বাংলাদেশে যাবজ্জীবন সাজাপ্রাপ্ত তোফায়েল আহমেদ জোসেফ রাষ্ট্রপতির ক্ষমায় মুক্তি পাওয়ার পর তা নিয়ে সামাজিক নেটওয়ার্কসহ বিভিন্ন মহলে প্রশ্ন উঠ তে শুরু করেছে। স্বরাষ্ট্রমন্ত্রী আসাদুজ্জামান খান বলেছেন, রাষ্ট্রপতি তাঁর সাংবিধানিক ক্ষমতা বা এখতিয়ারবলে ক্ষমা করেছেন।খবর দিয়েছে বিবিসি বাংলা।
অমিতাভ ভট্টশালী বিবিসি বাংলা, কলকাতা ভারতের ওড়িশা রাজ্যের এক বাসিন্দা বন্ধুর সঙ্গে জুয়া খেলতে নেমেছিলেন স্ত্রীকে বাজি রেখে। সেই জুয়া খেলতে গিয়ে হেরে যান তিনি। আর খেলার শর্ত হিসাবে স্ত্রীকে তুলে দেন জয়ী ব্যক্তির হাতে। সেই ব্যক্তি পরাজিতর স্ত্রীকে ধর্ষণও…
Henrietta H. Fore, Natalia Kanem, and Mabel van Oranje New York – The human costs of child marriage are well known; around the world, child brides are, on average, less educated, poorer, and more prone to sexual violence than women…
Kumi Naidoo Johannesburg – Governments around the world are engaged in a series of talks that could fundamentally alter how the movement of people across borders is managed. One dialogue is focused on the protection of refugees; the other on…
Dhaka, June 1 – Seven port users’ organizations – Benapole customs clearing and forwarding agents association, import and exporters association, truck owners association, transport owners association, truck workers union, C&F agent staff association and Benapole port workers union- at a…
Dhaka, June 1 – Chief Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain has assigned the Appellate Division Justice Hasan Foez Siddique as the chamber judge of the Appellate Division for hearing and disposing of urgent cases during the ongoing annual vacation. Besides that,…
Ghasphul, a mass media organisation on Thursday organised a discussion meeting at the Jatiya Press Club to bring into focus the contribution of painter Syed Lutful Huq to fine arts literature.
by Haritha John, S. Gopikrishna Warrier • Perambra, a village in Kozhikode district of Kerala has been in the news after illness and death were reported due to Nipah virus infection. • Even while the spread of the infection has…
Dhaka, May 31 – BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Thursday alleged that the government has kept their chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail by regulating the judiciary to hold another ‘farcical election’.
Yangon, Jun 01 (AP/UNB) — Myanmar and the United Nations agreed to take steps to create conditions for the safe return of about 700,000 Rohingya Muslims who have fled military-led violence into Bangladesh.
New Delhi, May 31 (AP/UNB) — India’s opposition parties inflicted a humiliating defeat on the governing Hindu nationalist party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in more than a dozen by-elections for seats in Parliament and state assemblies.
Dhaka, May 31 – A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited was held on 31 May 2018 Thursday at Islami Bank Tower.
Rajshahi, May 31 The authority of the Rajshahi University (RU) has canceled studentship of a student for involvement in sexual harassment.
Dhaka, May 31 – Around 1,000 female workers have returned home from Saudi Arabia in last five months, and many female workers are waiting at safe houses and different jails there for a return to the country.
Dhaka, May 31 – Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said many media personalities who are popular would get party tickets for contesting in the next general elections scheduled to be held in the yearend.
Dhaka, May 31 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court yesterday extended the stay against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s bail until June 24 in two cases of murder and vandalism in Comilla.
By Danielle Nierenberg and Emily Payne New Orleans, United States, May 29 (IPS) – Many factors contribute to the cost of a tomato. For example, what inputs were used (water, soil, fertilizer, pesticides, as well as machinery and/or labor) to…
Geneva, 28 May (D. Ravi Kanth) – The United States, Australia, and Brazil attempted last week to hijack the Doha agriculture negotiations from the core ministerial mandates, but the large majority of developing countries, including China, India, Indonesia, and Egypt,…
Geneva, 29 May (D. Ravi Kanth) – China and South Africa have upped the ante for strengthening the flexibilities in the World Trade Organization’s Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement based on the repo rt prepared by the…
Incorporating biodiversity as a priority in agriculture can yield multiple benefits Rome 29 May 2018 – FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva has called for transformative changes in how we produce our food, grounded in sustainable agricultural systems capable of…
By BDS SOUTH AFRICA The human rights and Palestine solidarity organization, BDS South Africa, joins fellow Palestinian solidarity activists from across the globe in expressing our condolences on the passing of world-renowned physicist, Professor Stephen Hawking. In particular our condolences…
Dhaka, May 30 – Russia and Jordan have decided to intensify and step up their cooperation in the field of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).
Dhaka, May 30 – The Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated its 333 rd and 1st Women Branch named Mirpur Women Branch at Rupnagar of Mirpur, Dhaka on 30 May 2018, Wednesday.
Dhaka, May 30 – The Islami Bank Foundation organized a discussion on ‘Significance of Ramadan’ and hosted Iftar honoring its Doctors and consultants in a local hotel of the capital on 30 May 2018, Wednesday.
Dhaka, May 30 – The High Court on Wednesday expressed disappointment over the slow progress of the Basic Bank scam’s investigation and said that it could not do anything if the state watch-dog body played a silent role over the…
Dhaka, May 30 – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is likely to hear Thursday on the government appeals filed against the High Court order that granted bail for six months to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in two Comilla…
Dhaka, May 30 – Eighteen Additional Judges were appointed to the High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Wednesday raising the number of HC judges to 98.
In most of the rivers, it is all about taking from Shyam and giving to Ram. Both are users, and it is only a question of how much I have with the resources dwindling. With extensive ground water over extraction,…
সুরের মোহে আকুল হওয়া বাঙালির চিরায়ত বৈশিষ্ট্য। তাইতো আবহমান বাংলার বহুমাত্রিক সুরের ধারায় প্রতিনিয়ত ব্যকুল হয়ে ওঠে মন-প্রাণ। সেই ব্যকুলতার সাথে যদি ওই মানুষটি পেয়ে থাকের স্রষ্টা-প্রদত্ত কারুময় কণ্ঠস্বর তাহলে তো কথাই নেই। রকমারি সুরের স্রোতে যেমনি করে নিজে ভাসেন…
London, May 30 (AP/UNB) — A British jury has convicted a couple of attempting to force their teenage daughter to marry her first cousin in Bangladesh.