Cox’s Bazar, Sept 27 – BNP on Wednesday urged the government to intensify its diplomatic efforts to convince Russia and China not to exercise their veto power against the United Nations Security Council’s any move to resolve the Rohingya crisis.
Category: Environment
Resolve to give megacities cleaner ‘soot-free’ buses
BYD, Cummins, Scania and Volvo Buses to work with cities to adopt bus fleets equipped with the latest in clean power technologies to tackle climate change and air pollution 20 megacities including Dhaka, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Bogotá, Sao Paulo and…
B Chy and Dr Kamal for bringing Burmese arsonists to justice
Dhaka – Prof Dr Badruddoza Chowdhury and Dr Kamal Hossain, the two veteran politicians, have called for taking immediate measure to create world opinion and hold a meeting with Myanmar to send back the Rohingya refugees immediately.
World Tourism Day observed: High forex income potential
The World Tourism Day was observed here today with much enthusiasm in line with this year’s theme ‘Sustainable Tourism – A Tool for Development’. Bangladesh Tourism Board (BTB), Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC), under the supervision of Civil Aviation and Tourism…
Dhaka seeks steps thru UN to send back the Rohingya
Bangladesh expects concrete steps through the UN Security Council so that the ‘forcibly displaced people from Myanmar’ in Bangladesh can go back to their homeland smoothly and without any fear. “…we expect such steps through which they (Rohingyas) will return…
35,000 more Rohingyas reach Cox’s Bazar: ISCG
Dhaka, Sept 27 – Some 35,000 more Rohingya refugees reached the makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar district in the last couple of days fleeing the persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar rising the cumulative arrival to 4,80,000 since fresh…
Canada denies Chelsea Manning entry
BY TERESA WELSH Chelsea Manning has been denied entry to Canada because she violated the U.S. Espionage Act, according to a letter she posted to Twitter.
Govt not sincere to solve Rohingya crisis: Fakhrul
Cox’s Bazar, Sept – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday alleged that the government is not sincere about resolving the Rohingya crisis.
Concrete steps through UNSC awaited on Thursday
Dhaka, Sept – Bangladesh, at this point, is expecting a ‘concrete steps’ through UNSC resolution to resolve the crisis as “forcibly displaced people from Myanmar” continued flooding Bangladesh as the current figure of new arrivals stand at 449,000. “We’re working…
BD DPH sets up 1200 tubewells and 1200 latrines for Ruhingyas
Department of Public Health and Engineering under the Local Government Division constructed 1,200 sanitary latrines and installed 1,200 tube wells in Cox’s Bazar for Rohingya, fleeing from their homes, Rakhine state in face of ethnic cleansing by Myanmar army. The…
UN Security Council to meet on Myanmar Thursday
The UN Security Council will meet Thursday to discuss the violence in Myanmar and hear a briefing from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the crisis, diplomats said. Britain, France, the United States and four other countries requested the meeting after…
Refugee number soars to 480000
The refugees are fleeing a Myanmar military offencive launched in response to about 30 coordinated attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents on Aug 25. “The change in the new arrivals figure … is due, in large part, to the additional estimated…
6000 Rohingya orphans to get smart cards
State Minister for Social Welfare Nuruzzaman Ahmed today said the ministry will issue smart cards to around 6,000 orphan Rohingya children for taking responsibilities to provide their food, shelter and other basic needs. “Orphan Rohingya children up to 18-year will…
Brazil scraps bid to mine Amazon natural reserve
The Brazilian government backed off a controversial proposal to authorize private companies to mine a sprawling Amazon reserve Monday after blistering domestic and international criticism. President Michel Temer’s office will issue a new decree Tuesday that “restores the conditions of…
Expat Bangladeshis in NY raise fund for Rohingyas
New York – Conscious expatriate Bangladeshis at a meeting in New York on 22 September demanded an immediate end to the atrocities on Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and called for implementing the Kofi Annan Commission recommendations for a lasting solution…
Myanmar says no ‘ethnic cleansing,’ genocide of Muslims
UN, Sept 26 (AP/UNB) – Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador insisted Monday that there is no “ethnic cleansing” or genocide taking place against Muslims and objected “in the strongest terms” to countries that used those words to describe the situation in Rakhine…
Do people really need interlinking of rivers?
SANDRP Report In the detailed piece, Himanshu Thakkar rightly says that the river interlinking project will adversely affect land, forests, biodiversity, rivers and the livelihood of millions of people. On the other hand it would not be helpful for irrigation,…
The urbanization of malnutrition
By Manipadma Jena New Delhi – India, Sep 25 (IPS) – Rapid urbanization is increasingly shifting the impacts of malnutrition from rural to urban areas. One in three stunted under-five children out of 155 million across the world now lives…
China favours permanent solution to Rohingya crisis
The Communist Party of China (CPC) today assured Bangladesh of convincing Myanmar government to resolve the Rohingya problem permanently. The assurance came from a meeting in Beijing between the CPC and visiting 18-member Awami League (AL) delegation headed by its…
Rohingya crisis origin-solutiion lies in Myanmar
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday reiterated its position saying both the origin of and solution to the Rohingya crisis lie in Myanmar. “The origin of this crisis and the solution to this crisis both lie in…
Land for refugees not yet habitable – report
470,000 in need of shelters; 13,418 take part in biometric registration AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Sept 25 – The land that has been allocated for the new site for providing shelter to Rohingyas is ‘not suitable’ for habitation…
Stop persecution of Rohingya, ICSF tells Myanmar
It calls on India, China to persuade Myanmar to resolve crisis Dhaka, Sept – International Crimes Strategy Forum (ICSF) on Sunday called on the Myanmar authorities to pay heed to international opinion and immediately stop its persecution of Rohingya.
BNP against ‘safe zones’ for Rohingyas: 4-point response
Dhaka, Sept 24 – BNP on Sunday opposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s proposal for creating ‘safe zones’ for Rohingyas in Myanmar terming it a ‘conspiratorial and dangerous’ move.
Seminar on “Teaching-Learning Quality in Geology” held at RU
Rajshahi – A day-long seminar on “Teaching-Learning Quality Enchantment in Geology and Mining” organized by Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) in association with the Department of Geology and Mining of Rajshahi University (RU) was held at the Dean’s complex…
Global community must step up Rohingya aid: UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filipo Grandi said on Sunday that the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar to Bangladesh is “the most urgent refugee emergency in the world” right now. Filipo Grandi told reporters in the Bangladeshi…
Carmakers face billions in European CO2 fines from 2021
Big-name carmakers including Volkswagen and Fiat Chrysler face fines running into the billions for failure to meet tough new European carbon dioxide emissions limits slated for 2021, a study has found. “Only four out of 11 carmakers are forecast to…
Rivers Day: Revival of dying rivers must for sustainability
Dhaka, Sept 24 – The severe floods that devastated the Bangladesh’s 27 districts are a wake-up call for the authorities concerned to act immediately to recover the dying rivers to protect from even more perilous deluge in future, say green…
79 Rohingyas sent back to refugee camp after detention
Cox’s Bazar, Sept 24 – Police and members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a joint drive detained 79 Rohingya people in Ukhia for eight hours between 12:00 pm and 8:00 pm on Saturday.
Seven countries seek UN council meeting on Myanmar
France, Britain, the United States and four other countries have asked the UN Security Council to meet next week to discuss the ongoing violence in Myanmar, according to a request seen by AFP on Friday. The seven countries including Egypt,…
Army joins relief operations for refugees
To bring discipline in aid operation for Rohingyas those took shelter recently fleeing the atrocities in Myanmar, members of Bangladesh Army today joined the activities, setting up control room at Ukhiya Degree College. “We have started to work to bring…