He calls for incorporating their voices in the national budget Dhaka, June 20 – Chairman of Centre for Policy Dialogue Prof Rehman Sobhan on Thursday said marginal communities have to gain political power along with increasing their capabilities to end…
Akihiko Nishio Over the past quarter-century, the world has made enormous advances in the fight against extreme poverty. In that time, more than one billion people have risen out of its deadly grip. While this is a remarkable achievement, more…
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর মহাসচিব অধ্যক্ষ হাফেজ মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ বলেছেন, উপজেলা নির্বাচগুলোতে প্রমাণ হয়েছে বর্তমান সরকারের অধীনে দেশের জনগণ নির্বাচনের আগ্রহ হারিয়ে ফেলেছে। কোন ভোটার ভোট কেন্দ্রে যাচ্ছে না, এমনকি মসজিদের মাইক দিয়ে ঘোষণা দিয়েও ভোটারদের ভোটকেন্দ্রে আনতে পারেনি। এভাবে…
If all youth were to work together with similar mind, similar heart, similar compassion, as the young members of Revolution to Improve Bangladesh are doing, there is no doubt an enormous difference would be made Sir Frank Peters A revolution…
Dhaka, June 20 – In a verdict, the High Court yesterday issued a set of directives to bring back discipline on the road and reducing road accident across the country. While delivering a judgment, the HC bench comprising Justice JBM…
From Danielle Nierenberg Greetings from Baltimore! Diets and lifestyles like veganism, vegetarianism, and the Mediterranean Diet help eaters reduce meat consumption and protect the planet. One of these diets, flexitarianism, may make it easier for even committed meat eaters to…
Leeds (AP/UNB) – It says a lot about England’s approach to one-day cricket since the last World Cup that Moeen Ali considers the highlight ahead of his 100th game as just being a part of the team. Moeen made his…
Dhaka – Barguna and Magura Districts made a good start in the BFF-UNICEF U-16 National Women’s Football Championship, a talent hunt tournament, beating their rivals on the opening day at the Shamsul Huda Stadium in Jashore on Thursday. Borguna outplayed…
Dhaka – Defending world champions Australia posted a massive total of 381 for five in the ICC World Cup match against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge on Thursday. Bangladesh conceded as many or more runs in the World Cup for another…
Dhaka – Bangladesh budding chess player Warsia Khusbu emerged unbeaten champion to earn the gold medal in the Girls Under-7 age group of the Asian School Rapid Chess Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday. Khusbu clinched the title securing…
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)- Medically unnecessary caesarean operations increased by 51 percent in Bangladesh over the last two years costing patients 483 million dollars per year, according to a report revealed on Thursday. The report published by Save the Children…
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)- Two beluga whales from a Shanghai aquarium have arrived in Iceland to be taken to a whale sanctuary there, reports BBC. The 12-year-old whales flew halfway across the globe in special containers. Born in the wild,…
Beijing, June 20 (AP/UNB) — The leaders of China and North Korea are holding talks in the North Korean capital. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down for talks Thursday…
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Three people, including two suspected criminals and a ‘drug dealer’, were killed in alleged gunfights with law enforcers in Dhaka, Cumilla and Narayanganj on Thursday. In Dhaka, a suspected criminal was killed in a ‘gunfight’…
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – New Zealand has launched a gun buy-back scheme in the wake of the deadly Christchurch mosque shootings, reports BBC. More than $208m New Zealand dollars (£108m, $136m), have been set aside to compensate owners of…
Sangsad Bhaban, Jun 19 (UNB) – Though Bangladesh has made a good progress on economic front, the crisis in the economic sector remains to be a barrier to its way to further development, Workers Party chief Rashed Khan Menon said…
Sangsad Bhaban, Jun 19 (UNB) – The government has planned to introduce health insurance to ensure healthcare services for people, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Parliament on Wednesday. As part of the plan, she said, the government has already started…
বাংলাদেশ মুসলিম লীগের কেন্দ্রীয় নেতৃবৃন্দের একটি প্রতিনিধি দল গত ১৮ জুন সকাল ১১.০০টায় বগুড়া উপস্থিত হন এবং সারাদিন ব্যাপী সংসদ উপ-নির্বাচনে বগুড়া-৬ আসনের বিভিন্ন অঞ্চলে দলীয় প্রার্থী মাওলানা রফিকুল ইসলামের পক্ষে গণসংযোগ করেন। এলাকার সাতপাতা, ইসলামপুর, সেরুয়া বটতলা প্রভৃতি অঞ্চলে…
Dhaka, Jun 19 (UNB) – BNP on Wednesday hoped that its chairperson Khaleda Zia will be released soon from jail with bail from the High Court in Zia Orphanage and Zia Charitable Trust graft cases. “We hope the High Court…
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – A war crimes suspect died at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Wednesday morning. The deceased, 73-year-old Md Mojahar Ali Sheikh, was admitted to DMCH on June 13 after he fell sick at the…
By Desmond Brown Ankara, Jun 18 2019 (IPS) – Businesses are being encouraged to follow the lead of the youth to halt desertification, reduce degradation, improve agricultural sustainability and restore damaged lands. “The youth is a very particular case. The…
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – After over three years of the party’s national council, Selima Rahman and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku have been made BNP’s standing committee members. Party’s senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi came up with the…
Bogura, June 19 (UNB) – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines will be used in all future elections in Bangladesh. “A legal framework has been prepared in this regard,” he said at…
by Leonardo Costa Discussion of the EU budget brings strife between supposed net contributors and beneficiaries. Yet the picture is more complex and Europe-wide taxation offers a way out. When it comes to the budget for the European Union, the…
Milan, Jun 19 (AP/UNB) — A 116-year-old Italian woman who authorities say was the oldest person in Europe and the second oldest in the world has died. The Italian news agency ANSA said Giuseppina Robucci died Tuesday in the southern…
Dhaka, June 19 (UNB) – ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR), the Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Progressive Voice on Wednesday said the government of Myanmar must ensure that the human rights of the Rohingya community…
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB)— Croatia has expressed its interest in recruiting quality human resources from Bangladesh in the near future. Croatia’s Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Labour and Pension System Drazen Opalic said that his country will soon forward…
Brazil, June 20 (AP/UNB) — Argentinian referee Nestor Pitana, who worked in the 2018 World Cup final, will start in politics after his participation at Copa America in Brazil. The 44-year-old Pitana will run for federal deputy in October’s general…
Dhaka, June 20 (UNB) – Massimo Bottura has built his career by blending Italian culinary tradition with an avant-garde sense of design and experimentation. The chef’s three-starred Michelin restaurant, Osteria Francescana in Modena, Italy, has twice been named the world’s…
by Magadlena Zawisza Advertisers still often hit consumers with gender stereotypes. And do they often miss—at their own business expense. Remember the infamous ‘beach body ready’ campaign from 2015 for the supplement brand Protein World? It’s the one that challenged…