Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – The government has directed all the educational institutions under the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education (DSHE) to form five-member committees to prevent incidents of sexual harassment. DSHE director (college and admin) Shahedul Khabir Chowdhury…
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‘People will succeed before golden jubilee of independence’
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikyafront Convener and Gonoforum President Dr Kamal Hossain on Saturday hoped that people will be successful in bringing a change through a movement before the golden jubilee of the country’s independence. On his 83rd…
495 foreign nationals in jail for illegal migration: Minister
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – Terming human trafficking a global menace, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday said 495 people have so far been arrested for illegal migration from neighbouring countries. The Home Minister also said 57 of them have…
Gonoforum to serve show-cause notice to erring MP Mokabbir
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – Gonoforum will send a show-cause notice to party presidium member and MP Mokabbir Khan for ‘violating’ its constitution and indulging ‘anti- party’ activities. The decision was taken on Saturday at a meeting of the party’s…
Skilled manpower needed in digital economy era: Speakers
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB)- Bangladesh needs skilled manpower possessing technology-based knowledge in the digital economic era, speakers told a seminar on Saturday. They noted that the youths will have to gain technical skills to compete with digital economy of the…
Khaleda’s parole BNP MPs-elect oath baseless rumours: Fakhrul
Cumilla, Apr 20 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said the media reports on their chairperson’s release on parole and taking oath by their party MPs-elect are nothing but a baseless speculation. Talking to reports at…
Gunmen shoot 13 people dead at eastern Mexico family party
Mexico City, April 20 (Xinhua/UNB) — Gunmen shot dead 13 people at a party on Friday night in the city of Minatitlan in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, local media reported. Seven men, five women, and a child were…
Shab-e-Barat Sunday night
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) -The holy Shab-e-Barat, the night of fortune and forgiveness, will be observed in the country on Sunday with due religious fervour. According to Muslim belief, Shab-e-Barat is the night when Allah arranges the affairs of the…
BRI fits Bangladesh’s priorities: Dr Gowher
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – Ahead of the second BRI Summit in Beijing, Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Gowher Rizvi on Saturday said Bangladesh welcomed China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as it fits Bangladesh’s national priorities. “Bangladesh is proud…
Burqa used during Nusrat murder recovered in Feni
Feni, Apr 20 (UNB) – A team of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) recovered a burqa used during the killing of Feni madrasa girl Nusrat Jahan Rafi from Dangi canal in Sonagazi municipality area on Saturday. Shaha Alam, inspector of…
PM flies to Brunei Sunday
Dhaka, Apr 20 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina goes to Brunei Darussalam on Sunday on a three-day official visit as the two countries are expected to sign seven Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). The Prime Minister takes up the…
4 killed in Mymensingh road crash
Mymensingh, Apr 20 (UNB) – At least four people, including a woman, were killed and two others injured when a truck hit an auto-rickshaw and a human hauler on Mymensingh-Haluaghat road at Alalpur in the city on Saturday morning. The…
UN’s empty promises to world’s indigenous peoples
PHOENIX, Arizona, Apr 19 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, as in so many other areas, gives lip service in support of Indigenous issues while lacking the political will and enforcement power over individual member states to comply with the protection…
Dad saved toddler from dingo attack in Australia
Sydney, Apr 19 (AP/UNB) — Rescue personnel said a father fought off several dingoes to save his 14-month-old son from one of the wild dogs that was dragging the boy from their campervan on an Australian island early Friday. The…
Dhaka’s proposals on more effective multilateral trading
Dhaka, April 19 (UNB) – Bangladesh has placed six proposals to make the multilateral trading system more effective recognizing importance of multilateral trading system for sustainable development. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Md Nojibur Rahman placed the recommendations at…
‘Line of Ages’ print art exhibition begins in city
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB) – A 10-day print art exhibition featuring works of noted Japanese artist Toshihiko Ikeda began on Friday at National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in the city. The solo exhibition, titled ‘Line of Ages’,…
BNP remains resolute not to join parliament: Moudud
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB) – Trashing various media speculations, BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said their party will not back off from its decision of not sending their party MPs-elect to parliament. “There’s no question …our six MPs-elect…
C-sections greatest burden in childbirth expenses: icddr,b
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB)- Families may be spending the highest amount from their pockets for caesarian section deliveries among different child delivery-related expenses in Bangladesh, said a recent icddr,b analysis. C-section deliveries fork out an average USD 250 (equivalent to…
Narmada, the forgotten Indian river, not on anyone’s agenda
Sanjaybhai Machhi, 33, a resident of Bharuch in Gujarat, was a fisherman until a few years ago. He would earn enough from fishing in the Narmada river, to sustain his family. But now things have taken a turn for the…
PM receives treatment at Institute of Ophthalmology
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB)- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday received treatment at the National Institute of Ophthalmology (NIO) and Hospital at city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. She went there in the morning, bought a ticket from the counter and took treatment like…
Mining: ‘A Question of Life or Death’
STOCKHOLM, Apr 18 2019 (IPS) – The mining industry is one of the world’s most dangerous industries. Globally, the death toll is at least 14,000 workers per year. But how many lives are actually lost is something that neither trade unions,…
Brunei’s new stoning law
This month, the Sultanate of Brunei confirmed plans to impose a new penal code with brutal punishments. These include whipping or death by stoning for extramarital sex and anal sex, among other things, and amputations of limbs for theft. Abortion is also criminalized, and…
Mali violence: PM and entire government resigns
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB) – The prime minister of Mali and his entire government have resigned, following an upsurge of violence in the country, reports BBC. On Wednesday, a motion of no confidence was submitted as MPs blamed Prime Minister…
Dhaka court rules Freezing Tarique couple’s UK bank accounts
Dhaka, Apr 18 (UNB) – A court here on Thursday ordered freezing three bank accounts of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Dr Zubaida Rahman with a UK bank. Judge of the Dhaka Metropolitan Senior Special Sessions’ Judge…
Secondary school enrollment still low in Bangladesh: UNFPA
Dhaka, Apr 19 (UNB)- The net enrollment rate for secondary education in Bangladesh is still significantly low, but better compared to the past, according to the UNFPA annual report. The ‘State of World Population Report 2019’ puts the enrollment rate at…
BD traders want export-import simplified at Benapole
Dhaka, Apr 17 (UNB)- Speakers at a meeting urged the government to simplify export and import process through the Benapole land port. They called for capacity enhancement, developing infrastructure and continuing 24 hours operation of the port for smoother export…
Dhaka North City moves to enforce fire safety in buildings
Dhaka, Apr 18 (UNB) – Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) is going to form three committees to ensure that all the buildings under its jurisdiction have fire safety measures. The decision was taken at a views-exchange meeting held at the…
Housewife burnt to death in Chattogram
Chattogram, Apr 18 (UNB) – A housewife was burnt to death in a fire that broke out a dwelling house at Maijpara in city’s Patenga area on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Shahina Akter, 32, wife of Md Musa…
Changes in rainfall patterns affecting people’s livelihood
DHAKA, April 17, 2019 (BSS) – Experts here today observed that the rainfall patterns are changing in Bangladesh due to climate change which affecting the country’s agriculture as well livelihood of people. “The rainfall patterns are changing in the country…