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Sudhirendar Sharma Over years, an ecosystem of ignorance and denial has transformed air pollution from a meek cat into an assertive tiger. Read More »

Dhaka, Sept 17 – Awami League (AL) general secretary (GS) Obaidul Quader won’t contest for the post of GS in the next national council of the party, but if party chief wants him again for the post than he will abide by AL chief’s order. Read More »

Dhaka, Sept 17 – The government has started selling onion through the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) on yesterday at Tk 45 per kg to cool down the hike rates of this widely consumed item in the local markets. Read More »

Dhaka– Saif Sporting Club earned a comfortable 3-0 goals victory over Sheikh Russel KC in the Walton Under-18 Football Tournament at the floodlight Bangabandhu National Stadium here on Tuesday evening. Read More »

Dhaka — The Tigers will face Zimbabwe in their third match of the ongoing Tri-Nation T20I Series on Wednesday at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram. Read More »

Dhaka -Bangladesh U-18 Football team will fly for Nepal on Wednesday morning to participate in the SAFF Under-18 Championship 2019 at the APF Stadium in Kathmandu of Nepal. Read More »

Tokyo (AP/UNB) — The president of the Asia Development Bank, Takehiko Nakao, plans to step down early next year, the regional lender said Tuesday. Read More »

Geneva (AP/UNB) — Myanmar’s envoy to the top U.N. human rights body says his country rejects any move to bring the issue of alleged rights violations against ethnic Rohingya Muslims to an international legal forum. Read More »

Dhaka – BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday bemoaned that minor boys and girls are being subjected to ‘inhuman’ torture as a children-friendly society cannot be built even after 48 years of the country’s independence. Read More »

Dhaka – The United Nations Global Compact has announced 10 new SDG Pioneers – young business leaders including one  from Bangladesh who are doing an exceptional job to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read More »

Dhaka – Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday assured that taking support from China will not affect Bangladesh’s bilateral ties with neighbouring India. Read More »

Dhaka – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the officials of Biman Bangladesh Airlines to gain the trust of passengers by ensuring the standard services with honesty and sincerity. Read More »

by Susanne Wixforth and Reiner Hoffmann on 17th September 2019 A European approach to the politics of climate change must integrate social justice, as climate neutrality will be costly but growth without end is unsustainable. On June 20th 2019, the European Council presented a New Strategic Agenda, 2019-2024. Among its priorities, climate change is placed in the context of social ... Read More »

Narayanganj, Sept 16 – Mentioning that there are only nine doctors against 141 approved posts in jails across the country, Inspector General (Prisons) Brig Gen AKM Mustafa Kamal Pasha on Monday said the doctor crisis will be resolved soon. Read More »

Boris Johnson has said he will “wait and see what the judges say” before deciding whether to recall Parliament. The Supreme Court will hear two appeals that will determine whether the prime minister acted lawfully in suspending Parliament for five weeks. Read More »

Dhaka, Sept 16 – Stating that Bangladesh has ‘lost democracy’ due to changes in global politics, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the AL government has turned into a ‘puppet’ of the international community. Read More »

Chittagong, Sept 16 – Police arrested three people including a staff of the local election office for allegedly helping Rohingyas to get BD National Identity Card (NID) in the city on Monday night. Read More »

Kishoreganj – Ten individuals including four siblings have been awarded life imprisonment in the case relating to the killing of Manik Mia,33, who died in an attack by the rivals centring grabbing of land at Karimganj. Read More »

By Stella Paul Manila, Sep 2019 (IPS) – Octogenarian Yohei Sasakawa has travelled to more than 90 countries across the globe; from areas of conflict to the jungles of Brazil, shaking hands, hugging and washing the feet of Hansen’s disease-affected people. His message is simple: Stop stigmatisation and eliminate the disease. Sasakawa, who has spent more than 40 years working ... Read More »

By Joep Verhagen Co-author: Pippa Scott September 16, 2019 – Safely managed sanitation is a focus of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is central to stunting reduction and early childhood survival, both identified by the World Bank’s Human Capital Index as critical for humans to develop their full potential. It is widely known that 4.5 billion people lacked access ... Read More »

By Cameron Diver New Caledonia, Sep 13 2019 (IPS) – In less than 10 days, countries from around the planet will come together in New York for the United Nations Secretary General’s Climate Action Summit. I look forward to representing the Pacific Community (SPC) at this important event, and throughout “Action Week” during the upcoming UN General Assembly. Read More »

By Jan Lundius Stockholm / Rome, Sep 12 2019 (IPS) – When I in 1980 first arrived in America it was a new world to me. I went from New York to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic and like so many visitors and migrants before me I was overwhelmed by both familiar and strange impressions. Familiar due to books ... Read More »

With the excuse of job placement, the multinational, the British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) has started their annual “Battle of Mind” competition this year. Their representative “Exceed Campus Ambassadors” are been selected from different public and privet universities since early July. Read More »