Dhaka, Oct 5 – Acting Chief Justice Abdul Wahhab Miah on Thursday said that he had inquired about the health condition of the Chief Justice and he is now at his government residence.
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The world running out of much needed new antibiotics
By Baher Kamal Rome, Oct 4 (IPS) – The world is running out of new antibiotics to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, a new specialised report warns ahead of this year’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week, adding that most…
Burma: Military Massacres Dozens in Rohingya Village
Soldiers Shot, Stabbed Men and Boys in Maung Nu, Rakhine State Dhaka – The Burmese military summarily executed several dozen Rohingya Muslims in Maung Nu village in Burma’s Rakhine State on August 27, 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. Witnesses…
ICDDRB joins global initiative to end cholera
icddr,b has joined the launch of an ambitious new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90 percent by 2030. The initiative was launched by the Global Task Force on Cholera Control (GTFCC), a diverse network of over 50 UN…
Solar energy is the fastest growing source of power
A report shows that solar energy was the fastest-growing source of power last year, accounting for almost two-thirds of net new capacity globally. The International Energy Agency said Wednesday that the rise was due to a boom in photovoltaic panel…
Foreign envoys say Myanmar villages burned down
Ambassadors of 20 mostly western countries based in Myanmar in a joint statement has said they saw Rohingya villages were burned to the ground with residents fleeing elsewhere while visiting the Rakhine state, the scene of the violent military crackdown.…
Burma ready to begin Rohingya verification in BD
The Myanmar government on Tuesday said they are ready to begin the verification and repatriation of its nationals crossed over to Bangladesh. Myanmar Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor Kyaw Tint Swe reiterated Myanmar’s position on Monday,…
Justice Sinha sent on forced leave: SC Bar president
Supreme Court Bar Association president Advocate Zainul Abedin on Tuesday said Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha did not go on leave on his own but he was forced to do so. The SCBA president came up with the remark while…
58 killed, 515 injured in Las Vegas Music Concert shooting
Las Vegas, Oct 2 (AP/UNB) — A gunman perched on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel-casino unleashed a hail of bullets on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 58 people as tens of thousands of…
‘Chief Justice on one-month leave – Acting CJ soon’
Dhaka, Oct 2 – Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Surendra Kumar Sinha, went on a one-month leave of absence from Monday on health grounds, Law Minister Anisul Huq said.
Burma-BD for joint group to start Rohingya repatriation
Dhaka, Oct 2 – Bangladesh and Myanmar on Monday agreed to form a joint working group to start the repatriation process of all the Rohingyas living in Bangladesh, which Dhaka sees as a “progress.”
Minister of Suu Kyi’s office in Dhaka for talks
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s emissary has flown in Dhaka amid pressure over the situation in Rakhine State that has pushed over half a million Rohingyas into Bangladesh.
Egypt’s militants claim attack targeting Myanmar embassy
Egyptian militant group Hasm claimed responsibility on Sunday for a small explosion at Myanmar’s embassy in Cairo, saying it was in retaliation for that country’s military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims.
WFP chief says world must step up Rohingya aid
Cox’s Bazar, Oct 1 (AP/UNB) — The head of the United Nations’ food-assistance agency on Sunday urged the international community to step up its support for the relief operation for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh or risk “a massive catastrophic disaster.”
Myanmar Minister due Sunday night to discuss Rohingya issue
Dhaka, Oct 1 – Amid the growing pressure on Myanmar, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi is now sending her representative to discuss the Rohingya issue with the Bangladesh government.
Comilla bus plunge leaves 7 dead – 15 injured
Comilla, Oct 01 – At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch in Nuritola area in Chandina upazila on Sunday.
Six burnt in Chittagong LPG gas cylinder blast
Dhaka, Oct 01 -Six people, including two members of a family, suffered burn injuries as an LPG gas cylinder blasted in New Mooring area in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong on Saturday night.
How the Islamic world can reclaim its role in science
Muslim-majority countries face a science crisis. Steps in two key areas are being taken to solve it, says Naeem Khan. It is no secret that Muslim-majority countries have lagged behind much of the world in scientific and technological progress for…
Plastic sheets to cover Rohingyas in open-air camps
Dhaka, Sept 30 – The United Nations refugee agency has announced that it has started distributing plastic sheeting and essential relief items to Rohingyas arriving in Bangladesh from Myanmar as part of a massive effort to cut the time refugees…
Myanmar: Global appeal for UN action – HRW
Stop Crimes Against Humanity The United Nations General Assembly and Security Council should take immediate steps to address the human rights abuses and humanitarian catastrophe engulfing Myanmar’s ethnic Rohingya population, Human Rights Watch and 87 other nongovernmental organizations said today.
Diarrhoeal diseases rise alarmingly among Rohingyas
IFRC appealing for 12.7mn Swiss francs to support 100,000 Rohingyas Dhaka, Sept 29 – Red Crescent mobile clinics in Cox’s Bazar are treating an increasing number of people with acute watery diarrhoea, raising concerns about a possible outbreak of disease…
Burma must stop operation, take back refugees: UN chief
UN, Sep 29 (AP/UNB) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Myanmar’s authorities on Thursday to immediately end military operations that have sent over 500,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, calling the crisis “the world’s fastest developing refugee emergency and a humanitarian…
Sound pollution turns alarming in Dhaka City
Dhaka, Sept 28 – Sound pollution has turned acute in the capital city as the sound frequency always goes far beyond the permissible level, putting the public health at risk, at public places, says a new survey of the Department…
IOM concerned at reports of sexual assaults on Rohingyas
Dhaka, Sept 28 – UN Migration Director General William Lacy Swing has said they are seriously concerned about increasing reports by vulnerable Rohingya arriving from Myanmar into Bangladesh of sexual and gender-based violence. IOM is providing urgent medical and psychological…
Rohingyas have ‘absolutely nothing’: UN refugee chief
A perilous journey for Rohingya refugees (CNN)Rohingya refugees who have fled violence in Myanmar for shelter in neighbouring Bangladesh are in desperate need of help, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said Wednesday, as he called on the Myanmar authorities to…
Where do 50 million tonnes a year of toxic e-waste go?
By Baher Kamal ROME, Sep 27 (IPS) – Each year, the electronics industry generates up to 41 million tonnes of e-waste, but as the number of consumers rises, and the lifespan of devices shrinks in response to demand for the…
Attack on Rohingyas in Sri Lanka alarms UN refugee body
Colombo, Sep 28 (AP/UNB) — The U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday it was alarmed by a mob attack on Rohingya Muslim refugees in Sri Lanka, where government leaders called for stern legal action against perpetrators that included Buddhist monks.
Resolve to give megacities cleaner ‘soot-free’ buses
BYD, Cummins, Scania and Volvo Buses to work with cities to adopt bus fleets equipped with the latest in clean power technologies to tackle climate change and air pollution 20 megacities including Dhaka, Mexico City, Johannesburg, Bogotá, Sao Paulo and…
Dhaka seeks steps thru UN to send back the Rohingya
Bangladesh expects concrete steps through the UN Security Council so that the ‘forcibly displaced people from Myanmar’ in Bangladesh can go back to their homeland smoothly and without any fear. “…we expect such steps through which they (Rohingyas) will return…
35,000 more Rohingyas reach Cox’s Bazar: ISCG
Dhaka, Sept 27 – Some 35,000 more Rohingya refugees reached the makeshift camps in Cox’s Bazar district in the last couple of days fleeing the persecution in the Rakhine state of Myanmar rising the cumulative arrival to 4,80,000 since fresh…