Dhaka, Nov 15 – Amazon is protesting the Pentagon’s decision to award a $10 billion cloud-computing contract to Microsoft, citing “unmistakable bias” in the process.
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22 people, orgs working to preserve Appalachia’s biodiversity
Danielle Nierenberg The region of Appalachia, which stretches through a dozen states in the eastern U.S., is home to unique agricultural products and food cultures. Food Tank recently joined The Crop Trust in Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky to…
Time to ensure climate policy serves the public, not lobbyists
by Colin Roche on 14th November 2019 @ColinRoche The fossil-fuel industry has been revealed to have invested vast resources in lobbying EU institutions. Greta Thunberg and her fellow school-strikers’ message is resonating across the world—a world that is ready to…
HC for renaming streets named after ‘anti-liberation persons’
Dhaka, November 14 – The High Court (HC) on Thursday again ordered the government to rename within 90 days streets and installations named after anti-liberation persons across the country.
Failure to unveil Sagar-Runi murder case irks HC
Dhaka, Nov 14 – The High Court on Thursday observed that the success of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) will fade if it fails to debunk the mystery behind the murder of journalist couple Sagar and Runi.
Thai food festival at Amari Dhaka
Dhaka, November 2019 – Amari Dhaka is bringing the festive tastes of Thailand for Dhaka city dwellers and food enthusiasts. Prepared by Thai culinary maestro and Amari’s newly appointed new Thai Chef Nong from 21st till 30th November 2019 at…
গাফিলতির পরিণাম কসবার ট্রেন দুর্ঘটণা-মাওলানা আবদুল লতিফ নেজামী
ইসলামী ঐক্যজোটের চেয়ারম্যান ও নেজামে ইসলাম পার্টির সভাপতি মাওলানা আবদুল লতিফ নেজামী বলেছেন, দায়িত্বশীলদের গাফিলতি কি ধরনের বিপর্যয় ডেকে আনতে পারে, কসবায় তুর্ণানিশীথা ও উদয়ন ট্রেনের ভয়ংকর সংঘর্ষ তারই প্রকৃষ্ট প্রমাণ।
Proposed Education TV channel has drawbacks
Good education, undoubtedly, is the best investment any government can make. This is the noblest gift it can give to its people. It never falters or fails; it produces dividends for eternity and benefits all
Cyclone Bulbul: 1 lakh still without electricity in Bagerhat
Dhaka, Nov 14 – The electricity supply system of Bagerhat Rural Electrification Board (REB) was severely affected by the cyclonic storm Bulbul that lashed the country’s coastal districts in the early hours of Sunday.
Stop forced child marriage: South Sudanese child activist
By Crystal Orderson Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 13 2019 (IPS) – Young women and girls are still subjected to a range of harmful practices and violence, including early marriage. Every year, an estimated 12 million girls get married before the age…
BAU students hold a long march abstaining from classes-exams
Mymensingh, Nov 13 – General students of the Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) held a long march abstaining from classes and exams to press their nine-points demand on Wednesday. They also complained of the university administration’s negligence over the death of…
Both US and China losers in ongoing trade war, says study
Geneva, Nov (Kanaga Raja) – Tariffs being imposed by the United States on China are economically hurting both countries, with US losses largely related to higher prices for its consumers, while China’s losses are related to significant export losses, a…
A just transition to agroecology must to climate action
Governments spend large public funds on corporations that expand global industrial livestock and feed production. The expansion in factory farms, and loss of smaller, independent producers, is largely responsible for the steady increase in U.S.-based agriculture-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
The UK election should be about ideas, not polls
by Lea Ypi on 13th November 2019 With the UK facing one of the most important elections in decades, the focus should be on the clear programmatic differences between the main parties, rather than weekly polling outcomes. If I were…
পাঠ্যসূচীতে ইকবালের রচনা অর্ন্তভূক্ত করে জ্ঞানের সন্ধান দিন
আজ বেলা তিনটায় জাতীয় প্রেস ক্লাবের মাওলানা আকরম খাঁ মিলনায়তনে দার্শনিক, রাজনীতিক ও মরমী কবি ড. আল্লামা ইকবালের ১৪২তম জন্মবার্ষিকীতে আল্লামা ইকবাল স্মৃতি সংসদের উদ্যোগে সংগঠন সভাপতি খান আসাদের সভাপতিত্বে এক আলোচনা সভা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়।
ODA, blended finance insufficient to achieve SDGs
Geneva, (Kanaga Raja) – Official development assistance (ODA) and blended finance alone are insufficient in both quantum and nature to enable the finance needed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development…
Collision for ignoring signal: Double tragedy for a family
Five days after husband’s death, wife killed in Brahmanbaria train collision Dhaka, Nov 13 – The grief-stricken family of Muslim Mia, who died while working at a shipbreaking yard in Sitakunda upazila five days ago, was returning to their residence…
Dr Shafiqur Rahman made Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami
Dhaka Nov 13 – Dr Shafiqur Rahman has been elected the Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. Previously, he was the secretary-general of the party.
The German impasse
by Adam Tooze on 12th November 2019 Adam Tooze dissects how the macroeconomic policy discourse is disabling necessary German, and European, steps forward. The autumn of 2019 is a moment of anniversaries. The 30th anniversary of German unification has garnered…
Graft cases filed against ex-Juba League leader Samrat, Arman
Dhaka, Nov 12 – The Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday filed two separate cases against expelled Jubo League leader Ismail Hossain Chowdhury Samrat and his aide Enamul Haque Arman on charges of amassing illegal wealth worth Tk 2.94 crore and 2.5 crore…
Innovator Barbara Stinson World Food Prize body President
November 12, 2019 – (Des Moines, IA) – The World Food Prize Foundation, the foremost international organization recognizing the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world, announced…
Thousands breathe new life at ICPD 25 Summit in Nairobi
By Joyce Chimbi Nairobi, Kenya, Nov 11 2019 (IPS) – Every day 830 women die while giving life. At least 33,000 girls are forced into child marriage with 11,000 girls undergoing female genital mutilation. These are some of the cruel…
Bodies of 9 fishermen of Bhola trawler capsize recovered
Dhaka, Nov 12 – The bodies of nine fishermen, who went missing in a trawler capsize in the Meghna River in Charfasson upazila of Bhola on Sunday, were recovered from the Machhkata River in Mehendiganj upazila on Monday night, taking…
12 killed, over 100 injured in Brahmanbaria Train collision
Dhaka, Nov 12 -At least 12 passengers were killed and over 100 others injured in a fatal collision of two trains on Dhaka-Chittagong route in Mandbagh area in the early hours of Tuesday.
Europe: Tear down those walls!
by David Gow on 9th November 2019 @gowdav It may be three decades since the Berlin wall came down but too many others have recently proliferated. ‘Die Mauer in den Köpfen’ (the wall in the heads) is a phrase I…
14 killed, 10,000 houses and crops on 200000ha damaged
Dhaka, Nov 11 – At least 14 people were killed and scores others injured while some 10,000 houses and crops on 2 lakh hectares of land damaged as cyclone Bulbul left a trail of destructions in coastal districts of Bangladesh…
Damage caused by cyclone to Sunderbans being assessed
Dhaka, Nov 11 – Cyclone Bulbul, which made landfall in the south-western part of Bangladesh near the Sundarbans, may have caused massive damage to the world’s largest mangrove forest, feared experts.
BAU students stage demonstration in front of VC’s residence
Mymensingh, Nov 11 – Students of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) staged a demonstration in front of Vice-chancellor’s residence pressing nine demands including increase of the number of ambulance, upgrading the health care center service, resigning dean of veterinary science faculty.
Cyclone Bulbul wreaks havoc to Bangladesh coastal districts
Dhaka, Nov 11 – At least Nine people were killed in Bagerhat, Khulna, Patuakhali and Barishal districts as cyclone ‘Bulbul’ made a landfall in Khulna and adjoining southwestern part of the country early Sunday before weakening into a deep depression.
Riverscapes of a Lonely Poet: Jibanananda Das
November 10, 2019 SANDRP Again I shall return to the Dhansiri’s banks, to this Bengal, Not as a man, perhaps, but as a shalik bird, or a wh ite hawk. As, perhaps, a crow of dawn in this land of…