By Dhananjayan Sriskandarajah London, (IPS) – Images of protestors flooding the streets – whether in Caracas, Bucharest, Istanbul or Washington DC – send a powerful message to those in power, especially when they are plastered across newspaper front pages. In…
Dhaka – A total of 141 journalists, three online activists and three officials of a publishing house, including the owner, were subjected to a total of 320 violations in 147 different incidents including three killings in Bangladesh in 2016, according…
Dhaka – The High Court (HC) Wednesday released full text of its verdict that had commuted the death sentence of two convicts to life imprisonment after revising their death penalty in 13-year-old Rakib killing case in Khulna in 2015.
Reaffirming her commitment to ensure accommodation and jobs for the poor and the homeless, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said she does not want anyone to remain homeless after Bangabandhu’s birth centenary. “Our aim is to ensure home for…
Dhaka, May 3 – Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Tuesday formed an eight-member committee to probe the necessity of operating ‘Sitting Service’ or ‘Gate Lock’ on the city streets.
Dhaka, May 3 – The World Press Freedom Day is being observed today (Wednesday) in the country as elsewhere across the world.
Dhaka – The Chamber Judge Justice Hasan Foez Siddique of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the bail of suspect KM Nasir Uddin, granted by a High Court bench in the Shirajganj journalist Abdul Hakim Shimul…
Isai Lara Bermudez had just started lunch at a Tijuana barbecue joint when a stranger approached his table. “Watch out,” she warned him. “He’s after you.” Lara, an investigative reporter, had written a series of stories in February showing evidence…
By Irina Bokova Paris, May 1 (IPS) – Would you trust your news from any source? How are we able to ensure that ‘fake’(d) news does not overtake the flow of information? Journalism plays a vital role for society, bringing…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 2 (IPS) – Censorship tactics have become more complex, posing new challenges for journalists and non-journalists alike, a new report finds.
by Ulrich Schachtschneider In her article ‘Unconditional Basic Income is a Dead End’, Anke Hassel rejects basic income as a threat to individual development and social integration, claiming that it would remove people’s motivation to join the labour market. Young…
by Vincenzo Visco Historically, tax systems evolve following the evolution of taxable bases (actual and potential). In other words, governments over the centuries and millennia used to “follow the money” (and still do) Thus, the levies moved from the products…
Dhaka – A leopard was beaten to death by locals at Aburi village in Mirpur upazila in Kushtia on Monday morning.Assistant sub-inspector Alamin, in-charge of Malidah police camp, said the leopard used to invade the village sometimes for the last…
Carrie Arnold Shortly before 8am on 26 December 2004, the cicadas fell silent and the ground shook in dismay. The Moken, an isolated tribe on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean, knew that the Laboon, the ‘wave that eats…
Dhaka – The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) yesterday directed the prosecution not to call anybody ‘Razakar’ in any case filed against anybody about crimes against humanity committed during the Liberation War of 1971, until the allegations are proved.
Mexican lawmakers gave final and overwhelming approval Friday to a bill legalizing medical marijuana after a national debate on narcotics policy in a country mired in brutal drug violence. The legislation also allows use of marijuana for scientific research, as…
By Tim Ecott Torshavn There’s a shortage of women in the Faroe Islands. So local men are increasingly seeking wives from further afield – Thailand and the Philippines in particular. But what’s it like for the brides who swap the…
North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile, South Korean and US military officials say. It apparently exploded seconds after lift-off, the South Korean military was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency. The US military said the missile did not…
AKM Moinuddin, UNB Staff Writer Dhaka, Apr 29 – Bangladesh wants to promote the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove and a Unesco world heritage site, working together with India and promote cross-border tourism keeping the environment unhurt. An official at…
Dhaka – Designed by Oslo-based practice Nordic-Office of Architecture, the 115,000 sqm expansion to Oslo Airport sets new standards in sustainability. The competition-winning design, which uses snow as a coolant, has achieved the world’s first BREEAM ‘Excellent’ sustainability rating for…
Rajshahi – A total of four short films produced by the students of Rajshahi University were screened at the university Kazi Narul Islam auditorium recently (Monday).
‘Neo JMB’ functionary Abul Kalam alias Abu was killed by bullets while his three associates died in explosions during the operation at the militant den of Shibnagar Trimohoni in Shibganj upazila, said a physician on Friday. Dr Shafiqul Islam, one…
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) asylum seekers in Spain’s North African enclave, Ceuta, are exposed to harassment and abuse, Human Rights Watch said today. Spanish authorities should transfer them to mainland Spain without delay and halt its de facto…
Burgeoning domestic T20 leagues are becoming obstacles as cricket administrators try and find a way to make Test and ODI leagues work in a new international calendar. And more than just a logistical issue, the problem seems to cut right…
Washington, Apr 28 (AP/UNB)- Working to dismantle his predecessor’s environmental legacy, President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Friday that could lead to the expansion of drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans.
Dhaka, Apr 28 (UNB)- Senior anchorperson and journalist Hamid Mir on Thursday announced to return an award Bangladesh government had given to his father Waris Mir, reports Geo News.
Islamabad, Apr 28 (AP/UNB) — Afghanistan’s Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive Friday, promising to build their political base in the country while focusing military assaults on coalition and Afghan security forces.
Dhaka – The BNP is yet to get police permission to hold its planned May Day rally at Suhrawardy Udyan in the city. Police Thursday informed the BNP that they would not allow any party to hold any rally in…
Dhaka, Apr 27 (UNB) – Boro crops on 219,840 hectares of land have fully been damaged by flood in six districts of the country since March 29 last, affecting 850,088 families, accordingly to government estimate.
Dhaka -The members of the executive committee of Dhaka University ’69 batch mates has a get together and dinner at the North Gulshan Club in the capital recently.