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Memorable days: Learning to give space to opposition voices
Mostafa Kamal Majumder When I joined journalism the political arena was extremely polarized. The language of politics of especially the opposition was so strong that verbatim reporting of their viewpoints would lead to rejection of the news copy because the…
26 Organizations Working to Conserve Seed Biodiversity
Danielle Nierenberg Biodiversity is a cornerstone of the food and agriculture system, but it’s increasingly jeopardized by climate change, deforestation, industrialization, and other threats. But seed saving is an important way of protecting the natural vibrancy and resiliency of the…
Gender inequality increases in media during pandemic: IFJ study
Brussels, AP/UNB, July 23 – A survey published by International Federation of Journalists showed that gender inequalities in newsrooms have increased during the coronavirus pandemic.
How exercise boosts memory and thinking ability
Exercise not only helps to preserve muscle strength, keep the heart strong, maintain healthy body weight and stave off chronic diseases such as diabetes it can help boost thinking skills and memory as well.
Dhaka, Delhi maintain multidimensional coop: Info Minister
Dhaka, July 23 – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said there is multidimensional cooperation between Bangladesh and India.
ACC prosecutes 3 BASIC Bank officials for graft
Dhaka, July 23 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Thursday filed a case against three bank officials, including a former manager of BASIC Bank’s Gulshan branch, for embezzling around Tk 3 crore.
Abul Kalam should be put on trial: BNP
Dhaka, July 23 – BNP on Thursday demanded the government put Prof Abul Kalam Azad, who resigned from the post of the Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on trial for his alleged irregularities in…
Test report contains signature of dead physician in Barisal!
3 jailed in Barishal, hospital sealed off Barisal, July 19 – A private diagnostic centre in Barishal town has been sealed off after it issued a pathology test report containing the signature of a dead physician.
Dhaka University adopts Tk8.69 bn budget for 2020-21FY
Dhaka, July 23 – The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) on Thursday approved a Tk 869.56-crore budget for the fiscal year 2020-21.
Remote working—an inflection point?
by Christy Hoffman and Sharan Burrow on 23rd July 2020 @CHoffmanUNI The pandemic has seen a surge in remote working. Collective agreements are needed to ensure individual autonomy, rather than monitored isolation, is the outcome.
Covid-19 exposes structural weaknesses of food systems
By Elwyn Grainger-Jones MONTPELLIER, France, Jul 22 2020 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the structural weaknesses of today’s food systems, showing how quickly global networks of food production, trade and supply can waver under the impact of a…
The Great Migration Clash
By Joseph Chamie NEW YORK, Jul 23 2020 (IPS) – The world is in the midst of the Great Migration Clash, a bitter struggle between those who “want out” of their countries and those who want others to “keep out”…
Inadequate Water, Sanitation Threatens Women Dev in Senegal
By Stella Paul HYDERABAD, India, Jul 22 2020 (IPS) – With Tabaski (Eid al-Adha) around the corner, 11-year-old Fatoumata Binta from Terrou Mballing district in M’Bour, western Senegal, wakes up early and joins her brothers Iphrahima Tall and Ismaila to…
Nepal ends 4-month lockdown after drop in Covid-19 cases
Xinhua/UNB, July 23 – The government of Nepal has decided to formally end the nearly four-month lockdown imposed on March 24 to prevent transmission of Covid-19, said a senior cabinet minister.
US labs buckle amid testing surge; world virus cases top 15M
WASHINGTON, AP/UNB, July 23 — Laboratories across the U.S. are buckling under a surge of coronavirus tests, creating long processing delays that experts say are undercutting the pandemic response. With the U.S. tally of confirmed infections at nearly 4 million…
100mn people may enter extreme poverty globally in 2020: UN
UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has said as many as 100 million people are expected to be pushed back into extreme poverty in 2020, the first rise in global poverty since 1998.
The deeper roots of Chinese demonization
By Pepe Escobar Fasten your seat belts: the US hybrid war against China is bound to go on frenetic overdrive, as economic reports are already identifying Covid-19 as the tipping point when the Asian – actually Eurasian – century truly…
Dhaka for equitable, affordable access to Covid-19 vaccines
Dhaka, July 19 – The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Rabab Fatima has highlighted the need for making the Covid-19 vaccines available, affordable and distributing those equitably to all countries that need those most.
Flood situation turns grim in 18 Bangladesh districts
Dhaka July 23 – The overall flood situation in Kurigram, Natore, Bogura and Sherpur districts have deteriorated further due to rise in water levels in various rivers, cutting off road communications at places and leaving thousands of people marooned.
US orders Chinese consulate in Houston to close
The US has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, Texas, by Friday – a move described as “political provocation” by Beijing.
An economic, as well as a monetary, union?
by John Palmer on 22nd July 2020 The mammoth European Council meeting agreed on a diminished recovery package—yet one with still huge ramifications. There is not much of a market just now for optimism about our economic, social, political or…
Covid-19 worsens global childcare crisis: UNICEF Chief
Henrietta Fore, the head of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), has warned that “the pandemic is making a global childcare crisis even worse.”
Use modern techniques to save local fish from extinction: PM
Dhaka, July 22 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the people to protect the local species of fish from extinction by using advanced and modern fish farming methods.
Corona may hit Bangladesh harder in winter: Experts
Dhaka, July 22 – As it looks unlikely that coronavirus will disappear until there is a vaccine, experts have warned that the deadly virus may hit Bangladesh even harder in the coming winter. They fear that people may become very…
Fear of death grips people for failure to check corona: BNP
Dhaka, July 22 – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said the people are suffering from a fear of death due to the government’s failure to tackle the coronavirus situation.
Flyover, underpass work to be suspended for 14 days: Quader
Dhaka, July 22 – Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday instructed the authorities concerned to suspend the ongoing construction work of all flyovers and underpasses in the country for seven days before and after Eid-ul-Azha.
Australia eases int’l students visa rules due to Covid-19
Dhaka, July 22- – The Australian government has announced changes to international student visa arrangements, including recommencing granting student visas lodged outside Australia.
Knowing state with corporatocracy, inverted totalitarianism
Sinha MA Sayeed Nature, contents and contexts of politics, political science and government(s) evolve and move in various and varied moods and modes in the settings of time, space and dimension. All these are topics of social science and necessarily…
Int’l webinar urges effective training in online education
Professor Dr. Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman of the Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Chairman, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation presented the keynote paper at the international webinar titled ‘Online Learning in Higher Studies: Bangladesh Perspective’…