Adriana Collini/Medium.com Most people associate Bangladesh with ready-made garments (RMG). But, I got to know its capital Dhaka as a bustling city and met fascinating people who are highly motivated to change their country. And what is even more unexpected, private players, as well as the government, are investing in these entrepreneurs and striving to…
Sayeed Muhammad: Art and photography installations calling for the release of Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam have gone up around the Valley, with Kathmandu set to welcome several heads of state, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The leaders will be attending the fourth summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic…
M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh has praised the UN investigators’ report on the Rohingya issue. “Bangladesh believes this is the most comprehensive, factual and crucial report since the attack in August last year,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said, reports bdnews24. He, however, said it is “very natural” that Myanmar will reject that….
AFP: Small tsunami waves lapped New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu Wednesday after a strong earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, but the threat passed without any damage reported. After the 7.1 magnitude quake struck off the eastern coast of New Caledonia, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said “waves reaching 0.3 to 1 meter above the tide…
Reuters: Yemeni Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s Najran region near the border between the two countries, the Houthi-controlled Masirah TV said on Wednesday. The Badr-1 missile targeted “a new military camp,” it said, without indicating when the missile was launched. Saudi Arabia’s military said on Tuesday its air defenses intercepted…
Reuters: Brazil’s electoral court threw out a complaint by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that television networks were not covering his campaign in their newscasts, even though he is a candidate in the October presidential race. The decision by the court, known as the TSE, increases the likelihood that its judges will…
BSS: Finance Minister AMA Muhith yesterday said he thinks the election-time government may be formed in October since the next parliamentary polls will be held in December this year. “I don’t know about the time of the formation of election-time government. But I think, it may be formed in October since the national election will…
Desk Report: Sugarcane growers in the district are all smiles as they got good yield of the crop due to favourable weather and absence of attacks by pests and diseases, reports Daily Star. The prices are little higher in the beginning of the season but the sellers and the buyers are happy over the good…
Desk Report: This may be one of the most bizarre things that you hear today. An app launched in India’s Mumbai -named Rent A Boyfriend – claims to ‘cure depression’ by ‘renting a boyfriend’. Launched in Pune and Mumbai, Rent A Boyfriend (RABF) is the brainchild of 29- year-old Kaushal Prakash, who claims to have…
Kabir Humayun: The Election Commission is mulling to finalise over 40,000 polling stations across the country on September 6. As the national election inches closer, the commission has already asked its field-level officials to send lists of possible polling stations to the EC Secretariat after disposing of complaints by August 30, reports Asian Age. An…