Geneva, 5 Apr (Kanaga Raja) – A number of practices by Israel with regard to the Occupied Palestinian Territory have imposed economic costs on the Palestinian people, either by obstructing their economic activity or impeding economic advancement and development, a…
As leaders from the 53 Commonwealth countries prepare to fly to London for a Summit meeting next week, six Commonwealth organisations Wednesday unveiled proposals for a 12-point Commonwealth code of conduct aimed at reducing the heavy toll of journalists’ killings…
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have not invited Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn to their wedding. The decision not to have an “official list” of political leaders in attendance also means that US President Donald Trump will not be invited.
IRENA assessment shows Pakistan’s abundant renewable resources can boost power generation and energy access Islamabad, 10 April — Pakistan can spur social and economic development with renewable energy while increasing energy security and improving energy access, according to a new…
Donald McKayle, a modern dancer and choreographer who brought the black experience in America to the Broadway stage in musicals such as “Raisin” and “Sophisticated Ladies,” has died. He was 87.
British High Commissioner in Dhaka Alison Blake on Tuesday said they hope to see a ‘peaceful political process’ that will lead to a good election — free, fair and participatory — at the end of the day.
Russia will take all political, diplomatic and military retaliatory measures if necessary should the United States deliver a strike on Syria, Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Defense Committee Chairman and former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops Vladimir…
The French and US presidents held fresh talks about the alleged chemical attack on Syrian civilians in Douma and expressed a desire for a “firm response” from the international community, the Elysee Palace late Monday, as pressure grows on Damascus.
Until the terrorist attack at a market in southern France on March 23, French President Emmanuel Macron had been planning to launch a new European-level political campaign. Though the official rollout has now been postponed, Macron’s latest project remains central…
Most migrants to Europe, Australia and the United States from Rangpur in northern Bangladesh leave home at a young age and return when they have just passed middle age.
Bangladesh and India on Monday signed six documents to strengthen development cooperation between the two countries. Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Keshav Gokhale and his Bangladesh counterpart M Shahidul Haque witnessed the signing of the documents at state guesthouse Padma after…
YANGON, April 9 – An earthquake of 4.9 magnitude struck Myanmar’s northern Mandalay region in the early hours of Monday, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. -BSS
Jerusalem, Apr 9 (AP/UNB) — The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court raised concerns Sunday that Israel and Hamas may have committed war crimes during a current flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip.
The government, for the first time, is going to build a monument at Ashuganj of Brahmanbaria district, in memory of the foreign friends, who were killed in the Liberation War of 1971.
UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller has called for strengthening humanitarian action for Rohingyas based on the rights and needs in line with international law and humanitarian principles.
Dhaka, April 8 – Bangladesh and India will discuss the whole range of bilateral issues, including the much-sought Teesta water sharing and Rohingya issues, during the official talks to be held here on Monday. -UNB
Mentioning that there is no election in the country these days, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad on Saturday demanded that the polling system be reformed.
Dhaka, April 07 – The World Health Day-2018 was observed on Saturday in Bangladesh as elsewhere across the world though the holding of different health awareness programmes.
Washington, Apr 6 (AP/UNB) — China vowed on Friday to fight the U.S. “at any cost” after President Donald Trump proposed slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods in an escalating trade dispute between the world’s two…
Senior Israeli officials who unlawfully called for use of live ammunition against Palestinian demonstrations who posed no imminent threat to life bear responsibility for the killings of 14 demonstrators in Gaza and the injuring of hundreds on March 30, 2018,…
Long Jail Terms for Peaceful Critics on Spurious Charges Beirut – The prominent Saudi human rights activist Fahad al-Fahad has served two years in prison since his April 2016 arrest and subsequent conviction on charges tied solely to his peaceful…
President Donald Trump instructed the U.S. trade representative to consider slapping an additional $100 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods on Thursday in a dramatic escalation of the trade dispute between the two countries.
Local BNP leader Nazrul Islam, who had been reportedly missing since March 17, was rescued from Ramu upazila in Cox’s Bazar early Thursday.
The 20-party alliance will extend support to the candidate whoever gets BNP ticket to vie for mayoral posts in the Khulna and Gazipur city polls billed for May 15.
With no virtual progress over Rohingya repatriation, an international expert says the likelihood of repatriation deal implementation signed on November 23 last year is “slim to none” and the signing of such a deal was a “mistake”.
US Congress Should Reject Draconian Asylum Policies President Donald Trump’s three-day Twitter rant on migrants in Mexico and call to send National Guard troops to the border comes along with a new push from the White House for immigration legislation.
FM briefs foreign diplomats ahead of OIC’s CFM meeting Dhaka, Apr 5–The government has planned to arrange a visit to the makeshift Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar district sheltering Rohingyas from Myanmar for the heads of delegations and international organizations…
The Climate Chance Association and the Assembly of Regions and Districts of Ivory Coast (ARDCI) co-organize a regional Summit dedicated to Climate Action in Africa: the Climate Chance Summit Africa 2018, which will be held on 28-29 June 2018 in…
UN, Apr 6 (AP/UNB) — The international furor over the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter intensified, with Russia warning Britain that it was “playing with fire.”
Thank you all for being here today to show your solidarity with the women, men, girls and boys of Yemen. And I want to thank my co-chairs, the Governments of Sweden and Switzerland, for hosting this conference for the second…