DHAKA – Experts at a seminar here today stressed applying sustainable techniques for managing food waste and turning those into resources since about 80 percent of urban solid waste is being generated from food waste daily.
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Quota reform leader Rashed denied bail again
A court here on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of Rashed Khan, joint convener of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council, and sent him to jail in two separate cases filed with Shahbagh police station.
DU students vow to continue protest until BCL men punished
Students of Dhaka University on Wednesday vowed to continue their protest until the authorities punish Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) men who assaulted the students during the quota reform movement.
Use jute bags, give up plastics: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday laid emphasis on increasing the use of jute-made products giving up plastic-made ones as plastic now has become a great threat to the environment globally.
Dhaka, Delhi ties now in golden era: Shringla
Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday said that the relationship between Bangladesh and India is passing their golden chapter.
Don’t understand logic behind anti-quota movement: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said she is unable to understand the logic behind the movement against the quota system in government jobs.
RU students protest assault on DU teachers
Rajshahi, July 16 – Protesting the assault on the teacher-students of the Dhaka University (DU) by BCL the students of Mass-communication and Journalism department of Rajshahi University (RU) on Monday formed a human chain on Campus.
Overcome crisis of globalisation: Redo politics, int’l coop
by Ngaire Woods Recently there’s been a lot of talk about globalisation being pushed back. How would you characterise the situation? I think there was always a deal that permitted globalisation to go ahead. If you think about the 1950s…
Quota movement leader Tarek goes missing
Parents of Tarek Rahman, a joint convener of Bangladesh General Students’ Rights Protection Council, a platform leading the quota reform movement, remained missing since Saturday.
How countries fulfill requirements of climate finance
Kathmandu, 15 July (Prerna Bomzan)- The UNFCCC’s Standing Committee on Finance (SCF) organized a two-day forum on “The Climate Finance Architecture: Enhancing collaboration, seizing opportunities,” held on 5-6 July in Songdo, South Korea.
DU teachers, students assaulted again by ‘BCL men’
The leaders and activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) allegedly assaulted some quota movement activists and teachers of Dhaka University again on Sunday and foiled their human chain at the Central Shaheed Minar premises.
Celebrating 18th Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Day
-Prof. M Zahidul Haque Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SAU), Dhaka celebrates its 18th founding day observed as the “University Day” on July 15 2018. The Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University is the oldest and most accomplished higher agricultural education institution of the Indian…
Are we still good Europeans?
by Jürgen Habermas When I graduated from high school, my career aspiration was listed on my diploma: Habermas wants to become a journalist, it said. Yet once I began working for the Gummersbach section of the Cologne daily Kölner Stadtanzeiger,…
BNP says PM breached her promise on quota reform
BNP on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina breached her promise to abolish the quota system in public jobs as she said on Thursday it is not possible to reform the freedom fighters’ quota due to a High Court…
Will trade unions survive in the platform economy?
A new publication by our partners from the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI). Via a non-exhaustive mapping of various examples in Western European countries, this Working Paper explores to what extent the collective representation and voice of digital platform workers…
BD’s FF job quota reform not possible: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said it is not possible to reform freedom fighter quota in government jobs as there is a High Court verdict to continue it.
DB men pick up quota movement leader Suhel
Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) picked APM Suhel, a leader of quota reform movement, up from a house in the city’s Shantinagar area early Thursday.
UAE Cabinet approves VAT refund for tourists
Tourists visiting the UAE will be provided with a refund system for value-added tax (VAT), it was announced on recently. The UAE Cabinet has adopted a decision to implement the new system, which will be integrated between retail outlets with…
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…
Dhaka-Washington deep partnership expanding: Bernicat
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat on Wednesday said the “deep partnership” between Bangladesh and the USA is expanding with the growing friendship.
Age-appropriate sexuality education: Youth key to national progress
Fifty years ago at the International Conference on Human Rights, family planning was affirmed to be a human right. It is therefore apt that the theme for this year’s World Population Day is a loud reminder of this fundamental right.
Conservation tech vital to reduce pressure on groundwater
A substantial and sustainable promotion of water saving technologies can be the crucial means of lessening the pressure on underground water resources in the drought-prone Barind area.
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.
Three quota protest leaders remanded
A court here on Tuesday put three leaders and activists of quota reform movement to two-day remand each in two separate cases filed in connection with an attack on the residence of the Dhaka University (DU) Vice Chancellor (VC) on…
World Population Day tomorrow
World Population Day-2018 will be observed tomorrow across the country as elsewhere in the world with a call to develop the nation by family planning and ensuring human right.
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…
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…
HR watchdog ASK for end to repression on quota protesters
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a rights body, has demanded that the ‘torture and repression on’ the quota reform activsits be stopped across the country.