Dhaka, Apr 26 – BNP on Thursday alleged that Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader’s remark that India will not interfere in Bangladesh’s next election has raised many questions in public mind. Speaking at a discussion, BNP secretary general Mirza…
Goyang, Apr 27 (AP/UNB) — After a year of tensions, the first North-South Korea summit in more than a decade began Friday with a handshake.
By Amina J. Mohammed UN, Apr 24 (IPS) – The global economy is strengthening. A broad-based economic upturn has underpinned progress in many areas.
By Thalif Deen UN, Apr (IPS) – When a Malaysian politician of a bygone era was asked about the “leading newspapers” in his country, he shot back: “We don’t have any leading newspapers in our country because all our newspapers…
A conservation biologist specialising in reptiles was yesterday (Wednesday 25 April) presented with a prestigious Whitley Award by HRH The Princess Royal. Shahriar Caesar Rahman, Co-Founder of the Creative Conservation Alliance is working to preserve Asia’s largest tortoise in a…
Dhaka, April 26 – The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh or TCB will start selling essential commodities from May 6 in open markets across the country including capital city Dhaka in a bid to keep the prices at tolerable limit ahead…
Danielle Nierenberg Food Tank has collected 20 of the best new books in food and agriculture to celebrate spring. Our favorite reads this season cover critical topics including the paradox of obesity and malnutrition, building strong communities through socially-conscious food…
Dhaka, April 25 – The Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited recommended 10% cash dividend for the shareholders for the year 2017 subject to approval of the 35th Annual General Meeting of the Bank.
Dhaka, April 25 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is currently investigating against former chief justice SK Sinha over the allegation of unusual transaction of Tk 4 crore in his account on November 9 last year.
Dhaka, April 25 – BNP leaders Wednesday demanded holding next general elections by dissolving the present parliament and after resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Dhaka, Apr 25 – As part of its seven-day political programme, BNP on Wednesday formed a human chain in the city demanding its chairperson Khaleda Zia’s release from jail.
Asia’s economic evolution from agriculture to manufacturing shows how technology helped create prosperity. In an era of sweeping transformations, one of the most important has been the dramatic reduction in poverty in developing Asia. Since 1990, more than one billion…
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have suggested there could be a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme.
By Sopho Kharazi ROME, Apr 22 2018 (IPS) – The 25th celebration of World Press Freedom Day will be led by UNESCO and the government of Ghana in Accra on May 2-3. The theme is “Keeping Power in Check: Media,…
By Cindy Wooden Jesus does not give up on anyone, he told them Before washing the feet of 12 prisoners, Pope Francis told them and hundreds of inmates to remember that Jesus constantly stands before them with love, ready to…
ইসলামী আন্দোলন বাংলাদেশ-এর আমীর মুফতি সৈয়দ মুহম্মদ রেজাউল করিম পীর সাহেব চরমোনাই বলেছেন, বর্তমান সরকারের অধীনে সুষ্ঠু নির্বাচন সম্ভব নয়।
Dhaka, April 24 – A solo pattachitra exhibition titled “Boishakh in the Land of Tiger (Bagh-er Deshe Baishakh)” by patua Nazir Hossain has begun at Galerie Zoom, AFD on Tuesday. Mostafizur Rahman Fizar, Minister of Primary and Mass Education, People’s…
Rajshahi, April 24 – A day-long workshop on ‘The role of Geology for the Development of Bangladesh’ was held at Rajshahi University on Tuesday.
Second international symposium on agroecology – declaration. Read on behalf of everyone by Mariam Sou, pioneer agroecological peasant farmer, from ENDA-Tiers Monde, Senegal We are delegates of different organizations and social movements of small-scale food producers. We are peasants, fisherfolk…
Seoul, Apr 24 (AP/UNB) — Spring on the Korean Peninsula is normally the season of D-Day-style beach landings with big guns thumping in the distance and skies crisscrossed by the contrails of fighter aircraft.
Dhaka, Apr 24 – Five years after the Rana Plaza disaster, Bangladesh-born British MP Rushanara Ali has described what happened as “not an accident” but “a man-made disaster”.
প্রতিবছরের মত এবারও নাসরীন হক কে স্মরণ করতে আমরা একটি অনুষ্ঠানের আয়োজন করেছি।
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is organizing a Launching Ceremony for the 2018 Global Food Policy Report, which will be held on Thursday, May 3, 2018 at 10 a.m. at the Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan, Dhaka. I am…
On the fifth anniversary of a Bangladeshi factory collapse which killed and injured thousands of people, the President of the leading global health and safety body calls on organisations to continue to strive to protect workers.
Dhaka, April 23 – Police on Monday foiled a demonstration organized by Dhaka (South) unit of the BNP in front of the north gate of Baitul Mukarram.
Regenerative farms fundamentally challenge the current food production paradigm that maximizes gross profits at the expense of net gains for the farmer. Regenerative farming principles include: (1) abandoning tillage (or actively rebuilding soil communities following a tillage event), (2) eliminating…
Dhaka, Apr 22 – A nor’wester coupled with rain swept over capital Dhaka on Sunday evening, inundating many areas and uprooting a number of trees.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will pay $4.5m (£3.2m) to cover the lapsed US financial commitment to the Paris climate accord.
M.I.Rahman Allama Dr. Muhammad Iqbal was one of the greatest literary figures of 20th century. His personality had the unique combination of the heart of the poet and head of a thinker. He had combined in himself both poetic imagination…
Learn why plastic is so deadly and how you can do your part in your life and your community to take action. Creating a sustainable world for future generations requires that we commit to managing deadly waste from our modern…