Abrar Hussain: United States President Donald Trump is expected to announce new tariffs on about $200 billion on Chinese imports today, according to a report by Reuters. The tariff level will probably be about 10%, the Wall Street Journal reported. This is below the 25% that the administration previously stated it was considering. The upcoming…
Sayeed Muhammad: Prime Minister’s International Affairs Adviser Dr Gowher Rizvi has said the next general election will be held fairly and timely without creating any impediment to any political party. “There’s no question about election. [The] election will be held in time… on time. [The] election will be held according to the rules – free…
Kabir Humayun: The High Court yesterday rejected a plea of BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury challenging an ACC order directing him to be grilled over money laundering and illegal dealings. The HC bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice KM Hafizul Alam passed the order,reports Banglanews24.com. Barrister Moudud Ahmed moved…
BBC: Researchers say they have found the world’s oldest brewery, with residue of 13,000-year-old beer, in a prehistoric cave near Haifa in Israel. The discovery was made while they were studying a burial site for semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers. Brewing beer was thought to go back 5,000 years, but the latest discovery may turn beer history on…
Arafat Hasan: Bang-ladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Khandadker Mosharraf Hossain has claimed that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has criticized BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir’s recent visit to the United Nations headquarters in New York out of ‘frustration’. Mosharraf, while addressing a news briefing at BNP’s central office yesterday, said the party’s secretary…
WIO News: The number of people killed by Typhoon Mangkhut in the Philippines jumped to 49 on Sunday, police said, as more landslide victims were discovered. Police spokesman Benigno Durana released updated figures showing the number of dead had risen from the previous reported toll of 30.
Raj Abrar: Australia will begin a public inquiry, or Royal Commission, into the country’s aged-care sector as a spike in cases of elderly abuse creates a “disturbing trend”, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday. The inquiry comes at a time when the number of Australians moving into residential care is set to jump, with the…
TheTech Explorist: Cancer cells frequently have transformations in their DNA that can give researchers hints about how the tumor began or which treatment might be best. Finding these changes can be troublesome, yet another strategy may offer more entire, extensive outcomes. Scientists at the Penn State University have built up another system that can join…
Desk Report: Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid yesterday said the fresh enlistment of educational institutions under Monthly Payment Order (MPO) facility will be finalised by next month, reports the daily star. In reply to a supplementary question of ruling Awami League lawmaker AKM Jahangir Hossain at the parliament, the minister said, Finance Minister AMA Muhith…
The Hindustan Times: Annual infections of HIV have increased in Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya and Uttarakhand while Bihar, West Bengal, Telangana, Delhi, Jharkhand and Haryana have seen a decline in infection lower than the national average Has India won the war against HIV? At best, some skirmishes have been won, but the National AIDS Control Programme…