Dhaka- The US Embassy in Dhaka, including its consular section, will remain closed on Thursday in observance of Veterans Day, an American holiday. The American Center with the Archer K Blood American Center Library and the Education USA Student Advising…
By Isabella Mackie Thousands of women throughout France were set to walk off the job at exactly 4:34 p.m. Monday in an organized protest against the country’s gender pay gap.
Why the cancellation of the 19th SAARC summit could mean new life for the regional grouping. By Manjari Chatterjee Miller and Bharath Gopalaswamy In less than two weeks, Pakistan was scheduled to host the 19th annual South Asian Association for…
Pascal Mittermaier Washington, DC – Last May, I had the dubious fortune of visiting Mumbai, India during the city’s hottest month on record. Temperatures remained at over 40°C (104°F) for days at time. The difference between standing in the shade…
Dhaka: A fire broke out on the ground floor of a building beside Ittefaq building in city’s Karwan Bazar area on Sunday. Fire service sources said the fire broke out around 13:40 pm on the ground floor of the building…
Dhaka: Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) on Thursday imposed a ban on the operation of any flying object like drone, remotely piloted aircraft system and remote control plane/toy plane, in the Bangladesh airspace without its prior permission. UNB News Agency…
London (AP/UNB) — Paul Beatty’s “The Sellout,” a stinging satire of race and class in the United States that has drawn comparisons to Richard Pryor and Mark Twain, won the Man Booker Prize on Tuesday — the first time an…
I recently had the incredible pleasure of attending the One Young World summit in Ottawa, Canada and joined a delegation of 1300 inspirational young leaders from around 200 different countries around the world.I met refugees, entrepreneurs, policy advisors, campaigners and…
Dhaka: A three-day exposition related to interior decoration and lighting begins in the city on Wednesday, aiming to showcase products and innovations as well as emerging technology and applications for home decoration. UNB News Agency Reported.
Dhaka: BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir greeted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader for being elected president and general secretary of Awami League respectively. UNB News Agency Reported.
Shaila Mahmud Energy is essential to run today’s civilization; it has become an indispensable instrument to attain human rights, social justice and sustainability. It is ironic that about 90 per cent of all energy in 29 countries come from fossil…
Dhaka: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday welcomed Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the Brics-Bimstec Outreach Summit with a tweet in Bangla. UNB News Agency Reported.
New York–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Thailand’s military government to lift a blanket censorship order on television news broadcasters imposed in the wake of King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s death yesterday.
Dhaka: President Abdul Hamid on Friday entertained visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping with Dhakai Kachchi Biriyani, Shami Kabab and Aloo-Bukhara chutney as he hosted dinner in honour of his Chinese counterpart at Bangabhaban. The Bangladesh President laid out 10 items…
UN (IPS) – Countries of the Global South, also known as developing countries, share many principles in common when it comes to implementing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. This was reflected at a special meeting of the 133 members of…
By Franklin Lamb Shatila Palestinian Refugee camp, Beirut: The intense summer heat was gone and the evening was breezy and cool that fateful Thursday evening, September 15, 1982, according to survivors of the Sabra-Shatila Massacre who, 34 years later, still…
Sylhet: At least five workers sustained burn injuries in a fire that broke out at a biscuit factory in Haidarpur village of Sadar upazila on Friday morning. Factory owner Shafiul Islam said the fire erupted from an electrical short circuit…
Dhaka: A study report, released on Thursday in Washington DC, quantifies the economic cost of internet shutdowns around the world over the past year, including those that occurred in Bangladesh.
Masum Billah World Teachers’ Day is being observed on 05 October every year across the globe since 1994.UNESCO proclaimed the day as World Teachers’ Day. Observing the day is an opportunity to acknowledge the teachers’ contribution to develop the future…
By Nava Thakuria The shocking news broke from Tezpur in central Assam with the demise of well-known educationist Aparna Kumar Padmapati on 16 September 2016 at his ancestral home. Professor AK Padmapati was 82 and left behind his close relatives…
By Shashank Joshi (CNN)India’s reported “surgical strike” across the border into Pakistani-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday brings India-Pakistan relations to their lowest point in almost a decade. But it will be celebrated not just by the Hindu nationalist supporters of Prime…
William Lacy Swing People have always been on the move. Migration is not a catastrophe, nor is it an invasion. Often, it is not even an emergency. Throughout human history it has mostly been, simply, one thing: inevitable. Migration is…
Jan Piotrowski The growing access to digital technologies could fundamentally transform developing economies. The move from hunter-gathering to the age of farming and the dawn of the Industrial Revolution 12,000 years later mark seminal transitions in human history, lifestyle and…
Meraz Mostafa It’s getting close to November, which means delegates to the UN climate talks will once gather to discuss climate change: This time in Marrakesh, Morocco. This will be the first UN climate conference since countries agreed to the…
Mostafa Kamal Majumder The International Parliamentary Union (IPU) has today (September 14) called on political leaders everywhere to strengthen connections between the globally agreed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and citizens’ demands for greater transparency, accountability and inclusive decision-making.
Danielle Nierenberg According to the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), close to 17 percent of the world’s livestock breeds face extinction. Many of these livestock breeds are indigenous, adapted to local conditions with long agricultural and pastoral traditions. Africa…
Mohammad Zainal Abedin, writes from NY National and international print and electronic media apprehend whether the incoming Islamabad Summit of the SARRC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) will be held as scheduled (November 9-10) or postponed or cancelled. Such…
By the end of this week, England’s cricketers will have had to decide whether or not to tour Bangladesh. The official word is to go, but the spectre of terrorism weighs heavily on young men to whom the world has…
Washington – US President Barack Obama has cancelled a planned meeting with Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte, the White House said Monday, after his Asian ally launched a foul-mouthed tirade against him. Duterte called Obama a “son of a whore” hours…
Robert J. Burrowes As I read of the latest coup in Brazil, once again removing a democratically elected leader from power, my anger surged. Not again! However, as I see and read about the ongoing massive protests, as well as…