The U.N. General Assembly voted Wednesday to establish an investigative body that will assist in documenting and prosecuting the most serious violations of international law in Syria, including possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.The 193-member world body adopted a…
Russia, Turkey, and Iran’s announcement on Tuesday of their intention to broker a solution to Syria’s war without American involvement has underlined Washington’s increasingly marginalized role in the crisis. But analysts say that while the new alignment reflects a renewed…
The first foreign outpost of California’s slapdash secessionist movement, Yes California, opened here on Sunday. Housed in a research institute in northwestern Moscow, the offices are described as an “embassy” by the group’s founder and president, Louis Marinelli, a stocky,…
A Europe-wide manhunt is under way for the Tunisian man wanted for the lorry attack on a Christmas market in Berlin in which 12 people were killed.Anis Amri, 24, had been monitored earlier this year on suspicion of planning a…
Prince Charles has spoken out about the danger of religious persecution, warning against a repeat of “the horrors of the past”. Delivering BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day, the Prince of Wales said the rise of populist groups “aggressive”…
Dhaka – The European Union (EU) has encouraged Bangladesh in forming an independent, impartial, non-partisan and highly-qualified Election Commission to hold the next general elections in a fully participatory way.
Dhaka – Voting in Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) election is going on peacefully since early morning Thursday amid much enthusiasm with ‘high’ turnout of female voters.
A massive explosion gutted Mexico’s biggest fireworks market on Tuesday, killing at least 31 people and injuring 72, the authorities said.The conflagration in the Mexico City suburb of Tultepec set off a quick-fire series of multicolored blasts that sent a…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal today said Bangladesh government will sit for talks with the Maynmar government over the Rohingya issue very soon.”Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is keeping a close eye on the Rohingya issue . . . Bangladesh government…
All eyes are now on Naryanganj City Corporation (NCC) that goes to polls on Thursday as the election is considered vital ahead of the reconstitution of the next Election Commission that will conduct the next parliamentary polls.People across the country…
Dhaka – The European Union offered the EU’s support to Bangladesh on developing its Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security and Bangladesh welcomed this offer. The offer has been given at a biennial meeting of the Sub-group on Good…
The assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey before press photographers Monday prompted fears the killing could be a flashpoint that unleashes even greater chaos in a volatile region. But Russia and Turkey have sought to swiftly tamp down tensions over…
GreenWatch NewsDesk The Malaysian Migrant Workers Right to Redress Coalition has recently prepared a set of recommendations for the preparation of a comprehensive national poolicy on labour migration in their country. The recommemndations are based on consultations with stakeholders organised…
Dhaka – The President’s Office on Tuesday invited six more political parties for the second phase of talks with President Abdul Hamid on the formation of the new Election Commission (EC). “Invitation letters were sent to the office addresses of…
Dispelling the Awami League’s doubt that the BNP will again withdraw its candidate from Narayanganj City Corporation polls at the last minute, its candidate Sakhawat Hossain Khan says he will not pull out of the race. He says the then…
“The death incidents of innocent Bangladeshis along the border areas are the matter of grave concern to us,” she said. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the remark while addressing a parade marking the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Day 2016 at…
TVEL (Fuel Company of the Russian Atomic Corporation ROSATOM) and Swedish company Vattenfall Nuclear Fuel AB signed a contract recently for supply of TVS-K fuel for the Ringhals NPP in Sweden. The contract includes the delivery of the commercial reloads…
India has pulled out of a key regional conference on sustainable development which is being held in Pakistan in the latest sign of heightened tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, a media report said today.Apart from India, Bangladesh and Iran…
German police are investigating a “probable terrorist attack” after a man ploughed a lorry into a Christmas market in the heart of Berlin, killing 12 people and injuring 48.The driver, a Pakistani asylum seeker who entered Germany last year, is…
Up to 15,000 people may have fled across Myanmar’s border into China in the past month, a United Nations agency has said, as fighting between Myanmar’s army and ethnic armed groups intensifies.Aid access to people affected by conflict in the…
Puerto Rico’s Stephanie Del Valle has been crowned Miss World 2016, winning the top prize in the 66th edition of the pageant held this year.
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged voters to stage a silent ‘vote revolution’ by casting their ballots in favour of her party’s mayoral contestant on Thursday’s election to Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) as a mark of their…
Ankara (AP/UNB) – A Russian official says that the country’s ambassador to Turkey has died after being shot by a gunman in Ankara. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova made the announcement in a live televised statement. Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov…
Moscow – A state of emergency has been introduced in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Monday after at least 33 people died of alcohol poisoning from consuming a bath lotion. The sale of lotions and tinctures containing alcohol has…
Chinese media ridiculed Donald Trump on Monday, saying the President-elect has no idea how to lead a superpower, as Beijing denied it had stolen a US research drone.The Global Times led a media chorus against Mr Trump after he accused…
Troops of Border Guard Bangladesh have been deployed in the electoral zones of Narayanganj city on Monday ahead of the city corporation election on December 22.A total of 22 platoons of BGB will be sent to the electoral zones and…
The Election Commission says it will plan security arrangements for Narayanganj city polls , considering 137 of the 178 polling centres in Narayanganj as ‘vulnerable’.22 platoons of para-military force Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) were deployed in the river port city…
Dhaka – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi will visit Ukhia upazila of the Cox’s Bazar district on Tuesday morning to witness the Rohingya situation over there.
Mohammad Nasir Mudasir , Melli Paigham Radio December 15, 2016, in Mohammed Agha District, Logar Province, Afghanistan Soe Moe Tun , Daily Eleven December 13, 2016, in Monywa, Myanmar Awab al-Zubiry November 18, 2016, in Taiz, Yemen Mohsen Khazaei, Islamic…
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have adopted a decision on sequence information of genetic resources that sets in motion a plan intended to lead to an important decision at their next meeting in two years’ time.The decision…