The international legal framework and tools are all there to protect civilians caught up in conflict, and now it’s time for governments and armed groups to apply them,

The international legal framework and tools are all there to protect civilians caught up in conflict, and now it’s time for governments and armed groups to apply them,
Bangladesh will celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday as the Shawwal moon was not sighted in Bangladesh on Wednesday evening.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming on Monday said Bangladesh should not join “Quad”, a US-led initiative, and Dhaka’s relations with Beijing will “substantially get damaged” if it joins it.
The government has issued a notification extending the ongoing lockdown until May 16 with six fresh directives alongside the existing ones to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The government at the moment is not considering general holidays like last year to tackle the transmission of coronavirus, State Minister for Public Administration Farhad Hossain said Monday.
By Mohamed FofanahFREETOWN, Jul 30 2020 (IPS) – Last week, Sierra Leone’s parliament voted to repeal the country’s 55-year-old libel law, which criminalised the publication of information that was deemed defamatory or seditious, and which had been used by successive…
Dhaka, July 25 – Newly appointed Director General (DG) of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam Saturday said the government alone is not responsible for the corruption in the country’s health sector.
Although restaurants in Dhaka city have been reopened amid the growing coronavirus cases, most of them, even the famous ones, hardly follow the health guidelines set by the government, putting the diners at the risk of the virus infections.
Dhaka, July 09 – Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior on Thursday said that Bangladeshi MP Shahid Islam Papul, arrested on charges of human trafficking, visa trading, and money laundering, is not a Kuwaiti citizen.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Monday urged the European Union to take the lead in setting global standards for tech regulation or risk seeing countries follow China as a model.
DHAKA, May 12: Dhaka University (DU) has decided not to go for online classes now considering the incapability of a large number of students to attend the classes as many of them may not have proper internet access during their…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister ObaidulQuader on Tuesday said the apathy of voters during the recently held Dhaka city elections is not good for Bangladesh democracy.
UN, AP/UNB, Jan 25 -The U.N. deputy chief said Friday there is an “alarming” crisis in education, pointing to the 258 million children under the age of 17 who are not going to school — and only 49 percent completing…
Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane said his team is solely focused on lifting the Spanish Super Cup trophy ahead of this week’s revamped four-team competition taking place in Saudi Arabia.
By Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Wan Manan Muda and Tan Zhai Gen KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Dec 17 2019 (IPS) – Malnutrition remains a formidable challenge in most societies, with less than a tenth of countries in the world not experiencing at…
Dhaka, Dec 17 – The High Court on Tuesday issued a rule seeking an explanation why the provision of filing FIRs over graft allegations with the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) offices instead of police stations should not be declared unconstitutional.
Dhaka, Dec 9 – The High Court on Monday issued a rule asking the government to explain in three months why it should not be directed to demolish and remove all the structures set up illegally on the sea beach…
by Colin Roche on 14th November 2019 @ColinRoche The fossil-fuel industry has been revealed to have invested vast resources in lobbying EU institutions. Greta Thunberg and her fellow school-strikers’ message is resonating across the world—a world that is ready to…
Washington, Oct 28 (Xinhua/UNB) – US President Donald Trump said on Sunday Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had been killed in a US military operation in Syria. As the Trump administration hailed the death of al-Baghdadi, some experts…
Dhaka, Oct 21 – The High Court (HC)on Tuesday issued a rule asking the government to explain within four weeks why the section 41 (1) of the Government Service Act should not be declared contradictory to the section 26 (1,…
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United Nations, Oct 5 (AP/UNB) — The U.N.’s independent investigator on Myanmar says it’s not safe for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who fled to Bangladesh to return because Myanmar has failed to dismantle its “system of persecution” of…
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the physicians of BNP chief Khaleda Zia are not saying what the party leaders are saying about her health.
The authorities of Dhaka University (DU) has terminated its two teachers for not joining work after expiry of their study leave tenure.
Mostafa Kamal Majumder Three thousand school and college students in Dhaka joined the Global Climate Strike carrying placards seeking climate justice, an end to the use of fossil fuels and chanted slogans urging action from global leaders to protect Planet…
Dhaka, Sept 06 – The ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said that their party would never interfere in the internal affairs of Jatiya Party (JP-Ershad), the main opposition in the parliament.
Dhaka, Aug 26 – The government will not import any more electricity from India’s Tripura State as it is not finding it “cost effective” to import that electricity at this stage, Power Secretary Dr Ahmed Kaikaus told the journalists yesterday.
A head-on collision between two buses on Thakurgaon-Panchagarh Highway left three people dead and 30 others injured today morning. The deceased were identified as Babul, 28, a minibus driver Abul Kalam Azad, 50, son of Abdul Majid and Quamruzzaman of…
Dhaka, Aug 06 – Expressing disagreement with the Health minister’s statement on dengue outbreak, Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the overall situation of dengue outbreak has not improved yet.
by Anton Hemerijck and Massimiliano Santini on 29th July 2019 The welfare state in Europe must become a social-investment state if the broken European social contract is to be renewed. The new European Commission, set to take office on November…