Dhaka, Oct 12 – BNP on Thursday alleged that a ‘fake’ Facebook account has been opened again against its secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s name with an evil motive.
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The geoengineering fallacy
Barbara Unmüßig Geoengineering technologies are not yet deployable globally, but support for them is advancing fast, thanks to backing by powerful advocates eager to start experiments. But no silver bullet for climate change exists, and we must not abandon proven…
Intellectual property: Draft texts on IGC dilute mandate
Geneva, 11 Oct (K M Gopakumar) – The draft decision text on the mandate and work program of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) dilutes the existing mandate given by the General…
Argentina heads for World Cup, but hurdles remain
Dhaka, Oct 12 (AP/UNB) – Argentina was in trouble until the final round of South American qualifying for the World Cup, and needed Lionel Messi to seal his country’s place at soccer’s global showcase. Now comes the really difficult part.
BNP extends support to Thursday’s Jamaat hartal
Dhaka, Oct 12 – Four hours after the enforcement of dawn-to-dusk hartal enforced by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami BNP on Thursday extended its support to it.
Ending hunger by 2030? This is possible
By Rod Brooks Raleigh, North Carolina, Oct 11 (IPS) – The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently announced that the number of hungry people in the world has increased by 38 million in the past year due to climate change,…
Fixing food system to solve humanity’s greatest challenges
By Elwyn Grainger-Jones Montpellier, France, Oct 11 (IPS) – We are at a moment of huge opportunity in the world’s food system. We can continue on our current trajectory of consuming too little, too much, or the wrong type of…
Suspected robber killed in Habiganj ‘gunfight’
Dhaka, Oct 12 – A suspected robber was killed in a reported gunfight between his cohorts and police at Daragaon Tea Estate in Bahubal Upazila of Habiganj early Thursday.
Rohingya: UN recalls top official Lok-Dessallien
The United Nations has announced that its top official in Myanmar is being recalled to headquarters in New York. Renata Lok-Dessallien was the focus of a BBC investigation last month in which she was accused of suppressing internal discussion on…
Movement against channelling the Brahmaputra mulled
Dhaka – Water activists of Bangladesh and Northeast India at a consultation meeting in Dhaka on Wednesday called for collaborative people’s movement against a move for large structural interventions on the Brahmaputra without caring about its environmental, economic and ecological…
Dhaka city south Jamaat calls hartal on Thursday
Dhaka – BangladehJamaat-e- Islami Dhaka city south Jamaat on Wednesday staged a demonstration over arrest and remand of its Ameer Maqbul Ahmad , Secretary General DrShafiqurRahman and nine others leaders. Urging the city people to observe the day-long general strike…
IBBL agent banking outlet inaugurated at Saturia Daragram
Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its Agent Banking outlet at Daragram Bazar of Saturia Upazila of Manikganj on Wednesday, October 11. Arastoo Khan, Chairman of the Bank inaugurated the outlet as Chief Guest.
রোহিঙ্গা ইস্যুতে সুবিধাবাদীদের কাছে মানবতা মার খেয়েছে
ঢাকা – ইসলামী ঐক্যজোটের চেয়ারম্যান মাওলানা মোঃ আবদুল লতিফ নেজামী বলেছেন, রোহিঙ্গা ইস্যুতে চীন, রাশিয়া ও ভারতের অর্থ্নৈতিক সুবিধাবাদী নীতির কাছে মানবতা মার খেয়েছে। তাই রাখাইনে (আরাকান) মিয়ানমার বর্বর সেনাবাহিনীর নির্মম অত্যাচার-নির্যাতনের শিকার মজলুম রোহিঙ্গাদের আর্ত চিৎকার, উৎপীড়িত রোহিঙ্গাদের আহাজারী…
August 21 grenade attack case hearing Oct 23
Dhaka – The Speedy Tribunal-3 of Dhaka yesterday fixed October 23 to start hearing the arguments in the August 21 grenade attack cases.
Report on BB reserve heist case deferred to Nov 29
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Wednesday deferred the submission of the investigation report November 29 in the case filed connection with the theft of Bangladesh Bank reserves allegedly by hackers in February of 2016.
Baridhara Society’s support for tube wells in Rohingya camp
Dhaka – The memorandum of understanding is being signed in between M. Ehsanul Hoque, President- Baridhara Society and Nipin Gangadharan, Country Director-Action Against Hunger for assistance to Rohingya Refugees at 93 Sohrawardy Avenue on Tuesday evening.
BNP briefs foreign envoys on Justice Sinha’s leave
Dhaka – The BNP on Wednesday briefed foreign diplomats about Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s leave, party’s stance on court verdict that scrapped the 16th amendment of the Constitution.
More Swiss efforts must ‘to curb illicit financial flows’
Geneva (Kanaga Raja) – While the Swiss Federal Government has undertaken several efforts and achieved progress in curbing illicit financial flows in recent years, there are several areas in which there is room for improvement in the fields of accountability,…
The psychology of mass killers: How can you prevent it?
Robert J. Burrowes In Las Vegas on 1 October 2017, it appears that one man (although it might have been more) killed 59 people and shot and injured another 241 (with almost 300 more injured while fleeing). The incident got…
Jessore Councillor’s son injured in bomb blast
Dhaka, Oct 10 – A boy was injured as a bomb exploded at Shankarpur area of Jessore city on Tuesday evening.
Messi’s 3 goals against Ecuador lift Argentina to World Cup
Quito, Oct 11 (AP/UNB) – Lionel Messi’s three goals lifted Argentina into the World Cup on the last day of South American qualifying, keeping the Albiceleste from missing out for the first time since 1970.
Violent depopulation campaign against Rohingyas: Dhaka
Dhaka, Oct 11 (BSS) – Bangladesh has accused Myanmar of spearheading a violent depopulation campaign to oust its ethnic minority Rohingya Muslims using the military, forcing by now a majority of them to flee to Bangladesh. “For the first time…
Yangon’s first step to ease Buddhist-Muslim tension
Myanmar on Tuesday launched its first bid to improve relations between Buddhists and Muslims since an eruption of deadly violence in August inflamed communal tension and triggered an exodus of some 520,000 Muslims to Bangladesh, Reuters news agency has reported.
Global Green Growth Week 2017 to kick off in Addis Ababa
By IPS World Desk Addis Ababa, Oct 9 (IPS) – The Global Green Growth Week 2017 (#GGGWeek2017), in its second year, will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from October 17 – 20 to discuss ways to scale up green…
Rohingya refugee women bring stories of unspeakable violence
By Naimul Haq Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Oct 10 (IPS) – Yasmin, 26, holds her 10-day-old baby, who she gave birth to in a crowded refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern district bordering Myanmar. Three weeks ago, when she was…
সামাজিক সচেতনতার অভাবে মানসিক অসুস্থতার ঝুঁকি বাড়ছে
ঢাকা – মূলত সামাজিক সচেতনতার অভাবে তরুণদের মানসিক অসুস্থতার ঝুঁকি বাড়ছে। এজন্য সর্বস্তরে জনসচেতনতা এবং মানসিক স্বাস্থ্য সুরক্ষায় আইন প্রণয়নের দাবি জানিয়েছেন আলোচকরা।
Jamaat Ameer, Secy Gen 6 others on 10-day remand
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka yesterday placed Jamaat-e- Islami Ameer Maqbul Ahmad, its Secretary-General Dr Shafiqur Rahman and six other top leaders on 10 days’ remand in two cases lodged under the Explosive Substances Act,…
Chief Justice Sinha wants to stay in Australia till November 10
Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha wants to stay in Australian from October 13 to November 10. The CJ yesterday informed President Abdul Hamid about obtaining visa along with his wife Sushama Sinha to visit Australia. Sinha sent a letter to…
Revelations point to a rigged 2016 US election result
By Joe Rothstein Donald Trump spent much of the 2016 campaign warning us that the result of the presidential election would be rigged. Events of the last few weeks suggest he may have been right and that his presidency is…
World running out of antibiotics: WHO report confirms
A report – Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis – launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows a serious lack of new antibiotics under development to combat…