Cambridge, USA, 19 Apr (Timothy A. Wise) — US President Donald Trump may still deny the harsh realities of climate change, but no one in southern Mozambique has any doubts. They don’t have much food either. The drought of the…
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Can Europe converge on what ‘Convergence’ should mean?
by Lukáš Veselý 2017 is the year of choices: after important elections in several Member States, the European integration process can be reinvigorated in the autumn with a renewed sense of purpose, or it can continue to decline in a…
Is there a future for social democracy in Europe?
by Sebastían Royo The response to the Great Recession from European social democratic/centre-left parties, with some notable exceptions like Portugal’s, was largely to implement the austerity policies of the right: they bailed out the banks and the bondholders, and they…
Australia to raise English language standard for citizenship
Canberra, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — Australia plans to tighten its citizenship rules to require higher English language skills, longer residency and evidence of integration such as a job, officials said Thursday. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the new citizenship test…
Serena Williams says tennis star is pregnant: Spokeswoman
Dhaka, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) -It’s another love game for Serena Williams: She is pregnant — and, based on the timeline she offered, she already was when she won the Australian Open.
More mudslides in Colombia kill at least 17 people
Bogota, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — A deluge of rain set off landslides that smashed homes and filled streets with mud Wednesday in a mountain city in a coffee-growing part of Colombia, and authorities said at least 17 people were killed…
PM Sheikh Hasina back home from Bhutan
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina returned home on Thursday morning from Bhutan wrapping up her three-day state visit.
Dinajpur boiler blast death toll now 3
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Another worker who received burn injuries in a boiler explosion at a rice mill in Gopalganj of Sadar upazila in Dinajpur district on Wednesday died at Rangpur Medical College Hospital on Thursday.
Gas criris: Ashuganj Fertilizer plant production suspended
Dhaka, Apr 20 – Production at Ashuganj Fertilizer Factory in Brahmanbaria remained suspended since Wednesday morning due to gas crisis.
Russia to launch a giant nuclear icebreaker in 2019
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Heatlh: We realise its true value when it is impaired
Penang, 13 Apr (IPS/Martin Khor) — What’s the most precious thing in the world which unfortunately we take for granted and realise its true value when it is impaired? Good health, of course. That’s something many people must have reminded…
Hajj agencies vow to make Hajj business corruption-free
Dhaka – The chiefs of three separate panels of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) have expressed their intension to establish a corruption and irregularity free HAAB and Hajj management in future.
Ershad acquitted of radar purchase case
A Dhaka court yesterday acquitted Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad, former chiefs of Air Force Momtaz Uddin Ahmed and Sultan Mahmud, and the then United Traders’ director AKM Musa of charges in 24-year-old radar purchase scam case.
AL move to removee intra-party feuds before next JS election
Dhaka – The ruling Awami League has taken a new initiative to tame the internal feud being alive across the country in a bid to make the party stronger, smarter and dynamic ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections scheduled to…
Muslim population – The future of world leadership
The picture of research works on demographic changes of western countries in relation to the Muslim immigration and their fertility rate is very intriguing. The average Fertility Rate per family amongst the westerners is 1.65 as compared to the Muslims’…
US gunman kills three ‘in race attack’
Three white men were olice hkilled and another wounded when a black gunman opened fire in Fresno, California, in a suspected race attack, pave said.
WHO lists antibiotic development priorities
The World Health Organization outlines critical-, high-, and medium-priority antibiotic development initiatives, calling on the public and private sectors to invest in additional R&D. By Tracy Vence Update: In an open letter published last week (March 6), members of the…
Snowfall at springtime in Germany
Stutgurt, Germany – As the first spring rays of sun come out the German people like to soaking up the sun in the gardens, parks and outdoor cafes and enjoying eagerly anticipated beginning of the warm season. But Polar air…
Sustainability train has already well and truly left the station
Climate change and risks to fossil fuel industry: sustainability train has left the station Dhaka – Commercial activity in fossil fuels is increasingly at odds with global actions to reduce the threat of climate change. Burning coal, oil, and natural…
Org to help those serving long jail terms sans trial urged
Dhaka – Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee Chairman High Court Division Justice M Enayetur Rahim yesterday said that a specific law is needed to rehabilitate those people who were released from jail after long terms incarceration without any trial.
Stay on MP Rana’s bail extended
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday extended stay till May 8 on a High Court order that granted bail to Tangail-3 lawmaker Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
Failure to submit of report on BB heist for 13th time
Dhaka – The investigator of Bangladesh Bank responsible for submission of the central bank’s reserves heist failed to submit charges for the 13th time yesterday.
Mallya arrested in London, stage set for extradition to India
Liquor baron and former Kingfisher boss Vijay Mallya was on Tuesday arrested in London by local police, a little over a year since he left India after defaulting on loans worth more than Rs 9,000 crore. “Officers from the Metropolitan…
3 cops among 4 injured in Keraniganj fight
Dhaka, Apr 18 – Four people, including three policemen and a suspected robber, were injured during a fight between ‘robbers’ and cops at Chandipur of Keraniganj on the outskirts of capital Dhaka early Tuesday.
US court sides with reptile keepers against giant snake ban
Miami, Apr 18 (AP/UNB) — U.S. wildlife officials can’t legally stop interstate trade of giant exotic snakes such as Burmese pythons, which threaten to eat all the native mammals in the Florida Everglades, an appeals court has ruled.
PM Sheikh Hasina off to Bhutan on 3-day state visit
Dhaka, Apr 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka for Thimphu on Tuesday on a three-day state visit to Bhutan. A Druk Air VVIP flight carrying the Prime Minister and her entourage took off from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…
Stopping deforestation: ‘Indigenous people are the best park rangers’
Trees soak up greenhouse gases, so how do we ensure their protection? Our experts offer seven ideas for the conservation and restoration of forests s1 | Stop subsidising agriculture that harms forests Countries need to stop using outdated fiscal policies…
US opposed to investment facilitation talks at G20
Geneva, 13 Apr (D. Ravi Kanth) – Attempts to finalize a non-binding outcome on investment facilitation at the meeting of G20 officials of the Trade and Investment Working Group (TIWG) in Berlin suffered a major setback after the United States…
SOPA 2017 Journalism Awards attract record over 750 entries
Hong Kong, China – Media OutReach – April 18, 2017 – The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organization, today announced that it has received more than 750 entries in English and Chinese for the SOPA…
North Korea: ‘We will react with nuclear strike’- BBC
Face-to-face with North Korea’s top diplomat By John Sudworth BBC News, Pyongyang North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol warns the US against taking military action, in an interview with the BBC’s John Sudworth. Two days ago, I stood on the…