UNDP Five years ago, on the night of November 15, a cyclone ripped through Bangladesh’s coast killing more than 3,000 people and leaving a trail of devastation in its wake. “We woke up in terror after the roof of my house was swept away, and moments later we were chest deep in the rising waters,”…
Peter Appsis, Reuters global affairs columnist/BDnews24 As the West obsesses over Donald Trump’s legal and political challenges, Brexit and a host of other domestic crises, Chinese troops will join their Russian counterparts for Moscow’s largest military exercises in more than three decades. Coming six months after Beijing’s biggest ever offshore naval drills, the joint war…
Ines Osman/Al jazeera Wissam disappeared without a trace after US soldiers arrested him in Baghdad 13 years ago. August 30 marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. For Salam Al Hashimi, an Iraqi refugee in Finland, this day is another stark reminder that his son Wissam, who was abducted by US soldiers…
BSS Accomplishing his high school graduation last year, Khairul, a 17-year boy living in Purbo Gobaria village under Kuliarchar upazila in Kishoreganj district, enrolled in a technical collage located in the nearby Laksmipur village to continue his study. And everything was going on the right direction with Khairul attending his classes regularly at the college….
Regina Asariotis, Chief, Policy and Legislation Section/UNCTAD Following 2017, one of the warmest years on record that included the most costly hurricane season contributing to the highest documented economic losses (approximately $ 320 billion) due to weather and climate events, the first half of the summer of 2018 was also marked by extreme weather, including…
Pauline Bock, French journalist based in Britain/Gulf News Nicolas Hulot’s shock resignation is a heavy blow for the French president. He can save face — but he needs to act No one knew Nicolas Hulot, the French environment minister, was about to resign when he went on a radio breakfast show week before last —…
Sucharita Sen/Daily O, India Daniel Craig is about to make his final appearance in ‘Bond 25’ and the world can’t wait to see the next Bond. “The name is Bond, James Bond…” Daniel Craig is about to make his final appearance in Bond 25 and the world can’t wait to see the next Bond. So,…
Bdnews24: The Department of Narcotics Control has seized around 850kg new psychoactive substance or NPS, which are ‘new’ to Bangladesh’, from the Shahjalal International Airport and a firm at Shantinagar in Dhaka. The seized NPS, which look much like green tea leafs, have been common in Africa for a long time and are recently being…
Desk Report: Though the country has made good economic progress over the years, urban experts think the capital city still lacks quality bus fleets to match the people’s improved lifestyle, reports The Daily Star. They said almost all the existing 8,000 public buses in the city are completely unfit for running in a capital city…
Desk Report: In the face of crackdown by law enforcement agencies, listed militant kingpins and their associates have left major cities and taken shelter in country’s northern region, detective sources said, reports the Daily Sun. Different areas of northern districts have become safe haven for activists of banned militant outfits. Most of the runaway activists…