Desk Report: Sonali Bank has sought guarantee worth Tk 60 billion from the government to urgently meet its huge capital shortage, officials said, reports the financial express. It also wants commission on a Tk 942 billion letter of credit (LC) opened for importing equipment and services for Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP). The available data…
M Humayun Kabir: Asean Parliamen-tarians for Human Rights (APHR) yesterday welcomed the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which ruled that it could exercise jurisdiction over the alleged crime of deportation of the Rohingya population, despite Myanmar not being a party to the Rome Statute. “This is a milestone decision and a step forward…
UNB: The United States has said it will continue to press Myanmar to create the conditions necessary to allow safe, voluntary and dignified return of Rohingyas to their homes in Myanmar from Bangladesh. It also said they will continue to work closely with Bangladesh, UN agencies, and international partners to meet the urgent needs of…
Barrister Al Amin Rahman, Advocate, Bangladesh Supreme Court : The Government of Bangladesh extends magnanimous treatment and environment towards foreign investors under its relaxed legal policy framework and principle of compliance with international norms and principles. Globally, foreign investors tend to invest in a place where there is an assurance of making profits. Businesses throughout…
Sky News: A man has denied murdering a British toddler who went missing from a beach in Australia almost 50 years ago. Three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer disappeared from the beach in New South Wales in 1970. The 64-year-old suspect, who cannot be named because he was 15 at the time of the alleged murder, appeared via…
Channelnewsasia: Pope Francis has hit out against our money-centred culture that promotes poverty and excludes humanity, in an interview with Italy’s Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper published on Friday (Sep 7). “Whoever is excluded isn’t only exploited but completely rejected,” the pontiff said. “We can’t ignore the fact that an economy structured like this kills…
Dr. Shamsul Alam, Fuel Expert: Power generation is not being efficiently utilized. Power is being generated based on demand and not on production capability. Production capacity is scarcely being utilized. The amount is below 50%. There is no consensus in correlating energy production with demand. In fact, fuel production without at first ensuring energy generation…
Sayeed Muhammad: At least ten patients have been suffering from dengue fever, over the last three months in Khulna. The affected people were treated in three hospitals and one private clinic—one chose to travel to Dhaka for better treatment, reports Dhaka Tribune. “The Civil Surgeon’s Office has formed 116 medical teams in nine upazilas of…
Al Jazeera: The leading candidate in Brazil’s presidential election is in a serious but stable condition after being stabbed at a campaign rally, doctors said. Jair Bolsonaro, 63, was stabbed in the city of Juiz de Fora, about 200km north of Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday. The far-right presidential candidate underwent emergency surgery for a wound…
Reuters: Germany’s domestic spy chief expressed scepticism on Friday that migrants had been hounded in Chemnitz after the fatal stabbing of a German man, undermining Chancellor Angela Merkel who has said images from the eastern city “very clearly” showed hate. Germany has been deeply shaken by the most violent right-wing protests in decades after the…