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A virus – previously unknown to science – is causing severe lung disease in China and has also been detected in other countries, reports BBC. Read More »

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND — Today, the executive directors of 11 international NGOs released an open letter calling on the leaders of Internet Society (ISOC) and Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to stop the sale of the .ORG top-level domain to private equity firm Ethos Capital. Read More »

By Mantoe Phakathi MBABANE , Jan 21 2020 (IPS) – When 14-year-old Nomcebo Mkhaliphi first noticed the blood discharged from her vagina, she was shocked. Confused, she turned to her older sisters for advice. “My sisters told me that they were experiencing the same every month and that they used fabric, toilet paper and newspapers as sanitary wear,” recalls the ... Read More »

A couple who had been together for nearly 65 years have died on the same day at a St. Louis-area nursing home. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 19- The High Court on Sunday asked the government to form a commission within 30 days under the Law Ministry to stop rape and violence against women. Read More »

Washington, AP/UNB, Jan 19 – Thousands gathered in cities across the US Saturday as part of the nationwide Women’s March rallies focused on issues such as climate change, pay equity, reproductive rights and immigration. Read More »

The 2nd phase of three-day Biswa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, is set to end on the banks of the Turag River in Tongi on Sunday through Akheri Munajat (final prayers). Read More »

By Thalif Deen UN, Jan 17 2020 (IPS) – The United States and 18 other UN member states have come under fire for denying a woman’s legitimate right to “bodily autonomy”—the right to self-governance over one’s own body without coercion or external pressure. Read More »

Dhaka, Jan 17 – The second phase of the 55th Biswa Ijtema, the second-largest annual congregation of the Muslims, began yesterday morning on the bank of Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of the Dhaka city, amid tigh t security. The proceedings began after the Fazr prayers with an ‘Aam Bayan’ (general sermons) by Indian scholar Mawlana Cherag Ali ... Read More »

During the Liberation War in 1971, more than 500 men and women were hauled in a group and forced to dig their own graves before they were shot dead by the Pakistani occupation force. Read More »

Selibabi, Mauritania, Jan 2 2020 (IPS) – “I refused to marry off my daughter for a simple, good reason: I want my daughter to be empowered,” said Lemeima mint El Hadrami, 49. “I don’t want her to go through the same difficulties I did when I was young.” El Hadrami was married when she was only 13. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 31 – The High Court on Tuesday asked the government to explain why its circular issued on December 1 that imposed restriction for married women candidates to give their husband’s address as their permanent address should not be declared illegal. Read More »

A memorial concert titled ‘8th Sanjeeb Utshob 2019’ was held on Dhaka University (DU) campus on Wednesday evening commemorating the famed singer and journalist Sanjeeb Chowdhury. Read More »

By Asit K. Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada Glasgow/Singapore – Over the last decade, Chinese businesses have made significant strides in incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues into their decision-making. But they still have a long way to go, and they will not get there on their own. Read More »

Pope Francis has ushered in Christmas by saying God loves everyone – “even the worst of us”. He was speaking to thousands of people during Christmas Eve Mass in St Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. “You may have mistaken ideas, you may have made a complete mess of things… but the Lord continues to love you,” the Argentine pontiff said. Read More »

Thakurgaon, Dec 21 – Students of different schools and colleges on Saturday staged demonstrations and blocked Chaurasta intersection area for two hours in the town demanding justice for their one of their fellows Sumona Haque who was murdered allegedly after rape. Read More »

Barisal, Dec 21- Police arrested a woman while she was allegedly trying to sell a two-month old kid at Tk 50,000 in Dotteshor village in Wazirpur upazila here on Friday afternoon. Read More »

The 21st triennial national council-2019 of Bangladesh Awami League kicked off amid much enthusiasm and festivity at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the city on Friday afternoon. Read More »

Benapole (Jessore), Dec 20 – A Jessore college student has been allegedly raped at Bagachra of Sharsha Upazila of Jessore after being led on with the lure of marriage. Read More »

Sanfrancisco, AP/UNB, Dec 20 – A San Francisco woman is offering a $7,000 reward and has hired a plane to fly over the city to search for her blue-eyed miniature Australian Shepherd stolen from outside a grocery store last weekend. Read More »

Zahira’s Nimontron, on behalf of Sohorbati, is going to arrange its 3rd Winter Pitha Mela (fair) in the city on Friday (December 20). Read More »

By Farhana Haque Rahman ROME, Dec 16 2019 (IPS) – By any measure, this has been a devastating year: fires across the Amazon, the Arctic and beyond; floods and drought in Africa; rising temperatures, carbon emissions and sea levels; accelerating the loss of species, and mass forced migrations of people. Read More »

by Liina Carr on 16th December 2019 @liina_carr The principle of ‘sustainability first’ should become the golden thread unifying all EU actions. While recent Fridays for Future and Extinction Rebellion actions have heightened the focus on climate change, sustainability is not just about the environment. In calling for climate justice, trade unions demand a far-reaching transformation of the economy, a ... Read More »

Barisal, Dec 16 – The official list of Razakars, which was published on Sunday, has drawn huge criticism here as the name of a Language Movement veteran and war-wounded freedom fighter among others is on it. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 16 – BNP on Monday paid homage to the martyred freedom fighters who made the supreme sacrifice for the country during the Liberation War in 1971 by placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum in Savar, marking the 49th Victory Day. Read More »

Savar (Dhaka), Dec 16 – President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday paid tributes to the martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial marking the 49th Victory Day. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 15 – The nation is set to celebrate the 49th Victory Day on Monday with elaborate programmes to pay deep homage to the martyrs who laid down their lives for the country during the Liberation War in 1971. Read More »

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Sunday announced the squads of Shaheed Jewel XI and Shaheed Mushtaque XI for the Victory Day Exhibition Cricket match will be held on Monday (December 16) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur. Read More »

A weeklong Liberation War film festival is set to begin from December 15 at the National Public Library in the capital marking the Victory Day. Read More »

Dhaka, Dec 14- President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday paid rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals on the occasion of the Martyred Intellectuals Day. Read More »