Desk Report: International Translation Day is meant as an opportunity to pay tribute to the work of language professionals, which plays an important role in bringing nations together, facilitating dialogue, understanding and cooperation, contributing to development and strengthening world peace and security. Transposition of a literary or scientific work, including technical work, from one language…
M Humayun Kabir: Reiterating its concerns over the Digital Security Act, 2018, the European Union has labelled it as a threat to freedom of expression. The law can potentially be used to suppress and criminalise legitimate exercise of freedom of expression and freedom of the media, the EU said, in a joint statement issued yesterday,…
Sky News Will Smith has celebrated his 50th birthday with a bungee jump from a helicopter near the Grand Canyon. In scenes that wouldn’t be out of place in a movie, the actor shouted: “This is some of the most beautiful stuff I’ve ever seen in my life.” Smith said the experience was like going…
Desk Report Bangladesh Under-18 Women’s Football team reached Bhutan to participate in the 6-nation South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) U-18 Women’s Championship beginning today (Sept 28) at the Changlimithang Stadium in Thimphu, reports Asian Age. Earlier, a 30-member Bangladesh team consists of 23 players and seven officials, captained by Mishrat Jahan Mousumi, left Hazrat Shajalal…
AFP McDonald’s USA announced that its iconic burgers, including the Big Mac and the Quarter Pounder with Cheese, no longer have artificial preservatives, artificial flavors or added colors from artificial sources. Only the pickle slices still contain an artificial preservative, the American fast food giant said, noting that “customers are able to skip it if…
Desk Report The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has decided to give a loan of $500 million to upgrade the primary education sector of Bangladesh, reports the financial express. The approval came on Thursday at the Manila-based lending agency’s headquarters. The loan will be used to provide quality education to all children from pre-primary level to…
BSS The construction work of the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar rail track, one of the fast track projects of the government, is progressing fast. “Construction work of the 102km Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar dual gauge track is going on in full swing. Already half of the land acquisition has been completed,” Project Director Mofijur Rahman told BSS. Construction of…
Desk Report Dengue infection has taken an alarming turn in the capital as thousands of people are contracting the mosquito-borne viral disease even though the rainy season, when the menace peaks, is over, reports New Age. Dengue has so far killed 15 people as of September this year, the highest in a year in the…
Kabir Humayun: India on Wednesday raised import tariffs on 18 items and introduced a new tax on jet fuel effective from yesterday. The imports concerned were valued at about 860 billion rupees ($11.84 billion) in the last financial year that ended on March 31, reports bdnews24.com Here is a list of the new tariffs.
Kabir Humayun: Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon yesterday vowed to present a traffic congestion free, safe and environment friendly city to the citizens within next two years. The mayor told the journalists after the first meeting of the committee to introduce and coordinate the activities for bus route nationalisation and company based bus…