BSS: President M Abdul Hamid, who is now on a five-day tour in different upazilas of his home district, yesterday visited two schools and inaugurated Itna Upazila Multijouddha Command office here. The President also witnessed the progress of development works of Itna Zero point and Chilni parts on the under-construction Itna-Mithamain- Austagram highway, which connects…
Desk Report: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) projected 7.5 percent GDP growth for Bangladesh in the fiscal year 2018-2019 with continued strong consumption and public investment. Bangladesh export and remittance are likely to remain steady, according to the ADB outlook 2018 released today. However, the expansion in import is likely to be slower. On the…
Reuters: A Copenhagen policewoman is being investigated for embracing a niqab-wearing protestor during a demonstration against a ban on face veils, the force’s complaints body said on Wednesday. The incident, in which the protester appeared to be crying, was captured by a Reuters photographer on Aug. 1 when a countrywide ban on the wearing of…
Desk Report: Pharmacy department of Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University at Santosh in the district organised a colourful procession marking World Pharmacists Day yesterday. Vice Chancellor Prof Mohammad Alauddin led the procession where the proctor, deans of different faculties, and teachers and students of pharmacy department of the university took part. International Pharmaceuticals Federation…
NDTV: The Merriam-Webster’s Official Scrabble Players Dictionary is playing catch up by adding some of the new-age internet-influenced words to please the millennials. A total of 300 new words have been added to the dictionary including words which the seniors won’t consider as words but thanks to the social media, they are very much a part…
Anne-Marie Slaughter , Francesca Binda/ Project Syndicate Efforts to improve female representation in politics have often focused on quotas and reserved shares. What is really needed is a nuanced approach that tackles the underlying, interconnected barriers that women face in getting nominated for elected office and conducting successful campaigns. A record number of American…
Mustapha Karkouti, Columnist and former president of the Foreign Press Association, London/Gulf News Global community should search all possible options that would put an end to this bloody war that has led to so much suffering ‘I believe that with this agreement we prevented a humanitarian crisis in Idlib,” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently…
Reuters: The only functioning airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli will reopen its airspace on Wednesday afternoon after clashes between rival militias forced it to close two weeks ago, the airport administration said. Mitiga airport was shut after rockets were fired in its direction. Flights were diverted to Misrata airport about 190 km (120 miles)…
AllThatsInteresting: Tammie Hedges was arrested on 12 counts of practicing medicine without a veterinary license, among other violations. A North Carolina woman’s efforts to rescue displaced animals in the wake of Hurricane Florence apparently violated state law, which led to a seemingly ill-deserved arrest. Tammie Hedges of Wayne County, N.C. took it upon herself to…
Hossen Sohel: Developing Asia could grow more slowly than previously thought next year as the US-China trade war inflicts collateral damage on the region’s export-reliant economies, the Asian Development Bank or ADB said yesterday, reports Reuters. Tightening global liquidity could also weigh on business activity by pushing up borrowing costs, while capital outflows are also…