নারায়ণগঞ্জ, ৫ ডিসেম্বর – বঙ্গবন্ধুকে নিয়ে ষড়যন্ত্রকারীদের অপচেষ্টা ঐক্যবদ্ধভাবে প্রতিহত করার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন মৎস্য ও প্রাণিসম্পদ মন্ত্রী শ ম রেজাউল করিম। আজ নারায়ণগঞ্জের জেলা গণগ্রন্থাগার মিলনায়তনে নারায়ণগঞ্জ জেলা সাংবাদিক ইউনিয়নের নবনির্বাচিত কমিটির অভিষেক অনুষ্ঠান ২০২০ এ প্রধান অতিথির বক্তব্যে মন্ত্রী…
Professional colleagues in Bangladesh, especially the seniors, used to call me a pioneer in reporting on AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) because many of the breaking news stories in this arena were done by me in the late eighties of…
By Jan Oberg We are blessed by having a number of peace and future scholars, world-leading in their professions, who have followed world events over many decades and continue to be committed to world order change and public education.
Scientists developing COVID-19 vaccines are optimistic that by the end of next year, all people everywhere will have access to safe and effective treatments against a disease which has disrupted the entire planet.
Washington, AP/UNB, Dec 05 – The global number of confirmed coronavirus cases exceeded 65.8 million with 1.5 million fatalities on Saturday, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
United Nationa, AP/UNB, Dec 05 – The U.N. health chief declared Friday that positive results from coronavirus vaccine trials mean the world “can begin to dream about the end of the pandemic,” but he said rich and powerful nations must…
Dhaka, Dec 05 – The government has projected a marginal improvement in the tax to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio in the 2022-23 fiscal, despite the Covid-19 taking a toll on the country’s revenue collections this financial year.
By Simone Galimberti The UN commemorated International Day of Persons with Disabilities December 3… In his message for the Day, the Secretary-General noted that when crises such as COVID-19 grip communities, persons with disabilities are among the worst affected.
Dear Friends of Open Society: I am writing to let you know of an important development at the Open Society Foundations. Our president, Patrick Gaspard, announced at an all-staff meeting this morning that he will be stepping down at the…
4 December 2020 – Even though soil organisms play a crucial role in boosting food production, enhancing nutritious diets, preserving human health, and combating climate change, the real contribution of these tiny life forms remains largely underestimated, the UN agriculture…
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর মহাসচিব প্রিন্সিপাল মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ ঢাকা মহানগরীতে সরকারের পূর্বানুমতি ছাড়া সভা-সমাবেশের ওপর নিষেধাজ্ঞা জারির প্রতিবাদ ও নিন্দা জানিয়েছেন। এক বিবৃতিতে মহাসচিব ইউনুছ আহমাদ বলেন, সরকারের এই সিদ্ধান্ত জনগণের সাংবিধানিক ও মৌলিক অধিকারের পরিপন্থী এবং নাগরিক ও রাজনৈতিক…
Sir Frank Peters Celebrated broadcaster, historian, and Freedom Fighter Muhammad Musa is advocating that all doctors, nurses and medical assistants on the front-line in the war against Coronavirus Covid-19 are conferred with the honour “Hero of Humanitarian Services”.
ঢাকা, ৪ ডিসেম্বর – বিদ্যুৎ, জ্বালানি ও খনিজ সম্পদ প্রতিমন্ত্রী নসরুল হামিদ বলেছেন, পরিবেশবান্ধব উন্নয়নের জন্য বাংলাদেশে নবায়নযোগ্য উৎস হতে বিদ্যুৎ উৎপাদনকে গুরুত্ব দেয়া হচ্ছে। মোট উৎপাদিত বিদ্যুতের ১০ শতাংশ নবায়নযোগ্য উৎস থেকে উৎপাদনের লক্ষ্যমাত্রা নির্ধারণ করা হয়েছে।
Dhaka, Dec 04 – The law enforcement came down on anti-sculpture protesters in the city’s Paltan intersection on Friday. They brought out a rally from Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Jumma prayers without Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s (DMP) approval, the law…
By Erik Berglöf BEIJING – China is aiming to halt the rise in its carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. If it succeeds, the country will have gone, in less than 40 years, from…
By Ann Mettler and Cyril Garcia BRUSSELS – The COVID-19 crisis has presented Europe with a once-in-a-generation opportunity to launch a new era of economic growth. If the private sector and governments across the European Union work together on bold,…
By Shamshad Akhtar, Kevin P. Gallagher, and Ulrich Volz ISLAMABAD/BOSTON/LONDON – The COVID-19 crisis has come at the worst possible time for humanity. The poorest countries were already struggling to meet their development goals in the face of cyclones, wildfires,…
Dhaha, Dec 04 – Stressing the importance of ensuring the universal, equitable, timely and affordable access to quality vaccines, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Covid-19 can never be controlled unless it is stopped everywhere.
The global death toll from Covid-19 pandemic surged past 1.5 million on Friday morning, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University (JHU).
Chittagong, Dec 04 – The first batch of 1,645 Rohingyas have reached Bhasan Char from Chittagong. They had earlier been brought from Ukhiya in Cox’s Bazar to Chittagong in buses.
M Zahidul Haque PERHAPS an ordinary villager in Bangladesh never knew or used to an English word ‘Lockdown’. Well, with the invasion of coronavirus the word ‘lockdown’ become popular among the people not only in Bangladesh but the world over.…
The Noakhali Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a webinar on ‘Compliance of Shari`ah in Banking Sector’ recently.
Bangladesh Refrigerator Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BRMEA) requested the government to make the import policy friendly for the fastest growing local electronics and hi-tech products manufacturing industry.
Dhaka, Dec 03 – Strongly protesting the restriction on holding rallies and public meetings in Dhaka metropolitan areas without prior police permission, BNP Wednesday said this ‘anti-people’ move is an ‘ominous’ sign both for politics and democracy.
2 December 2020 – The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has described the fight against the climate crisis as the top priority for the 21st Century, in a passionate, uncompromising speech delivered on Wednesday at Columbia University in New York.
By Busani Bafana BULAWAYO, Dec 2 2020 (IPS) – COVID-19 has magnified global food insecurity and is driving unhealthy eating and worsening malnutrition, food experts say. They have called for deliberate global investment in food as medicine on the back…
By Kalinga Seneviratne SYDNEY (IDN) – The release of a report into a landmark four-year investigation into the behaviour of Australians special forces known as the SAS (Special Air Service) in Afghanistan, seem to have shocked the nation, judging from…
The Chattogram South Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised a webinar titled ‘Compliance of Shari`ah in Banking Sector’ recently.
ঢাকা, ২ ডিসেম্বর – জাতির পিতা বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমানের জন্মশতবার্ষিকী উদ্যাপন উপলক্ষ্যে আগামী ১৭ই মার্চ-২৬শে মার্চ, ২০২১; পর্যন্ত ১০ দিনব্যাপী বিভিন্ন কর্মসূচি প্রণয়ন সংক্রান্ত জাতীয় বাস্তবায়ন কমিটির এক সভা গতকাল অনুষ্ঠিত হয়েছে। সভায় সভাপতিত্ব করেন জাতীয় বাস্তবায়ন কমিটির সভাপতি…
Moscow, 2nd Dec 2020 – At Volgodonsk Branch of JSC “AEM-technology” “Atommash” (a part of a Mechanical Engineering Division of the Rosatom State Corporation – Atomenergomash) the manufacturing of Reactor Vessel internals has been finished for the first power unit…