Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram :Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies...
Day: September 1, 2022
Staff Reporter :The 25-member Bangladeshi recruiting agency syndicate, which is controlling the workers sending market of Malaysia, is trying to take control of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agency (BAIRA), an apex body of the recruiting agencies, in its upcoming elections under the patronisation of powerful quarters to silence its other members raising voices against its illegal activities.Allegations of purchasing votes have gone against the syndicate to take control. At the same time, giving pressure from influential quarters and...
Reza Mahmud :Climate change has created severe health hazardous among the people, especially in the children and women, sources said.People...
Reuters :Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union,...
Staff Reporter :Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Md Masud Biswas, on Wednesday tendered apology to the High Court for his ‘inadvertent’ mistake in submitting a statement to the court about information on money deposited by Bangladeshi individuals and organizations in the Swiss banks. Appearing in the court, he said, “I am sorry for my inadvertent mistake. A draft of the statement was submitted. I pledge not to repeat such mistake. And I have submitted the statement again following...
AP :Former Malaysian prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 97, was hospitalized on Wednesday after testing positive for Covid-19, his office said.‘Mahathir...
Staff Reporter :Chief election commissioner (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal has said the National Identity (NID) and voter database are interrelated and their dependency may be hampered if NID services are taken under the home ministry.The CEC said this while talking with reporters at Election Commission on Wednesday (31 August). Earlier, EC employees submitted a memorandum to CEC to take steps to keep NID services under the commission.“A law is being drafted to shift NID services to the Security Services Division...
Al Jazeera :The Taliban have celebrated the first anniversary of the withdrawal of US-led forces from Afghanistan with a military...
Staff Reporter :The elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Shaheen Alam in connection with the alleged suicide of his...
Staff Reporter :Over 100 people were injured in separate clashes among the activists of ruling party Awami League (AL), BNP...
Anisur Rahman Khan :The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) restored a total of 2340 km of waterways by spending Tk 1617.02 crore in the last 10 years in spite of various obstacles including the recent coronavirus pandemic.Though the government took up a 10-year project in July 2012 at a cost of Tk 1,923 crore to develop a total of 2,386 km of waterways by 2021, but the BIWTA completed 98 per cent work by June this year.The government had...
Staff Reporter :The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has decided to reduce bus fare by Tk 0.05 (5 paisa) per kilometre after the price of fuel oil had been reduced by Tk 5 per litre.As per the new decision, Intercity bus fare was re-fixed at Tk 2.45 per kilometre and long-distance bus fare was re-fixed at Tk 2.15.Secretary of Road Transport and Highways Division ABM Amin Ullah Nuri announced the decision after a meeting with the leaders of the transport...