Amend NWDP :  Charmonai peer
Use of Quran, children during hartal  slated
Staff Reporter
 
The Islamic Andolan Bangladesh (IAB) Ameer and Charmonai Peer Mufti Syed Muhammad Rejaul Karim on Wednesday urged the government to amend 29 sections of the National Women Development Policy (NWDP) -2011 as those contradicted with the Quran and the Sunnah.
Briefing the newsmen at IAB [...]

India clinch World Cup

Heartbreak for India and jubilation for Sri Lanka as Lasith Malinga sees off Sachin Tendulkar during World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka in  Mumbai on Saturday.  Internet
Sports Reporter
India clinched the ICC Cricket World Cup title when they defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the final in Mumbai on Saturday.
Electing [...]

800 killed in violence so far
Rival forces battle for control of Abidjan

Smoke rises from the centre of Abidjan.AP photo
BBC Online
Heavy fighting is taking place in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, for a third day as rival forces battle for power.
Fighters loyal to internationally-recognised president Alassane Ouattara battled for control of the presidential palace and barracks [...]

Bangladesh relief goods handed over to Japan
Staff Reporter
 
Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan AKM Majibur Rahman Bhuiyan accompanied by Embassy officials, Saturday handed over relief materials from Bangladesh Government to the Japanese authorities, at Narita Airport.
While receiving the relief materials, Japanese officials thanked the Government of Bangladesh for its friendly gesture. The Bangladesh Ambassador also reiterated Bangladesh [...]

India in WC final
Sports Reporter
India reached the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 when they overcame Pakistan by 29  runs in the second semi-final in Mohali on Wednesday.
Electing to bat first, India posted a fighting total of 260 for the loss of nine wickets in the stipulated 50 overs and then they bowled [...]

Three renowned mountain climbers are presumed dead after an avalanche in Alberta’s Banff National Park, Canadian officials said Thursday.
Outdoor apparel company The North Face said that American Jess Roskelley and Austrians David Lama and Hansjorg Auer disappeared while attempting to climb the east face of Howse Peak on the Icefields Parkway. They were reported overdue [...]

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders Thursday announced endorsements from seven black lawmakers in the critical early voting state of South Carolina, a show of force in the first place where African American voters feature prominently in next year’s primary elections.
Sanders’ 2020 campaign made the announcement just ahead of a Spartanburg town hall meeting with members [...]

This article originated in VOA’s Persian service.  
 
Media rights group Reporters Without Borders says Iran has slipped further toward the bottom of its World Press Freedom index because of an increase in arrests of Iranian journalists and citizen-journalists. 
 
In its annual press freedom ranking published Thursday, the Paris-based group also known as RSF said Iran dropped six [...]

The United States and Russia both said Thursday they could not support a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a cease-fire in Libya at this time, diplomats said, as mortar bombs crashed down on a suburb of the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Russia objects to the British-drafted resolution blaming eastern Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar for the [...]

Some information in this report came from Reuters. 
More than 1 million Afghan children, particularly in conflict-stricken regions of the country, were deprived of polio vaccinations in 2018 because of actions taken by Taliban and Islamic State militants, Afghanistan health officials tell VOA.
“Overall, 1.2 million children were deprived of vaccinations in the country,” Dr. Gula Khan Ayoubi, public affairs [...]

বাংলাদেশসহ বিশ্ব জুড়েই ডিমেনশিয়া বা স্মৃতিভ্রংশ রোগের ভয়াবহতা দিনে দিনে বাড়ছে। স্মৃতিশক্তি কমে আসা এ রোগের প্রাথমিক লক্ষণ। [Read More]

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যৌন নির্যাতন কাকে বলে, নিজের প্রতি তা ঘটছে কিনা সেটি কীভাবে চিহ্নিত করবে শিশুরা। এমন স্পর্শকাতর বিষয় ছোট শিশুদের শেখানো অভিভাবকদের জন্য কতবড় চ্যালেঞ্জ? [Read More]

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বাংলাদেশে গত কয়েকমাস ধরে শেয়ারবাজারের অব্যাহত দরপতনে মূলধন হারিয়েছেন অনেক বিনিয়োগকারী। সরকারের হস্তক্ষেপের দাবিতে তারা বিক্ষোভও করেছেন। [Read More]

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বিশ্বকাপ ক্রিকেটকে সামনে রেখে নিউজিল্যান্ড, অস্ট্রেলিয়া, বাংলাদেশ, ভারত, ইংল্যান্ড, পাকিস্তান, শ্রীলঙ্কা ও দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকা দল ঘোষণা করেছে। [Read More]

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অনেক দেশের অর্থনীতির একটা গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভিত অভিবাসীদের পাঠানো অর্থ। কিন্তু তার চড়া মূল্য দিতে হচ্ছে শিশুদের যারা বড় হচ্ছে আত্মীয়দের কাছে। প্রায়শই অবহেলা, বঞ্চনা আর নির্যাতনের শিকার হয়ে। [Read More]

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