Transparencies in using climate change fund demanded
Barisal Correspondent :Participants at a human chain and rally in Barisal on Sunday demanded transparencies, justice and accountabilities in distribution and using climate change fund...
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Integrated groundwater resource management in drought-prone areas stressed
BSS, Rajshahi :In addition to creating mass awareness about reasonable use of both surface and underground water, emphasis should be given on integrated water resource...
13,000 `slaves` working in UK
AP, London :Up to 13,000 people in Britain are victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation or other forms of modern slavery, a government report said on...
Myanmar’s Rohingya face hunger and death on brutal sea exodus
Agencies :Bibijan Rahimullah stepped aboard a small boat in Myanmar in October for what she was told would be a week-long journey to Malaysia to...
About 400 killed in Libya’s Benghazi fighting so far
Reuters, Benghazi :About 400 people have been killed in six weeks of heavy fighting between Libyan pro-government forces and Islamist groups in Libya’s second-largest city...
WHO reports sharp rise in Ebola deaths
AP, Dakar :New toll of 6,928 shows a leap of about 1,200 since Wednesday and appears to include previously unreported deathsThe death toll from the...
Kabul police chief resigns after spate of attacks
Reuters, Kabul :The police chief of Afghanistan’s capital quit on Sunday, his spokesman said, following a third deadly Taliban attack in 10 days on foreign...
Protests after Mubarak murder charges dropped
Agencies :Violence erupted in the Egyptian capital as security forces clashed with people protesting a decision to throw out charges against former President Hosni Mubarak...
Xi Jinping vows to protect territorial interests
AFP, Beijing :Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a key foreign policy speech that the rising Asian nation would protect its sovereign territory, the Xinhua...