MEMO: The Libyan Peace Group on Wednesday launched an initiative aimed at achieving comprehensive national reconciliation to end the crisis in Libya. The group includes representatives of the February 17th Martyrs Brigade who overthrew the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, leaders of the Gaddafi regime and the Karama process launched by Khalifa Haftar’s forces. In a…
Desk Report: The Emergency Obstetrics Care (EOC) unit of the 51-beded Bauphal Upazila Health Complex has been closed for over a decade, reports Daily Observer. The section was closed several days after its opening due absence of gynecologist and anesthesiologist in the hospital. The modern machinery of the EOC section are exposed to be inoperative…
UNB: Climate experts urged the government and policymakers to integrate ecosystem based approach to adaptation (EbA) in national climate related policies to address adverse impact of climate change. The experts came up with the suggestion while addressing a policy dialogue on ‘Ecosystem based Approaches to Adaptation (EbA) to Climate Change Effects’ at the conference room…
On a tip-off on Thursday, the Coast guard arrested 2 drug dealers in an operation at Angtihara area of Koyra thana in Khulna district. The arrestees were captured along with 70 bottles of alcohol, 40 bottles of Phensedyl, 12kg cumin and 24 pieces of soap. The drug dealers were then handed over to Koyra police…
Desk Report: Many criminals are now managing to get passports by using fake addresses to evade arrest by law enforcers and keep continuing acts of crime, intelligence sources said, reports Daily Sun. A section of employees of the Department of Immigration and Passport (DIP) and police officers is helping criminals to get such passports in…
India Times: Indian-Am-erican Bimal Patel has been nominated to a key administrative position in the Treasury Department by US President Donald Trump. Patel, from Georgia, has been nominated to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions. Currently, he serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for the Financial Stability Oversight…
Hossen Sohel: Mexico said Thursday it had received an offer from the United States of payment to deport migrants, but denied it had accepted the deal, reports SABC News The statement followed reports that President Donald Trump’s administration planned to send Mexico $20 million to deport undocumented Central Americans crossing its territory toward the United…
Kabir Humayun: BNP’s Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi yesterday said that three lakh leaders and activists of the party and its different fronts have been implicated this month in different false cases. He made the allegation at a press conference at BNP’s central office in Dhaka’s Nayapaltan. At least 3,000 false cases have…
UNB: Speakers at a workshop in Habiganj on Friday said inclusion is at the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the role of MPs is the key to ensure that no one is left behind. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organised the two-day workshop titled ‘Role of Member of Parliament in…
Desk Report: The smuggling of deadly drug marijuana into Bangladesh from Ethiopia in Africa has created a great concern in the South Asian country, reports Daily Sun. Detective sources said marijuana is entering Bangladesh through Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka. Three consignments of the narcotic drug were seized in the airport in the last…