Haseeb Md Irfanullah | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
Climate has indeed changed -- from Bolivia and Botswana to Bangladesh and beyond. The big industrial countries were supposed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions fast to keep the average global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees centigrade compared with what...
Omar Raad Chowdhury | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
Two pertinent questions crop up regarding Bangladesh's potential BRICS (now BRICS+) membership that need to be weighed in the context of current global geopolitical shifts. First comes what could be the short-to long-term economic and trade benefits of Bangladesh joining...
Sheikh Serajul Hakim | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
While attending lectures on Solid Waste Management (SWM) as part of my Master’s in Urban (Environmental) Management and Development at Rotterdam back in 2007, I was first introduced to the concept of solid waste and the need for its management,...
Wasi Ahmed | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
When his 1993 essay The Clash of Civilizations, later made into a book with the title The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, took readers across the globe with a sense of unease and excitement (provocation as...
Melita Mehjabeen | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
In an era of rapid technological advancements and global connectivity, the need for a workforce equipped with Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills has become paramount. The conventional Master of Business Administration (MBA) curriculum, once the hallmark of business...
Anindeta Chowdhury | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
Almost every wishful profession holds a passionate story behind this choice. And a skillful profession should not exactly rely on any gender-based stereotype, yet the contextual concept varies from the theoretical approach. Not every profession is seen as suitable one...
Khan Muhammad Saqiful Alam | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
2022-2023 have been a couple of very eventful years, with Russia's attempted invasion of Ukraine, Twitter's takeover by Elon Musk, several large crypto businesses' meteoric crashes, rounds of downsizing in tech giants, and the very recent humanitarian crisis in Gaza....
Tanannum Azad Arufa and Sabit Ibtisam Anan | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
An alarm bell rings that, under "business as usual" levels, plastic pollution is set to double by 2040, whilst consumption likely to double by 2050. In recent years, the rapid proliferation of plastics production, primarily single-use plastics, has resulted in...
Md. Shariful Islam | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
A trailblazing start of International Relations (IR) studies in Bangladesh dates back to a period even before the emergence of Bangladesh as a sovereign nation-state when the country was known as East Pakistan. The University of Dhaka, the premier academic...
Sameera Zaman | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
It goes without saying that Bangladesh has witnessed significant strides made towards sustainability and climate awareness in its development pursuit. Several key sectors in our country have evolved to be experts in the field of climate change and are now...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
Rooftop solar power has been gaining popularity among industry owners and entrepreneurs in Bangladesh. The Net Metering Policy of the government has offered the rooftop solar power-producing customers of grid electricity attractive financial benefits. Managing Director of Ananta Companies Engineer...
Dr. Zaidi Sattar | 2023-12-10 00:00:00
Defying a perfect economic stormFrom the start, the year 2023 was beset with macroeconomic challenges of the worst kind. The troika of macro indicators - inflation, exchange rate, and foreign exchange reserves - showed signs of volatility that lasted for...
On December 07, 2023, your esteemed newspaper published an editorial entitled 'Now loan from WB, ADB for Rohingya!,' which contains several inaccuracies. Let me reassure you that the World Bank is committed to helping Bangladesh address the needs of the...
PSV's Dutch midfielder #20 Guus Til heads the ball during the Dutch Eredivisie football match between PSV Eindhoven and SC Heerenveen at the Philips Stadium in Eindhoven, Netherlands on Thursday — AFP
SYDNEY, Dec 08 (AFP): David Warner brushed off scathing criticism from former teammate Mitchell Johnson over his selection for Australia's Test series against Pakistan, saying Friday: "Everyone's entitled to their own opinions."Johnson lashed out in a newspaper column after veteran...
TOKYO, Dec 08 (AFP): A "nervous" Naomi Osaka has targeted a place at next year's Paris Olympics and more Grand Slam titles after she makes her eagerly anticipated return to tennis.The 26-year-old former world number one is set to return...
MADRID, Dec 08 (AFP): Rafael Nadal said on Thursday he could not confirm that 2024 would be his final season before retirement, saying it "makes no sense" to set a deadline for the end of his career.The 22-time Grand Slam...
Bangladesh offspinner Nayeem Hasan believes his side is on track to take the lead past 200 runs, which is good enough to defend on this wicket in the second and final Test as they are bidding a first ever Test...
Glenn Phillips hit an aggressive 87 to keep New Zealand in the game on day three of a finely poised rain-hit second and final Test against Bangladesh on Friday, reports UNB.All-rounder Phillips lifted New Zealand from a precarious 55-5 at...
VIENNA, Dec 8 (Reuters): The number of murders and other intentional killings surged to a record high across the world in 2021, driven in part by the stress and economic pressures of COVID-19 lockdowns, a U.N. report said on Friday.Around...
The US embassy in Baghdad was attacked with two salvos of rockets on Friday morning but there were no casualties, an embassy spokesperson said, reports Reuters.The attack was believed to have been carried out by Iran-aligned militias in Iraq, the...
BANDE DE GAZA, Territoires palestiniens, Dec 8 (AFP): The Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer, one of the leaders of a young generation of authors in Gaza who chose to write in English to tell their stories, was killed in an Israeli...
GOMA, DR Congo, Dec 8 (AFP): About 250 South Sudanese soldiers left Goma on Friday, the latest group from an East African Community (EAC) regional force to withdraw from the strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after Kinshasa refused to...
LOS ANGELES, Dec 8, 2023 (BSS/AFP) - Hunter Biden was indicted late Thursday on multiple counts of tax evasion, the second time this year President Joe Biden's troubled son has been charged by a special counsel investigating his personal and...
SEOUL, Dec 8 (AFP): Top security advisers for Seoul, Tokyo and Washington will meet in Seoul Saturday to discuss the growing threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea, South Korea's presidential office said.The meeting -- which will be attended by Seoul's...
DUBAI, Dec 8 (AFP): The head of the UN climate summit pressed nations Friday to strike a deal as talks resumed after a break, with only four days left for negotiators to iron out differences over the fate of fossil...
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Friday as Japan's third-quarter GDP was revised downward in a surprise move, while India's central bank held its benchmark lending rate steady, reports CNBC.Japan's third-quarter GDP was revised downward to a 0.7 per cent fall...
Global bond funds saw significant inflows in the seven days to December 6 amid growing expectations of interest rate cuts in the US and Europe and signs of inflation waning, reports Reuters.Investors purchased a net $11.57 billion of global bond...
US equity funds witnessed outflows for a second straight week in the seven days to December 6 on some investor caution ahead of economic data which could provide more insights about the Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory, reports Reuters.Investors exited...
BRAC Bank has signed an 'Employee Banking' agreement with Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd. and its subsidiaries. The agreement will enable the employees of Berger Paints and its subsidiaries to enjoy a convenient and delightful banking experience, including salary accounts, multi-currency...
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