At-risk nations to make case at UN climate summit
AFP Nations most threatened by rising sea levels and devastating droughts will use a UN summit in Poland on Monday to urge richer countries to pay their fair share in the climate change fight. The presidents of at-risk states such as Fiji, Nigeria and Nepal are expected at COP24 talks, which aim to flesh out…
Intolerable Traffic Jam Caused By Waterlogging
Written by: Eshan Maitra Days of the rainy season are becoming more & more unbearable day by day. Unpredictable weather making it harder keep a proper routine. On top of that, roads are becoming inaccessible just with a little rain. Because of ditches & small basins in the middle of the roads of…
Iran warns US, Israel of revenge after parade attack
Reuters: The deputy head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned U.S. and Israeli leaders on Monday to expect a “devastating” response from Tehran, accusing them of involvement in an attack on a military parade in the city of Ahvaz. “You have seen our revenge before … You will see that our response will be crushing and…
Bangladesh arrests punish dissent, cultivate fear: Amnesty
Arafat Hasan: Amnesty International has called on Bangladesh to end the crackdown on protests that has led to the detention of nearly 100 people, reported The Daily Star. “A pall of fear has descended on civil society with protestors being subject to intense surveillance online and arbitrary arrests,” the human rights organization alleged in a…
One of two children’s body recovered, father held
Hossen Sohel of DOT The law enforcers rescued another child alive and detained the father, Akhtaruzzaman Kajol, reports The Daily Star. The body was covered with a white cloth and placed on a table when police recovered it, police said. The law enforcers rescued one child alive while the other child was covered with a…
Six killed in ‘shootouts’ across Bangladesh
Abrar Hussain: Six alleged criminals, including four drug traders, were killed in separate “gunfights” with law enforcers throughout the country in Feni, Dinajpur, Mymensingh, Barisal, Jessore and Tangail districts in the early hours of yesterday, reports The Daily Star. Five police personnel were also injured during alleged gunfights in Feni and Barisal. In Feni, an…
‘Bangladesh-India coordination must for combating cross-border human trafficking’
As women and children from Bangladesh are being trafficked to India continuously, Civil Society members called for coordination at both government and non-governmental levels of the two countries on urgent basis for combating the crime. “At the moment, about 200 to 400 women and children from Bangladesh are being trafficked to India each month. It…
UN chief, WB President’s visit will mount pressure on Myanmar
Dr. Delwar Hossain, Professor of International Relations, Dhaka University : The UN Secretary-General and World Bank President’s visit in Bangladesh will mount pressure on the supporters of Myanmar. But this pressure cannot be such that it will force Myanmar to immediately take measures regarding the repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh. Nonetheless, the visit must force Myanmar’s…
Macron mocked on Twitter for 2018 vows
Abrar Hussain of DOT : Looking back at 2018 and the French president’s vows to unite the nation, some disappointed Frenchmen went to Twitter to vent their frustrations regarding the situation in their country. The population has been divided over the Benalla affair and the Yellow Vests riots. “In my view, 2018 will be the…