Dhaka, June 29 – The way we shop is changing and how we pay is evolving. As COVID-19 alters our daily lives, consumers in Asia Pacific are rapidly going digital with purchases of everything from groceries to movies in a…
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Global coronavirus cases pass 10 mn, fatalities cross 0.5 mn
Dhaka, June 29 – The confirmed global Covid-19 cases surpassed 10 million with over 500,000 fatalities as of Monday morning. Besides, over 5 million people have made recovery from the coronavirus, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University…
Cannabis a ‘probable tool’ to fight COVID-19: Report
Researchers in Canada say they are considering Cannabis as a potentially valuable tool to fight against COVID-19. Researchers Olga and Igor Kovalchuck have reportedly been developing and testing a novel cannabis strain for years, except with the goal of creating…
‘ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা আইন মত প্রকাশের স্বাধীনতার বড় অন্তরায়’
বহুল বিতর্কিত ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা আইনের অপপ্রয়োগ ও অপ ব্যবহারের মাধ্যমে জাতির বিবেক হিসাবে বিবেচিত সৎ, নির্ভীক, নিরপেক্ষ ও আপোষহীন পেশাদার সাংবাদিকদের কণ্ঠরোধ করার অপচেষ্টা চলছে। ঠুনকো অজুহাতে দৈনিক ইনকিলাব সম্পাদক এ.এম.এম বাহাউদ্দীনের বিরুদ্ধে ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা আইনে মামলার নিন্দা জানিয়ে প্রেরিত…
For now, it is a question of answers
Sudhirendar Sharma For once, this pandemic has forced all of us to be different, to seek answers and only answers on how to confront, control, and get over the dreadful virus. No one seems to be asking questions anymore, but…
Landslide on Teesta V project in Sikkim damages the Dam
June 27, 2020 SANDRP A massive landslide has severely damaged the 55m high dam of the 510 MW Teesta Hydropower Project of NHPC, possibly in late hours on June 26, 2020 or early hours of June 27, 2020. This is…
U.N. establishes fact-finding body in Libya
Slavery In conflict The United Nations Human Rights Council has taken an important step to investigate abuses by all sides in Libya — including human trafficking — by establishing a fact-finding body.
Global Covid-19 cases near 10mn; deaths near 0.5 million
Dhaka, June 28 – The global Covid-19 cases reached 9,953,038 on Sunday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.
Swarms of locusts reach outskirts of Indian capital city
New Delhi, Xinhua/UNB, June 28 – Swarms of crop-destroying desert locusts Saturday invaded Gurugram, the outskirts of Indian capital city Delhi.
Water enters houses in Sunamganj town; 11 Upazilas flooded
Sunamganj, June 28 – Flash floods, triggered by heavy rains and upstream water, have inundated Sunamganj town and 11 Upazilas of the district, rendering thousands of people marooned.
Death of dolphins, whales in dozens puzzles BD experts
An increase in ocean mammal deaths in Cox’s Bazar in recent months has left wildlife and environment experts alarmed.
What will power the post-pandemic global economic recovery?
27 June 2020 – As governments try to kick-start their economies, the UN is calling for recovery plans to be built around low-carbon technologies, to avoid a return to fossil fuel-based business as usual.
Dr. Khondaker Azharul Haq Ex-president, BWP dies
Dr. Khondaker Azharul Haq, Former President of BWP, former Managing Director of Dhaka WASA and Regional Chair of GWP-South Asia expired on Saturday June 27 morning at around 10 am.
Resetting the West’s Relationship With China
Tony Blair New polling – conducted for YouGov on behalf of the Institute – shows there has been, during the Covid crisis, a sharp move in Western public opinion to a markedly more hostile attitude towards China. In our report…
Prime accused in JL leader murder killed in Ctg ‘gunfight’
Chittagong, June 27 – The prime accused in a Jubo League leader murder case was killed in a reported gunfight with police in Satkani Upazila early Saturday.
30 shanties gutted in Kamalapur slum fire
Dhaka, June 27 – Thirty shanties were gutted as a fire broke out at Titipara Methor Potti of Kamalapur area in the capital early Saturday.
BNP siding with rumour-mongers: Minister
Dhaka, June 27 – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday accused the BNP of taking the side of people spreading rumours and hatred. “The words of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir imply that they’re taking the side…
African govts failing survivors of child sexual exploitation
By Tsitsi Matekaire LONDON, Jun 26 2020 (IPS) – In Malawi, Mary was only 14 years old when she was recruited and trafficked to the city of Blantyre and sold for sex in a bar. A man had arrived in…
Lifting livelihoods by lifting water
By Sabina Devkota DOLAKHA, Nepal, Jun 25 2020 (IPS) – While growing up in Lele village in southern Lalitpur, Pratap Thapa watched his parents plant maize on their terrace farm and wait for the rains. He often wondered how much…
Mobile payments help people during the pandemic
By Sonja Davidovic, Delphine Prady and Herve Tourpe Jun 22 2020 (IPS) – The practical challenge of quickly getting financial support in the hands of people who lost jobs amid the COVID-19 economic crisis has baffled advanced and developing economies…
Free migrant children from family detention: US Judge
Houston, AP/UNB, June – 27 – A federal judge on Friday denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coronavirus pandemic and ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails.
Global Covid-19 cases surpass 9.7 mn; deaths close to 0.5 mn
Dhaka, June 27 – The confirmed COVID-19 cases have reached 9,776,963 million globally with 493,609 deaths as of Saturday morning.
Microsoft closing all physical stores permanently
New York, AP/UNB, June 27 – Microsoft announced on Friday that it is permanently closing nearly all of its physical stores around the world.
Govt ‘suppressing’ opposition to continue plundering: BNP
Dhaka, June 26 – BNP on Friday alleged that the government is ‘suppressing’ opposition leaders and activists through various repressive acts to continue its ‘corruption and plunder’.
Glorious days: Offer to be Press Secretary to the President
Mostafa Kamal Majumder As The New Nation became more or less self-reliant and I could respond to demands of working journalists to improve their working conditions in the paper with a mission to make it sustainable I got a phone…
Covid-19 casts gloom on tourism in Rangamati, Bandarban
Dhaka, June 26 – The global outbreak of the Covid-19 has affected life and economy, unlike anything the world has ever seen. The travel restrictions that came with this pandemic wreaked havoc on the transport and tourism sectors.
Global virus death toll now 488,740; confirmed cases 9.6m
Dhaka, June 26 – The death toll from Covid-19 across the globe reached 488, 740 on Friday morning, according to the Centre for System Science and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University.
UNO among nine infected with coronavirus in Keraniganj
Dhaka, June 26 – Nine people including the Keraniganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer have been infected with coronavirus, raising the number of confirmed coronavirus cases to 884 in Keraniganj Upazila.
Global social leaders to discuss post pandemic world: Yunus
Social Business Day to be observed on June 26-28 Dhaka, June 25 – Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Mohammad Yunus is going to hold several discussions with global social business leaders about the post-pandemic world in the observance of Social Business…
Extending Putin’s rule: Russia opens polls for vote
Moscow, AP/UNB, June 25 – Russia on Thursday opened polls for a week-long vote on constitutional changes that would allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power until 2036.