Dhaka, Jan 29 (UNB) – Mentioning that rivers are being killed through unplanned development, encroachment, pollution and climate change impacts, experts and green activists on Tuesday demanded that the rivers be recognised as living being for saving those. They made…
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 29 2019 (IPS) – Owing to our varied circumstances and experiences, there are contradictory tendencies to either exaggerate or underestimate the power and importance of artificial intelligence (AI) in contemporary society. Nor should we uncritically legitimize…
Cities will develop Climate Action Plans that deliver on the objectives of the Paris Agreement, with support from C40 Cities and the UK government.Pledge made at meeting of city officials in Quito, Ecuador. Quito, Ecuador 29 January — Buenos Aires;…
Tens of millions of children living through conflict, disaster and other emergencies in dozens of countries urgently need protection, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, in an appeal for $3.9 billion to support its humanitarian work around the world.…
Dhaka, Jan 27 (UNB) – Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Sunday handed the copies of the master plan of Jatiya Sangsad Complex and its surrounding related areas, designed by famous American architect Louis I Kahn, to the National Archives…
Philippines, Jan 27 (AP/UNB) — Two bombs exploded outside a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least 19 people and wounding nearly 50 during a Sunday Mass, officials said. The first…
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 25 2019 (IPS) – Paradoxically, the world’s most populated countries are facing a population crisis: a woman shortage. And it’s women who are paying a brutal price for it. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the…
Dhaka, Jan 24 – The Biswa Ijtema will be held on Feb 15, 16 and 17 this year and not in two phases like it had been held over the last few years. This year, Ijtema will be held in…
Dhaka, Jan 22 – The High Court yesterday felt ashamed over the grouping of Tablig Jamaat into the two factions for establishing control over the Ijtema Maidan on the bank of the Turag River in Tongi of Gazipur.
A writ has been filed challenging legality of the 17th amendment to the Constitution which extended the tenure of 50 parliamentary seats reserved exclusively for women for 25 years more.
Dhaka, Jan 22 – Principal Information Officer Kamrun Nahar has been made secretary to the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs.
Marawi, Jan 22 (AP/UNB) — Muslims in the southern Philippines voted Monday in a referendum on a new autonomous region that seeks to end nearly half a century of unrest, in what their leaders are touting as the best alternative…
Chattogram, Jan 22 – Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested a Jatiyatabadi Mahila Dal leader from GEC intersection in the city on Monday night over posting ‘provocative remarks against the state and law enforcement agencies’ on her facebook.
Dhaka, Jan 21 – Officials of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) found 40 per cent doctors absent while conducting drives in 10 government hospitals in eight districts simultaneously on Monday. They also found that 62 per cent doctors in Upazila hospitals were…
A survey of sexual harassment at the United Nations has uncomfortably shifted the focus to some of the senior UN officials who have either escaped censure – or punishment– despite a rash of charges against them, including abuse and misconduct.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth Rs 16.4 crore (US 23 million) in two Indian cities belonging to Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik who has been accused of inciting youth to take up terror activities.
Dhaka, Jan 18 – Directorate of Madrasha Education (DME) has sought information of the teachers of the 1,500 independent Ebtedayee Madrashas to know how many of them are active or left the jobs.
by Manon Verchot on 16 January 2019 • Every year around festivals like Makar Sankranti, when kites soar in the sky competing with each other, conservation organisations continue to rescue thousands of birds entangled or injured by these kite strings.
Research and campaigns by women’s rights advocates are beginning to focus on the problem of Latin American girls under the age of 14 who are forced to bear the children of their rapists, with the lifelong implications that entails and…
Dhaka, Jan 14 – Denouncing Hefajat-e-Islam chief Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi’s recent anti-female education comments, Dr Kamal Hossain’s Gono Forum on Monday demanded that legal actions be taken against him.
A Class-X girl has reportedly been gang-raped by four young men at Rajagaon in Sadar upazila. The victim’s father filed a case with Ruhia Police Station on Sunday over the incident that took place on Friday night. Police arrested one…
A Saudi woman who fled her family and became stranded at Bangkok’s main airport is flying to Canada after being granted asylum status.
BNP on Sunday expressed surprise over the ‘unexpected’ and ‘regrettable’ remarks by Hefajat-e-Islam chief Allama Shafi asking parents not to send their girls to schools and colleges.
Dhaka, Jan 12 – The ruling Awami League has set Tuesday, January 15 to sell nomination forms for aspirants to its 43 reserved seats (women) in the 11th Parliament.
Thakurgaon, Jan 12 – The sweeping cold wave has claimed the lives of at least six children in the district over the last one week and affected many more, said acting civil surgeon Dr Shahjahan Newaz.
Chattogram, Jan 11 – Hefajat-e-Islam Ameer Allama Shah Ahmed Shafi on Friday urged parents not to send their daughters to schools and colleges for further education after they complete fourth or fifth grades.
Dhaka, Jan 11 – An infant of 16-day age died in a tragic accident Friday in Jonaki road beside Mirpur 60 feet road area at 10 am in the morning. The deceased identified as Abdullah, son of Kabir Hossain, a…
Dhaka, Jan 10 – The High Court on Thursday directed authorities concerned of Etihad Airways to handover video footage containing the alleged incident of harassing and torturing two Bangladesh born women at Abu Dhabi International Airport in 2011.
Police recovered the slaughtered and hacked body of a teenag girl from her house at Purba Shullokia village in Sadar upazila on Wednesday night.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of the Homecoming Day of the architect of the country’s independence.