By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, Mar 8 2019 (IPS) – It is time to rise up and fight a long-neglected taboo: menstruation. Marking International Women’s Day, United Nations human rights experts called on the international community to break taboos around menstruation,…
The European Union’s proposal for a directive to protect whistleblowers is reaching the final stages of its legislative journey. Major changes must however be made to the directive, even at this late stage, for the legislation to serve the citizen…
ACCRA/MONTEVIDEO, Mar 5 2019 (IPS) – The theme for International Women’s Day this year doesn’t resonate with us. #BalanceForBetter brings to mind slow gradual change, and assumes that if you provide women and girls with equal access then the society will automatically be…
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Women’s job opportunities have barely improved globally since the early 1990s, UN labour experts said on Thursday, warning that female workers are still penalised for having children and looking after them. Released on the eve…
Dhaka, Mar 7 (UNB) – Bangladesh and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) on Thursday signed two agreements and four MoUs, creating a “new chapter” in the relations of the two countries with a prospect of multibillion dollar investment into…
Dhaka, Mar 2 (UNB) – UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy in Myanmar Christine Schraner Burgener has said accountability is essential for combating impunity and genuine reconciliation in Myanmar. Myanmar’s Independent Commission of Enquiry has responded positively to her recommendation that it…
India, Mar 2 (AP/UNB) — Indian and Pakistani soldiers again targeted each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least four civilians and wounding four others, officials said Saturday. Fighting resumed overnight as the…
Pakistan has handed over an Indian pilot captured after his plane was shot down by the Pakistani military this week.
Dhaka, Mar 1 (UNB) – Riva Ganguly Das arrived here on Friday night to take up her assignment as the High Commissioner of India to Bangladesh. Prior to her arrival, she was the Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations…
Wagah, Mar 1 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani officials brought a captured Indian pilot to a border crossing with India for handover on Friday, a “gesture of peace” promised by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan amid a dramatic escalation with the country’s…
Singapore – Media OutReach – 1 March 2019 – As corporate travel booms across Asia-Pacific, the concept of bleisure is gaining traction, spurring the region’s cities to better integrate opportunities for leisure amid busy business trips. The 2019 bleisure barometer:…
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 28 2019 (IPS) – Human rights violations are at an all-time high in the Middle East and North Africa, and global indifference is only making it worse. In a new report, Amnesty International reviewed the state of human rights…
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB/AP) – Pakistan’s prime minister pledged on Thursday his country would release a captured Indian jetfighter pilot the following day, a move that could help defuse the most-serious confrontation in two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbors over…
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – An Indian Army contingent, as in the past, comprising 170 personnel will participate in a joint training exercise ‘SAMPRITI-8’ in Bangladesh from March 2-15. The Indian Army contingent will arrive at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport…
Hanoi, Feb 28 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their second summit Thursday without reaching an agreement, a stunning collapse of talks that caused both leaders to leave their Vietnam meeting early…
Islamabad, Feb 28 (AP/UNB) — India’s prime minister says his country’s enemies are conspiring to create instability through terror attacks. The remarks by Prime Minister Narendra Modi come amid tensions with Pakistan following the areal skirmish between the two countries…
BHUBANESWAR, India and KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 2019 (IPS) – Do politicians’ words matter? Since becoming US President, Donald J Trump has dismissed his opponents and others he does not like as evil, stupid or both. He has referred to undocumented…
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 2019 (IPS) – The United Nations, which prides itself with a “zero tolerance” policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, has come under relentless fire for failing to match its words with deeds—specifically in relation to some of…
I was in a rush, running late to where I needed to be, which on 4th October 2015 was the electoral-results party of the Portuguese Bloco de Esquerda (Left Bloc), at Lisbon’s São Jorge cinema. So I took a cab. Cabs are…
Hanoi, Feb 28 (AP/UNB) — U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un appeared more relaxed as they convened near the pool of the luxury Vietnamese hotel where they’re holding their second summit. Trump and Kim emerged after…
Dhaka, Feb 28 (UNB) – India has put its Border Security Force (BSF) on alert at the Bangladesh border as tension is roiling in the region due to an ongoing India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir. The BSF has issued an alert…
By Jason Hickel We have long been told a compelling story about the relationship between rich countries and poor countries. The story holds that the rich nations of the OECD give generously of their wealth to the poorer nations of…
Russia’s southern city of Sochi will host the 11th International nuclear power Forum ATOMEXPO 2019 on 15th and 16th April. Dedicated to the advanced modern nuclear power technologies, the two-day event will cover global issues including carbon-free energy, responsible approach…
The first assessment of a major UN aid storage facility in war-torn Yemen has been carried out since it was cut off by fighting last September, the Organization reported on Wednesday, hailing it as “a great first step”. Briefing journalists…
Researchers at the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun, had been, for long, puzzled by the features of hog deer at the Keibul Lamjao National Park (KLNP) in Manipur. Although larger, with no speckling, and sporting a brighter ochre coat and bulkier antlers compared to…
Hanoi, Feb 27 (AP/UNB) — U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, leaders of nations with a long history of hostilities, opened their second summit Wednesday with smiles and friendly banter before sitting down for a dinner…
Dhaka, Feb 27 (UNB) – UN Secretary General’s Humanitarian Envoy Dr Ahmed Al Meraikhi on Wednesday laid emphasis on working together to find a political solution to Rohingya crisis saying humanitarian aid or action is not the only solution. “I…
Islamabad, Feb 27 (AP/UNB) — India says it does not wish to see a further escalation of the situation with Pakistan and will continue to act with responsibility and restraint. This shortly after Pakistani police said mortar shells fired by…
Islamabad, Feb 27 (AP/UNB) — Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has extended an offer to Indian Prime Minister Nerendra Modi for talks to de-escalate rising tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors. Khan says that war benefits neither nation and that…
Islamabad, Feb 26 (AP/UNB) —India says Pakistani soldiers are firing mortar shells and small-arms fire along the boundary separating Pakistan’s and India’s sector of control in the disputed region of Kashmir. Lt. Col. Devender Anand, an Indian army spokesman, says…