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As a part of the ongoing campaign to create awareness among the public and enlist the support of like-minded organizations, the District Promotion Team has organized a massive painting (water colour)/, digital art competition for students on Sunday 25th August…

by Mohammad Nazrul Islam Due to the opening of the Dambur and Ghazaldoba dams in India, flash floods have occurred in 13 districts of Bangladesh including Feni, Noakhali, Lakshipur, Comilla, Chandpur, Brammanbaria, Sylhet, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, it is not a natural…

A friend writes to me: ‘You really have courage!’, but the truth is that I am very scared, I have an appointment to confirm with Yurii Sheliazenkho, Ukranian conscientious objector and at the last moment I would like to postpone…

“I criticized the Terrorism Act before getting on the plane, then got arrested under the Terrorism Act upon landing.” Richard Medhurst, a Syrian-British independent journalist who defends Palestinians’ right to resist Israeli apartheid, occupation, and other crimes, said this week…

Health Advocates Seek Vigilant Monitoring and Enforcement of the Lead Paint Ban to Protect the Health of Vulnerable People  25 August 2024, Quezon City.  Some paint products banned by the government four years ago for containing violative levels of lead,…

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, strongly condemns the killing of two reporters  during a military raid in the Mon State of Myanmar and demands a fair probe into the incident that led to…

The first half of 2024 saw new coal-fired power plant approvals fall significantly in China, a new report by Greenpeace East Asia said. A series of permits in the past two years had raised concerns about how committed the country’s government was to limiting climate…

While party platforms are usually full of insincere popular promises, this year’s from the Democrats spits in the face of the majority of Democrats who want peace. Normally, U.S. political party platforms should not be read as outlines of what…

Guwahati: Hundreds of Assamese women on Friday hit the street of Dhing in central Assam demanding justice for a minor who was gang raped by a group of suspected Muslim migrants on 22 August 2024 while she was returning home…

Toxic and pollution watchdog BAN Toxics today called on the online shopping site Shopee to address the sale of Feique whitening products, which have been banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to toxic mercury ingredients. “We are…