JOHANNESBURG, Mar 8 2019 (IPS) – Africa is facing dire times. Climate change is having major impacts on the region and on agriculture in particular, with smallholder farmers, and especially women, facing drought, general lack of water, shifting seasons, and floods…
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, which diligently monitors human rights violations worldwide, believes that centuries-old slavery still exists worldwide. The UN mandate on “contemporary forms of slavery” includes, but is not limited to, issues such as:…
New York, Mar 10 (AP/UNB) — Severe turbulence injured 30 people aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul that landed safely at New York’s Kennedy International Airport on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Spokesman Steve Coleman of the Port Authority of…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra and vice chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo were allegedly barred from going to India by immigration authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday. Talking to UNB, Gayeshwar said he…
Dhaka, Mar 10 (UNB) – Voting in the first phase elections to 78 Upazila Parishads in 12 districts is underway on Sunday. The voting began at 8am and will be continued till 4pm without any break. The size of the…
Global Compact for safe, orderly migration – Objectives Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin Provide accurate and…
A musical cconcert, organised by Alliance Française, Dhaka entitled entitled ‘Trans-portées / Scale to Scale’ was held at National Theater Hall , Bangladeshi Shilpakala Academy on Friday, 8 March. This exceptional program was a rendez-vous between two continents, two cultures,…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – The artificial life support of ailing Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Qauder has been removed after the improvement of his health condition. The minister is now can talk to his…
PARAMARIBO, Feb 21 2019 (IPS) – Two of the most prominent women in the Caribbean nation of Suriname are speaking out about developed countries that release large volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. First Lady Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring and Speaker of…
Anchorage, Mar 9 (AP/UNB) — Far from competitors tackling the frozen wilderness in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a dozen people are holed up inside an Anchorage hotel behind banks of computers, tracking the punishing route and connecting with…
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikya Front convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said those sold like cattle are identified as collaborators. “People’s head can’t be bought unlike the goats and cows. Those sold like cows and goats are…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – The verified Facebook page and personal email of State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid were hacked on Friday. “They were hacked at the same time,” his public relations officer Aslam Uddin told UNB on Saturday.…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday alleged their party’s allegation of vote ‘robbery’ in December-30 national election has now proved true with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda’s comment that the use electronic voting machines (EVMs) can prevent…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB)-Dhaka Metropolitan Police imposed a restriction on movement of outsiders and vehicles on Dhaka University (DU) campus for 24 hours from 6 pm on Sunday ahead of the university’s Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall union polls…
Dhaka, Mar 9 – Gono Forum president Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday alleged that democracy was buried in the country by holding a ‘tainted and so-called’ national election on December 30. Speaking at a meeting of Gono Forum’s presidium members,…