Govt seizes 40,000 Kg polythene in anti-polythene campaign
Bangladesh interim government is intensifying its efforts to enforce the ban on polythene shopping bags, urging all citizens to comply with the directives to stop using such bags.
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Iran activist sews lips in protest after fellow campaigner鈥檚 suicide
A prominent Iranian activist has sewn his lips together and is holding daily protests in Tehran following the apparent suicide last week of a fellow campaigner, he posted on social media on Thursday...
Record $15.9b spent on US election campaigns
The 2024 US election, which went to the polls on Tuesday, is set to become the most expensive in history, with total contributions reaching $15.9 billion.
Fear, hope, bluster for US voters as campaign ends
Fear, suspicion, hope and bluster: All were on display Monday night as the US election campaign reached a crescendo, with Republican Donald Trump making a final pitch to supporters in...
GAIN holds nutrition campaign in Dinajpur
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Department of Agricultural Extension jointly organised a nutrition campaign as part of the Diversified Resilient Agriculture for Improved Food and Nutrition Security project at Dinajpur Sadar on Thursday...
US intel warns of Iran threats to assassinate Trump
US intelligence has warned Donald Trump of 鈥榬eal and specific鈥� threats from Iran to assassinate him, his presidential campaign said in a statement Tuesday...
Indian media urged to stop disinformation campaign against Bangladesh
An open letter on Wednesday called on Indian media outlets to stop running false propaganda and misinformation campaigns about the recent mass uprising in Bangladesh and apologise to the brave Bangladeshi protesters...
How to build a more peaceful world
ALTHOUGH the current US presidential campaign has focused almost entirely on domestic issues, Americans live on a planet engulfed in horrific wars, an escalating arms race, and repeated threats of nuclear annihilation. Amid this dangerous reality, shouldn鈥檛 we give some thought to how to build a more peaceful future?...
Trump, Harris hone attack lines
Donald Trump labeled vice president Kamala Harris a 鈥榗razy liberal,鈥� while she vowed to prevail over his 鈥榳ild lies鈥� as both laid out presidential campaign attack lines Saturday with just 100 days left until election day...
ASDF plants trees at Bangabhaban school
Alliance for聽 Sustainable Development Foundation, a not for profit organisation, arranged Tree Plantation and Climate Awareness Campaign-2024 at Bangahaban Government High School in Dhaka at recently aiming for making Dhaka a better place to live in...
Europe鈥檚 establishment ushers in far right
RISHI SUNAK鈥橲 decision to leave D-Day celebrations early to attend an ITV interview will likely be remembered as the worst blunder of this year鈥檚 UK general election campaign. But the British media鈥檚 coverage of the Normandy ceremony missed the main story: that while heads of state gathered to celebrate the end of fascism in Europe...
Govt wants to protect country: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that her government aims to protect the country, its people and nature from natural calamities, urging all to plant saplings in empty places of houses and offices to protect the environment...
UK leaders clash in TV debate
The leaders of Britain鈥檚 two main political parties faced off in the first live TV debate of the general election campaign on Tuesday, a month before voters go to the polls and with predictions of a record win for the main opposition Labour party...
Two crore children to be fed vitamin A plus capsules today
The National Vitamin A-plus campaign will be conducted on June 1 with a target to feed vitamin A-plus capsules to over 2.22 crore children, aged between six months and...
Sunak, Starmer to debate next week
Britain鈥檚 Conservative prime minister Rishi Sunak and Labour opposition leader Keir Starmer will go head-to-head next Tuesday in the first televised debate of the election campaign, broadcaster ITV announced on Wednesday...
Candidate beaten to death
A vice-chairman candidate was killed in a clash between supporters of two vice-chairman candidates at聽 Mirerkandi village of Paratali union of Raypura upazila in Narsingdi...
Vietnam votes in public security minister as president
Vietnam鈥檚 rubber-stamp parliament voted in public security minister To Lam as the country鈥檚 new president on Wednesday, after a major anti-corruption campaign forced his predecessor to resign...
Indian elections
THE Islamophobic rhetoric being employed by Narendra Modi for this election campaign has become shrill. Pakistan has nearly always been an electoral issue in India...
Change his name if BJP wins
THERE is a perceptible voter fatigue against divisive planks. That is encouraging news coming in for Indian democracy, which braces for a seven-stage general election starting Friday. The last round of voting is set for...
Govt must bring down cost of education
THE cost of education has increased, as a research that the Campaign for Popular Education has conducted says. The findings of the research, which has surveyed...