Jennifer Green/SEVEN BILLION TODAY The vote of the day on 7 billion asks us to answer how we feel about abortion. This debate is ongoing and never ending. The debate revolves around the moral, religious and legal aspects of abortion. It is currently in the news in Latin America, as Argentina voted to decriminalise abortion….
UNB: National Board of Revenue (NBR) has put a strong vigilance mechanism in place to keep tax evasion in check. Official sources confirmed the UNB that NBR took the move as it does not want to underachieve its set goal of collecting a hefty Tk 2,96,201 crore revenue in financial year 2018-19. NBR has asked…
Desk Report: Inadequate working capital, shortage of skilled manpower and absence of necessary infrastructure facility are taking its toll on the desired growth of local light engineering sector, industry insiders said, reports Financial Express. Despite having its immense potential, the country’s light engineering sector fail to flourish at an expected level due to such reasons,…
Desk Report: A traditional boat race was held in the Chitra River in Narail district on Saturday to mark the 94th birth anniversary of great artist S M Sultan, reports Daily Observer. State Minister for Sports Biren Shikder inaugurated the boat race under Sheikh Russel Bridge over the river. This year, as many as 21…
Kabir Humayun: A group of parents and guardians yesterday demanded the release of their children, who were allegedly picked up by law enforcers, in Mohakhali and Tejgaon areas of Dhaka on September 5. They urged the law enforcers to produce them before a court if the students are guilty. At a press briefing held at…
Russia Today: A number of Syrian state and media-linked YouTube accounts have gone dark, as the battle for Idlib looms amid Russia’s warnings of an imminent false-flag chemical attack and Western preparations for retaliatory strikes. On Saturday afternoon, the channels belonging to the Syrian presidency, the country’s Ministry of Defense, and SANA news all showed…
Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations/Gulf News If there is an issue, the ‘anonymous’ US administration official should have raised it with Trump as he always listens We have enough issues to deal with in the world, so it’s unfortunate to have to take time to write this, but I feel compelled to…
Reuters: Supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny protested across Russia against planned increases to the nationwide pension age on Sunday (Sept 9), a challenge to the authorities who are holding a raft of regional elections on the same day. The changes, going through parliament, have shaved around 15 percentage points off President Vladimir Putin’s…
ScienceAlert: Life has been soaking up sunlight and storing it as a fuel source for billions of years. But scientists have just put a new twist on this ancient process that could finally provide us with the efficiency we need to compete with fossil fuels. A study led by the University of Cambridge in the…
Desk Report: The prices of most of the stocks on bourses saw a downward trend in early hour of trading yesterday as some investors were seen selling their shares to book profit, reports Financial Express. Following the previous week’s marginal correction, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened lower amid…