UNB, Dhaka The Law Commission has completed the draft to enact a law to stop the distortion of Liberation War facts, says its Chairman Justice ABM Khairul Haque. He said this when he met President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Tuesday to submit the Commission’s Annual Report-2015. During the meeting, the President advised the Commission…
Marilyn Thipthorpe ‘Achoooo’ those darn sniffles have attacked you yet again. There’s no rhyme or reason to why these bugs have invaded your body and raised havoc to you countenance. A simple fur ball, dust or flower might have triggered the allergic reaction but did you know there are a few lesser-known triggers, which are…
Hossen Sohel: Strong action to combat climate change could cumulatively add at least $26 trillion to the world economy by 2030, according to a study published yesterday. President Donald Trump, for instance, said last year that he would pull the United States out of a global climate pact called the Paris Agreement because it would…
UNB: An elderly couple died as an alleged organised gang sedated them before looting their house in the capital’s Demra area on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Abdus Sattar, 75, and his wife Sahera Begum, 60, of Sarulia in Demra. Quoting neighbours, Inspector (Investigation) of Demra Police Station Md Selim told UNB that a…
Sayeed Muhammad The government has decided to scrap the Section-57 among other controversial sections of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act while the draft of the proposed Digital Security Act has been finalised. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu revealed the matter while talking to reporters after a meeting held at the Secretariat in Dhaka…
Humanism.org: Bangladesh must urgently do more to uphold the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of religion and belief of its citizens, Humanists UK told the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva. In a statement delivered at the 39th session of the UNHRC, Humanists UK noted that whilst freedom of belief and freedom…
Prof. Dr. A B M Abdullah, Dean of Medicine Faculty, BMSSU : May 28 is International Safe Motherhood Day. Even though the day was recognized as International Women’s Health Day since 1987 throughout the world, considering the importance and effectiveness of maternal health it was celebrated as Safe Motherhood Day since 1997 in Bangladesh. Preventing mother…
Reuters Critics of Theresa May’s Brexit plans stepped up their efforts on Sunday to force the British prime minister to change tack on leaving the European Union, setting the tone for one of the worst-tempered conferences for her Conservative Party. Her former foreign secretary and former Brexit minister both came out to rubbish her so-called…
NDTV: Barack Obama shared a throwback picture of him and his wife Michelle Obama to wish her on her 55th birthday. Shared on social media yesterday, the picture, along with a heartwarming message by Barack Obama, has gone viral with over 4.6 million ‘likes’ on Instagram alone, and another 1.15 million on Twitter. It has…
Hossen Sohel: A Banglade-shi origin UK man who plotted to kill Prime Minister Theresa May in a suicide attack was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 30 years. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 21, from north London, was convicted last month of preparing acts of terrorism, reports BBC. Rahman had planned to detonate…