A preparatory meeting on preventing children trafficking was held at SEEP Project Office at Mirpur-6 in the capital today (Sept 18). The programme was held to prepare a report on preventing the trafficking taking into consideration the opinions of local people, including children. The report will be submitted to the Home Ministry within a short…
Arab News: The United Arab Emirates will build an oil pipeline connecting Eritrea’s port city of Assab with Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian state-affiliated broadcaster said on Friday. Fana Broadcasting said the information was revealed during a meeting in Addis Ababa between Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Reem Al Hashimy, the UAE’s state…
Desk Report: Detective police arrested seven members of a gang of carjackers and recovered 10 vehicles from Mirpur, Demra and Shyampur of the capital, said Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), reports Daily Sun. A team of sleuths (west division) of the DMP arrested Lokman Hossain, 25, Niamul Sharif, 25, Sheikh Jamal, 22, Abdur Rashid Mridha, 20,…
Gyanu BK, Participant of Dalit Reader’s Writing for Social Justice Workshop/My Republica The movement called #MeToo has given a platform to women around the world to publicly share their sexual harassment stories, and it has helped to address this serious global social problem in some countries. It has made its way to Nepal as well….
One year ago, violence in Myanmar forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people – 60 per cent of them children – across the border into neighbouring Bangladesh. Long-deprived of their rights in their homeland and now deprived of their homes and schools, Rohingya refugee children are at risk of becoming a ‘lost generation’. In the…
UNB, Naogaon Local people blocked road and staged demonstrations on Dhamairhat-Joypurhat road at Chakmoyram in Dhamairhat upazila protesting the death of a schoolboy in a road accident here on Saturday morning. Yasir Arafat Swadhin, 12, son of Tuku Hossain of Pharshipara village of the upazila and a class VI student of Chakmoyram High School, was…
Desk Report: In wetland areas of Pirojpur, farming on floating seedbeds called “dhap” is a tradition that spans centuries, reports The Daily Star. Primarily constructed from water hyacinth, the seedbeds that are up to 180 feet long, four feet wide and two feet thick, allow farming in areas otherwise unavailable for regular crops. But this…
Mazaharul Islam Head of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Suranjit Sengupta has commented that the conviction of the two ministers has caused irreparable harm to the government. He shared his thoughts on the matter with the press at the media center of the National Parliament House on…
UNB: Following last year’s success, rice farmers in Comilla once again are looking forward to another successful harvest of the Aman variety this year, as moderate rainfall during the ongoing monsoon season allowed them to plant their seedlings at the right time. If the weather remains amenable then the expected production target may be exceeded,…
NDTV France will introduce its own tax on large internet and technology companies from January 1, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said today amid difficulties in finalising a new EU-wide levy. France has been pushing hard for a new so-called “GAFA tax” — named after Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon — to ensure the global…