Seoul, Apr 30 (AP/UNB) — South Korea says it will remove propaganda-broadcasting loudspeakers from the border with North Korea.
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Khulna, Gazipur polls: Irregularity to invite movement: BNP
Dhaka, Apr 29 – BNP senior leader Abdullah Al Noman on Sunday warned that their party will launch a fresh anti-government movement if the elections to Gazipur and Khulna city corporations are not held in a fair and credible manner.
UNSC team in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps
A high-profile delegation of the UN Security Council arrived here on Saturday afternoon to see the brutalities that the Rohingyas faced in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and steps taken by the government of Bangladesh.
Development prospects for hundreds of millions in jeopardy
By Amina J. Mohammed UN, Apr 24 (IPS) – The global economy is strengthening. A broad-based economic upturn has underpinned progress in many areas.
Tk 40m ‘unusual deposit’ in ex-Chief Justice Sinha’s account
Dhaka, April 25 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is currently investigating against former chief justice SK Sinha over the allegation of unusual transaction of Tk 4 crore in his account on November 9 last year.
Trump and Macron hint at new Iran nuclear deal
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have suggested there could be a new agreement on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Stolen Ethiopia artifacts exhibition revives controversy
LONDON – A new exhibition that opened April 5 at London’s famous Victoria and Albert museum of ancient treasures looted from Ethiopia has revived debate about where such artifacts should reside, highlighting the tensions in putting Western imperialism in Africa and…
Ahead of summits, US tones down its war games with S. Korea
Seoul, Apr 24 (AP/UNB) — Spring on the Korean Peninsula is normally the season of D-Day-style beach landings with big guns thumping in the distance and skies crisscrossed by the contrails of fighter aircraft.
Thousands sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Queen Elizabeth II
London, Apr 22 (AP/UNB) — The audience at Royal Albert Hall got a rare treat Saturday — the chance to sing “Happy Birthday” to the longest reigning monarch in British history.
BD took limited measures to prosecute abuses, killings: US
Dhaka, Apr 21 – The government of Bangladesh took limited measures to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and killing by security forces in 2017, said a US report on Human Rights Practices released on Friday. US acting secretary of…
Dev gains from e-commerce and digital platforms for South
Geneva, 19 Apr (Kanaga Raja) – Digital platforms lead to efficiency gains such as from lower transaction costs, lower consumer prices and increased access to markets, but also raise concerns that the market power of certain platforms may lead to…
African youth demands a seat at table
A new wave is sweeping across Africa. Elections on the continent are increasingly yielding younger leadership than ever before. From presidents to ministers and governors, senators to members of parliament, Africa’s young people are demanding a seat at the political…
Hundreds celebrate former first lady Barbara Bush in Houston
Houston, Apr 20 (AP/UNB) — The memorials to former first lady Barbara Bush have begun with a celebration of her life in front of Houston’s City Hall.
Myanmar military must be held accountable: US
Visiting US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback on Thursday said the Myanmar military and other authorities must be held accountable for the ‘horrific and organised violence’ against Rohingyas.
Myanman military-men who massacred Rohingyas freed?
For about an hour on Wednesday, the website of Myanmar National Television carried a surprising report: A mass prisoner amnesty the previous day, it said, had included seven members of the country’s military who were briefly jailed for a massacre…
Over 1m people demand globally: Cut single-use plastics
Washington, DC, 18 April 2018 – More than one million people ahead of this year’s Earth Day (April 22) are demanding that the world’s largest corporations reduce their production of single-use plastic.
‘Save Mathabhanga-Churni River’ campaign in W Bengal
April 17, 2018 SANDRP On 10th April 2018 around 500 fishers assembled at Majhdia, a town bordering Bangladesh in the district of Nadia (W Bengal), to publicly voice their protest against killing of rivers Mathabhanga and Churni. Majhdia town reverberated…
Chemical weapons team in Syria kept from alleged attack site
Douma, Syria, April 17 — Syrian and Russian authorities prevented independent investigators from going to the scene of a suspected chemical attack, the head of the chemical watchdog group said Monday, blocking international efforts to establish what happened and who was…
Rohingya lawyer urges UN to refer Burma to ICC for crimes
United Nations, Apr 17 (AP/UNB)— A lawyer from Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority who focuses on the trauma, mass rape and trafficking of its girls and women urged the U.N. Security Council on Monday to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal…
Trump ‘morally unfit to be president’: Ex-FBI chief Comey
Former FBI director James Comey has said Donald Trump is “morally unfit to be president”, who treats women like “pieces of meat”. Mr Comey was giving his first major television interview since he was fired by President Trump last year.…
Saudi King opposes plan to transfer US embassy to Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Sunday opened an Arab League summit by criticising US President Donald Trump’s decision to transfer the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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টঙ্গীতে কিছুক্ষণ আগে ঢাকাগামী জামালপুর ট্রেন দুর্ঘটনায় ৫জন নিহত ও শতাধিক যাত্রী আহত হয়েছে। এ বিষয়ে তাতক্ষনিক বিবরনে সাংবাদিক নাসিরুদ্দিন বুলবুল জানান কম্পিউটার ইন্টারলকিং বিপর্যয়ের কারনে এ দূর্ঘটনা ঘটে।
‘Mission Accomplished’ in Syria, Trump declares on Twitter
Washington, Apr 14 (AP/UNB) — Allied missiles struck at the heart of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal in a show of force and resolve aimed at punishing the Assad government for a suspected poison gas attack against civilians and deterring the…
Mission accomplished in Syria – Trump declares
Allied missiles struck at the heart of Syrian chemical weapons arsenal in a show of force and resolve aimed at punishing the Assad government for a suspected poison gas attack against civilians and deterring the possible future use of such…
Europe: PPPs show ‘widespread shortcomings, limited benefits’
Geneva, 11 Apr (Chakravarthi Raghavan) – While Public-Private Partnership s (PPPs) have the potential to achieve faster policy implementation and ensure good maintenance standards, an audit of such projects in the European Union show s “widespread shortcomings and limited benefits”,…
CEO Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook’s privacy failures
Washington, Apr 11 — Under fire for the worst privacy debacle in his company’s history, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg batted away often-aggressive questioning from lawmakers who accused him of failing to protect the personal information of millions of Americans from…
Zuckerberg: Facebook is in ‘arms race’ with Russia
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has told US senators his company is in a constant battle with Russian operators seeking to exploit the social network. “This is an arms race. They’re going to keep getting better,” he said. Mr Zuckerberg was answering…
Russia to take tit-for-tat step if US strikes Syria
Russia will take all political, diplomatic and military retaliatory measures if necessary should the United States deliver a strike on Syria, Russian State Duma (lower house of parliament) Defense Committee Chairman and former Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Airborne Troops Vladimir…
Trump, Macron for ‘firm reaction’ to Syria chemical weapons
The French and US presidents held fresh talks about the alleged chemical attack on Syrian civilians in Douma and expressed a desire for a “firm response” from the international community, the Elysee Palace late Monday, as pressure grows on Damascus.
Israel, Hamas may have done war crimes in Gaza Strip: ICC
Jerusalem, Apr 9 (AP/UNB) — The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court raised concerns Sunday that Israel and Hamas may have committed war crimes during a current flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip.