Reuters: U.S. and Mexican trade negotiators are close to squaring away bilateral differences on the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and will resume talks on Monday morning, Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said on Sunday. Earlier, Guajardo told reporters the two sides were likely “hours” away from reaching a common position, but in the…
Reuters: Iranian lawyers asked the International Court of Justice on Monday to order the United States to lift sanctions imposed by the Trump administration against Tehran. The presiding judge of the U.N. body informally known as the World Court began the hearing by calling on Washington to respect its outcome. During their decades of animosity,…
MEMO: Daesh terrorist organization claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack in the restive Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, according to its propaganda website Amaq. Four militants were shot dead by security forces as they attempted to attack a security checkpoint in the North Sinai city of Arish, local media said on Saturday. Sinai has remained the epicentre…
Prof. Abu Ahmed, Dept of Economics, University of Dhaka: The government could investigate the reason behind the low prices of rawhide this year. They could find out whether it was the tannery owners forming their own syndicate and using blackmail to get what they want. They could also investigate the legality of this and prosecute…
Reuters: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan vowed on Sunday to bring peace and safety to Iraq and areas in Syria not under Turkish control and said terrorist organisations in those areas would be eliminated. Turkey, which has backed some rebel groups in Syria, has been working with Russia, which supports Syrian President Bashar al Assad, and…
BSS: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves Dhaka for Kathmandu on Thursday on a two-day official visit to Nepal to attend the 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). The summit will commence on Thursday afternoon at Hotel Soaltee Crowne Plaza in the Nepalese capital with the participation…
Kabir Humayun: Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali has expressed deep shock at demise of United States Senator John Sidney McCain. “I am deeply saddened…. On behalf of the government and the people of Bangladesh, I express our heartfelt condolence to you and through you to the government and the people of the United States and…
Anadolu Agency: A total of 836 detainees have died in Syrian regime prisons, according to a Syrian NGO on Monday. In a statement, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) said it has documented the forcible disappearance of around 82,000 civilians in Syria. “Some 14,000 people have been tortured to death by the regime,” the…
The Hill: House Republicans had hoped an aggressive recruitment push during the “year of the woman” would help boost the number of female lawmakers in their conference next year. But a little more than two months before election day, things haven’t gone as planned. Republicans were successful in recruiting a record-breaking number of women to…
M Humayun Kabir: The Criminal Investigation Department has finally identified some of the perpetrators involved in the murder of TV show host Nurul Islam Farooqi four years after his death. According to CID, the names of perpetrators were disclosed when a detained extremist made confessional statement to the court, reports bdnews24.com. Hadisur Rahman Sagar, in…