Dhaka – Bangladesh collected 157 for 4 in 31.1 overs spurred by the unbeaten 87-run partnership in 16.2 overs in the 5th stand between Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah Riyad against Ireland in the Tri-nation Series opener at Malahide in Dublin…
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Gender equality can save women’s lives in disasters
By Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka and Robert Glasser UN, May 11 (IPS) – Later this month, the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) will take place in Mexico. This meeting provides an important opportunity to reboot global progress on embedding gender…
New tech-future festival launched in Oslo
Oslo (Norway), 11 May – Katapult Future Fest is a new tech festival focusing on exponential technologies, impact investing and future societies. Today Katapult Future Fest launched in Oslo, Norway and will run from the 11th to the 12th of…
Dates from Saudi Arabia for BD’s school children
Dhaka – The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is providing dates to thousands of school children in Bangladesh through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). A gift from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KS Relief), the dates…
Concerns arise over freed Nigerian abductees
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 10 (IPS) – Following the release of over 80 missing schoolgirls, human rights groups have expressed concerns about their rights and future. After a series of negotiations, the Government of Nigeria recently struck a deal…
Korea’s leader willing to visit North, talk to US, China
Seoul – New South Korean President Moon Jae-in said as he took office Wednesday that he is open to visiting rival North Korea under the right conditions to talk about its aggressive pursuit of nuclear-tipped missiles. AP/UNB news agency reported
Drama Pragoitihasik staged at RU
Rajshahi – The drama ‘Pragoitihasik’, written by eminent litterateur Manik Bandyopadhyay and directed by Zillur Rahman was staged on the Rajshahi University (RU) campus on Tuesday.
African Migrants Bought and Sold Openly in ‘Slave Markets’ in Libya
By Baher Kamal ROME, May 9 2017 (IPS) – Hundreds of migrants along North African migration routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets’ in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations migration agency, which warned…
For 6 days, man stayed in a room with dead wife
A grieving husband in United Kingdom slept in the same room as his wife’s body for six days after her death. He did so to challenge the attitude that people have towards death.
ICT verdict against 6 war crimes accused any day
Dhaka – The verdict in war crimes charges against six Gaibandha men, including former Jamaat-e- Islami MP Abu Saleh Mohammad Abdul Aziz Mia will be delivered any day.
PM attends milad for Wazed Miah
Dhaka – A milad and doa mahfil was arranged for Dr MA Wazed Miah, an eminent nuclear scientist and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, at his Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi on Tuesday marking his 8th death anniversary. UNB…
Supreme Court stays bail of MP Rana
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on yesterday stayed the interim bail granted by the High Court to MP Amanur Rahman Khan Rana of Tangail in the Freedom Fighter Faruk Ahmed murder case.
‘Higher tobacco tax, increases revenue saves lives’
Dhaka – A pre-budget press conference on ‘Which Type of Tobacco Tax Demanded’ was held at the conference lounge of National Press Club on Monday. The programme held at the initiative of PROGGA and Anti Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA) was…
Manipur villages oppose oil explorations
Newmai News Network Imphal, May 5 – Concerned by the efforts of the government to drill oil in some hill districts of Manipur, some serious consultations were carried by villagers in association with some organizations on May 2 and 3…
SC allows Moudud another week in Niko graft case
Dhaka – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday stayed a High Court order for one more week clearing the way for a subordinate court to resume trial proceedings against former Law Minister Moudud Ahmed in the Niko…
9th Wage Board awaits name of owners’ representative: Inu
Sangsad Bhaban – Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Sunday told Parliament that the 9th Wage Board for journalists will be announced soon after the media outlet owners name their representative for the board. UNB news agency reported
HC decision on Oishee’s plea any day
The High Court will deliver its verdict any day on the death reference, and appeal of Oishee Rahman against the death penalty awarded to her for killing her parents — police officer Mahfuzur Rahman and his wife Swapna Rahman —…
Muhith against ADP hub in New Delhi
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday rejected the idea of setting up a regional hub of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for South Asian countries in New Delhi. “I’m not in favour of the regional hub because the country and…
Pope Francis angered by America’s ‘mother of all bombs’ name
Pope Francis has criticised the naming of the US military’s largest non-nuclear explosive ever used in combat as “the mother of all bombs”.
Int’l conference on nutrition held at IU
Kushtia, Bangladesh – May 7 – An international conference on nutrition was held at Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia on Saturday.
Bangladesh Animal Production society int’l confce at BAU
Dhaka – Bangladesh Society for Animal Production Education and Research (BSAPER) international conference was held at Syed Nazrul Islam Bhavan of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Saturday.
French watchdog: large amount of Macron data leaked
Paris – France’s election campaign commission says “a significant amount of data” has been leaked on social networks following a hacking attack allegedly suffered by centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron, 36 hours before the nation votes Sunday in the crucial…
Messi wins FIFA appeal – 3 matches of ban lifted
Zurich, May 6 (AP/UNB) — Argentina captain Lionel Messi was cleared by FIFA on Friday to play in the next three World Cup qualifiers after a ban for insulting a referee’s assistant was lifted.
Mob killing sparks fresh outrage over Pak blasphemy laws
By Zofeen Ebrahim KARACHI, May 5 2017 (IPS) – Aimal Khan, 27, an airman in Pakistan’s Air Force, warns the country will end up in the throes of mayhem if the state does not do something about the abuse of…
Indian SC upholds death for gangrape convicts
India’s top court has upheld death sentences of four men who were convicted in the fatal gang-rape and torture of a 23-year-old medical student on a moving bus in the Indian capital nearly five years ago. The four had challenged…
Time to address global warming
There are two enormous myths about global warming. One is that dealing with it is optional. The other is that the measures needed to slow the process will devastate the economy. Neither is true. On the first point, we are…
Growing inequality under global capitalism
By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram Sydney and Kuala Lumpur, May 4 (IPS) – Income and wealth inequality has increased in recent decades, but recognition of the role of economic liberalization and globalization in exacerbating inequality has never been…
RU Accounting Deptt offers evening MBA course
Rajshahi – The Department of Accounting and Information System (AIS) under the Business Studies faculty of Rajshahi University (RU) is offering two-year long Evening MBA (EMBA) Program (July-December 2017).
SSC pass rate falls 8 percent
Dhaka – The trend of higher percentage of pass in results of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations has been broken this year both in pass percentage and Grade Point Average (GPA)-5.
Media digitisation requires journo support
State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Thursday urged the experienced journalists of the mainstream traditional media to help ensure smooth transformation into digital media where the future of journalism lies. “Many mainstream media outlets (print) have failed…