PHNOM PENH, Aug 05 (AFP): Southeast Asian ministers Friday condemned the lack of progress on a crisis resolution plan for coup-hit Myanmar, demanding the junta take action before a regional summit later this year.Myanmar has been in chaos since a...
BAGHDAD, Aug 05 (AFP): Tens of thousands attended mass prayers Friday in Baghdad's Green Zone in a new power play by Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr after his adversaries conditionally backed his call for early elections.Sadr, a longtime political and...
MOSCOW, Aug 05 (Reuters): Russia said on Friday it was ready to discuss a prisoner swap with the United States in private, a day after a Russian court jailed US basketball star Brittney Griner for nine years for a drugs...
PTI chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan on Thursday hit back at the Election Commission of Pakistan's verdict in the PTI prohibited funding case saying that taking money from foreign companies wasn't illegal in 2012, reports DAWN.In an address...
SOCHI, Aug 05 (Reuters): Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have begun their talks in Russia's Black Sea city of Sochi on Friday.As Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced earlier, the negotiations are scheduled to touch upon a...
BEIJING, Aug 05 (AP/Reuters): China said on Friday that more than 100 warplanes and 10 warships have taken part in live-fire military drills surrounding Taiwan over the past two days, while announcing sanctions on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over...
Md Abu Sayed Siddique | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
Procurement is one of the key professional tasks of any government or non-government organisation. One of the important aspects of performing such a task is the sound knowledge of the individuals involved in the procurement process. Efficient procurement ensures the...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
The national newspapers in Bangladesh have started to become slimmer. How the readers whose number is likely to decrease with the increase in price by Tk 2.0 on an average are reacting to this may be an interesting query. At...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
Eminent litterateur Anisul Haque had written in an article back in 1997, "He is a peddler of light, a magical man in the city of memories. As the dusk dawned and the earth got submerged in darkness, the man was...
Our everyday meals are incomplete without green chillies. Raw or added to curries, this little spice is not only delicious but also rich in so many vitamins. Alas, with a kilogram of green chilli price hitting Tk 250, it is...
I have recently come across a video clip uploaded on social media in which a young man had a motorcycle accident on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway and was badly injured. Although a big crowd was standing beside him, no one was coming...
Breast milk, which contains fat, proteins, carbohydrates and various minerals and vitamins, is crucial for children's healthy and disease-free growth. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends exclusive breastfeeding up to six months of age and continued breastfeeding along with appropriate...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
Two incidents that took place recently at a public university exposed once again a disquieting environment prevailing in the country's higher educational institutions. First, five youths sexually assaulted a female student of Chittagong University while going to the Botanical Garden...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
The US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan trip has left the diplomatic community wondering if it marks a shift from the US's long-held one-China policy. Notably, during the last four decades plus years this has been the guiding principle of...
In a bid to tame the volatile foreign exchange market, the Bangladesh Bank (BB) has reportedly begun taking action against money changers found involved in profiting illegally through manipulating dollar price in the open market. Reports further have it that...
Ismail Hossain | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
Mizanur Rahman, a retail investor was struggling as the stock market had been seesawing for a while after he had invested a good amount of his savings in the share market. During that time, the market was plummeting, and the...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-08-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh needs to find and develop suitable models to provide care for its growing aging population. Old homes have been built here but complete residential isolation of the older parents and living with strangers have not been well liked by...
MUMBAI, Aug 4 (Reuters): India, the world's third largest carbon polluter, has finally approved new targets for slashing planet-warming emissions, more than a year after a United Nations deadline for updated commitments.On Wednesday, the Indian federal cabinet approved the country's...
The High Court (HC) has directed Abul Kashem, a person locked up in the condemn cell for seven years despite getting acquittal in a murder case, to file a written application before the court, reports BSS.As Supreme Court lawyer Md...
WASHINGTON, Aug 04 (Xinhua): U.S. President Joe Biden signed a new executive order on Wednesday to help ensure access to abortion.Biden, in virtual remarks from the White House, said that the measure responds to "the healthcare crisis that has unfolded"...
PHNOM PENH, Aug 4 (AFP): Southeast Asian foreign ministers urged restraint Thursday as China readied massive military drills off Taiwan, warning the situation risked spiralling into "open conflicts".A furious Beijing is planning its biggest-ever exercises around Taiwan in response to...
TOKYO, Aug 4 (AFP): Toyota upgraded its annual net profit forecast on Thursday, predicting an earnings boost from the weaker yen even after first-quarter net profit took a hit from pandemic-related supply chain issues.The global chip shortage, Covid-19 lockdowns disrupting...
These BRTC buses, waiting for government employees to transport them home after their offices, are parked right on the street in busy Dilkusha area of Dhaka’s Motijheel, while hawkers are running business activities further encroaching upon the avenue, hampering smooth...
TANGAIL, Aug 4 (BSS): The Detective Branch (DB) of district police in a drive on Thursday held a man accused of robbery and gang rape of a woman in a bus in Modhupur area on Wednesday. The detainee was identified...
Bangladesh recorded two more Covid-linked deaths with 278 fresh cases in 24 hours till Thursday morning, report agencies. The death toll from the disease climbed to 29,300, according to the latest government data released on Thursday.As many as 5,404 samples...
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (AFP): The US Senate ratified the entry of Sweden and Finland into NATO Wednesday, strongly backing the expansion of the transatlantic alliance in the face of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The Senate voted 95 to 1 in favor...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Non-resident Bangladeshi (NRB) engineers are consolidating their position with their professional skills and integrity in the US market to ensure a strong footing in the ever-growing global ICT sector.A good number of Bangladeshi engineers have established their own engineering, and...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Despite having a limited scope, the government would try to ensure electricity supply to the industries and businesses that are facing setbacks due to the ongoing load-shedding across the country.Two government high-ups made the assurance amid concerns raised by trade...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-05 00:00:00
Chinese Ambassador in Bangladesh Li Jiming on Thursday praised Bangladesh for its longstanding commitment to the One- China principle.'We believe that the government and people of Bangladesh will continue to abide by the one-China principle, understand and support China's legitimate...
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