Working closely with international partners such as UNDP, Japan remains committed to making contributions towards a sustainable solution to the Rohingya response, said Charge d’Affaires ad interim of Japan to Bangladesh Takahashi Naoki. “I am hopeful that this comprehensive solid waste management facility will help improve the lives of both Rohingya refugees and host communities,” said the diplomat. Since the ...

The National Citizen Party (NCP) has announced a primary list of candidates for 125 constituencies ahead of the upcoming 13th national parliamentary elections. NCP Member Secretary Akhtar Hossain announced the names of the candidates at a press conference held at the party’s office at Banglamotor at 11AM.Media Monitoring Service Before the announcement, Nasir Uddin Patwary, head of the NCP’s election ...

Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina says that she is ‘gravely concerned’ about the health condition of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia.Political Biography Book During an email interview with Indian private news agency IANS, published on Tuesday, Hasina was asked about reports of her longtime rival’s condition and that security forces had been deployed at the hospital where she was staying. ”I ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has emphasised building the post uprising new Bangladesh with ensuring the participation of women. Speaking at the Rokeya Day programme on Tuesday, he said, ”We have not been able to create another Rokeya even after 100 years. This is our misfortune. We have not been able to implement the directions she gave, the dreams she ...

Social awareness needed to prevent corruption, said Finance Adviser Dr. Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday. ”The people had earlier hate the corrupt elements and avoided them as bad people, but now they are in hot race to respect them.” Speaking at a discussion organised by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Salehuddin Ahmed said, ”Corruption was once socially ...

Ready for this? Jess Glynne’s Hold My Hand has been named as the UK’s TikTok song of the year thanks to the viral ‘nothing beats a Jet2holiday’ trend. The 2015 hit has become associated with adverts for the holiday company over the years, but it gained a new life when TikTok users began using the audio to make a joke ...

Angela Rayner has told MPs “now is not the time to blink or buckle” as she pushed for Labour’s flagship Employment Rights Bill to finish its passage through Parliament. The former deputy prime minister was speaking in the Commons on Monday for the first time since the government abandoned its pledge in the bill to give workers protection against unfair ...

Tube fares are to rise in the capital by 5.8% under a deal agreed between the Government and Sir Sadiq Khan so Londoners pay a “contribution” towards new transport infrastructure for the city, says a minister. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander, who previously was London’s deputy mayor for transport, said she had had a “grown up” conversation with Sir Sadiq about ...

For all its champagne-fuelled festivities and cosy evenings before roaring fires, winter can be ruthless on our bodies (and, of course, our minds). It’s a topic that has come up again and again over the last few weeks as we’ve compared notes on seasonal complexion quirks, dry body complaints and even sad, flat winter hair that already seems to have ...

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. A loud chorus of medical and public health leaders decried the actions of the panel, whose current members were all appointed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – a leading anti-vaccine ...