Hossen Sohel of DOT United Nations has called upon all political parties in Bangladesh to maintain a peaceful post-election atmosphere in the country, reports The Daily Star. “The UN is aware of violent incidents and reports of irregularities in Bangladesh’s election,” the global organisation said yesterday. The statements were being made by the spokesperson of…
Russia Today: The US – followed by Israel – has left UNESCO, citing a “pro-Palestinian bias” allegedly persisting within the agency. Recently, Washington has been eager to ditch any institutions and deals which supposedly harm its interests. The decision of the US took effect late Monday, closely followed by Tel Aviv, which kicked in on…
Reuters: India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident of doing well at this year’s general election despite the party’s recent losses in state polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an interview with Reuters partner ANI on Tuesday. “No reason for morale down. We are confident and are moving ahead. In 2019, if there…
UNB: A college student was shot by unidentified assailants in Jashore early Tuesday. The victim, Sajib Hasan Sujon, 22, is a second-year management student at Uposhohor College. Police said Sajib and his friends had gathered for a picnic at Dhaka Road when they were attacked by a group of 10-12 men for yet unclear reasons….
Al Jazeera: In the two years since Colombia signed a peace deal with the left-wing FARC rebels, 85 members of the armed-group-turned-political-party have been killed, the United Nations said. Colombia’s special investigation unit, quoted in a new UN report published on Monday, blamed “illegal armed groups and criminal organisations” for the killings. In his quarterly…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu has announced that new members of parliament will take their oaths of office on Jan 3, reports bdnews24.com. The information minister made the announcement during a Secretariat Reporters Forum discussion at the Secretariat Media Centre yesterday. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JaSaD) President Inu said: “The members of…
Elena Hoicka, Senior lecturer in developmental psychology at the University of Bristol/Channel NewsAsia Playing with apps can encourage play and learning, says one developmental psychology researcher. Young children learn through play. That’s why it’s the basis for early education in the UK, the US, Canada, Australia and many other countries around the world. But with…
BSS: Overcoming many hurdles and extreme poverty, Bharoti Rani Sen has become an icon of women empowerment in remote Gangadas Baraipara village. Bharoti was born as the fifth among her three brothers and three sisters in their poor family of nine members of the village under Haridebpur union of Sadar upazila here in 1977. At…
David Leonhardt, Op-Ed columnist at The New York Times/BDnews24 Our best hope may be the weather. For a long time, many people thought that it was a mistake to use the weather as evidence of climate change. Weather patterns contain a lot of randomness. Even as the earth warms and extreme weather becomes more common,…
BSS: Awami League Advisory Council member and Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said people cast their vote on December 30 general polls against the BNP-Jamaat and militant outfits. “The victory of Awami League is the reflection of people’s longstanding distress against BNP-Jamaat and militancy,” he told journalists at a view-exchange meeting at his secretariat…