Japan is likely to reduce the interest rate on its lending to Bangladesh by 0.30 percentage points to 0.65 per cent from next month (October), officials said on Monday.In October 2017, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) increased its loan interest rate to 0.95 per cent from 0.01 per cent."Following...
Read moreNEW YORK, Sept 23 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived here on Sunday afternoon (local time) via Abu Dhabi on an eight-day official visit to the USA to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).She will deliver the country statement at the 74th Annual General Debate...
Read moreAll the stakeholders, both in public and private sectors, need to work with greater coordination to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), speakers at a dialogue said on Monday.Fostering innovations, enhancing skills, empowering women and creating new entrepreneurs are also essential to this end, they said.The observations came at a...
Read moreThe proxy war in Yemen went into a new twist with the Houthi rebel drone attack on Saudi oil installations. President Donald Trump was quick to disavow any United States involvement and on their part the Saudis, left red faced as they were, haven't pointed the finger at anyone specific....
Read moreThe tell-tale signs and impacts of climate change - such as sea level rise, ice loss and extreme weather - increased during 2015-2019, which is set to be the warmest five-year period on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), reports UNB.Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere have also...
Read moreState-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) floated tender last week to build a 1.0 megawatt (MW) capacity waste-based power plant at Keraniganj on build, own and operate basis.The Bangladesh Power Development Board will purchase electricity from this power plant for 20 years.Bid submission deadline for the project -- to be...
Read moreTraders on Monday assured the government that onion prices would come down from early next month as import of a large quantity of the item is in the pipeline.The assurance came at a meeting held at the secretariat with commerce secretary Md Jafar Uddin in the chair following an unusual...
Read moreA Dhaka court issued an ad-interim injunction on Monday upon operation of the new committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), a co-organisation of BNP.At the same time, the court asked the newly-elected JCD president and secretary to explain in seven days as to why the new committee should not be...
Read moreKANDAHAR, Sept 23 (AFP):- Afghanistan is investigating reports that 40 civilians, including children, were killed in an airstrike during a wedding celebration in southern Helmand province, officials said Monday.The defence ministry said it would "share the result of the investigation" into the deaths overnight in Musa Qala district, which come...
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