JOHANNESBURG, Mar 8 2019 (IPS) – Africa is facing dire times. Climate change is having major impacts on the region and on agriculture in particular, with smallholder farmers, and especially women, facing drought, general lack of water, shifting seasons, and floods…
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 7 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, which diligently monitors human rights violations worldwide, believes that centuries-old slavery still exists worldwide. The UN mandate on “contemporary forms of slavery” includes, but is not limited to, issues such as:…
New York, Mar 10 (AP/UNB) — Severe turbulence injured 30 people aboard a Turkish Airlines flight from Istanbul that landed safely at New York’s Kennedy International Airport on Saturday afternoon, officials said. Spokesman Steve Coleman of the Port Authority of…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – BNP standing committee member Gayeshwar Chandra and vice chairman Abdul Awal Mintoo were allegedly barred from going to India by immigration authorities at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Saturday. Talking to UNB, Gayeshwar said he…
Dhaka, Mar 10 (UNB) – Voting in the first phase elections to 78 Upazila Parishads in 12 districts is underway on Sunday. The voting began at 8am and will be continued till 4pm without any break. The size of the…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – The artificial life support of ailing Road, Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Qauder has been removed after the improvement of his health condition. The minister is now can talk to his…
PARAMARIBO, Feb 21 2019 (IPS) – Two of the most prominent women in the Caribbean nation of Suriname are speaking out about developed countries that release large volumes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. First Lady Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring and Speaker of…
Anchorage, Mar 9 (AP/UNB) — Far from competitors tackling the frozen wilderness in Alaska’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a dozen people are holed up inside an Anchorage hotel behind banks of computers, tracking the punishing route and connecting with…
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) – Jatiya Oikya Front convener Dr Kamal Hossain on Friday said those sold like cattle are identified as collaborators. “People’s head can’t be bought unlike the goats and cows. Those sold like cows and goats are…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – The verified Facebook page and personal email of State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid were hacked on Friday. “They were hacked at the same time,” his public relations officer Aslam Uddin told UNB on Saturday.…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – BNP on Saturday alleged their party’s allegation of vote ‘robbery’ in December-30 national election has now proved true with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda’s comment that the use electronic voting machines (EVMs) can prevent…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB)-Dhaka Metropolitan Police imposed a restriction on movement of outsiders and vehicles on Dhaka University (DU) campus for 24 hours from 6 pm on Sunday ahead of the university’s Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall union polls…
Tokyo, Mar 9 (AP/UNB) — A 116-year-old Japanese woman who loves playing the board game Othello was honored Saturday as the world’s oldest living person by Guinness World Records. The global authority on records officially recognized Kane Tanaka in a…
Dhaka, Mar 9 (UNB) – Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Saturday defended deaths during alleged crossfires, saying law enforcement agencies only fire in self-defence during anti-drug drives. “Many civil society members criticise the law enforcement agencies and accuse them of…
San Francisco, Mar 8 (AP/UNB) — After building a social network that turned into a surveillance system, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he’s shifting his company’s focus to messaging services designed to serve as fortresses of privacy. Instead of just…
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that women are being seriously repressed in the country as the government ‘usurped power by snatching people’s all rights’. “The Women’s Day is being observed…
Keraniganj, Mar 8 (UNB) – The body of a woman, who went missing along with five other members of her family following a boat capsize in the Buriganga River in the city’s Sadarghat area on Thursday, was recovered from the…
Dhaka, Mar 8 (UNB) – President of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council (BPICC) Mashiur Rahman on Friday said they were working to produce antibiotic-free meat and eggs by 2030. “A number of initiatives are underway. The use of antibiotic in…
The European Union’s proposal for a directive to protect whistleblowers is reaching the final stages of its legislative journey. Major changes must however be made to the directive, even at this late stage, for the legislation to serve the citizen…
Dhaka, Mar 5 (UNB) – Candidates contesting the Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (DUCSU) polls are busy trying to woo voters. The election, being held after 28 years, is scheduled for March 11. Candidates from various student organisations, alliances and independent…
Dhaka, Mar 5 (UNB) – Doctors at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore are considering conducting a bypass surgery on ailing minister Obaidul Quader, said a Bangladeshi physician on Tuesday. He, however, said it will take some time as Quader has…
Dhaka, Mar 5 (UNB) – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, jailed in a corruption case, will soon be taken to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) for medical tests, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Tuesday. Shortly after a meeting with…
Washington, Mar 8 (AP/UNB) — For decades, there were tales from fishermen and tourists, even lots of photos, of a mysterious killer whale that just didn’t look like all the others, but scientists had never seen one. Now they have.…
ACCRA/MONTEVIDEO, Mar 5 2019 (IPS) – The theme for International Women’s Day this year doesn’t resonate with us. #BalanceForBetter brings to mind slow gradual change, and assumes that if you provide women and girls with equal access then the society will automatically be…
KAMPALA, Mar 6 2019 (IPS) – Bakera excelled in school. As a girl who grew up in a rural, poor community, she had, against all odds, realized her education goals and was elated to go to the capital city, Kampala where…
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Claiming that some 43,000 voters will not be able to cast their votes within only six hours, some candidates in the elections to Dhaka University Central Students’ Union (Ducsu) and hall unions on Thursday demanded…
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Women’s job opportunities have barely improved globally since the early 1990s, UN labour experts said on Thursday, warning that female workers are still penalised for having children and looking after them. Released on the eve…
Keraniganj, Mar 7 (UNB) – Six members of a family went missing when a boat capsized in the Buriganga River after being hit by a launch in the city’s Sadarghat area on Thursday night. The boat sank near the Sadarghat…
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday voiced deep concern as there has been no visible step for ensuring the proper treatment of their ailing chairperson Khaleda Zia, even after the Home Minister’s assurance. “The Home Minister on Tuesday…
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – BNP on Thursday described Gono Forum MP-elect Sultan Mohammad Mansur’s oath taking violating the Jatiya Oikyafront’s decision as an act of fraudulence in politics. “His party (Gono Forum) has said it’ll take action against him.…