Dhaka, Delhi want to take ties to newer heights Dhaka, Dec 6 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and former Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi are expected to visit Dhaka next year to attend…
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Deferment of Khaleda’s bail petition hearing unprecedented: BNP
Dhaka, December 6 – BNP on Friday said the Appellate Division’s decision to defer the hearing on the bail petition of its chairperson Khaleda Zia is unprecedented.
Emerging out of self-infliction
Sudhirendar Sharma What women need to understand is that they too have the power to make a difference. Ancient myths and legends relegate women as proverbial sacrificial lambs in the gendered narrative of our history. Yashodhara is one such, who…
Developing countries for work program to close execution gap
Madrid, 6 Dec (Evelyn Teh) – Developing countries, led by the Like-Minded Developing Countries (LMDC), called for a mandate at the UNFCCC COP 25 for a two-year work programme on closing the pre-2020 implementation gaps under the Convention and the…
A girl found dead in the capital might be a rape victim
Dhaka, Dec 6 – A girl, found dead on Wednesday night in a lane on the Circular Road in Malibagh area of Dhaka might have been raped before being killed, said a forensic doctor after an autopsy on Friday. Sohel…
Large flocks of migratory birds on JU campus winter vacation
Dhaka, Dec 6 – On the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus, new dawn, accompanied by a real nip in the air, is welcomed by the sweet songs migratory birds of various species as the winter heralds in Bangladesh. Like in every…
3 killed in Tangail as microbus hits covered van from behind
Dhaka, Dec 6- Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured when a microbus hit a covered van at Golchattar in Bhuapur upazila on Friday morning.
6 injured in Cattagong gas cylinder blast
Chittagong, Dec 6 – Six people suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion near a shipbreaking yard at Saltgola intersection in the city on Thursday night.
‘আয়েশা রা.এর অবমাননা: চলচিত্র ‘ন ডরাই’ নিষিদ্ধ করতে হবে’
অশ্লীল সিনেমায় নায়িকার নাম উম্মুল মুমিনীন হযরত আয়েশা সিদ্দিকার নামে নাম করন করে সমপ্রচার করার তীব্র নিন্দা ও ক্ষোভ প্রকাশ করেছেন, বাংলাদেশ খেলাফত আন্দোলনের আমীরে শরীয়ত মাওলানা আতাউল্লাহ হাফেজ্জী।
Kidney donation outside relatives on good reason valid: HC
Dhaka, Dec The BD High Court on Thursday said people outside close relatives can donate body organs, including kidney, to patients emotionally but not for commercial purpose.
Govt behind obstruction to Khaleda’s bail process: BNP
Dhaka, Dec 5 – BNP on Thursday alleged that the entire nation has got aggrieved as its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail has been obstructed with the ‘direct interference of the government’.
Befitting reply if BNP tries to create anarchy: Quader
Dhaka, Dec 5 – Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Thursday said there will be a befitting reply if BNP tries to create any anarchy in the country over the verdict in the case against its chairperson Khaleda Zia.
Disagreements continue over Adaptation Fund Board membership
Madrid, 5 Dec (TWN) — Discussions on the membership of the Adaptation Fund Board continued to be contentious at the ongoing climate talks in Madrid, with developing countries calling for a procedural discussion on the matter, and developed countries calling…
Reversing the Death of Venice
by Carlo Ratti VENICE – Some of the worst floodings in Venice’s history has submerged some of the historic city’s renowned cultural sites, including St. Mark’s Basilica on Piazza San Marco. This is only the sixth time the basilica has…
Natural-Born Climate Commitments
by Sally Jewell WASHINGTON, DC – When world leaders gather at the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid from December 2-13, they will discuss concrete steps for meeting and increasing national emissions-reduction targets. But equally important, COP25…
Why We Strike Again
by Greta Thunberg, Luisa Neubauer, Angela Valenzuela MADRID – For more than a year, children and young people from around the world have been striking for the climate. We launched a movement that defied all expectations, with millions of people…
Uber gets Bangladesh Road Transport Authority certificate
Dhaka, Publish Date – December 05, 2019 – Uber was granted its Ridesharing Service Provider Enlistment Certificate by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Wednesday.
Chanel celebrates its artisans in glimmering Paris show
Paris, December 05, AP/UNB – Chanel brought its itinerant off-season fashion show the “arts and crafts,” with its swath of VIPs including Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard, back to home ground in Paris on Wednesday to mark its first collection…
Two suspected criminals killed in reported Lazmupur gunfight
Dhaka, Dec 05 – Two suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of ‘criminals’ at Baralia Bakultala in Laxmipur Sadar Upazila early Thursday.
Khaleda’s bail hearing deferred until Dec 12
SC asks medical broad to submit her health report within Dec 12 Dhaka, Dec 5 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday deferred until December 12 the hearing on BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail petition in Zia…
Corporal punishment is an ugly stain on the Bangladesh landscape
Since when does adding 2 and 2 together, or subtracting 5 from 10 ¬– and getting the answers wrong – become a punishable crime? Or for not remembering Bangabandhu facts or the lines of a Rabindranath Tagore poem? All are…
Google bans Conservative Party YouTube ad with BBC material
LONDON, DECEMBER 04, 2019 – Google has taken down a U.K. Conservative Party ad on YouTube that used BBC news footage, days after Facebook took similar action on grounds that it infringed intellectual property rights.
Govt desperate to continue ‘dangerous misrule’: Fakhrul
Dhaka, Dec 4 – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday alleged the government has become desperate to arrest and imprison BNP leaders and activists to continue its ‘dangerous misrule’.
ACC clears charges against ex-CJ SK Sinha in graft case
Dhaka, Dec 4 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday approved a chargesheet against 11 people, including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, in a case filed for reportedly misappropriating Tk 4 crore.
SC to hear BNP chief Khaleda’s Appeal for bail Thursday
Dhaka, Dec 4 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) will hear today on an appeal filed by BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia challenging a High Court order that had turned down her bail petition in the Zia Charitable…
Chief of Army Staff Gen. Aziz to visit Myanmar
Dhaka, Dec 4 – Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff Chief General Aziz Ahmed is going to pay a visit to Myanmar on December 8 to strengthen the bilateral relations and to talk on various issues including Rohingya crisis.
Don’t let plunderers, killers return to power: PM Hasina
Dhaka, Dec 04 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday called upon all to remain alert so that bribe takers, interest mongers, orphan’s money looters, money launderers, grenade and bomb attackers, and arson terrorists cannot return to power as they…
ক্যানসার চিকিৎসায় ইমিউনোথেরাপি দিতে পারে নিরাময়
ডা. নাজমুল হাসান খান মানবদেহের রোগ প্রতিরোধ ব্যবস্থা কাজে লাগিয়ে ক্যানসার চিকিৎসার নতুন পদ্ধতি উদ্ভাবনের জন্য ২০১৮ সালে চিকিৎসাবিজ্ঞানে নোবেল পুরস্কার পান দুই বিজ্ঞানী যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের জেমস পি অ্যালিসন ও জাপানের তাসুকু হোনজো। তাদের দেখানো পথ ধরেই ক্যানসার নিরাময় গবেষণায় সাফল্য…
Climate summit caught between realism and hope
By Emilio Godoy MADRID, Dec 2 2019 (IPS) – Tens of thousands of delegates from state parties began working Monday Dec. 2 in the Spanish capital to pave the way to comply with the Paris Agreement on climate change, while…
Story behind Gambia’s lawsuit against Myanmar over genocide
By Samira Sadeque UN, Dec 3 2019 (IPS) – On Nov. 11, Gambia filed a lawsuit against Myanmar in the International Court of Justice for the southeast asian country’s atrocities against the Rohingya population.