Hossen Sohel Canada and the US reached a deadline deal on a new free trade pact that will include Mexico, the governments announced late Sunday, after more than a year of talks to revamp a pact President Donald Trump had labeled a disaster, reports AFP. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) updates and replaces the nearly…
BBC It is likely to be the most critical and controversial report on climate change in recent years. Leading scientists are meeting in South Korea this week to see if global temperatures can be kept from rising by more than 1.5C this century. The world has already passed one degree of warming as carbon emissions…
NDTV A 27-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in East Marredpally area of Secunderabad for being chided by his wife over continuously chatting with female friend on a web-based messaging app, police said on Sunday Upon receiving information about the death, the man’s 19-year-old female friend also committed suicide by consuming toxic substance, a police official…
ThriveGlobal Let your partners talk about themselves:A study by several Harvard researchers found that talking about yourself is a pleasure akin to eating. As in, people love it. Study participants went as far as to give up money for the opportunity to talk about themselves. What this means is that letting people talk about themselves…
Desk Report: Around a hundred farmers sell 2,000 to 5,000 maunds of rice – including of near-extinct varieties – at the market. A 200 year-old floating rice market still operates today in Barisal’s Banaripara upazila—selling varieties that are on the verge of extinction. The floating rice market is situated at the banks of the Shandha…
Desk Report US-Bangla Airlines has not yet taken any effective measures to ensure safety of passengers even after the private airliner met with two accidents in a span of only six months. Passengers and aviation experts say services of the airline do not match its slogan — Fly first-fly safe. They think technical flaws, mismanagement…
NDTV Late actor Raj Kapoor’s wife Krishna Raj Kapoor died on Monday, family members confirmed. She was 87. Speaking to news agency PTI, Krishna Raj Kapoor’s eldest son Randhir Kapoor said: “My mother passed away at about 5 am today due to cardiac arrest… old age was another factor. We are deeply saddened by her…
Kabir Humayun Barrister Nazmul Huda, former BNP minister, has filed a case against former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Maruf Hossain Sarder, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), told The Daily Star yesterday afternoon that Sinha was sued by former communication minister Huda with Shahbagh Police Station. The police official, however, did not…
Desk Report China will cut import tariffs on textile products and metals, including steel products, to 8.4 per cent from 11.5 per cent, effective November 1, the finance ministry said on Sunday. Beijing has pledged to take steps to increase imports this year amid rising tension with some of its biggest trade partners, such as…
Banglanews24 The Indian and Pakistan cricket boards gear up for three days of intense legal wrangling as the ICC Dispute Resolutions Committee act as the arbitrator in proceedings that will commence in Dubai on Monday. The dispute started when the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) signed…