Dhaka, Sept 27 – Journalists from various media outlets on Friday urged the government to amend the new wage structure and remove inconsistency in the ninth wage board.
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Pakistan PM warns of ‘bloodbath’ in Kashmir; India PM silent
United Nations, Sep 27 (AP/UNB) — Insisting he wasn’t making a threat, Pakistan’s leader denounced his Indian counterpart on Friday and warned that any war between the nuclear rivals could “have consequences for the world.” India’s prime minister took the…
Islands of climate ambition
By Andrew Holness and Frank Bainimarama Kingston/Suva – Small island developing states like ours are barometers of the world’s commitment to climate action and sustainable development. Our economies and societies thrive when national ambitions and progress are supported by bold…
Big stride in Culture of Peace in 2 decades of 1999 decision
By Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury New York, Sep 9 2019 (IPS) – It has been a long, arduous journey – a journey ridden curiously with obstacles and indifference. Two decades have passed by since the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted,…
Agroecology critical to transformation of food systems
Ensuring the sustainability, security, and equity of our food systems is one of the most defining issues of our time. The predominant industrial food system is too dependent on fossil fuels and non-renewable inputs that result in pollution and environmental…
Address key driver of Amazon deforestation: profit-seeking
Amazon Watch statement on the ‘Amazon Pact’ issued today by South American leaders Today Sept 8 – the presidents of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, and Suriname met in Leticia, Colombia to discuss regional cooperation for the Amazon. They issued…
Trust accounts of Cyclone Dorian-hit people of Bahamas
The trail of devastation left by Cyclone Dorian in Bahamas is beyond description. People are yet to be sure how many are dead, because thousands have been listed as missing. Exactly the same situation was noticed when a furious cyclone…
Will Poulter grab lead role in Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series
Amazon has cast actor Will Poulter for the lead part in its highly-ambitious Lord of the Rings series. Poulter, best known for starring in Bandersnatch episode of Black Mirror, The Revenant and Aris Aster’s Midsommar, joins Australian star Markella Kavenagh…
Different kinds of dam floods affecting India this monsoon
September 2, 2019 SANDRP Different kinds of Dam Floods is affecting India this monsoon. Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) Dam, thanks to decision of the Govt of India and its Ministry of Water Resources, Narmada Control Authority including its Chairperson UP…
EPA rule may absolve power producers of coal-ash liability
On July 2, 2019, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler signed a proposed rule to not impose financial responsibility requirements for Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution facilities (electric power industry).
Police probing sexual harassment of RUET teachers’ wife
Dhaka, August 15 – The police of Boalia thana of Rajshahi are investigating the assault incident on a teacher of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) by a group of miscreants, for protesting sexual harassment of his wife at…
Will uphold dignity of people’s trust: PM
Dhaka, Aug 12 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday vowed to return the trust and confidence of the people for giving her party the opportunity to form the government for the third consecutive time.
Russia: Record detentions of peaceful protesters: HRW
Police Detain 1,373 in Moscow, Use Excessive Force Police used brutal force at the July 27 peaceful protest over the exclusion of opposition candidates from upcoming Moscow city assembly elections.
The precipitous barbarisation of our times
By Roberto Savio Rome, Jul 23 2019 (IPS) – When all is said and done, it appears that Thomas Hobbes, the 17th century English philosopher who had a dire vision of man, was not totally wrong.
Treaty violators make mockery of refugee convention
By Thalif Deen UN, Jul 23 2019 (IPS) – With the rise of rightwing nationalism, primarily in the Western world, an increasingly large number of countries are not only abandoning multilateralism but also violating international treaties and conventions signed and…
Israeli destruction of Palestinian homes in West Bank
Humanitarian Aid Following “with sadness” the Israeli authorities’ destruction of homes in the Palestinian community of Sur Bahir, three top United Nations officials issued a statement on Monday underscoring that the move was “not compatible” with Israel’s “obligations under international…
The superiority of co-determination
by George Tyler on 16th July 2019 The United States should learn from the better performance of European companies which have worker representation on boards.
Of leaders then and now
By Issa Sikiti da Silva Cotonou, Benin, Jul 8 2019 (IPS) – Richard Dossevi parks his motorcycle taxi on one of the busiest street corners in Cotonou, Benin’s commercial capital, to wait for commuters amid the summer heat. It has…
Floating body of missing poultry trader found in Sirajganj
Sirajganj, July 9 – A poultry trader was found dead in Shahjadpur Upazila on Monday, a day after he went missing. Police recovered the floating body of Dabir Mollah, 60, son of late Tahaj Mollah of Jotpara village in the…
Bullet-hit body of rape accused killed in gunfight recovered
Police on Sunday recovered the bullet-pierced body of Abdur Nur, 25, who was accused of rape of a girl while returning from her workplace from Korean Export Processing Zone (EPZ) under Karnaphuli Upazila in Chittagong. He was the son of…
The danger of ‘profit-only’ motive: Prof Yunus
6th ISBD celebrated in Russia; Three Zeros’ Russian edition launched Dhaka, July 6 – Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus has said the world will soon face extinction if businesses and industries continue to pursue the single-minded pursuit of only profit.…
Country in grip of judicial anarchy: Fakhrul
Dhaka, July 4 – Voicing surprise over the Pabna court’s verdict against their party men, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday alleged that the country is going through a judicial anarchy. “The entire nation has got surprised…
Children better off today than 20 years ago
A report on the state of the world’s children released Tuesday notes major progress in health, education and safety in dozens of countries over the past two decades. Save the Children said in its global childhood report that conditions had…
Within a parallel universe – monsters of the Dark Web
By Jan Lundius Stockholm / Rome, May 27 2019 (IPS) – Human existence includes dreams, thoughts, ideas, music, stories, religion, and other immaterial ”things”. They constitute an important part of our habitat, i.e. the dwelling place of any living organism,…
Cannes festival mixed bag of winners, minus Tarantino
As the director, Robert Eggers, and the lead actors Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, had already left Cannes, the Fipresci award was presented to the producer who got very emotional . After 12 days of nonstop screenings, meetings, conferences and…
Can a book tell the history of the Ganga?
May 26, 2019 SANDRP Book Review: “Ganga: The Many Pasts of a River” by Sudipta Sen. Penguin Viking. 2019. PP 445 + (xvi) “Panditaraja Jagannath, Mughal court poet extraordinaire, a scholar of Linguistics, poetics, and philosophy, hounded by the Brahmin…
Preserving biodiversity vital to reverse tide of climate change
The food people eat around the world is becoming “alarmingly homogenous” according to UN data, even though access to a wide variety of nutritious food has never been greater. That warning comes as the world marks the International Day for…
Global hunger threatening families because of climate change
By Siddharth Chatterjee Nairobi, Kenya, May 2019 (IPS) – There is barely a corner of human life that will not be affected by climate change, and some of its impacts are already being felt. Consider this, 821 million people are…
The monetization of garbage
By Stephen Nwaloziri Berea, Kentucky – As a child growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, in the late 1990s, I remember women roaming through my community and chanting in Yoruba, “onigo de o! Anra bata rubber ati ayo t’on jo.” This…
Tragedy hits sets of Amitabh,Chiranjeevi’s next
Last week, a fire on the sets of Amitabh Bachchan and Chiranjeevi starrer Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy erupted, However, no one was hurt during it. But seems like another tragedy has struck the sets of the film. This week a…