Gallery Cosmos has handed handover an etching printmaking machine, donated by Cosmos Foundation to the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Rajshahi, on 9 July 2018. A printmaking workshop at the campus where around 40 students and teachers of Fine…
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হাতপাখায় ভোট দিয়ে আল্লাহভীরু সিটি নেতৃত্ব বেছে নিন: আইএবি
বরিশাল, সিলেট ও রাজশাহী সিটি করপোরেশন নির্বাচনে হাতপাখায় ভোট দিয়ে আল্লাহভীরু নেতা নির্বাচন করার আহ্বান জানিয়েছেন ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশের আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই। তিনি বলেন, আমাদের দেশে আল্লাহভীরু নেতা নির্বাচিত না হওয়ায় দেশ বার বার…
বিএনপির রাজশাহী মেয়র প্রার্থী বুলবুল: নির্বাচনে অনিয়ম
বৃহস্পতিবার দুপুরে রাজশাহী মহানগর বিএনপির কার্যালয়ে এক সংবাদ সম্মেলনে রাজশাহী সিটি করপোরেশন নির্বাচনে আওয়ামী লীগের প্রার্থী এ এইচ এম খায়রুজ্জামান লিটনের টাকার উৎস নিয়ে প্রশ্ন তুলেছেন বিএনপির মেয়র প্রার্থী মোসাদ্দেক হোসেন বুলবুল। তিনি লিটনের প্রতি ইঙ্গিত করে বলেন, ‘একজন প্রার্থী…
18 food and agriculture books making a splash this summer
From Danielle Nierenberg To celebrate summer, Food Tank has gathered 18 of the latest books in food and agriculture. These books highlight how to make better dietary choices, improve food policy and advocacy, and explore the possibilities of animal welfare,…
The last chapter of The Macedonian Question?
by Evangelos Liaras It all felt like the end of a James Bond movie: a flotilla of motorboats sailing across a peaceful lake in a Balkan landscape. On the shores of Lake Prespa, the prime ministers of Greece and soon-to-be…
Tackling antimicrobial resistance together
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published a working paper which offers practical tips and suggestions to form the multisectoral coordination needed to develop and implement National Action Plans (NAPs) on AMR (antimicrobial resistance).
BD-Burma talks end with promise of better border management
Dhaka, July 12 – The border conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) ended here on Thursday where delegations from both sides agreed to prevent transnational crimes, enhance border security and ensure better border management.
Killing rats could save coral reefs
The much-maligned rat is not a creature many would associate with coral reefs. But scientists studying reefs on tropical islands say the animals directly threaten the survival of these ecosystems.
A debate on abolishing manual scavenging
12th July (10 am-1 pm) Side Event: Inclusion in Sustainable Development Goal 6- Water and Sanitation. A debate on abolishing manual scavenging @ American-Scandinavian Foundation, 58 Park Ave Deepak Nikarthil deepak.nikarthil@asiadalitrightsforum.org via googlegroups.com – asiapacificrcem asiapacificrcem@googlegroups.com
Khaleda’s right curtailed – relatives not allowed: BNP
Dhaka, July 11 – The BNP on Wednesday accused the government of undermining the rights of party chairperson Khaleda Zia by not permitting her relatives, friends and colleagues to visit her at the prison for last 11 days.
Are money matters moral matters? A plea for ‘yes’
by Carlos Joly Money matters. Money in national budget allocations determines who gets health care, who gets educated, who gets unemployment cover, which industries and companies are favoured, and whether the country goes to war. Obviously, national budget line items…
Not an abdication by the left
by Stuart Holland James Downes and Edward Chan (Social Europe, 29 June) have written of the debacle of the social democratic Left in Europe and echoed others such as Sheri Berman who has claimed that this is because it has…
Family planning is a human right
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Jul 11 2018 (IPS) – It has been five decades since the international community affirmed the right to family planning but women still remain unable to enjoy this right, which is increasingly under attack around the…
Suicide bomber kills 12 in attack on Pakistan election rally
Peshawar, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomber killed a secular party leader and 11 supporters in an attack on an election rally Tuesday in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
‘Everyone is safe’ after daring rescue of 13 in Thai cave
Mae Sai, Jul 11 (AP/UNB) — “Everyone is safe.” With those three words posted on Facebook the daring rescue mission to extricate 12 boys and their soccer coach from the treacherous confines of a flooded cave in Thailand was complete…
Five including 4 suspected drug traders killed in gunfights
Dhaka, July 11 – Four suspected drug traders and one suspected robber were killed in separate ‘gunfights’ with police and Rab in Kushtia, Natore, Laxmipur districts and Keraniganj on Tuesday night and early Wednesday as the anti-narcotics crackdown continues across…
Flexibility and labour protection? Wolf full lamb alive tale
by Vanya Grigorova The declared objectives of the proposed Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions published by the European Commission are praiseworthy but the measures envisaged are far from satisfactory.
New Deal For Irish Families
by Stephan Köppe With the repeal of the 8th amendment, Irish women and their partners will have a choice if and when to have children later this year. This choice will have major implications for social policy and the development…
Preparations for hassle-free Hajj
Dhaka, July 10 – The religious affairs ministry has completed all the preparation to make an example so that pilgrims can perform Hajj this year without any hassle.
এই সরকারের অধীনে নিরপেক্ষ নির্বাচন অসম্ভব -পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতী সৈয়দ মুহাম্মদ রেজাউল করীম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, সরকার মানুষের জানমালের, ইজ্জত আব্র“র নিরাপত্তা দিতে ব্যর্থ হয়েছে। ঘরে থাকলে খুন বাইরে থাকলে গুম, এমনকি মায়ের পেটের শিশুদেরও কোনো নিরাপত্তা নেই। তিনি বলেন, সরকার নির্বাচনের নিরপেক্ষতা…
Symbols in Rajshahi, Barishal, Sylhet city polls given
Dhaka, July 10 – The Election Commission on Tuesday distributed symbols among the candidates of Rajshahi, Barishal and Sylhet city corporation elections slated for July 30.
Dawn-to-dusk strike underway in Naniarchar, Rangamati
Rangamati, Jul 10 – A dawn-to-dusk strike enforced by ‘Nabbya Mukhoshdhari Protirod Committee’ demanding rescue of 16 abducted villagers is going on in Naniarchar Upazila of the hilly district on Tuesday.
Two suspected drug traders, one robber killed in ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Jul 10 – Two suspected drug traders, one ‘robber’ were killed in gunfights with members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in Mirpur of the Capital, Narayanganj and Rangpur early Tuesday.
বাংলাদেশে কোটাবিরোধী ছাত্রদের ওপর হামলার নিন্দা করেছে মার্কিন দূতাবাস
বাংলাদেশে সরকারি চাকরিতে কোটার বিরুদ্ধে আন্দোলনরত ছাত্রদের ওপর সঙ্গে সংহতি প্রকাশ করে তাদের ওপর আক্রমণের নিন্দা করেছে ঢাকাস্থ মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের দূতাবাস।
Climate Fund fails to reach agreement on replenishment process
Songdo, 9 July (Indrajit Bose and Meena Raman) — Attempts to arrive at consensus on the first formal replenishment process of the UNFCCC’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) came to a naught at the 20th meeting of the Board of the…
Scribes continue getting hazardous news in India
Nava Thakuria Guwahati, July 9 – We finished the first half of 2018 with the shocking news that broke from America, one of the professed liberal spaces for journalists in a democracy on Earth. A gunman stormed into the newsroom…
Can the West’s democracy survive China’s rise to dominance?
By Martin Jacques This is a guest contribution to the debate: Should the West worry about the threat to liberal values posed by China’s rise? For long the West has thought that history is on its side, that the global…
Polls won’t be allowed by keeping Khaleda in jail: BNP
The BNP on Monday warned that holding the next general elections in the country would not be allowed keeping party chairperson Khaleda Zia in the prison and without her participation in the polls.
AL’s Hanif terms BNP’s token strike to free Khaleda a drama
Dhaka, July 9 – The ruling Awami League’s joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif has termed the BNP’s token hunger strike as a drama as what he thinks that there was no use of programme to push its demand.
Agriculture policy to raise productivity approved in Cabinet
The government has given approval to the National Agricultural Policy-2018 (Jatiya Krishi Niti-2018) with an objective to increase the productivity of the crops, enhance income of the farmers, diversify of crops, produce nutritious and safe food, develop marketing system and…