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BNP leader Aslam secures bail in sedition case
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to BNP Joint Secretary General Aslam Chowdhury in a sedition case.
War crimes tribunal issues warrant against Ex BNP MP
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal-1(ICT- 1) yesterday issued warrant of arrest against former BNP MP Abdul Momin Talukder for his alleged involvement in crimes against humanity during the Liberation War of 1971.
Dhaka’s Banani rape accused Shafat, Sadman ‘confess’
Dhaka – Shafat Ahmed and Sadman Sakif, prime accused in the Banani rape case made confessions admitting their involvement in the city’s Banani rape incident, before two Dhaka courts on Thursday.
Cauvery suffers a slow death – urbanisation flourishes
(Editor’s (firstpost.com) note: This is the fourth piece in a multi-part series on the nature of human excesses that have imperiled the fragile ecosystem of the Western Ghats, home to at least 325 globally threatened species of flora and fauna,…
Trump election: Former FBI boss to lead Russia inquiry
A former FBI boss has been named special counsel to oversee an inquiry into Russia’s alleged meddling in the election and any Trump campaign ties.
Changed climate befool Dhaka cadamba tree to flower early
Dhaka, May 18 – Changed climate conditions not only make life full of uncertainties at times, but also befool plants and trees. Mostly cloudy sky with intermittant rainall of the last fortnight has made this neolamarckia cadamba tree in Dhaka…
Truth or delusion?
Robert J. Burrowes One inevitable outcome of the phenomenal violence we all suffer as children is that most of us live in a state of delusion throughout our lives. This makes it extraordinarily difficult for accurate information, including vital information…
New book highlights worldwide benefits of agroecology
Danielle Nierenberg The Institute for Food and Development Policy, a nonprofit known as Food First, released a new book entitled Fertile Ground: Scaling Agroecology from the Ground Up, edited by Groundswell International Executive Director and co-founder Steve Brescia.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio attends Asian-Pacific Heritage reception
New York Correspondent New York – Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered an address at the Asian Americans and Pacific Islander program 2017 last week in New York city.
HC bench fixed for hearing 7-murder death ref appeal
Dhaka – Chief Justice SK Sinha yesterday fixed a division bench of the High Court to hear the death references and appeals in the case filed over the seven-murders of Narayanganj in 2014.
Former diplomat Faruq Ahmed Chy passes away
Dhaka, May 17 – Former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador Faruq Ahmed Choudhury passed away at the city’s Square Hospitals early Wednesday. He was 84. Faruq Ahmed breathed his last around 4:30am, one of his colleagues said.
Genetically engineered disappointments
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Tan Zhai Gen Kuala Lumpur, May 16 (IPS) – Advocates of genetically engineered (GE) crops have long claimed that genetic engineering is necessary to raise crop yields and reduce human exposure to agrochemicals. Genetic engineering…
Young people: You didn’t vote, and now you protest?
By Roberto Savio Rome, May 16 (IPS) – Immediately after the vote on Brexit, thousands of young people marched in the streets of England to show their disagreement over the choice to leave Europe. But polls indicated that had they…
Rosatom takes part in Beijing nike industry exhibition
Dhaka – Rosatom took part in the 12th China International Exhibition on Nuclear Power Industry in Beijing. In late April, Beijing hosted the 12th China International Exhibition on Nuclear Power Industry (CIENPI) that brought together global nuclear industry leaders to…
Dhaka issues emergency advisory on global cyberattack
Dhaka – The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division on Tuesday issued an emergency advisory on a rampaging ransomware virus that emerged across the globe on Friday, acording to agencies.
Bombs and suicide vests found at ‘militant den’ in Southwest BD
Dhaka – Two suicide vests and five explosives were found during a raid on a suspected militant hideout in Jhenaidah’s Sadar Upazila, according to RAB, bdnews24.com reported on Tuesday evening.
Mexico’s award-winning crime journalist shot dead
Veteran reporter, who covered drug trafficking and organised crime, was the fifth journalist killed in Mexico this year. Javier Valdez, an award-winning reporter who specialised in covering drug trafficking and organised crime, was murdered in the northern Mexico state of…
WannaCry ransomware cyber-attack ‘may have N Korea link’
Dave Lee North America technology reporter of BBC Who was behind the huge global cyber-attack? One prominent theory right now is North Korea – but what we know is far from conclusive. You may not have heard of the Lazarus…
Trump ‘shared classified information with Russia’
President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information about so-called Islamic State (IS) to Russia’s foreign minister, sources have told US media.
‘BD on verge of having nuke cente for govt’s farsight’
Dhaka – Bangladesh is for the first time on the brink of setting up nuclear power centre due to farsighted and time-befitting policy of the present government, said Science and Technology Minister Architect Yafesh Osman on Monday.
Comptroller Stringer proposes new Public-Private NYC Citizenship Fund
New York – With the Trump Administration ratcheting up its attacks on immigrant communities, including more frequent raids, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer today called for the creation of a public-private New York City Citizenship Fund to help tens of thousands…
SC to hear Govt’s Sayedee verdict review Sunday
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court will hold hearing Sunday on the review petitions filed against its verdict that commuted death sentence of war crimes convicted Jamaat leader Delawar Hossain Sayedee to imprisonment until death.
Poor rural communities in Mexico receive a boost
By Emilio Godoy HuaqueChula – UAQUECHULA, Mexico, May 11 2017 (IPS) – Jilder Morales, a small farmer in Mexico, looks proudly at the young avocado trees that are already over one metre high on her ejido – or communal –…
Developed countries trying to reinterpret Paris Deal: G77
Bonn, 12 May (T Ajit)- The G77 and China said that developed countries are intending to reinterpret the Paris Agreement (PA) by their stance in the negotiations at the Bonn climate talks. At the contact group meeting of the UNFCCC’s…
Gender equality can save women’s lives in disasters
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Robert Glasser UN, May 11 (IPS) – Later this month, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) will take place in Mexico. This meeting provides an important opportunity to reboot global progress on embedding gender…
New tech-future festival launched in Oslo
Oslo (Norway), 11 May – Katapult Future Fest is a new tech festival focusing on exponential technologies, impact investing and future societies. Today Katapult Future Fest launched in Oslo, Norway and will run from the 11th to the 12th of…
AL general secretary rejects BNP’s vision as mockery
Dhaka -The ruling Awami League has outright rejected its arch rival BNP’s 2030 vision terming it as a colourful inflated-balloon of blank promises and It will be deflated soon.
Trump has fired FBI chief James Comey
US President Donald Trump has fired the director of the FBI over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton’s emails, the administration says. The White House shocked Washington by announcing that James Comey “has been terminated and removed from…
For 6 days, man stayed in a room with dead wife
A grieving husband in United Kingdom slept in the same room as his wife’s body for six days after her death. He did so to challenge the attitude that people have towards death.