Banglanews24: Bangladesh is set to import 340MW more electricity from India through the Surjomoni-Comilla north link under government to government (G2G) contract. Secretary of power ministry Dr. Ahmad Kaikaus said it to reporters after the 15th meeting of Bangladesh-India power assistance related joint steering committee at a hotel in Sylhet on Tuesday (Sep 25). He…
Desk Report: Ogyan party members allegedly took away Tk 2.5 lakh from a police constable after making him unconscious in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka, reports Daily Asian Age. Abdul Alim, sub-inspector of Dhamrai Police Station, said Moinul Islam who is posted at Savar Model Police Station, was returning home by a bus after withdrawing Tk…
Stacy Gosch, Senior Corporate Recruiter Houston, Texas Area/Linked In Ghosting happens…to Recruiters too! I had a candidate accept the job last Monday. Great conversation and she was so excited. I sent her the offer letter and the background check request. On Wednesday I realized I had not received either back. I called and emailed. No…
Reuters: The top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader on Tuesday rejected a U.S. offer for top-level meetings, as both countries’ presidents were due to attend the U.N. General Assembly in New York. Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards also kept up the anti-U.S. rhetoric in the build up to the U.N. session, calling President Donald Trump “evil…
Kabir Humayun: Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said countymen have no reliance in the assorted leadership of Jatiya Oikyo Prokriya, the newly formed alliance. “Who is the leader of this alliance of 10, 20 parties? Is it possible to continue movement without a leader?” he asked while addressing an election campaign in…
BSS Alongside the excitement of a new baby, Aklima Begum,30, felt anxious for upcoming days since her fruit seller husband faced various crisis to run their six-member family. But like many other poor mothers across the country, Aklima Begum, mother of two children, has got relief from anxiety by receiving maternity allowance under Social Safety…
Desk Report: Chattogram Medical College Hospital (CMCH) opened a dedicated service desk to ensure proper healthcare for unidentified patients, reports Daily Star. The desk was inaugurated at the neurosurgery ward of CMCH. Prof Dr Kanak Kanti Barua, vice-chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, was present at the inaugural ceremony as chief guest. Prof Noman…
Mojtaba Barghandan/ Daily Sabah, Turkey The U.S.’s anti-Middle East grand security strategy is designed to preserve U.S. cross-border and cross-continental interests. Other non-regional countries, such as Britain and Russia, for instance, interpret it as a threat to their cross-border interests. Naturally, aggressive U.S. Middle East policies should be treated as a threat by all regional…
Hossen Sohel: Instag-ram yesterday said co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have resigned as chief executive officer and chief technical officer of the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook Inc, giving scant explanation for the move, reports Reuters. The departures at Facebook’s fastest-growing revenue generator come just months after the exit of Jan Koum, co-founder of…
EurekAlert: Researchers have developed a new way to model seismic risk, which they hope will better inform disaster risk reduction planning in earthquake-prone areas. The study, which is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences today (Monday 24 September 2018), and was led by academics from Durham University’s Department of Geography, has developed…