Dr. Sinha MA Sayeed This day and age here in Bangladesh have grown and developed a sort of State-of-the-art rule christened with the state-of-the-art defence from the very womb of the ongoing parliamentary model for running the country and this…
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George Floyd death: Violence erupts again in US cities
Washington, AP/UNB, June 01 – Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across America again Sunday, with peaceful demonstrations against police killings of black people overshadowed by unrest that quickly ravaged parts of cities from Pennsylvania to California.
BNP calls bus fare hike anti-people
Dhaka, June 01 – Strongly opposing the government’s decision to hike bus fares, the BNP on Sunday said the move will add a new onslaught on the poor as well as those who lost their means of earnings amid the…
Dr Zafrullah’s wife, son also test positive for Covid-19
Dhaka, June 01 – Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury’s wife and son have also tested positive for the coronavirus, or the associated disease COVID-19.
Coronavirus cases surpass 6.1m globally, deaths 371,995
Dhaka, June 01 – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has passed 6.1 million on Monday morning, according to data provided by Johns Hopkins University.
Vegetable farming on floating beds popular in Sylhet
Sylhet, June 01 – Vegetable farming on floating beds made of water hyacinth and bamboo in waterbodies or ponds, has drawn a huge response from farmers in different areas of Sylhet district.
US protests: Trump took shelter in White House bunker
Washington, AP/UNB, June 01 – Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion, some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades.
Memorable days: Tough first few months to assert as editor
Mostafa Kamal Majumder After taking over as editor of The New Nation in May I spent some tough months for a variety of reasons. The proprietor used to subsidise the paper with his earnings from the Daily Ittefaq. The paper…
Republic of Nepal, Dalit and Brahmin dominance
Written by Rem Bahadur Biswakarma It has been twelve years since Nepal became a federal democratic republic. The monarchy which was constitutionally considered as a symbol of Hindu feudalism was abolished on 3 June 2008 for Nepal to become a…
Urgent justice tool for repatriated migrant workers urged
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted millions of migrant workers in destination countries, many of whom have experienced job loss or non-payment of wages, been forced by employers to take unpaid leave or reduced wages, been confined in poor living…
শপিং-এ যেয়ে দোকানে প্রবেশের পূর্বে দেখে নিন–
এম জাহিদুল হক করোনাভাইরাস কিন্তু আমাদের ছেড়ে যায়নি; কবে যাবে বা আদৌ ছেড়ে যাবে কিনা, তা নিয়ে যথেষ্ট সন্দেহ রয়েছ। তাই করোনাভাইরাসকে নিয়েই জীবন সচল ও সক্রিয় করতে হবে। এ প্রেক্ষাপটেই বিশ্বের অন্যান্য অনেক দেশের মত বাংলাদেশও খুলে দেওয়া হয়েছে…
গণপরিবহনে দ্বিগুণ ভাড়া বৃদ্ধি দেশে নতুন সঙ্কট সৃষ্টি করবে
গণপরিবহনের ভাডা দ্বিগুণ বৃদ্ধির প্রস্তাব দেশে নতুন সঙ্কট সৃষ্টি করবে বলে মন্তব্য করেছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের মহাসচিব প্রিন্সিপাল মাওলানা ইউনুছ আহমাদ, যুগ্ম মহাসচিব অধ্যাপক মাহবুবুর রহমান ও মাওলানা গাজী আতাউর রহমান।
Global corona death toll exceeds 369,000, cases above 6mn
Dhaka May 31 – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 6 million on Sunday morning, according to data provided by the Johns Hopkins University.
Educational institutions not reopening now: PM
Dhaka, May 31 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday ruled out the possibility of opening educational institutions right now saying that students are the future of the country and the government does not want to put them at risk.
BNP observes party founder Zia’s death anniversary
Dhaka, May 31 – BNP recalled its founder and former president Ziaur Rahman while observing his 39th death anniversary with various programmes on Saturday.
82.87pc pass SSC, equivalent exams
Dhaka, May 31 – The percentage of pass in this year’s SSC and equivalent examinations is 82.87. The results have been unveiled on Sunday morning.
Police may be encouraged to enforce social distancing norms
Dr. Md. Jafar Ullah In Bangladesh, the first COVID-19 cases were reported on 8 March, and the first death on the 18th of the month. Surfacing in China last December, this virus travelled to different countries of Asia, Europe, Africa…
স্বপ্ন মা’দের প্যাকেজ বাজেট বরাদ্দ দাবি
দেশে দারিদ্র্র্য বিমোচন লক্ষ্যে সরকারের মহিলা ও শিশু বিষয়ক মন্ত্রণালয় কর্তৃক পাইলট আকারে বাস্তবায়নকৃত মাতৃত্বকালীন ভাতা কেন্দ্রীক ‘স্বপ্ন প্যাকেজ’ মডেল কর্মসূচী প্রাথমিকভাবে একশত উপজেলায় বাস্তবায়নের জন্য ২০২০-২১ অর্থবছরে একশ কোটি টাকা বাজেট বরাদ্দ দাবি করেছে ‘মা-স্বপ্ন ফাউন্ডেশন’ এর ‘মা সংসদ’…
Climate Targets and Industry Participation in the Recovery
by Henrik Poulsen, Mads Nipper, Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen COPENHAGEN – The COVID-19 pandemic must not lead governments to lower their climate ambitions. Accelerating the transition to a low-carbon sustainable economy can both drive the recovery and build resilience for the…
Reproductive rights of women and girls under lockdown
BEIRUT / GENEVA, May 28 2020 (IPS) – Health systems around the world are prioritising health care services and equipment to treat people diagnosed with Covid-19, which means that many procedures deemed to be elective and non-essential are being suspended…
Wordsmith par excellence
Sudhirendar Sharma No contemporary poet has been capable of engineering thoughts on social awakening through poetic lyricism. Such has been its lyrical contemporariness that ‘main zindagi ka saath nibhata chala gaya’ has been taken to heart by even the millennial…
Act now to avert unimaginable devastation: UN urges leaders
By Samira Sadeque UNITED NATIONS, May 29 2020 (IPS) – Unless global leaders act now, the COVID-19 pandemic will cause unimaginable suffering and devastation around the world, the Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres said yesterday, May 28. He…
Memorable daysঃ My answer will be both ‘yes’ and ‘no’
Mostafa Kamal Majumder If anybody asks me if I have come to the profession of journalism by conscious choice, my answer will be both ‘yes’ and ‘no’. Yes, because after coming to this profession I have really made no serious…
করোনা লাশ দাফন ও আমার অভিজ্ঞতা! গুজব, প্রচারণা বেশী মারাত্মক
শফকত হোসাইন চাটগামী করোনা ভাইরাস এটি বিশ্ব স্বাস্থ্য সংস্থার মতে একটি ছোয়াঁছে রোগ। এটি একজন থেকে অন্যজনে ছড়ায়। এজন্য এই রোগ হলেই তার কাছে আর যাওয়া যাবেনা!, করোনা রোগ মানেই মৃত্যু এমন ধারণা সৃষ্টি হয়েছে আমাদের মাঝে। চীন থেকে শুরু…
More than one in six youth out of work due to Covid-19: ILO
Geneva, 28 May (Kanaga Raja) – More than one in six young people have stopped working since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis, the International Labour Organization (ILO) has said. According to the fourth edition of the ILO Monitor, among…
Virus, Floods, Locusts put Somalia in Human Trafficking trap
By Shafi’i Mohyaddin Abokar MOGADISHU, May 28 2020 (IPS) – While simultaneously suffering from the coronavirus pandemic, flooding and a locust crisis, Somalia, could well see a rise in the number of people who are susceptible to human trafficking.
Multi-millionaire says: Covid-19 is business case to tax the rich
By Djaffar Shalchi COPENHAGEN, May 28 2020 (IPS) – For the past few decades, many big corporations and very wealthy individuals have operated according to the myth that they are “self-made”, that their success owed nothing to anyone else.
Video: Former Norwegian PM Brundtland on Pandemic Leadership
Chicago Council on Global Affairs May 27 2020 (IPS) – Between 2002 and 2004, the World Health Organization (WHO) faced the first pandemic of the globalized 21st century, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). Under the leadership of Dr. Gro Harlem…
Millions more could miss meals due to Covid-19 pandemic
28 May 2020 – Some 14 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean could experience severe food insecurity this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to projections released on Thursday by the World Food Programme (WFP).
Zafullah Chowdhury doing well: Gonoshasthya Nagar Hospital
Founder of Gonoshasthya Kendra and Gonoshasthya Nagar Hospital Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury who has been found coronavirus positive has been doing well. He came to the hospital and walked up to the dialysis room on Thursday evening for dialysis, hospital sources…