The U.N. General Assembly voted Wednesday to establish an investigative body that will assist in documenting and prosecuting the most serious violations of international law in Syria, including possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.The 193-member world body adopted a…
Russia, Turkey, and Iran’s announcement on Tuesday of their intention to broker a solution to Syria’s war without American involvement has underlined Washington’s increasingly marginalized role in the crisis. But analysts say that while the new alignment reflects a renewed…
The first foreign outpost of California’s slapdash secessionist movement, Yes California, opened here on Sunday. Housed in a research institute in northwestern Moscow, the offices are described as an “embassy” by the group’s founder and president, Louis Marinelli, a stocky,…
A Europe-wide manhunt is under way for the Tunisian man wanted for the lorry attack on a Christmas market in Berlin in which 12 people were killed.Anis Amri, 24, had been monitored earlier this year on suspicion of planning a…
The first phase of the organic movement, which was formed around 100 years ago, was termed ‘Organic 1.0’. With the establishment of IFOAM – Organics International, the early 1970s saw the emergence of ‘Organic 2.0’. However, Organic 2.0 has run…
Further work on biosafety risk assessment which is a key pillar under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety has received a setback at the United Nations Biodiversity Conference which ended on 17 December in Cancun, Mexico.The 8th meeting of the Conference…
A massive explosion gutted Mexico’s biggest fireworks market on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and injuring 72, the authorities said.The conflagration in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec set off a quick-fire series of multicolored blasts that sent a…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said Bangladesh government will sit for talks with the Maynmar government over the Rohingya issue very soon.”Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is keeping a close eye on the Rohingya issue . . . Bangladesh government…
World leaders should redouble efforts to cut soot emissions because it is the cheapest and fastest way to combat climate change, climate scientists and advocates have told the Guardian.Deposits of soot – unburned carbon particles – have stained parts of…
The Syrian army has called on the last remaining rebels to leave the eastern districts of Aleppo, as the evacuation process continues.The BBC has been speaking to activists who left eastern Aleppo over the past couple of days. They told…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday urged the British government to lift the ban on all direct cargo flights from Dhaka to London.The Prime Minister made the call when UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy for Bangladesh Rushanara Ali, MP met…
All eyes are now on Naryanganj City Corporation (NCC) that goes to polls on Thursday as the election is considered vital ahead of the reconstitution of the next Election Commission that will conduct the next parliamentary polls.People across the country…
India has pulled out of a key regional conference on sustainable development which is being held in Pakistan in the latest sign of heightened tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, a media report said today.Apart from India, Bangladesh and Iran…
German police are investigating a “probable terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48.The driver, a Pakistani asylum seeker who entered Germany last year, is…
Up to 15,000 people may have fled across Myanmar’s border into China in the past month, a United Nations agency has said, as fighting between Myanmar’s army and ethnic armed groups intensifies.Aid access to people affected by conflict in the…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will not attend the inaugural session of the National Judicial Conference organised by the Supreme Court.The prime minister’s office, in a letter on Dec 14, has informed thisr to the apex court, High Court Division’s Additional…
Police have filed its chargesheet over the molestations of women during the Bangla New Year celebrations in Dhaka last year.Charges have been pressed against Md Kamal Hossain, who was arrested earlier this year, more than nine months after the incident.”The…
Chinese media ridiculed Donald Trump on Monday, saying the President-elect has no idea how to lead a superpower, as Beijing denied it had stolen a US research drone.The Global Times led a media chorus against Mr Trump after he accused…
Troops of Border Guard Bangladesh have been deployed in the electoral zones of Narayanganj city on Monday ahead of the city corporation election on December 22.A total of 22 platoons of BGB will be sent to the electoral zones and…
The Election Commission says it will plan security arrangements for Narayanganj city polls , considering 137 of the 178 polling centres in Narayanganj as ‘vulnerable’.22 platoons of para-military force Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) were deployed in the river port city…
Bangladesh Bank governor Dr Fazle Kabir on Monday warned that mobile banking might become one of the biggest laundering methods in the digital world if it is not confronted through joint initiatives.“We must confront this with our joint initiatives,” he…
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On the occasion of the International Migrants Day, the International Migrants Alliance (IMA) gave salute to all migrants and displaced people who continue to work on the ground to defend the rights and promote the wellbeing of the sector. ‘We…
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have adopted a decision on sequence information of genetic resources that sets in motion a plan intended to lead to an important decision at their next meeting in two years’ time.The decision…
China’s capital and other northern cities have banned half of all vehicles from city streets and ordered factories, schools and construction sites closed in response to a five-day smog red alert.The emergency steps significantly reduced traffic in Beijing on Saturday,…
Voicing their happiness over their meeting with President Abdul Hamid, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said they are now optimistic about overcoming the country’s ‘political crisis’.“We’re happy and optimistic after today’s (Sunday’s) meeting with the President.…
Nearly 22 months after his arrest, Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna was released from jail on bail on Sunday.Manna walked out of Dhaka Central Jail in Keraniganj around 6:45 pm after the bail order had reached the jail, senior…
President Abdul Hamid on Sunday said discussions with political parties will play an important role in forming a strong Election Commission (EC).”Election is very important in a democratic process. And the Election Commission plays the main role in conducting elections.…
China said Saturday its military seized a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater glider in the South China Sea but it would give the drone back. But President-elect Donald Trump tweeted later that the Chinese government should be told “we don’t want…
Over 7,100 migrants and refugees have died or remained missing on world migratory routes, according to International Organisation for Migration (IOM).This is the highest yearly number IOM has ever recorded, and represents an average of 20 deaths per day, suggesting…