A Dhaka court on Thursday relived 26 people, including BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, its standing committee members Mirza Abbas and Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, from a violence case filed under the anti terrorism (amendment) act. Dhaka metropolitan…
A Three-day long art exhibition to mark the International Women’s Day concluded at Rajshahi University (RU) on 10 March 2016 that was started on March 8. The Fine Arts department of the university hosted the exhibition in front of the…
Speakers at a workshop on Thursday observed that preventing at least 68 percent of untimely death due to kidney diseases is possible by changing lifestyle through raising awareness among people from childhood. The menace of the kidney disease have to…
With the tagline-‘life is really colorful now, Beximco Communications Limited yesterday launched the brand name-‘RealVU’-of its Direct-to-Home (DTH) television during a press meet at a city hotel. ‘RealVU’- the first DTH service of the country will have its operational launch…
Bangladesh and European Union (EU) Business Council in Bangladesh will jointly organise “EU –Bangladesh business climate dialogue” to discuss business barrier and devise solutions to the hindrances. The dialogue will be held on May 12 in Dhaka, Commerce Minister Tofail…
She’s the $195 million athlete at the center of a failed drugs test scandal but tennis star Maria Sharapova isn’t lacking for some heavy hitting support. “Attempts to politicize sports, attempts to add character to sports of some kind of…
Dhaka – The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Natural Resource and Power-Port on Thursday started its 4-day mass long march from the capital towards the Sundarbans in protest against the government’s move to set up a 1320 MW coal-fired power…
Danielle Nierenberg According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), “Fish represents a valuable source of proteins and nutrients in the diet of many countries and its importance in contributing to food security is rising significantly.” This week, March…
By Scott Huver1 day ago You only thought you knew Marcia Clark. Almost immediately after the then-Los Angeles assistant district attorney was tasked with heading the prosecution of former NFL standout O.J. Simpson for the 1994 murders of his ex-wife…
By Liz Fields and Olivia Becker Bernie Sanders narrowly won the Michigan primary on Tuesday night, keeping his campaign in the race as Hillary Clinton continues to hold a strong delegate lead in the Democratic presidential primary. Sanders’ win in…
S Gopikrishna Warrier Leonardo DiCaprio packs energy into his acting. Remember him as he runs to catch the Titanic, or as the ambitious young stockbroker Jordan Belfort in The wolf of Wall Street. When DiCaprio spoke after receiving his Oscar…
by Sharon Moshavi, Vice President, New Initiatives News organizations are struggling to cover ISIS, constrained by a lack of on-the-ground presence in the wake of its brutal murders of journalists, according to an International Center for Journalists’ panel of media…
By Chandra Muzaffar As expected, the North Korean leadership has escalated its rhetoric in the wake of the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) new, harsh sanctions on Pyongyang. Whenever the international community speaks or acts against North Korea, it responds…
JH Ahn North Korean state newspaper the Rodong Sinmun published pictures of what appear to be a “miniaturized” nuclear device on Wednesday, adjacent to a Hwasong-13 (KN-08) ballistic missile that could be used to deliver a weapon. The pictures –…
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday alleged that now freedom of expression is treated as ‘illegal and treason’ in Bangladesh.
Two United Nations human rights experts on Wednesday presented a new report to the UN Human Rights Council offering extensive recommendations to states and police forces around the world on how best to manage public gatherings. “The proper management of…
Continuous losses in the poultry business leads local poultry farmers to utter despair because of unusual price hike of the poultry feed and day old chicks (DOC) in the country. The perpetual losses in the poultry business for the last…
New Delhi: Deploring attacks on Hindus and temples in Bangladesh, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government of being either “helpless” or “complicit” and asked the NDA government to “revaluate” its policy towards Dhaka.
The publication ceremony of a book ‘President Zia of Bangladesh: A Political Biography.’ by journalist Mahfuz Ullah was held at the BRAC Centre Inn in the capital. Author of the book, Mahfuz Ullah said he wrote the 670-page title having…
Dhaka – A cargo aircraft of private True Air crashed while taking off with cargo from Cox’s Bazaar Airport at about half past 9 on Wednesday morning killing at least three crew member and injuring at least another, according to…
Nalaka Gunawardene South Asia has made rapid strides in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in recent years, but far more needs to be done to bridge the digital divide. Many of the region’s 1.7 billion people still struggle to access…
Anita Makri One afternoon a couple of years ago, I found myself sat in the site office of one of Delhi’s incineration plants and having tea with the manager. The plant was under construction near a landfill, and I was…
Paula Park If all farmers adopted well-known water management methods, global food production could expand as much as 41 per cent, scientists have shown. Scientists modelled 35 “ambitious yet achievable” water management strategies and found that improved irrigation could halve…
Giovanni Ortolani Communities in flood-prone areas often do not have access to information about flood forecasting. As a result, they do not have sufficient time to evacuate and put their cattle and belongings in a safe area. The new Community-Based…
Nick Ishmael Perkins Science and technology underpin the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and without a pragmatic approach to fostering research and implementing new technologies, the goals will remain aspirations.
Tania Rabesandratana Climate change will severely impact global food production, causing an estimated 529,000 deaths by 2050 from resulting diet shifts compared with a future without higher carbon emissions, a study says. Changes in temperature and precipitation “are expected to…
By Courtney C. Radsch/CPJ Advocacy Director Syrians protest the killing and torture of women by President Assad’s regime in 2011. The blogger Tal al-Mallohi remains in jail in Syria despite a court ordering her release. (AP/Mohammad Hannon) Syrians protest the…
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday summoned Food Minister Qamrul Islam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque to appear before it on March 15 for their reactions to remarks of Chief Justice…
Dhaka – Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday called a dawn-to-dusk hartal for Wednesday (March 9) protesting the Supreme Court judgment that upheld the death penalty of Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali convicted for war crimes. The verdict in the appeal case of…
Bangladesh Bank released a statement on Monday to the media on Monday, saying its Financial Intelligence Unit is working with the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) of the Philippines to recover the rest of the funds. But the central bank did…