Dhaka University, Apr 2 (UNB) – Newly elected Dhaka University Central Student Union (Ducsu) Vice President (VP) Nurul Haque Nur was physically assaulted and confined allegedly by leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Salimullah Muslim Hall unit on…
Geneva, April 3 (UNB) – UN human rights experts condemned the Indian Government’s decision to deport three more Rohingyas to Myanmar and urged the authorities to stop such forced deportations which are prohibited under international law. The three Rohingyas deported,…
Dhaka, April 3 (UNB) – Although Bangladesh has laid an essential foundation for a technology-driven and skill-based digital economy, it still needs to put in place a comprehensive national e-commerce strategy and improve delivery logistics, said a United Nations Conference…
JOHANNESBURG, Apr 2 2019 (IPS) – “I never thought it would get so big and I think it is amazing.” The words of a 16-year-old Swedish teenager who skipped school to protest outside her government’s inaction on climate change. Greta Thunberg…
The Sri Lankan government should drop plans to resume executions, which would end an unofficial 43-year moratorium in the country, Human Rights Watch said today. On March 31, 2019, President Maithripala Sirisena said that a date had been set to resume carrying out…
The Bangladeshi government has expelled scores of Rohingya refugee children from schools in southeast Bangladesh since late January 2019, Human Rights Watch said today. Officials have ordered secondary schools near the refugee settlements in the Cox’s Bazar district to dismiss Rohingya students,…
Already struggling with the loss and fragmentation of its habitat, the Endangeredspecies of the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) will be faced with further “heavy loss” in its habitat over the next few decades due to climate change, said a recent study, which…
DHAKA, April 2, 2019 (BSS) – The holy Lailat-ul-Miraj will be observed in the country tomorrow night in religious festivity and befitting manner. Marking the holy night, Islamic Foundation (IF) will arrange a waz and milad mahfil on the importance…
Washington, Apr 2 (AP/UNB) — Aides to Joe Biden are striking a more aggressive tone as the former vice president faces scrutiny over his past behavior toward women. In a statement Monday, Biden spokesman Bill Russo blasted “right wing trolls”…
Keraniganj, April 2 (UNB) –The body of the boatman, who went missing in a boat capsize in the Buriganga river during Sunday night’s storm, was recovered from the river in Barishur area on Tuesday morning. The death toll from the…
Dhaka, April 2 (UNB) – A court here on Tuesday sent two sons of the owner of Wahed Mansion in Chawkbazar, from where a devastating fire originated on the night of February 20 that killed at least 71 people, to…
Dhaka, Apr 2 (UNB) – Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) authorities on Tuesday claimed that the health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s is improving. “Khaleda Zia was admitted to our hospital 24 hours back. Her condition is now…
Dhaka, Apr 2 (UNB) – BNP will observe a 6-hour token hunger strike in the capital on Sunday (Apr 7) demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release from jail. Besides, the party will arrange milad mahfil across the country on Wednesday…
Collective memory has always been a symbolic political battleground. Historians and politicians have long been aware that shared representations of the past constrain political choices in the present by shaping communal ‘horizons of expectation’ of the future. The link between…
Khulna, Apr 2 (UNB) – Workers of state-owned jute mills went on a 72-hour strike in Khulna region on Tuesday morning to press home their demands including implementation of the wage commission. The workers took position on Notun Rasta, Shiromoni…
HARARE, Mar 28 2019 (IPS) – It was one of the worst tropical cyclones hit Southern Africa in recent times. Cyclone Idai, which has been characterised by heavy rains and flooding including mudslides in some parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Malawi,…
GENEVA, Apr 1 2019 (IPS) – They are ordinary people – mothers, fathers, sisters, sons, daughters, brothers, friends. But for me they are extraordinary people – the ones who have the courage to stand up for everyone else’s rights. They are…
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB)— UN refugee agency UNHCR donated five buses for students of local colleges in Ukhiya and Cox’s Bazar city. The gesture is part of the agency’s appreciation of the local community’s role in responding to the Rohingya…
London, Apr 2 (AP/UNB) — Britain’s Parliament has spoken — and it has said no, again. Lawmakers seeking a way out of the country’s Brexit morass on Monday rejected four alternatives to the government’s unpopular European Union divorce deal that…
Disbelief and a hint of fear flashed across Zuzana Čaputová’s face as the news broke. After explaining to the Guardian how she would bolster the rule of law in Slovakia if elected president, Čaputová, a 45-year-old lawyer and the frontrunner…
Recently I attended a seminar in Stockholm on the Future of Work, hosted by a major trade union. A representative from Google was present and asked the seemingly sweet and constructive question: what can we do to help? The trade…
Gazipur, Apr 1 (UNB) –At least three houses, five shops and a sweater factory were gutted in separate fire incidents in the district from Sunday night to early Monday. Md Jakir Hossain, senior station officer of Joydebpur Fire Station, said…
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB) – Though its chairperson Khaleda Zia has been taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), BNP is still rigid on its stance on shifting her to any specialised hospital for ensuring her better treatment. “We’re…
Jahangirnagar University, Apr 1 (UNB) – The university suspended five activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) for mugging and assault on Monday. They are – Sanjay Ghosh of drama and dramatics, Mohammad Al Razi of government and politics, Raihan Patwary…
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB) – The Appellate Division on Monday upheld the High Court order that granted bail to former Awami League MP from Tangail-3 (Ghatail) Amanur Rahman Khan Rana in a case filed over the killing of freedom fighter and…
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday came up with a number of directives, including the introduction of yearly renewal of clearance certificates for high-rises from Fire Service and Civil Defence Department like industrial units, aiming…
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB) – Over an hour after Khaleda had been admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), a medical board on Monday started providing Khaleda with necessary treatment for her various ailments, including severe pain in the…
Gono Forum’s second MP-elect, Mokabbir Khan from Sylhet 2 constituency, will be sworn-in on Tuesday in the footsteps of the party’s first MP, Sultan Mohammad Mansur Ahmed. In response to a letter sent by Mokabbir to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury…
Under the watchful gaze of Indian researchers, six one-hectare plots, earmarked deep inside the undisturbed forests of Uttarakhand in the western Himalayas, have set the ball rolling for long-term monitoring of the Himalayan forest ecosystem and its sensitivity to climate…
Dhaka, Apr 1 (UNB)— Residential students of Dhaka University’s SM Hall demonstrated on early Monday against outsiders staying at the dormitory. They demanded that outsiders and non-students vacate the hall immediately. More than 400 students are forced to stay at the…