By Tsitsi Matekaire LONDON, Jun 26 2020 (IPS) – In Malawi, Mary was only 14 years old when she was recruited and trafficked to the city of Blantyre and sold for sex in a bar. A man had arrived in…
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Viber cuts business ties with Facebook
Rakuten Viber, one of the world’s leading messaging apps for free and secure communication, has cut all business ties with social media giant Facebook aiming to protect its one billion users.
Glorious days: Offer to be Press Secretary to the President
Mostafa Kamal Majumder As The New Nation became more or less self-reliant and I could respond to demands of working journalists to improve their working conditions in the paper with a mission to make it sustainable I got a phone…
Global social leaders to discuss post pandemic world: Yunus
Social Business Day to be observed on June 26-28 Dhaka, June 25 – Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Mohammad Yunus is going to hold several discussions with global social business leaders about the post-pandemic world in the observance of Social Business…
Sudan, where illegal abortions remain dangerous and deadly
By Reem Abbas KHARTOUM, Jun 22 2020 (IPS) – Omnia Nabil, a Sudanese doctor, who worked in one of the largest hospitals in Khartoum, the country’s capital, was devastated to witness the deaths of 50 young women who had unsafe…
Old man at Chandpur abandoned by family?
Chandpur, June 25 – A 70-year-old man, who was found abandoned by the side of GT Road in Chandpur district town on Monday, was rescued and hospitalised.
On the Outside, Looking In: America in the Era of George Floyd
“Do I think that the U.S. is a racist country? Oh yes. Yes. This is a country that was built on that premise of the negation of humanity of part of its people.” —Faustin Linyekula “I think the United States…
Corona test in NY: Fobana sets exemple of community service
The third anti-body test program organized by FOBANA (Federation of Bangladeshi Associations in North America) will be held in front of the Jamaica Muslim Centre on June 26. Its first and second anti-body test programs were held at Brookline and…
Hajj to be ‘very limited’ with those living in Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Arabian government on Tuesday announced that Hajj will be ‘very limited’ this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with people already living in the KSA allowed to take part in the pilgrimage.
Glorious days: How AL made BNP alienate JP in Parliament
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The Old Sangsad Bhaban at Nakhalpara was where I started my Parliament reporting. My seniors most of the time used to engage me to cover the question hour held at the start of sittings every day. The…
Glorious days: How a newspaper lost 14 years of web database
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The New Nation was at a high trajectory in respect of its circulation through the Internet. But at least 14 years of soft copies of the paper were lost as the website from where it was available…
Social commons: The social protection we want
by Francine Mestrum on 18th June 2020 @FMestrum Universal basic income would offer a deadweight subsidy to low-paying employers. The route to security for all lies in the concept of ‘social commons’.
Matters of Chasing Onward
Dr. Sinha MA Sayeed Money is the root of all inconveniences caused off and often, noted Bengali literary Dr. Lutfar Rahman log time ago. Karl Marx calls it the most dominating factor in life. Religions of various natures, sizes, dimensions…
Memorable days: Old Sangsad Bhaban now Prime Minister’s office
Mostafa Kamal Majumder At the close of a programme of the Ministry of Education at the Milanee Hall of Hotel Purbani International, education secretary Kazi Fazlur Rahman was exchanging views with journalists. Prime Minister Shah Azizur Rahman who was in…
Saudi Arabia mulls cancelling Hajj for first time: Report
Saudi Arabian authorities were considering cancelling the annual Hajj pilgrimage season for the first time since the establishment of the Kingdom in 1932, after the number of coronavirus infections exceeded 100,000, a senior official said.
Memorable days: The paper was flooded with reading materials
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Apart from two fresh editorials a day the inside pages of The New Nation started getting so much of up to date reading materials that those had to be accommodated through careful planning. Besides regular contributors like…
Apple launches $100 mn racial justice initiative
Apple on Friday launched a racial justice initiative aimed at breaking down barriers to opportunity for minorities.
Memorable days: When Kamal takes me people think I still can work
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The inside pages of The New Nation needed to be uplifted to increase its readership. I found the district page was two days’ stale. The man in -charge was not computer literate and was totally at the…
Facebook: A solace during coronavirus lockdown
M Zahidul Haque During the on-going corona lockdown, Facebook is serving as a solace to the locked-down people passing their time in some creative activities and in keeping communication with friends, relatives and others.
Fossil of 2 million year old frog found in Argentina
Argentine paleontologists have uncovered fossilized remains of a rare species of frog that lived two million years ago, the science and technology agency at the La Matanza national university said Monday.
Glorious days: Plugging in loopholes for economic baseline
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The proprietors of The New Nation did not ask me to look after the financial management of the paper. Yet I felt the burden because the journalists and general employees readily find the editor to tell of…
First Person: Collecting the ‘Book of Life’ for coral reefs
6 June 2020 – With the climate crisis threatening coral reefs around the world, a researcher in Hawaii is part of a team pioneering new techniques to preserve living coral sperm and larvae, and ultimately save the biodiversity and genetic…
Decision on Hajj likely after June 15
State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah on Friday said Saudi Arabia, the host country of Hajj, is likely to take a decision over this year’s congregation by June 15.
RMG worker killed after rape in Bogra
A garment worker was reportedly killed after being raped in Gandagram village of Shajahanpur upazila early Friday.The deceased was identified as Mim Aktar, 19, a garment worker of Ashulia industrial area.
Migrant women exploited by those they trust
By Fairuz Ahmed NEW YORK, Jun 4 2020 (IPS) – Maliha Masud (25), was promised an affluent life and opportunities for higher education. A bright student studying Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, she wanted to complete her studies and become someone…
A citizens’ conference on the future of Europe
by Marta Cillero Manzano on 4th June 2020 @martacille With agreement lacking on the future of Europe—even at the conference on that theme—it’s time to look to a European Citizens’ Assembly.
This year of living dangerously
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Anis Chowdhury KUALA LUMPUR and SYDNEY, Jun 2 2020 (IPS) – Indonesia’s founding President Sukarno delivered his annual Independence or National Day address on 17 August 1964 anticipating the forthcoming year as Tahun vivere pericoloso,…
Indonesia cancels hajj pilgrimage due to coronavirus
Indonesia’s government has decided not to participate in this year’s hajj pilgrimage because of the coronavirus outbreak, an official said Tuesday.
Austria to redesign Hitler’s birthplace as police station
Austrian authorities have presented the winning plan to redesign the house where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889, turning it into a police station and trying to make it unattractive as a pilgrimage site for people who glorify the Nazi…
Republic of Nepal, Dalit and Brahmin dominance
Written by Rem Bahadur Biswakarma It has been twelve years since Nepal became a federal democratic republic. The monarchy which was constitutionally considered as a symbol of Hindu feudalism was abolished on 3 June 2008 for Nepal to become a…