Washington, AP/UNB, Sept 12 – Bahrain on Friday agreed to normalise relations with Israel, becoming the fourth Arab nation to recognise Israel, a Middle Eastern country on the Mediterranean Sea.
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An opportunity to see how we treat world’s starving children
By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Sep 9 2020 (IPS) – While COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire world, Nobel Laureates and world leaders have today expressed concern that ongoing crisis is far from being an equaliser. The pandemic has revealed that…
A new social contract needed for children on the move
By Miriam Gathigah NAIROBI, Sep 10 2020 (IPS) – Forced to flee wars and disasters, sometimes without family, and struggling to survive in the worst of circumstances, children on the move have long led very precarious lives. Be they refugees,…
No ‘business as usual’ for children, say laureates & leaders
By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE, Sep 11 2020 (IPS) – Addressing delegates at the end of the virtual 3rd Fair Share for Children Summit, 2014 Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi told global citizens that “business as usual” in dealing with COVID-19…
Russia, China hackers targeting US vote, Microsoft warns
Washington, Sept 11 – Microsoft said Thursday it thwarted recent cyberattacks from China, Russia and Iran targeting both Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns, as technology giants scrambled to protect election security less than two months ahead of the US vote.
US support for peaceful solution of Rohingya crisis assured
Dhaka, Sept 11 – The USA has assured Bangladesh that it will continue its support to bring about a peaceful resolution to the protracted Rohingya crisis. The assurance came during a phone call by US Defence Secretary Mark Esper to…
5 things to do to protect children’s rights during Covid-19
By Zama Neff “It does not make me happy that my children are no longer going to school,” the mother of two preschool-age children in North Kivu, a conflict-affected region in the Democratic Republic of Congo, told us. “Years don’t…
Glorious days: New Nation escaped internecine Ittefaq feud
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The publication of The New Nation remained uninterrupted and its journalists and employees worked in unbelievable safety for one full year when the proprietor and the members of his family were unable to enter the Ittefaq Bhaban,…
Huge fire breaks out at Beirut port a month after explosion
Beirut, AP/UNB, Sept 10 – A huge fire broke out Thursday at the Port of Beirut, the site of last month’s catastrophic explosion that killed nearly 200 people and devastated parts of the capital.
Govt ready to procure first developed Covid vaccine: PM
Dhaka, Sept 10 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said the government is ready to procure Covid-19 vaccine from the country where it will be developed first.
a2i wins WSIS awards for 7th consecutive year
Dhaka, Sept 10 – The a2i Programme has succeeded at the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) awards for the 7th consecutive time.
HC stays copyright order on Masud Rana, Kuasha series
Dhaka, Sept 10 – The High Court on Thursday stayed the decision of Copyright Office Bangladesh for one month that gave the copyright of 260 Masud Rana books and 50 books of Kuasha series to Sheikh Abdul Hakim.
Plea to include Cox’s Bazar SP in Sinha murder case rejected
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 10 – A Cox’s Bazar court has turned down a petition filed by the elder sister of Major (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan seeking inclusion of district police chief ABM Masud in the case filed over her…
IBBL receives Tk.55 lakh insurance claims for deceased staff
Mohammed Monirul Moula, Additional Managing Director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited received the cheque of Tk.55 lac under group life insurance policy from Md. Morshed Alam Siddiqui, Managing Director (CC) of Padma Islami Life Insurance Limited (PILIL) at Islami Bank…
UK delivers £500m in projects for Commonwealth citizens
From providing antibiotics to more than nine million people to prevent blinding trachoma to building a Clean Ocean Alliance of 34 countries, more than 40 projects have been delivered during the United Kingdom’s leadership of the Commonwealth, a new report…
France hosts Med leaders for summit on Turkey tensions
Paris, Sept 10 – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday hosts leaders from Mediterranean states for a summit set to be dominated by growing tensions between Turkey and EU states in the east of the sea.
Beautician gang-rape: UP chairman among 7 sued in Keraniganj
Dhaka, Sept 10 – A case was filed against seven people including a UP chairman for abducting a beautician and violating her in Keraniganj Upazila on Wednesday.
DSE index crosses 5000-mark again
Dhaka, Sept 10 – The key index of country’s prime bourse, Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), on Thursday crossed 5,000-mark after 12 months as investors kept running their buying appetite riding on different regulatory moves.
Coronavirus global death toll passes 900,000; cases 27.7 mn
Paris, Sept 10 – The global toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 900,000 deaths since it first appeared in China late last year, according to an AFP tally late Wednesday.
WHO for urgent action to avoid trans fat intake deaths
Fifteen countries, including Bangladesh, account for approximately two-thirds of the worldwide deaths linked to trans fat intake, says the World Health Organization’s (WHO) on Thursday.
BNP slams distortion of its MPs’ questions
Dhaka, Sept 09 – Accusing the Parliament Secretariat of violating the Constitution by distorting the questions of its MPs, BNP on Wednesday said the current parliament has turned into a “rubber-stamp”.
Star Cineplex to continue business at Bashundhara City
Dhaka Sept 09 – Star Cineplex, the first-ever international standard multiplex chain in Bangladesh will continue screening movies at Bashundhara City Shopping complex as the mall authorities have stepped back from their previous decision of evicting the multiplex from level…
No idea how Sinha murder probe report leaked: Minister
Dhaka, Sept 07 – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Wednesday that he doesn’t know how the probe report on the investigation into the murder of Major (retd) Sinha was published in a newspaper.
3 policemen get life term in 1st verdict on custodial death
Dhaka, Sept 09 – In the first verdict under the Torture and Custodial Death (Prevention) Act, a Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced three policemen to life term imprisonment and two police informants to seven years’ jail in a case filed…
IBBL Jashore Zone holds Webinar on Shari’ah Compliance
The Jashore Zone of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited recently organized a webinar titled ‘compliance of Shari`ah in the banking sector’. Mohammad Quamrul Hasan, Director of the bank addressed the program as the chief guest. Mohammed Monirul Moula, Additional Managing Director…
RU inaugurates its official facebook page
Rajshahi University has opened its new official Facebook page. University vice-chancellor Professor M Abdus Sobhan on Wednesday inaugurated the Facebook page named “University of Rajshahi” in the conference room of vice-chancellor’s house.
Care for Poorest, Underserved Children for a Better World
By Stella Paul IPS senior correspondent Stella Paul interviews KERRY KENNEDY, president of Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) Human Rights, about why allocating funding for the poorest and most underserved children is a vital component of creating a better world.
Over 1 mln Children Could Die for COVID-19 Economic Crisis
By Stella Paul IPS senior correspondent Stella Paul interviews Nobel Laureate KAILASH SATYARTHI on the eve of Fair Share for Children Summit, a global virtual conference in which Nobel Laureates and world leaders are calling for the world’s most marginalised…
Global death toll from coronavirus 896,127, cases 27.4 mn
The global total death toll from Covid-19 claimed to 896,127 as of Wednesday morning, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) .
Tea shop owner gunned down in Rangamati by miscreants
Rangamati, Sept 09 – A man was shot to death by miscreants at Ghilachhari in Naniarchar upazila of Rangamati district on Tuesday night.