By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Feb 18 2020 (IPS) – When UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addressed the 193-member General Assembly last December, he focused on the smoldering climate crisis– pointing out that the last five years have been the hottest…
By Angus Wright, Ivette Perfecto and John Vandermeer OAKLAND, California, Feb 18 2020 (IPS) – When we were children, a long auto trip would require a stop every hour or so to clean the windshield of the insects that had…
By Fairuz Ahmed NEW YORK, Feb 17 2020 (IPS) – For any riverine country, the state of the water body around big cities and conditions of major rivers hold a leadership position in the overall climate effects and how the…
Electric vehicles could be integral to the world improving its environmental performance. GlobalData’s power technology writer, JP Casey says: “Thanks to improvements in operational efficiency and reductions in the production of harmful pollutants compared to combustion engine-powered vehicles, hope has…
To promote and popularize science education in Bangladesh, the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom organizes a Science Olympiad titled ‘Precise Energy’ for the universities of Rajshahi Division, that hosts the first-ever nuclear power plant of the country. The Olympiad…
Rajshahi, Feb 18 – Rajshahi University teachers, students and different organizations of the university observed Shaheed Zoha day paying tributes to Shaheed Dr Shamsuzzoha and demanded 18 February as national teachers’ day.
Dhaka, Feb 18 – Describing rapists as ‘beasts in the name of human beings’, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday declared zero-tolerance against rape alongside terrorism, militancy and drugs.
By Thalif Deen UN, Feb 17 2020 (IPS) – When President Saddam Hussein ran one of the world’s most authoritarian regimes in the militarily-volatile Middle East during 1979-2003, US newspapers routinely described him as “the strongman of Iraq” — as…
Dhaka, Feb 18 – All the residents of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka are at health risk as the megacity ranked top among cities with the worst air quality on Tuesday morning.
The father of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has told the BBC his son would face what is effectively a “death sentence” were he sent to the United States to face trial.
Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates the United Kingdom’s high street banks approved 982,286 mortgages in 2019. This is an increase of 7.4% from 2018’s 909,597.
Chittagong, Feb 17 – A seven-month-old baby girl was thrown into a graveyard from a moving CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Nasirabad area of Chattogram city on Monday. Police rescued the child and took her to Chittagong Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর নায়েবে আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ ফয়জুল করীম শায়খে চরমোনাই বলেছেন, দেশের সামগ্রিক অবস্থা খুবই খারাপ। মানুষের মানবিক মূল্যবোধের চরম অবক্ষয় হচ্ছে। নারী অধিকার চরমভাবে ক্ষুন্ন। কোথাও নিরাপত্তা নেই। সর্বত্র নাগরিক অধিকার ভুলুন্ঠিত।
Verbal Attacks on Judiciary and Human Rights Act Are Deeply Alarming Benjamin Ward UK Director (Acting) & Deputy Director, Europe & Central Asia Division Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s newly-announced Cabinet “reshuffle” provides fresh evidence that his government has the courts…
Khulna, Feb 17 – An elderly woman was burned to death in a fire that broke out at a shanty in Shwashan Ghat area under Harintana thana of the city around Sunday midnight.
Narayangank, Feb 17 – Six members of a family suffered burns after a fire broke out at their mistakenly gas-filled house in Sahebapara of Siddhirganj Upazila on Monday morning.
Dhaka, Feb 17 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday put emphasis on strengthening connectivity with all neighbours for the sake of development of this region.
Dhaka, Feb 16 – A Dhaka court has exonerated former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha of charges in a case filed by former minister Barrister Nazmul Huda.
Dhaka, Feb 16 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday commented that it could not remain silent after seeing the massive irregularities in separate financial institutions including banks.
Dhaka, Feb 16 – In a major development, the High Court on Sunday directed the govt to form taskforces in all districts to stop unregistered and unfit vehicles from plying on roads across the country.
Dhaka, February 16 – A Chinese national, suspected to be suffering from coronavirus, was admitted at the isolation unit of the Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Sunday. On the other hand, a Bangladeshi expatriate was referred to Dhaka from…
Dhaka, Feb 16 – A Bangladeshi lawmaker of Laxmipur constituency Quazi Shaheed Islam has been reportedly found involved in human trafficking to Kuwait.
Dhaka, Feb 16 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said her government never takes into consideration who voted for Awami League or who did not while unleashing development in the country.
Dhaka, Feb 16 – Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked second among cities with worst air quality on Sunday morning. It had an AQI score of 263 at 08:19am. The air was classified as ‘very unhealthy’.
ফেসবুকে বিপজ্জনক অনলাইন কন্টেন্ট বন্ধের জন্য বিভিন্ন রাষ্ট্রকে আরো কঠোর আইন প্রণয়নের আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন প্রতিষ্ঠানটির প্রধান মার্ক জাকারবার্গ।
China has announced a drop in new cases from the coronavirus outbreak for a third consecutive day. On Sunday, authorities reported 2,009 new cases and 142 more deaths nationwide.
Md. Mahbub ul Alam, Managing Director and CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited achieved ‘CEO of the Year 2019’ award conferred by UK-based financial intelligence house Cambridge International Financial Advisory.
ইসলামী আন্দোলনের আমির মুফতি সৈয়দ মুহাম্মাদ রেজাউল করিম (পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই) বলেন, দেশের যুবসমাজের চরিত্র হননের মাধ্যমে একটি কুচক্রি মহল তাদের স্বার্থ হাসিল করতে চায়, তাই তারা দেশিও সংস্কৃতি বিরোধী বিদেশি অপসংস্কৃতির প্রসার ঘটানোর অপচেষ্টায় লিপ্ত।
Alliance Française, Dhaka will be hosting a piano recital organised by the students of the piano workshop at its Café la Véranda on Monday, 17 February 2020 from 6.30 pm to 7.30 pm.
By John Scales Avery Loving care for our children We give our children loving care, but it makes no sense to do so unless we do everything in our power to give them a future world in which they can…