Tanzina Nitol: When Kajal was a baby, a sudden attack of untreated fever left her legs immobile.  Unable to handle this pressure, on top of the extreme poverty they were already suffering from, Kajal’s father fled. ...

Tanzina Nitol: “Not many women can attain a supervisory position in the food industry,” says Suma Begum with a sparkle in her eye. “Both employers and family members intervene to restrict them.” Currently working as an...

News Hour: The establishment of a National Human Resource Development Fund (NHRDF) was confirmed in Bangladesh on May 14th 2016 by the A.B.M. Khorshed Alam, CEO, National Skills Development Council Secretariat, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment,...

News Hour: Theresa May began her first full day as British prime minister on Thursday under immediate pressure to implement Brexit, after stunning observers by picking gaffe-prone “Leave” campaigner Boris Johnson as her top diplomat, reports...

News Hour: Iraqi security forces paraded through Baghdad on Thursday to celebrate victories over the Islamic State jihadist group, but an unannounced rehearsal two days earlier put a damper on the festivities, reports BSS. Prime Minister...

News Hour: Eight Taliban insurgents have been killed and a few others injured as clashes erupted in Darayem district of the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan on Thursday, an army spokesman Nasratullah Jamshidi said, reports BSS....

News Hour: Funerals were held on Wednesday for two of the five officers killed in last week’s sniper shooting in Dallas, one day after President Barack Obama addressed a public memorial service honoring the slain police,...

News Hour: The commanders of the US and Chinese navies will meet amid mounting tensions over China’s claims to much of the South China Sea, the US Navy said on Thursday, reports BSS. Admiral John Richardson,...

News Hour: The UN Security Council on Thursday strongly condemned the “barbaric and cowardly terrorist attack” that took place during Bastille Day celebrations in the French city of Nice, reports BSS. At least 80 people including...

News Hour: At least 80 people were killed and another 100 injured in the southern French city of Nice after an attacker drove a lorry into a crowd celebrating the Bastille Day national holiday, authorities said,...