PROOFS, an innovative project for farmers’ food security, will be launched at Lakeshore Hotel in the capital on Wednesday. Two private business firms — Metal Seed and Ispahani will sign a Memorandum of Understanding at the launching ceremony to implement…
Leader of the Opposition and head of the 18-party alliance Begum Khaleda Zia on Tuesday met President Abdul Hamid at the Bangabhaban and sought his initiative for resolution of the political standoff through a meaningful dialogue.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has promised ‘return of the golden days’ to the people down south while inaugurating Bangladesh’s third sea port at Patuakhali.
Terming BNF an invisible party of darkness, opposition BNP on Tuesday demanded immediate cancellation of its registration as a political party.
The BNP can still be part of the ‘all-party’ Cabinet, said a senior Awami League leader Tuesday and suggested the number of the opposition party’s ministers could be as high as a dozen.
Describing the Anti Corruption Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2013 as deceitful and contrary to the Constitution, the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Tuesday urged the President not to assent to it.
The Election Commission on Tuesday sought assistance from the President for holding a peaceful general election with the participation of all political parties.
Readymade garment factory owners have urged the government to take action against those behind the recent unrest in the factories. BGMEA and BKMEA leaders met the Minister and State Minister for Home on Tuesday and discussed the recent agitation in…
By Marjorie Cohn Last weekend, I participated in a panel on the illegality of drones and targeted killing off the battlefield at the conference, “Drones Around the Globe: Proliferation and Resistance,” in Washington DC.
Voting has ended in Nepal which is electing a new assembly to write a long-delayed constitution.
By EU-Asia Centre The Maldives have elected Abdulla Yameen of the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) as president. He won the run-off vote on 16 November with 51.3% while ex-president Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldivan Democratic Party (MDP) received 48.6%…
At least 22 people have been killed and more than 140 injured in a double suicide bombing outside the Iranian embassy in the Lebanese capital Beirut.
At least 17 people have been killed in flooding prompted by a cyclone and heavy rain that lashed the Italian island of Sardinia.
Indonesia’s president says ties with Australia have been “damaged” by reports that Canberra spied on his phone calls and those of his ministers.
All of the surviving members of comedy group Monty Python are to reform for a stage show, one of the Pythons, Terry Jones, has confirmed.
Syd Field, whose books on screenwriting became set texts for many aspiring film writers, has died at the age of 77.
Georgina Adam Art market history was made in New York last week when Christie’s racked up the highest amount ever made for an auction.
Sweden midfielder Sebastian Larsson believes English referee Howard Webb will not fall for Portugal’s “tricks” when the two countries meet in the second leg of their World Cup play-off.
England batsman Kevin Pietersen says he wants to play for his country until at least the 2015-16 tour of South Africa.
The government is failing to deliver a third of its commitments to protect the natural environment, a report says.
By Simon Redfern Volcanic Mount Sinbung in Sumatra, Indonesia, has sprung to life in a series of massive eruptions over the last few days.
Délcio Rodrigues and Silvia Dias, Vitae Civilis After the first week of the negotiations, the second week of COP 19 started with the feeling of a dejá vu. Once again, the Filipino negotiator was the responsible for the most exciting…
Deborah Phelan November 19: As climate talks continued at COP 19 and climate activists took to the streets of Warsaw to demand an end to business as usual, the first Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) debuted at the University of Warsaw…
Karin Lexén, Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) ‘Climate change has made us realise that water is in fact the very centre of the life support system of our planet: water is simply the bloodstream of the biosphere.’ Professor Malin Falkenmark,…
Police in Paris are on high alert after gun attacks at the newspaper Liberation and the bank Societe Generale.
A top Syrian rebel commander has died of wounds he sustained in an air strike on a rebel-held air base in Aleppo province on Thursday, his group says. Abdul Qadir al-Saleh, the leader of Liwa al-Tawhid, died overnight, a spokesman…
Indonesia is recalling its ambassador to Australia over allegations that Canberra spied on phone calls of the Indonesian president.
By Matt McGrath Environmental groups have sharply criticised the Polish government for hosting a coal industry meeting while UN climate talks are held in the country.
The unfolding events along the India-Myanmar border for the past few months have managed to bring the hitherto ‘neglected’ border into the consciousness of the policymakers in New Delhi.
Three Jatiya Party leaders, two Awami League leaders and Workers chief have been sworn in as ministers in the polls-time interim cabinet headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Two Jatiya Party leaders have taken oath as ministers of state.