Dhaka, Feb 9 – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said time has come to think globally and work together on how to deal with fake news and rumours on social media platforms through establishing an ‘Internet Ombudsman’ because…
Year: 2019
February 10th World Pulses Day: Celebrate Hummus and Falafel
Danielle Nierenberg Dear Mostafa, Greetings Food Tank family! This week I’m reflecting on the wonderful people I met in Melbourne last week at festival21, where we were out until nearly 11pm each night discussing the wonderful potential of Australia’s food…
Instagram changes rules on self-harm postings after suicide
London, Feb 9 (AP/UNB) — Instagram has agreed to ban graphic images of self-harm after objections were raised in Britain following the suicide of a teen whose father said the photo-sharing platform had contributed to her decision to take her…
Canada implements new guidelines on food, not food waste
By Stephen Leahy ONTARIO, Canada, Feb 8 2019 (IPS) – Canada introduced a new healthy eating food guide in January 2019 and, for the first time, the meat, dairy and processed food and beverage industries were not involved. Based on…
Tamim magic helps Victorians lift BPL title
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Tamim Iqbal’s ton proved to be the title-deciding performance in the final of the sixth season of Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) as Comilla Victorians beat Dhaka Dynamites by 17 runs on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium…
The royal upending Thai politics
Thai politics has taken many bizarre turns in recent years. The submission of King Vajiralongkorn’s elder sister as a prime ministerial candidate is one of the strangest, and turns politics on its head. Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi is the…
2 Police ASIs held for ‘kidnapping’ 3 in Gazipur for ransom
Gazipur, Feb 8 – Two assistant sub-inspectors (ASIs) of police — one from Gazipur and other from Tangail -– have been arrested reportedly for kidnaping three friends from here and demanding Tk 30 lakh threatening to kill them on crossfire.…
BNP for reorganising party to free Khaleda from jail
Dhaka, Feb 8 – BNP senior leaders on Friday laid emphasis on the rehabilitation of party’s affected leaders and activists to launch a strong movement to free their chairperson Khaleda Zia through reorganising the party. Speaking at a protest rally…
Bd-origin Anisha Faruk elected Oxford student union president
Dhaka, Feb 8 – Anisha Faruk, a Bangladeshi-origin student and former co-chair of the Oxford University Labour Club, has been elected president of the Oxford University Student Union. She clinched the victory in a tough election for President of the…
Malaysia ranks 1st in world’s best healthcare category
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 7 (UNB)- Malaysia, with a score of 95 out of 100, was ranked first in the Best Healthcare in the World category of the 2019 International Living Annual Global Retirement Index. According to the International Living website, among…
Descendants block Shahbagh for FF quota
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Children and grandchildren of freedom fighters (FFs) on Friday blocked Shahbagh intersection in the city to realise their six-point demand, including reinstatement of 30 percent quota facilities for them in government jobs. Witnesses said over…
3 Army men killed in Noakhali road crash
Noakhali, Feb 8 (UNB) – Three army personnel were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Subarnachar upazila here on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as sepoys Mamun, Foyez and Firoz of the Engineer Corp-21 of…
Halal Accreditation Scheme to expedite Bd exports
DHAKA, Feb 8, 2019 (BSS) – Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB) is goingto introduce ‘Halal Accreditation Scheme’ through the existing halalcertificate provider laboratories for increasing export of Bangladeshi halalproducts. The information came on Thursday from a closing function on “24th BABAssessor…
Empowered women driving Bd’s dev journey: Envoy to Holland
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Bangladesh Ambassador to the Netherlands Sheikh Mohammed Belal has said women in Bangladesh are driving its development journey in a bigger way as Bangladesh’s economic transformation is driven, in large part, by social changes, starting…
Compilation of PM Hasina’s question hour in parliament out
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – The first two parts of a compilation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s questions and answers in the ninth parliament have been published. They will give readers a glimpse of the PM’s prudence and her determination…
US envoy visits book fair; spends time with children
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB)–US Ambassador to Bangladesh Earl R Miller along with his wife on Friday visited Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela and spent time with children at the children’s corner of the fair. Talking to reporters, Ambassador Miller said the…
Bishwo Shahitto Kendro turns 40
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Seeking a better society of enlightened people, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro, one of the leading organisations of the country promoting literature among the people, celebrated its 40th anniversary on Friday. The day was commemorated with a colourful…
Govt has nothing to do with Khaleda’s release: Quader
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) -Terming Khaleda Zia’s release from jail ‘legal matter’, Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges minister Obaidul Quader has said the government has no influence over the issue. He said this at a press…
Dhaka, Delhi sign 4 MoUs to strengthen cooperation
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Bangladesh and India on Friday signed four MoUs to further strengthen the existing “multifaceted cooperation” between the two countries, according to a joint press release. The MoUs were signed at the fifth meeting of the…
Dhaka wants Delhi’s steps for common river water sharing
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Bangladesh has urged India to take steps for sharing the water of all the common rivers and resolving the long-pending Teesta water-sharing deal. Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen raised the issue at the 5th…
Sonu Nigam hospitalized for food allergy
Entertainment Desk Popular Bollywood playback singer Sonu Nigam has revealed that he was hospitalized in Mumbai earlier this week due to an allergic reaction from seafood. Sonu recovered by Tuesday for a concert in Orissa, and advised fans to “never…
3.53 lakh babies to get vitamin A plus capsules in Rajshahi
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) and Civil Surgeon Office have adopted massive preparations to observe the National Vitamin ‘A’ Plus Campaign-2019 (second round) in the city and nine upazilas of the district tomorrow (Saturday). The campaign will begin at 8 am…
‘Game of Thrones’: New photos give glimpse of the final season
The final season of the adaptation of George RR Martin’s fantasy novels will be premiered on April 14 on Star World and Hotstar in India. The previous seven seasons are being streamed on Hotstar. HBO released photographs of key characters…
Bezos accuses Enquirer of ‘blackmail’ over intimate photos
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Thursday accused the publisher of the National Enquirer of “blackmail” after it threatened to publish intimate photographs. That were sent by the billionaire to his mistress if he did not cease his investigation into how…
Desertification: The right to life, liberty, and land
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 7 2019 (IPS) – Sustainable land management is becoming more important than ever as rates of emissions, deforestation, and water scarcity continue to increase. But what if you don’t have rights to the land?While the impact of agriculture…
Chicken Pox outbreak infects 20000 in Rohingya camps
Cox’s Bazar, Feb 7 (UNB) – Around 20,000 Rohingya people in the Ukhia and Teknaf camps have been infected in an outbreak of chicken pox, a quite common disease of childhood in Bangladesh. “All of a sudden, chicken pox cropped…
Apple releases update to prevent FaceTime eavesdropping
San Francisco, Feb 8 (AP/UNB) — Apple has released an iPhone update to fix a software flaw that allowed people to eavesdrop on others while using FaceTime. The bug enabled interlopers to turn an iPhone into a live microphone while…
Argentine footballer Sala’s body found in plane wreckage
London, Feb 8 (AP/UNB) — More than two weeks after the plane carrying Emiliano Sala to a new career in the English Premier League crashed into the sea, police confirmed Thursday that the body recovered from the wreckage was the…
BNP workers upset as Khaleda’s jailing passes one year
Dhaka, Feb 8 (UNB) – Amid deep uncertainty about the party’s political future following a massive defeat in the December-30 polls, BNP is going to observe the 1st anniversary of the jailing of its chairperson Khaleda Zia in a graft case…
Singapore’s ASEAN tenure marked by crises and disputes
By Nile Bowie When Singapore took the reins last year of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (Asean) rotating leadership, the regional grouping’s credibility and relevance was at stake. Amid rising geopolitical tensions, maritime disputes in the South China Sea…