AFP: Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Mecca that presents a huge environmental challenge for Saudi Arabia. The Mamuniya camp in Mina near the holy city is dotted with colour-coded barrels black for organic waste and blue for cans and…
M Humayun Kabir: The Rohingya crisis steps into the first anniversary today with no real progress in the repatriation process. “So far, the only progress is that the talks with Myanmar on repatriation have not stopped. And unfortunately, Rohingyas are still coming into Bangladesh for lack of conducive environment in Rakhine State,” a senior official…
Kabir Humayun: The fourteenth death anniversary of Ivy Rahman, former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League and wife of late President M Zillur Rahman, was observed yesterday in a befitting manner.Different political and socio-cultural organizations, including Bangladesh Awami League (AL), its associate bodies and other likeminded organizations chalked out elaborate programmes marking the day, reports BSS….
Reuters: Life expectancy is declining in high-income countries worldwide, driven in part by the effects of the opioid epidemic on younger adults in the U.S. and the impact of a severe flu season on older adults in other nations, two new studies suggest. Life expectancy is a measure of the health and wellbeing of a…
M Humayun Kabir: BNP will be facing new political crisis after the verdict on the August 21 grenade attack at an Awami League rally as the party is directly related to the crime, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader.Quader, also the minister for Road Transport and Bridges, made the remark while talking to the journalists…
Prof Dr Abu Sayeed, Former State Minister for Information It was a blistering hot day on Bangabandhu Avenue. The whole area was bursting at the seams with hundreds of people. The dais raised on a truck for a mass rally was packed like sardines. Awami League president and daughter of Bangabandhu Sheikh Hasina reached the…
Kabir Humayun: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi led the rally held around 9:15 am yesterday, reports banglanews24.com. Rizvi said, “The case in which Khaleda Zia was jailed, she has got bail in that. She is now kept in (From Page 1) custody illegally in a number of unfounded cases out of political…
Prof Anu Muhammad, Member Secretary, National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports Our youths have worked with a long-term responsibility during the movements for safe roads and reforming the existing quota system in public service recruitments. The demands of the two movements were not only for themselves but also for all…
Arafat Hasan: Saudi Arabia has yet to either confirm or deny reports of the detainment of Sheikh Dr Saleh bin Mohammed Al Talib, Imam and Preacher of the Grand Holy Mosque in Makkah. On Sunday, social media advocacy group ‘Prisoners of Conscience’, which monitors and documents arrests of Saudi preachers and religious scholars, had stated…
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor and Founder Chair, Dept. of Television, Film and Photography, University of Dhaka The newly elected Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, a popular sports star turned politician, in his inaugural speech exhorted for peace in South Asia. Can he be a harbinger of peace? Peace and stability…