Dhaka, July 24 – A court of Dhaka on Tuesday deferred the submission of investigation reports in Xulhaz Mannan and Mahbub Tanoy murder case and another report about the same murder under the Arms Act to September 3.
Category: Green corner
Climate resilience to ensure basic survival: The Carribean
In 2004, when the Category 4 hurricane Ivan hit the tiny island nation of Grenada and its 151 mph winds stalled overhead for 15 hours–it devastated the country. But not before pummelling Barbados and other islands, killing at least 15…
Can cities reach the zero waste goal?
By Daniel Gutman Buenos Aires, Jul 23 2018 (IPS) – How should cities address the problem of waste? The most important thing is to set a clear objective: that the day will come when nothing will be sent to final…
Football and digital accuracy in refereeing
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The FIFA World Cup final in Moscow termed as the best so far has once again marked the victory of the game of football all over. FIFA officials have praised Russia for making the event successful and…
The curse of joblessness
Tazlina Zamila Khan The recent data of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics revealed that currently, the total number of unemployed is 4 crore 82 lakhs. It might represent only the quantity, but each number has its own sad story of being…
Early maturing Boro rice needed, President tells scientists
Mymensingh, July 22 – Farmers in haor areas have to earn their bread and butter depending on its largely mono-crop agricultural system. But sometimes, flash floods cause a huge damage to haor areas. This affects both the haors and the…
Teesta water no longer a hurdle in India-Bangladesh ties?
The pending resolution of the Teesta river water sharing agreement is “no longer an issue” for Bangladesh, government’s political advisor Hossain Toufique Imam has said. The statement indicates a major shift in position for the government, which has been appealing…
Breaking the populism ‘doom loop’
by John Fitzgibbon According to many commentators, we are now in a crisis of democracy – or rather, ‘liberal democracy’ as Cas Mudde persuasively argues. The time has long since passed where the increasing vote share of populist parties could…
BNP sets Khaleda’s release as condition to joint next polls
Dhaka, July 20 – The BNP on Friday made the release of party chairperson Khaleda Zia as number one condition for their participation in the next general elections.
Failure to submit DNA paternity report: Bail cancelled
Dhaka, Jul 19 – The High Court on Thursday cancelled the bail of an accused in a paternity case and asked him to surrender within 3 days for failing to submit his DNA report to the court as per its…
‘Technologies that facilitate development should profit all’
From Danielle Nierenberg A sustainable food system requires cultivating equality for the people that nourish the world’s population—farmers. Yet, farmers experience inequality at all levels of the food system. Societal tools— including gendered roles, obstacles to accessing resources, or cultural…
Political Forum on SDGs must address migration
By International Organization for Migration The United States, Jul 17 2018 (IOM) – The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) is a global framework of immense ambition and consequence. It is, as the UN Secretary-General has described it, a…
Two killed in Cox’s Bazar reported ‘gunfight’
Cox’s Bazar, July 19 – Two people were killed in a reported gunfight with a joint team of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) on Marine Drive road in Himchhari area early Thursday.
Khaleda’s bail in Orphanage Trust graft case extended
Dhaka, July 18 – The High Court Wednesday extended till July 26 its earlier order that granted bail to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in connection with Zia Orphanage Trust corruption case in which she was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
Air pollution remains cause for alarm in Asia
By Sinsiri Tiwutanond Bangkok, Jul 17 2018 (IPS) – At the start of Bangkok, the pollution in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, reached six times the World Health Organization’s guideline levels for air quality.
Trump backs down, says he misspoke on Russia meddling
Washington, Jul 18 (AP/UNB) — Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he simply misspoke when he said he…
CNN’s Cooper calls Trump’s summit performance ‘disgraceful’
New York, Jul 17 (AP/UNB) — Seconds after President Donald Trump’s news conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin ended Monday, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper called the American leader’s performance “disgraceful.”
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…
Govt pushes Khaleda to slow death thru imprisonment: SC Bar
Dhaka, July 15 – The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), dominated by pro-BNP lawyers, on Sunday alleged that the government wanted to push the BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia to slow death by keeping her in jail for a long time.
Quader refutes BCL attack reports on quota protesters
Dhaka, July 15 – The ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Sunday said it will be clear in October whether or not their arch-rival BNP will join the next general elections scheduled to be held in the yearend.
We need a food revolution
by Bob Geldof London – In 1984, I gathered the most successful musicians of the time to form a “supergroup” called Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. The next year, an even larger grouping was formed…
Govt to make children of war criminals second class citizens
Dhaka, July 14 – The present government is determined to award second-class citizenship to children of war criminals, said Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque. Speaking at a rally of freedom fighters at Mohanagar Natya Mancha in the city,…
Police foil pro-BNP Zia Parishad programme in Dhaka
Dhaka, July 14 – The police on Saturday foiled a seminar scheduled to be organised by Zia Parishad, a pro-BNP organization, at the Engineers’ Institution, Bangladesh (IEB).
Forests and marine resources continue to shrink
By Maged Srour ROME, Jul 12 2018 (IPS) – Deforestation and unsustainable farming are depriving the planet of forests, while destructive practices in fishing are limiting the chance to sustainably manage our oceans.
Soil degradation – largest environmental issue of our time
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Jul 13 (IPS) – Land degradation caused by human activities is occurring at an alarming rate across the world, and the cost will be steep if no action is taken.
What lies behind Lord Carlile’s deportation from New Delhi?
India refused entry to Alexander Carlile, a member of the House of Lords, who is advising lawyers for Bangladeshi opposition leader Khaleda Zia, saying he did not have an “appropriate visa”.
Food commodity prices fall amidst rising trade tensions
Geneva, 11 Jul (Kanaga Raja) – The international prices of a basket of key agricultural food commodities fell in June, representing the first month-on-month decline since the beginning of this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has…
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,…
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…
BNP complains of ‘a decade of atrocities’
Dhaka, July 12 – Bangladesh’s embattled opposition party BNP has accused the government of repeated violations of human rights in the country, as it grows ‘desperate to cling to power’.