Donald Trump was likened to a “fool or maniac” while Hillary Clinton was dismissed as “weak and feckless” in the vice-presidential debate in Virginia. Democratic Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Republican Indiana Governor Mike Pence clashed on a series of…
Dhaka – The Bangladesh government on Monday approved the ‘The District Council (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016’ in the form of a law paving the way for the incumbent administrators to contest the district council polls subject to their resignation from their…
Bogota (AP/UNB) —Colombians rejected a peace deal with leftist rebels by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday, scuttling years of painstaking negotiations and delivering a strunning setback to President Juan Manuel Santos, who vowed to keep a cease-fire…
White Plains (AP/UNB) – In a leaked recording from a February fundraiser, Hillary Clinton expressed empathy for young voters who were siding with her primary opponent, Bernie Sanders, saying that for people who don’t see any economic opportunities, the idea…
Dhaka: British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Alison Blake on Wednesday said access to information is at the heart of development and democracy. She said access to information gives individuals greater control over their own lives and a greater stake in…
Some Teachers and Students of Jahangirnagar University (JU) formed a human chain demanding justice for brutal killing of Manoshi Rani, relative of a JU Teacher, at the JU campus on Tuesday.
Washington – The United States is providing another $364 million in humanitarian aid to those affected by Syria’s civil war.
More than 80 million people viewed Monday’s first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, making it the most watched debate ever, according to Nielsen research. The previous record was the only debate between Republican Ronald Reagan and President…
An attack on a United Nations aid convoy and on a Red Crescent warehouse in Aleppo should be investigated as possible war crimes. The apparent airstrikes on September 19, 2016, hit the convoy and building for over three hours with…
Bangladesh, once dismissed as a “basket case” for development, has made remarkable progress in many aspects of human and economic development in the last couple of decades.The people of Bangladesh are a key element in this remarkable advancement. They work…
As Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini opened the floor for US President Barack Obama’s leaders’ summit on refugees, she embodied a hope unavailable to most child refugees.On Monday, the United States was one of the main countries to obstruct a UN…
The European Union (EU) has said attacks on freedom of expression in Bangladesh ‘multiplied’ in 2015, UNB news agency reported.Intimidation of journalists and editors also increased, while measures were taken to undermine the economic viability of some prominent newspapers, said…
The U.N. humanitarian aid agency suspended all convoys in Syria on Tuesday following deadly airstrikes on aid trucks the previous night that activists said killed at least 12 people, mostly truck drivers and Red Crescent workers.The attack plunged Syria’s U.S.-Russia-brokered…
New York – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said Bangladesh looks forward to working with the new Myanmar leadership to find a lasting solution to the refugee issue and urged the other international partners to remain engaged in this regard,…
United Nations (PTI) – Describing terrorism as an “existential threat”, India has said that “hypocrisy” towards the menace is unacceptable and underlined that terrorism is the “principle cause” of the large-scale refugee movement. “It is important to stress that today…
Head of Aftenposten, which forced backdown over ‘napalm girl’ photo, accuses Facebook founder of hiding from debate The Norwegian editor who successfully took on the might of Facebook over its censorship of the famous “napalm girl” photograph has challenged Mark…
Philippines (AP/UNB) – A Philippine senator who led an investigation into the president’s bloody anti-drug campaign was ousted Monday from the justice committee in a vote that human rights advocates said could derail accountability in the crackdown. President Rodrigo Duterte’s…
United Nations 19 (AP/UNB) – The U.N. human right chief said the summit – the high-level U.N. General Assembly meeting – on refugee and migrants was necessary because the international community has failed to protect those caught in the world’s…
Dhaka: The United Nations has appreciated Bangladesh’s commitment so far shown in terms of implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) mentioning that still there are more to be done. “I’m noticing that the government of Bangladesh has made some strong…
Today, Human Rights Watch joins the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amnesty International in launching a public campaign urging President Obama to pardon whistleblower Edward Snowden.It’s been more than three years since Snowden, then a 29-year-old former National Security Agency…
New York – Chinese authorities should launch a credible, independent investigation into allegations police assaulted journalists and allow reporters to do their work, including covering protests, without restriction, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police in China’s southern Guangdong…
Every year since 2008, the United Nations has sponsored the International Day of Democracy on September 15. This year, the IDD is tied to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, in particular to Goal 16, which “addresses democracy by calling for…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The International Parliamentary Union (IPU) has today (September 14) called on political leaders everywhere to strengthen connections between the globally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and citizens’ demands for greater transparency, accountability and inclusive decision-making.
Dhaka – The aspirations for a fairer world set out in the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will only be met if there is more democracy worldwide, said the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on Wednesday, UNB news agency reported..…
Dhaka – The United Nations Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order, Alfred de Zayas, on Tuesday called on States and Parliaments to ensure that all future trade agreements stipulate the primacy of human rights,…
Around the world, schools are attacked or being occupied by military forces in conflict zones. The Safe Schools Declaration is a political commitment to protect education during armed conflict, ensuring the safety of a country’s future. So far 55 countries…
Bankok – Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived on Tuesday in the Burmese state of Rakhine as head of a commission that is probing the root of the crisis faced by the Rohingyas, a Muslim minority community in Myanmar.…
Berlin (AP/UNB) – A nationalist, anti-immigration party performed strongly in a state election Sunday in the region where German Chancellor Angela Merkel has her political base, overtaking her conservatives to take second place amid discontent with her migrant policies. The…
Hong Kong (AP/UNB) — A new wave of anti-China activists appeared headed for victory in Hong Kong’s most crucial elections since the handover from Britain in 1997, setting the stage for a fresh round of political confrontations over Beijing’s control…
President Should Order Investigations, Not Just Blame Al-Shabab Otsieno Namwaya Africa researcher A few months ago, I listened to a Kenyan man talk about his brother who has been missing since April 2015. “To see the dead body of your…