Dhaka, Jan 1 – A 10-day National Instrumental Music Festival began on Monday at the Nandan Mancha of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA).
Category: Society
New Year welcomed with jubilant celebrations
Dhaka, Jan 1, – The people of Bangladesh welcome New Year 2018 with jubilant celebrations and exchange of wishes for family, friends.
Assam draft register of citizens minus 1.4 crore names: Muslims anxious
Guwahati: The much-publicised first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was on Monday published with the names of 1.9 crore people out of the 3.29 crore total applicants in Assam recognising them as legal citizens of India.…
Court summons Farhar Mazhar and his wife
Dhaka – The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court of Dhaka on Sunday summoned columnist and poet Farhad Mazhar and his wife Farida Akhter January 30 to the court in a case on charges, police brought against him.
Love triumphs against hate for a rare couple in Myanmar
The love story between between Setara and Mohammad is extraordinarily rare in Myanmar — she is a Buddhist and he’s from the minority Muslim Rohingya community. The Buddhists despise the Rohingya in their country, and the United Nations has called…
Baridhara Society AGM held
The 18th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Baridhara Society was held at the Baridhara Park on Friday evening. President Mr. M. Eashanul Haq, General Secretary Monsur Uddin Ahmed, all honorable members and the executive committee of the Society were…
Baridhara Society celebrates 47th Victory Day
Dhaka – The Baridhara Society celebrated the 47th Victory Day 2017 and paid homage to the gallant martyrs who made supreme sacrifices to liberate the country at Baridhara Park.
Civil society to be more radical to deal with global crises
By Amy Taylor Suva, Fiji, Dec 15 (IPS) – Our strategies have failed us. We can no longer respond to the crises facing us in the same way. We have to be more radical, more creative — together — to…
Concerns among Bangladeshis in New York
After the blast in New York’s Manhattan Bus Terminal, there has been concern among the Bangladeshi people living there. The anxiety spread out when the police said that the detainee was a Bangladeshi. The person named the attacker Akade Ullah…
Social business initiative launched
A tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed among Yunus Centre, Grameen Creative Lab of Germany and Sports and Peace foundation, an international organisation based in Monaco to help sports world to address social problems around the globe through social…
Indigenous people guardians of Brazil’s threatened forests
By Mario Osava Rio De Janeiro, Dec 4 (IPS) – Indigenous peoples, recognised as the best guardians of the world’s forests, are losing some battles in Brazil in the face of intensified pressure from the expansion of agriculture, mining and…
Unicef tackling ‘disconnect’ with evidence tool
Unicef has been testing an evidence-mapping tool to bridge a “big disconnect” between its activities and the evidence behind them, according to Kerry Albright, chief of Research Facilitation and Knowledge Management at the UN agency’s Office of Research-Innocenti.
HIV cases 4143 and deaths 658 in BD – 2016 report
The World AIDS Day-2015 is being observed on Friday in the country as elsewhere across the globe, putting importance to the right to health and the challenges the people affected by HIV face in fulfilling that right. This year’s theme…
One-third food lost or wasted is enough to feed hungry people
Believe it or not, the way to eradicate hunger from the face of the Earth is as feasible as it is handy. In fact, the current loss and waste of one-third of all food produced for human consumption would be…
New leadership to revive Greek social democracy
by Kostas Botopoulos What would you say is the current situation of Pasok, the Greek social democratic party? What is the historic position of social democracy in the Greek political system? Given the recent Greek crisis, where does the party…
Solo Painting show ‘The Uncaged’ opens at AF Dhaka Friday
A solo painting exhibition titled ‘Pinjirmukto’ (The Uncaged) by artist Zahangir Alom will be opened at Alliance Française, Dhaka at its La Galerie. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition will be held on Friday,1 December 2017 at 6pm.
Peasants not food corporations feed the world
The latest edition of a report from ETC Group “Who Will Feed Us?” is a synthesis of research over several years which produces critical, much needed information to guide decision-make much-needed and agriculture. The report states that it is the…
On Gender Day at climate meet
By Stella Paul Bonn, Germany, Nov 15 (IPS) – “Five years ago, when we first started talking about including gender in the negotiations, the parties asked us, ‘Why gender?’ Today, they are asking, ‘How do we include gender?’ That’s the…
Nabanna festival celebrated at Dhaka University
Dhaka, Nov 15 – The 20th Nabanna festival was held at Fine Art Faculty of Dhaka University (DU) campus on Wednesday.
People, planet and the climate talks: Poles apart?
By: Tetet Nera-Lauron November 10, Bonn – The 23rd Conference of Parties (COP 23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is happening from November 6-17, 2017 in Germany, with the Government of Fiji presiding. The 2-week…
Rohingya crisis stokes fears of Myanmar’s Muslims
By Pascal Laureyn Yangon, Oct 24 (IPS) – In a quiet street, the sound of children’s voices can be heard from an open window. They are reciting verses of the Koran in unison. The small Islamic school lays hidden in…
Group exhibition ‘A delightful Journey’ begins at AF Dhaka
Dhaka – A group art exhibition by Art Stories titled ‘A Delightful Journey’ that has been inaugurated at Alliance Française, on Friday, 3 November. Actor, stage director and theatre producer Ramendu Majumdar attended the ceremony as the chief guest and…
Commodity prices likely to rise further in 2018: World Bank
Oil prices to average $56 a barrel in 2018, up from 2017 average of $53/bbl Washington – Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel in 2018 from $53 this year as a result of steadily growing demand,…
Ending poverty in 13 years means boosting resilience now
UN, Oct 17 (IPS) – This month the world marks two key International Days: for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October and for Disaster Reduction, four days earlier. It is no coincidence that they are profoundly connected. Reducing risks…
First evidence: online dating changing nature of society
Dating websites have changed the way couples meet. Now evidence is emerging that this change is influencing levels of interracial marriage and even the stability of marriage itself. Not so long ago, nobody met a partner online. Then, in the…
US Muslim, Jewish group branching out to build haromny
Dearborn, Oct 4 (AP/UNB) — A national Muslim-Jewish alliance formed to fight hate crimes and forge better ties between them is branching out to build on its mission.
‘CRYPTIC MONOLOGUE’ painting show begins in Capital
Dhaka – The Edward M Kennedy Centre and ARTCON have jointly organized a two-weeklong solo painting exhibition ‘CRYPTIC MONOLOGUE’ by artist JAVED JALIL, from 02 – 15 October 2017 at EMK Center, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
Holy Ashura observed recalling the sacrifice of Kerbala
Dhaka, Oct 1 (UNB) – Ashura was observed across the country on Sunday, commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA), with due religious fervour and solemnity.
Holy Ashura Sunday
Dhaka, Sept 30 – Holy Ashura will be observed in Bangladesh on Sunday commemorating the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain (RA) with due religious fervour and solemnity.
Merkel’s defeat confirms dismal trend for Europe
By Roberto Savio Rome, Sep 29 (IPS) – Generally, media have failed to analyse why the result of German elections is the worst possible. Merkel is not a winner, but a leader now in a very fragile position, who will…