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Lockdown day 3: Dhaka streets largely deserted

April 16, 2021 sub EditorBangladesh, Lead 1

Dhaka, Apr 16 : The streets of capital Dhaka were largely deserted on the third day of a nationwide ‘strict’ lockdown compared to the first two days.

Bangladesh, day 3, deserted, dhaka, largely, lead1, lockdown, streets

Global Covid-19 cases top 123 million

March 22, 2021 sub EditorLead 1, World News

Dhaka, Mar 22 : Despite rapid vaccine rollout in different countries, more than 123 million people have been infected with Covid-19 on Monday, according to the Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The total caseload reached 123,145,452 while the death toll from…

123 million, cases, Covid-19, Global, Lead 1, top, World news

10-day celebration: Dhaka ready to welcome global leaders

March 15, 2021 sub EditorBangladesh, Lead 1

Dhaka, Mar 15:  Bangladesh is set to wear a festive look ahead of a 10-day special programme marking the 50 years of independence and the birth centenary of Father of Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman that begins on March 17…

10-day celebration, Bangladesh, dhaka, Global, lead, leaders, ready, welcome

Alarming Covid surge in Bangladesh, 26 more die

March 15, 2021March 15, 2021 sub EditorBangladesh, Lead 1

Dhaka, Mar 15 : Amid the fear of a fresh wave of Covid-19 and detection of UK variant of the virus, Bangladesh witnessed a sharp increase in the number of deaths and new cases on Monday.

26 more die, alarming, Bangladesh, Covid, Lead news, surge

5-tier security at Nat’l Eidgah, Baitul Mukarram for Eid-ul- Azha Jamaat

August 11, 2019 sub EditorLead 1

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Asaduzzaman Mia today said 5-tier security has been arranged for the prayer of Eid-ul-Azha, at Jatiya Eidgah and Baitul Mukarram, scheduled to be held on August 12. “Police personnel both in uniform and plain…

5-tier, Baitul Mukarram, Eidgah, fEid-ul- Azha, Jamaat, Nat’l, security

Green Climate Fund agrees on ways to decide sans consensus

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019 editorclimate, Finance, Int’l relations, Lead 1, Think green

Songdo, 11 July (Indrajit Bose) — The Board of the UNFCCC’s Green Climate Fund (GCF) adopted a key decision on how the Board will make decisions in the event consensus could not be reached at its 23rd meeting in Songdo,…

agrees, Climate change, Climate Fund, Green, on ways, sans consensus, to decide

Ban Ki-Moon wants global climate adaptation centre in Dhaka

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Lutfun NaharAdaptation, Bangladesh, Climate, Lead 1

Dhaka, Jul 10 (UNB) – Former UN Secretary-General, who is also the chairman of the Global Commission on Adaptation, Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday proposed setting up a global centre for adaptation in Bangladesh for the South and South-East Asia. He…

adaptation centre, Ban Ki-Moon, global climate, in Dhaka, Wants

US to enlist military allies in Gulf and Yemen waters

July 10, 2019July 10, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Lead 1, Military

Dhaka, Jul 10 (UNB) – A senior general has said the US wants to create an international military coalition to safeguard waters around Iran and Yemen, reports the BBC. Marine General Joseph Dunford said he wanted to “ensure freedom of…

in Gulf and Yemen waters, military allies, US to enlist

UK’s Labour shifts policy, now backs new Brexit referendum

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Lutfun NaharInt’l relations, Lead 1, Politics

London, Jul 9 (AP/UNB) — In a significant shift, Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said Tuesday that Britain’s next prime minister should hold a referendum on whether to leave the European Union or remain in the bloc. Labour leader Jeremy…

Far-right Greek party crashes out of Parliament

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 Lutfun NaharInt’l relations, Lead 1, Politics

Greece, July 8 (AP/UNB) — Golden Dawn, the far-right, anti-immigrant party that had shocked Greek politics by evolving from a marginal, violent neo-Nazi group into Greece’s third-largest party during the country’s economic crisis, was knocked out of Parliament in Sunday’s…

crashes out, Far-right Greek party, of Parliament

Dhaka-Beijing strategic ties helpful for prosperity in Asia

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 Lutfun NaharDevelopment, Diplomacy, Lead 1

Dhaka, July 6 (UNB) – China has conveyed Bangladesh that the strategic partnership of cooperation between the two countries will be ‘helpful in a big way’ towards the prosperity and stability in Asia and beyond apart from serving the mutual…

Dhaka-Beijing, for prosperity, helpful, in Asia, strategic ties

World is off track in its education commitments for 2030

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 editorCampus, Development, Int’l relations, Lead 1, Sustainability

Almost a third of the way to the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, new UNESCO projections prepared for the UN High-level Political Forum show that the world will fail its education commitments without a rapid acceleration of progress.…

campus, commitments, education, for 2030, in its, IS, off track, SDGs, world

More than 80 migrants feared drowned off Tunisia Coast

July 5, 2019July 5, 2019 editorDisasters, Employment, Lead 1, Migration

Dhaka, July 5 – Dozens of African migrants are feared to have drowned after their boat capsized off the coast of Tunisia after setting off for Europe from Libya, a government source and the Tunisian Red Crescent said on Thursday,…

80 migrants, feared drowned, Migration, More than, off, Tragedy, Tunisia Coast

Rouhani: Iran will enrich uranium to ‘any amount we want’

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Lead 1, Strategic

Tehran, Jul 4 (AP/UNB) — Iran’s president warned that Tehran will increase its enrichment of uranium to “any amount that we want” beginning on Sunday, putting further pressure on European nations to save its faltering nuclear deal and offer a…

Iran, Rouhani, to any amount Iran want, uranium, will enrich

Airstrike hits migrant detention center in Libya, 44 killed

July 3, 2019July 3, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Death, Lead 1, Migration

Benghazi, Jul 3 (AP/UNB) — An airstrike hit a detention center for migrants in the Libyan capital early Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and wounding more than 130, the U.N. mission to the war-torn country said. The airstrike raises…

Airstrike, hits, in Libya, migrant detention center

EU needs new noisy electric cars for pedestrian safety

July 1, 2019July 1, 2019 Lutfun NaharInt’l relations, Lead 1, Transportation

Brussels, July 1 (Xinhua/UNB)– From July 1, new types of electric and hybrid vehicles in the European Union (EU) are required to install sound generating devices to help increase the safety of pedestrians and cyclists. An electric car’s acoustic vehicle…

electric cars, EU, for pedestrian safety, needs new noisy

Trump becomes 1st sitting US leader to enter North Korea

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Diplomacy, Lead 1

Panmunjom, Jun 30 (AP/UNB) — With grins and handshakes, President Donald Trump welcomed North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone Sunday, seeking to revive talks on the pariah nation’s nuclear program in a bid for a…

1st sitting US leader, becomes, to enter North Korea, Trump

G20 summit: World leaders sans Trump agree on climate deal

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 editorEnergy, Global warming, Int’l relations, Lead 1, Mitigation, Treaties

Leaders have agreed on a climate deal similar to the one struck in Argentina in 2018. The US has again refused to commit to tackling climate change. World leaders attending the 2019 G20 summit in the Japanese city of Osaka…

agree, Climate change, Climate., deal, G20 summit:, on, sans Trump, World leaders

‘Back on track’: Trump, Xi seal trade war truce

June 30, 2019June 30, 2019 editorConflicts, Diplomacy, Lead 1, Trade

Osaka, Japan, June 30, 2019 – US President Donald Trump on Sunday hailed trade talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as “far better than expected” and vowed to hold off on further tariffs as negotiations continue. “The quality of…

back, Diplomacy., on track, seal, trade, truce, Trump, war, Xi

Atrocities against Rohingyas: ICC forms pre-trial chamber

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Lutfun NaharCrime, Hate, Lead 1, Migration

Dhaka, June 26 (UNB) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has constituted pre-trial Chamber-III demonstrating further progress over ongoing process to look into the atrocities committed against the Rohingyas. The Chamber is composed of Judge Robert Fremr, Judge Olga Herrera…

against Rohingyas, atrocities, ICC forms, pre-trial chamber

Convince Myanmar to take Rohingyas back: PM to China

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Lutfun NaharDiplomacy, Lead 1, Migration

Dhaka, Jun 25 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged China to persuade Myanmar so that they take back their over one million Rohingya nationals from Bangladesh. The Prime Minister made the plea when Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh…

Convince, myanmar, PM to China, Rohingyas back, to take

Europeans cool on Iran coalition talk, seek de-escalation

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Lead 1, Strategic

Berlin, June 24 (AP/UNB) — European officials on Monday appeared cool toward U.S. talk of building a global coalition against Iran, with the German foreign minister warning that “maximum pressure” without diplomacy increases the risks of a war and several…

coalition talk, cool on Iran, de-escalation, Europeans, seek

Trump signs order imposing sanctions on Iran supreme leader

June 25, 2019June 25, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Int’l relations, Lead 1

Washington, Jun 25 (AP/UNB) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday targeting Iran’s supreme leader and his associates with financial sanctions, the latest action the U.S. has taken to discourage Tehran from developing nuclear weapons and supporting…

imposing sanctions, on Iran, supreme leader, Trump signs order

Warrant against Artist Mila for not testifying before court

June 25, 2019July 13, 2019 editorCourts law, Disasters, High Court, Lead 1, Lead News

Dhaka, June 24 – A court of Dhaka on Sunday issued warrant of arresst against singer Mila as she did not appear in the court to testify for a long time.Judge Md Sharif Uddin of the Women and Children Repression…

against, Artist Mila, before, Court, Courts law, for not testifying, Warrant

Iranians say their ‘bones breaking’ under US sanctions

June 24, 2019June 25, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Lead 1, Trade

Tehran, Jun 24 (AP/UNB) — As the U.S. piles sanction after sanction on Iran, it’s the average person who feels it the most. From a subway performer’s battered leather hat devoid of tips, to a bride-to-be’s empty purse, the lack…

Breaking, Iranians say, sanctions, their 'bones, under, US

White House unveils $50 billion Palestinian economic plan

June 23, 2019June 23, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Development, Finance, Lead 1

Washington, Jun 23 (AP/UNB)  — The Trump administration on Saturday unveiled a $50 billion Palestinian investment and infrastructure proposal intended to be the economic engine to power its much-anticipated but still unreleased “deal of the century” Middle East peace plan.…

$50 billion, economic plan, Palestinian, unveils, White House

UK arms sales to Saudis suspended after court ruling

June 21, 2019June 21, 2019 editorConflicts, Courts law, Int’l relations, Lead 1, Military, Violence

The court holds the government failed to consider violations in Yemen London – The Court of Appeal in London ruled on June 20, 2019, that the United Kingdom government’s refusal to consider Saudi Arabia’s laws-of-war violations in Yemen before licensing…

after, arms sales, Conflicts, court ruling, suspended, to Saudis, UK

China, North Korean leaders hold talks

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Lutfun NaharDiplomacy, Lead 1, News

Beijing, June 20 (AP/UNB) — The leaders of China and North Korea are holding talks in the North Korean capital. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down for talks Thursday…

China, leaders, North Korean

In rare article for N. Korean party daily, Xi offers ‘grand plan’

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 editorDiplomacy, Finance, Lead 1, Politics

Chinese President pledges to use the upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un to strengthen Sino-DPRK ties Dagyum Ji June 19th, 2019 – Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he is open to developing a “grand plan” with North Korea to…

Tensions rise as Iran speeds up enrichment, US sends troops

June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 Lutfun NaharConflicts, Diplomacy, Lead 1

Tehran, Jun 18 (AP/UNB) — Iran will surpass the uranium-stockpile limit set by its nuclear deal in the next 10 days, an official said Monday, raising pressure on Europeans trying to save the accord a year after the U.S. withdrawal…

as Iran speeds up, enrichment, Tensions rise, US sends troops

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