The Committee to Protect Journalists has joined Social Justice Connection and other press freedom and human rights groups in calling on the World Bank to adopt a human rights policy at its annual spring meeting in Washington D.C. In a…
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Ecuador says death toll from quake jumps to 413
Portoviejo, Apr 19 (AP) – Ecuador’s government says the death toll from the weekend’s powerful earthquake has climbed to 413. The increase came in the government’s latest bulletin on casualties from the powerful 7.8-magnitude quake that hit the country’s Pacific…
Brazil president says she won’t quit after impeachment vote
Brasilia, Apr 19 (AP) – President Dilma Rousseff said Monday she is “indignant” over a congressional vote to open impeachment proceedings against her and vowed to fight what she called the injustice. She again categorically ruled out resigning. In her…
Clear evidence led to Shafik Rehman’s arrest: IGP
Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Monday said police arrested journalist Shafik Rehman as they have clear evidence of his involvement in the conspiracy to abduct and kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy.
World stocks, crude slide after oil output accord collapses
World stock benchmarks sank and crude oil prices slumped Monday after an effort by major oil producing nations to agree on production cuts failed over the weekend. European stocks fell in early trading, with France’s CAC 40 dropping 0.8 percent…
‘Nearly 250,000 Japanese told to leave amid fear of tremors’
Nearly 250,000 people have been told to leave their homes amid fears of further quakes in Japan, an aid agency says. Naoki Kokawa, advisor to the Japanese Red Cross Society, told the BBC that more medical teams were being dispatched…
Brazil lower house okays impeaching Dilma
Brasilia — Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted late Sunday to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader who repeatedly argued that the push against her was a “coup.” Rousseff is accused of using accounting…
State Department report on HR only Partially true: Inu
Dhaka – Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, said today that the US State Department’s recent report on Bangladesh was only partly true. The minister said this at a press conference at the Press Information Department (PID) today. Inu appreciated…
Saudis threaten US with economic retaliation if 9/11 bill passed
Saudi Arabia has warned US officials that it will sell off hundreds of billions of dollars of American assets if a new bill is passed that could allow the Saudi government to be held accountable for the 9/11 terror attacks.…
Ted Cruz takes anti-Trump campaign to Wyoming
Cheyenne, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz took his delegate-by-delegate strategy aimed at thwarting a Donald Trump presidential nomination on Saturday to the least populous U.S. state on Saturday, while the billionaire front-runner focused on running up the vote in Tuesday’s primary…
‘Corruption’ as a propaganda weapon
By Robert Parry Exclusive: Mainstream U.S. journalism and propaganda are getting hard to tell apart, as with the flurry of “corruption” stories aimed at Russia’s Putin and other demonized foreign leaders, writes Robert Parry. Sadly, some important duties of journalism,…
Armed group kills more than 140 near South Sudan
An Ethiopian official says that armed groups have killed more than 140 civilians near Ethiopia’s border with South Sudan.
Pentagon chief: US eyes ways to step up Islamic State fight
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said he will talk with his commanders in the coming days to identify additional ways the U.S. can intensify the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, including more airstrikes, cyberattacks and American…
Rescuers rush to trapped residents as Japan quakes kill 41
Army troops and other rescuers rushed Saturday to try to reach scores of trapped residents after a pair of strong earthquakes in southwestern Japan killed at least 41 people, injured about 1,500 and left hundreds of thousands without electricity or…
Clinton, Sanders vigorously challenge each other’s judgment
New York — Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders deepened their increasingly bitter feud Thursday night, challenging each other’s judgment to be president in a Democratic Party showdown that comes days before Tuesday’s high stakes New York primary.
40 tribal women brought back from India
Dhaka – Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) brought back 40 Bangladeshi tribal women from Indian territory of Baghmara Bazar on Wednesday night after they were detained by the police there following their entry into the country through Bijoypur border area of…
Strong quake kills 9, injures more than 760 in Japan
Tokyo — At least nine people were killed and 761 injured by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake Thursday night that toppled houses and buckled roads in southern Japan, the government’s chief spokesman said. Yoshihide Suga said he would visit the area…
‘Extrajudicial killings, bloggers murders major HR problems’: US
Dhaka – The United States has said the government of Bangladesh took ‘limited measures’ to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces. The US, in its 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, claimed authorities failed…
North Korea deploys missile for possible launch: Yonhap
S.Korean government refuses to confirm or deny details regarding possible launch JH Ahn Pyongyang has deployed one or two Musudan missile(s) (BM-25) near Wonsan, the eastern part of North Korea, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. Unnamed South Korean government…
A colossal snake dies under mysterious circumstances
A 24-foot-long reticulated python was captured just days ago in Malaysia. Members of Malaysia’s Civil Defense Force can be seen holding a big reticulated python caught at a construction site about a week ago. The snake has since died. A…
N.Korea preparing for next ICBM launch: U.S. intelligence
Former White House advisor says next provocation may take place within two weeks JH Ahn U.S. intelligence satellites spotted possible signs of North Korea’s next Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) launch, CNN has reported. According to the report, two unnamed…
Panama raids offices of Mossack Fonseca law firm
Panama’s attorney general raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm to search for any evidence of illegal activities, authorities said in a statement.The Panama-based law firm is at the centre of the “Panama Papers” leaks scandal that has…
Organised crime prosecutors raid Panama Papers firm office
Panama City — Organised crime prosecutors raided the offices of the Mossack Fonseca law firm Tuesday looking for evidence of money laundering and financing terrorism following a leak of documents about tax havens it set up for wealthy international clients.
Efforts on for further expansion of Dhaka-Delhi ties: Pranab
Dhaka – Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has said India attaches highest importance to its relations with Bangladesh and the Indian government is determined to further strengthen the relations, unb news agency reported. “Our efforts are there to further expand this…
UAE shows interest in producing jet fuel from condensate in BD
STAFF REPORTER United Arab Emirates (UAE) has expressed its interest to work with Bangladesh in producing jet fuel from condensate through using newer technology.
The Next UN Secretary-General: Selecting the World’s Top Diplomat
The U.S. election is dominating the news cycle these days, but there is another race that may not be on your radar, but should be: the next United Nations Secretary-General.
Duchess Kate has Marilyn Monroe moment in India
On the second day of Prince William and Princess Kate’s official royal trip to India and Bhutan, Kate had a Marilyn Monroe moment at a solemn event honoring the war dead. The Duchess of Cambridge, 34, was unable to control…
Brazil impeachment: Vote deals new blow to Rousseff
Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has suffered a blow to her hopes of staving off impeachment proceedings, after a committee voted they should go ahead.The 65-member congressional committee voted 38 to 27 to recommend impeachment over claims she manipulated government accounts…
UK MP suspended out of Commons sitting for Cameron jibe
A Labour MP has been suspended from the Commons chamber for the rest of the sitting day after his “dodgy Dave” jibe over the prime minister’s tax affairs.
Suu Kyi must erase apartheid stain
By Dr. Habib Siddiqui Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk, wrote, “When fear becomes collective, when anger becomes collective, it’s extremely dangerous. It is overwhelming… The mass media and the military-industrial complex create a prison for us, so we continue…