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The equipment for the Unit 2 of Rooppur NPP is shipped

May 26, 2021 editorBangladesh, Energy

JSC Atomenergomash) has manufactured and shipped a separate tank of the moisture separator –reheater (MSR 1200) allotted for the second power unit of Rooppur NPP to the Republic of Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, Energy, equipment, for, IS, of, Rooppur NPP, shipped, Unit-2

Nepal is the New COVID-19 Hotspot: The Cure is Citizen Engagement

May 26, 2021 editorHealth, Op-Ed

If you live in Nepal, a quick survey of friends and family will quickly prove how rapidly Covid-19 infection rates have spiked.

Citizen Engagement, Covid-19, health, Hotspot, IS, Nepal, Opinion, The Cure is, the New

Protecting Indigenous Languages is Protecting Biodiversity

March 8, 2021 editorBiodiversity, Literature, Op-Ed

The extinction of one million species feels rather abstract. We do not know how to speak of the scale of such extinction, except as a mere number: one million!

Biodiversity, indigenous, IS, languages, Protecting

BD Govt spending on each Covid patient in ICU is 0.5 mn Taka

December 12, 2020 editorBangladesh, Medicine

Dhaka, Dec 12 – The Bangladesh government has spent around Tk 4.5 lakh for the treatment of each Covid-19 patient admitted to intensive care units (ICU) of hospitals and some Tk 1.30 lakh on each of those recuperating in general…

0.5 mn Taka, BD Govt, each Covid patient, in ICU, IS, medicine, on, spending

UN: Economic cost of Israeli occupation in Gaza is $16.7 bn

November 27, 2020 editorConflicts, Economy, World News

Geneva, 26 Nov (Kanaga Raja) – The cumulative economic cost of the Israeli occupation in Gaza on account of prolonged closure and economic and movement restrictions as well as military operations during the period from 2007-2018 is estimated at $16.7…

$16.7 bn, Economic cost, in Gaza?, IS, Israeli, Occupation, of, UN

Is deal with Israel sans Palestine resolution justifiable?

November 12, 2020 editorColumns, Diplomacy

By Askiah Adam Some fifty-three years ago, in 1967, in Khartoum, Sudan, the Arab League met. Then the League adopted the moral high ground “The Three No’s”: no peace with Israel; no recognition of Israel; and, no negotiation with Israel.…

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WHO Warns Global Coronavirus Pandemic is Accelerating

July 2, 2020 editorHealth, Lead News

The World Health Organization says 60 percent of the world’s 10 million coronavirus cases since December came in the month of June – a sign that the pandemic is getting worse and not slowing down.

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Multi-millionaire says: Covid-19 is business case to tax the rich

May 29, 2020 editorColumns, Health, Tax

By Djaffar Shalchi COPENHAGEN, May 28 2020 (IPS) – For the past few decades, many big corporations and very wealthy individuals have operated according to the myth that they are “self-made”, that their success owed nothing to anyone else.

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Customised, blended post-Covid-19 learning urgently needed

May 27, 2020May 28, 2020 editorCampus

May 25 2020 (IPS) – Many well-meaning education benefactors and commentators in South Africa have expressed that in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic online self-guided learning could solve some of the current teaching problems and address the educational backlog.…

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Biological Diversity is Fundamental to Human Health

May 23, 2020May 23, 2020 editorBiodiversity, Health

By Samira Sadeque UNITED NATIONS, May 22 2020 (IPS) – This year’s International Day of Biological Diversity falls amid the coronavirus pandemic and the slow easing, in some nations, of a global lockdown. While the lockdown has forced most people…

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Housing is both a prevention & cure for Covid-19

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 editorHousing, Op-Ed, Society

By Maimunah Mohd Sharif and Leilani Farha NAIROBI, Kenya, May 13 2020 (IPS) – Public health officials are calling the “stay home” policy the sacrifice of our generation. To flatten the curve of COVID-19 infections, this call of duty is…

Both, Covid-19, cure, for, Housing, IS, Prevention, Society

‘Nowhere is safe for us,’ Amnesty report on Syria

May 12, 2020 editorHuman rights

Between December 2019 and March 2020, the Syrian government, backed by its ally Russia, subjected civilians in opposition-held areas in north-west Syria to a new wave of horrors. In an all-too-familiar pattern, attacks from the air and the ground repeatedly…

‘Nowhere, amnesty, for US, Human rights, IS, on Syria, report, safe

Sydney beaches re-open: ‘The mood is quite happy now’

April 20, 2020 editorLead News, World News

Frances Mao, Sydney I’ve just spoken with a local cafe owner very pleased about the news. Tony Burrows owns the Coogee Bite Cafe perched at the north end of Coogee Beach. He was down on the sand this morning at…

'The mood, beaches re-open, Coronavirus, IS, now, quite happy, Sydney, World news

Germany says its Coronavirus outbreak is ‘under control’

April 18, 2020 editorHealth, Int’l relations

Germany’s health minister says the month-long lockdown has brought his country’s coronavirus outbreak under control. Jens Spahn said that since 12 April the number of recovered patients had been consistently higher than the number of new infections.

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British PM Boris Johnson is ‘sitting up in bed’

April 9, 2020 editorHealth, Int’l relations

Boris Johnson has been “sitting up in bed” and engaging with hospital staff as he continues to be treated for coronavirus. The prime minister spent a second night in intensive care at St Thomas’ Hospital in London.

'sitting up in bed', Boris Johnson, British PM, Coronavirus, IS

Narayanganj doctor’s virus infection is a cause of alarm

April 5, 2020 editorBangladesh, Editorials, Greenwatch Dhaka Blog

The confirmation of a physician in Narayanganj of coronavirus infection on Sunday has come as a stark reminder that the pandemic has spread to places that we cannot even imagine.

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Creator of BioWeapons Act says virus is biological weapon

March 17, 2020 editorConflicts, Op-Ed

By GreatGameIndia In an explosive interview Dr. Francis Boyle, who drafted the Biological Weapons Act has given a detailed statement admitting that the 2019 Wuhan Coronavirus is an offensive Biological Warfare Weapon and that the World Health Organization (WHO) already…

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Food security and nutrition: ‘Organic is the Future’

January 31, 2020February 1, 2020 editorFood & nutrition, Op-Ed

By Sapna Gopal HIMALAYAS, India, Jan 30 2020 (IPS) – Vandana Shiva, a pioneer of organic farming in India, is incensed by the 2019 draft law to compulsorily register all seeds used by farmers. On a wintry afternoon, at her…

agriculture, and, food security, future, IS, nutrition, Organic, the

Where is the ‘deal’ in the European Green Deal?

January 18, 2020 editorColumns, Economy, Environment

y Estrella Durá Ferrandis and Irina de Sancho Alonso on 14th January 2020 @estrella_dura The New Deal was a social contract with the American people. A European Green New Deal must likewise enshrine social alongside ecological aspirations.

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Is tech a new frontier for sustainability?

December 25, 2019 editorColumns, Sustainability, Technology

By Bertrand Badré and Philippe Heim Paris – Discussions about “sustainability” usually center on a company’s environmental and social commitments, and for understandable reasons. But the financial sector in particular should consider two other, less obvious, dimensions of sustainability. Regulatory…

A, for, IS, new frontier, Opinion, Sustainability, tech, technology

Putin says Russia is leading world in hypersonic weapons

December 24, 2019 editorLead News, Strategic

Moscow, AP/UNB, Dec 24 – President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia is the only country in the world that has hypersonic weapons.

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Corporal punishment is holding back Bangladesh

December 13, 2019 editorBangladesh, Campus, Columns

For any dream to be given any chance to come true, the dreamer must first wake up. Bangladesh needs to wake up to the flaws within the education system and work towards accomplishing Bangabandhu’s dream of a Sonar Bangla Sir…

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Yazidi still hears brothers before IS kills them in Iraq

November 27, 2019 editorConflicts, Crime

DHAKA, NOVEMBER 27, 2019 – A survivor of the mass slaughter of the Yazidi minority in Iraq five years ago told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that he still hears his brothers and nephews calling his name before they…

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Nokia 10 Pureview 5G Smartphone: The King is Coming Back

November 27, 2019 editorTelecom

NOVEMBER 27, 2019 – Who can forget the supremacy of Nokia who won the heart of millions of people worldwide through their top quality smartphones under reasonable price-range?

5G smartphone, Coming Back, ICT Horizon, IS, Nokia 10, Pureview, Telecom, The King

Europe’s Green Deal is turning red

November 4, 2019 editorColumns, Politics

by Delara Burkhardt on 4th November 2019 @delarabur The European Green Deal does not just aim at combating the climate crisis. It’s also an opportunity for social change.

Europe’s, Green Deal, IS, Opinion, politics, red, Turning

Nudge is what push is not

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 editorLiterature, Op-Ed

In recent years, several countries have been drawn to nudges to makes progress on pressing social problems as these do not cost a great deal.

IS, is not, Literature, Nudge, push, What

Sustainable dev – Is Non-Aligned Movement still relevant

October 26, 2019October 26, 2019 editorInt’l relations, Lead News

By Manssour Bin Mussallam Geneva, Oct 25 2019 (IPS) – By the time of publication, representatives, senior officials, and Heads of State and Government of 120 countries from around the world will have converged on Baku in Azerbaijan for the…

Development, Int'l relations, IS, Non-Aligned Movement, relevant, Still, Sustainable

What matters at the end is ingenuity

October 2, 2019 editorColumns, Opinion

Sudhirendar Sharma Bad news holds currency, subsuming whatever little good that lies littered around. That has been the way of life, lately. Had I not read hugely popular Factfulness by noted statistician Hans Rosling who stressed that one must strive…

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World is in crisis– & multilateral approach is the key

September 20, 2019 editorColumns, Environment

By Abby Maxman Boston, USA, Sep 19 2019 (IPS) – As the UN General Assembly begins, we are once again ringing the alarm on the urgent issues of climate and development that demand our global attention and action. And I…

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Is America defeated in Afghanistan?

September 7, 2019September 7, 2019 editorColumns, Conflicts

By Saber Azam Geneva, Sep 5 2019 (IPS) – Following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on American soil, the United States and their allies went to Afghanistan to “smoke out” Osama bin Laden and his Taliban protectors. The most…

Afghanistan, America, Conflicts, defeated, in, IS, Opinion

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