passed this year’s Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examination was found dead at his uncle’s house at Pirjabagh in the city on Thursday noon, barely an hour before the result was published.
Dhaka -Miscreants gouged out the eyes of a former Union Parishad member and resident of Gozaria village of Kalkini upazila in Madaripur on Wednesday.Victim Kabir Mridha, former member of a Bashgari Union Parishad, of the upazila.
Dhaka – Two people were killed in a road accident at Ashpara on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Sreepur upazila in Gazipur on early Thursday.
Dhaka – Police recovered the bodies of a woman and her daughter from their living room at Kanggaliapara village in Rajibpur upazila in Kurigram on Thursday.Police said Nazma Begum, 35, and her daughter Josna, 13, residents of the village, went…
Dhaka – An angry mob vandalised Haziganj Upazila Health Complex alleging that negligence of the physicians killed two minor cousins who drowned in a pond Thursday morning.Jabedul Islam, officer-in-charge of Haziganj Police Station said the two minor cousins — Riyad,…
Dhaka – The 116th Branch of Bank Asia started operation at Gouripur in Daudkandi Upazila of Comilla district from Thursday. Rumee A Hossain, chairman of board executive committee of the Bank inaugurated the new branch at a programme held at…
Dhaka – Turkish businesspeople, investors and industrialists have expressed keen interest in expanding their business and investment relations with countries in the East, including Bangladesh. UNB news agency reported
Dhaka – A mobile court on Thursday disconnected around 5,000 illegal household and organisation gas connections at Basila of Mohammadpur in the city. UNB news agency reported
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Thursday urged the experienced journalists of the mainstream traditional media to help ensure smooth transformation into digital media where the future of journalism lies. “Many mainstream media outlets (print) have failed…
Dhaka – A court here on Thursday sent BNP joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon to jail in connection with five arson cases filed with Paltan Police Station in the city. UNB news agency reported