BSS: Japan will give Taka 211.74 crore or 2,729 million Japanese Yen as grant for enhancing the rescue capacity of the Bangladesh Coast Guard. The agreement was signed today by Economic Relations Division (ERD) secretary Kazi Shofiqul Azam and the Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Bangladesh Hitoshi Hirata at ERD conference room…
Abrar Hussain: The Bangladesh Hockey team have accomplished finishing 6th in the 12-team 18th Asian Games Men’s Hockey by defeating Thailand by a score of 3-1 in their 4th Pool B match at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Hockey field in Jakarta on Sunday. After the 3rd win in their four matches, Bangladesh not only…
Hossen Sohel: Facebook banned Myanmar’s army chief and removed other pages tied to the country’s military yesterday after a UN probe called for him to be prosecuted for genocide over a crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, reports AFP. “We are banning 20 Burmese individuals and organisations from Facebook – including Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief…
M Humayun Kabir: Captain Abid Sultan of US-Bangla Flight BS211 was going through tremendous personal mental stress and anxiety, and a series of erroneous decisions on his part led to the crash of the flight, according to details of the official investigation led by the Nepalese government, reports Kathmandu Post. The pilot of the US-Bangla…
M Humayun Kabir: UN investigators yesterday said Myanmar’s military carried out mass killings and gang rapes of Muslim Rohingya with “genocidal intent” and the commander-in-chief and five generals should be prosecuted for orchestrating the gravest crimes under law. In a report, they said the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi has allowed hate…
Desk Report: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed yesterday said the crisis over the sale of rawhide of sacrificial animals will be over soon as the government has taken steps in this regard, reports Daily Star. Talking to journalists at the Secretariat, he also said the government has no plan to export the rawhides to protect the…
Desk report: The country’s energy regulator is set to announce a fresh hike in natural gas tariff in September to foot the import bills of ‘expensive’ LNG, said officials, reports the financial express. The Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) is now at the final stage of its scrutiny after holding public hearings over the tariff…
Desk Report: Pakis-tan’s new government has banned the discretionary use of state funds and first-class air travel by officials and leaders, including the president and the prime minister, as part of its austerity drive, reports NDTV. The decisions were made at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday, according to Information Minister…
MEMO: Abu Dhabi’s Sheikh Khaled Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, cousin of Manchester City owner and Arab billionaire Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, failed in a £2 billion ($2.55 billion) proposal to buy UK’s Liverpool Football Club, the Daily Mail reported late yesterday. The Emirati sheikh held talks with representatives of Liverpool’s owners from late…
UNB: Milk consumption has a large impact on linear growth in the crucial first 1,000 days of an infant’s life, potentially reducing stunting by as much as 10.4 point among children in Bangladesh, according to a new study done by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). “Increasing access to dairy products can be extremely…