by Franck Bousquet I had the opportunity recently to participate in the Third Edition of the World Reconstruction Conference, where I was reminded once again of a sobering reality – that we live in an increasingly interconnected world where multiple…
Dhaka – US Pacific Commander Admiral Harry B Harris arrived in the city on Saturday morning. He is scheduled to call on Bangladesh Air Force Chief Marshal Abu Esrar at 9:45 am on Sunday at its headquarters in Dhaka cantonment,…
India’s revered Ganges and Yamuna rivers cannot be viewed as living entities, the Supreme Court has ruled. It overruled an order made in March by the High Court in Uttarakhand state, which said that the two rivers had the same…
US Vice-President Mike Pence has made a tongue-in-cheek apology to Nasa after a photo of him touching a piece of space flight equipment went viral. Mr Pence was visiting the Kennedy Space Center in Florida when he placed his hand…
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani campaigner who survived being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, has joined Twitter with a call for people to help her fight for girls’ education. The 19-year-old sent her first tweets the same day she…
A series of failings that hampered the efforts of firefighters to tackle the Grenfell Tower fire and rescue the building’s residents have been identified by a BBC investigation. Crews cited low water pressure, radio problems and equipment that was either…
Dhaka, Jul 7 – Branding the Human Rights Watch (HRW) as a ‘hired organisation’, Awami League leader Hasan Mahmud on Friday said it is working for a party and a quarter to push the government into an awkward situation questioning…
Dhaka, July 7– BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Friday said their party will not change its stance against the construction of the coal-fired Power Station at Rampal near the Sundarbans though Unesco has withdrawn its objection…
Hamburg, Jul 07 (AP/UNB) — At long last face to face, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin voiced confidence Friday that their historic first meeting would pave the way for a positive trajectory for their two countries. If…
Unesco has designated Hebron’s Old City and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in the occupied West Bank a Palestinian World Heritage site despite Israeli protests. A resolution passed by a committee of the UN cultural agency also put them on…
GMR Upper Karnali Hydropower, the developer of the 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydroelectric Project, is preparing to sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Bangladeshi government to evacuate energy produced by the scheme to Bangladesh via India, GMR officials…
Theresa May has rejected claims the UK is losing global influence because of Brexit, insisting it will continue to be “bold” on the world stage. Speaking at the G20 summit in Hamburg, the prime minister said in areas like free…
China’s first operational aircraft carrier Liaoning has arrived in Hong Kong. Its first trip outside mainland China is part of the events marking the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Britain to China.
Samsung Electronics has reported a record quarterly profit thanks to surging global demand for memory chips. The South Korean tech giant reported an operating profit of 14 trillion won ($12bn; £9.3bn) in the three months to June, up 72 per…
Sheila Michaels, an American feminist who brought the honorific “Ms” into mainstream use, has died aged 78. Ms Michaels did not invent the term, but is credited with rescuing it from obscurity after she saw it used in an address,…
Dhaka – A case was filed against a married man for reportedly violating a young girl after inviting her to his ‘birthday party’ at a house in the city’s Banani area on Tuesday.
Sir, Pain is a major health problem. Nowadays major hospitals maintain a separate pain management department. The causes of pain are varied and manyfold. People suffer from pain of unknown cause called ‘idiopathic’.
A debate is on whether to switch off Indian TV Channels for their impacts on the Bangladesh viewers. In fact, our TV channels are also catering entertaining programs for the viewers but the only problem is—our channels are flooded with…
Jerusalem, Jul 5 (AP/UNB)- Israel and India have signed a series of agreements to cooperate in the fields of technology, water and agriculture.
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave 10 months to the owners to remove their illegal establishments from Gulshan, Banani and Dhanmondi areas of the city.
Catherine Marchi-Uhel appointed to head new UN investigation Balkees JarrahVerified account Today, the UN Secretary-General appointed Catherine Marchi-Uhel to head a new UN team tasked with investigating serious crimes committed in Syria since 2011. For victims who have known nothing…
Tehran, Iran (AP) — Iranians have organized a “Trumpism” cartoon contest in which hundreds of participants were invited to submit artwork mocking the U.S. leader.
Dhaka, Jul 4 – Around 2000 Bangladesh nationals, mainly regular migrants from Iran, Lebanon and Jordan, got stuck in Turkey as their attempts to illegally enter Europe through Turkey have become difficult.
Dhaka, July 4 – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday assured Bangladesh of its all support and cooperation in constructing Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant.
Gazipur, July 4 – The authorities of 10 ready-made garment (RMG) factory in the city’s Nayarapara area kept their factories closed for Tuesday following a boiler blast in Multi-Fabs Ltd garment factory that killed nine garment workers.
Seoul, Jul 4 (AP/UNB) – North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile Tuesday that appeared to have flown for a longer time than previous such missiles, landing in waters near North Korea’s bitter rival, Japan, according to U.S., Japanese and…
Dhaka – The body of aanother garment worker was recovered from the debris of Multi-Fabs Ltd in Nayarapara area on Tuesday morning, raising the death toll from the incident to 10.
By Roshni Majumdar UN (IPS) – The benefits of ending child marriage are many—boosting a young girl’s morale and increasing her chances of education and work, and by that virtue, curbing high population rates in developing economies and boosting growth.
Dhaka – The flood situation in northern and northestern districts has deteriorated due to incessant heavy rain and onrush of water from the bordering Assam and Meghalaya hills submerging many areas of north-eastern parts of the country.
Rangpur, Jul 3 – A suspected criminal was killed hours after being arrested in yet another ‘gunfight’ between police and a gang of criminals in Mithapukur upazila of Rangpur in the early hours of Monday.