Reuters: Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha will announce in September whether he will take part in politics in the run-up to general elections next year, he said on Tuesday. May next year is the most recent deadline Prayuth’s junta has set for an election its critics hope will return Thailand to civilian rule after more…
UNB: The Executive Committee of the National Economic (Ecnec) on Tuesday approved ‘Improvement of Livelihood of Marginal Communities Programme’ at an estimated cost of Tk 826.12 crore, aiming to provide housing facility to some 20,000 ultra-poor families in 11 city corporations and 25 municipalities. The approval came from the weekly Ecnec meeting held at the…
Syed Badrul Ahsan, Editor-in-Charge, The Asian Age : Bangabandhu should have lived longer. But, then again, we did not permit him to live beyond three and a half years into freedom. He was a mere fifty five when he was assassinated and none of us in this country had the courage to stream out on…
UNB: Bangladeshi consumers spent significantly more during this year’s festive season of Ramadan and Eid in comparison to 2017, according to a study released by Visa, the global leader in digital payments technology. The report shows that spends on Visa cards in Bangladesh during Ramadan and Eid 2018 increased by 7 percent, whereas the number…
Variety: The possibility of video gaming as an Olympic sport was one of the topics explored in the Esports Forum held Friday in Switzerland. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) brought together 150 representatives from the esports and gaming industries to meet at the Olympic Museum in…
Reuters: The Hong Kong office of China’s foreign ministry condemned Hong Kong’s Foreign Correspondents’ Club on Tuesday for allowing a speech by a Hong Kong independence activist, saying the reporters’ group was not outside the law. The club should be very clear that freedom of the press cannot be abused, the office said in a…
Desk Report: Five local films having received censor certificates are ready to hit cinemas across the country during Eid-ul-Azha, reports Asian Age. The films are Captain Khan, Beporoya, Mone Rekho, Zannat and Amar Prem Amar Priya. Among the five films, three are ready for release, while Captain Khan and Beporoya are currently in post-production stages. ‘Directors,…
UNB: Tens of thousands overstaying Bangladeshi expatriates in Dubai have been pouring into the Bangladesh Consulate premises in the hope of getting quick exit or regularising their status, the Gulf News reported. “In the last week, we issued about 1,000 one-way travel permits or outpasses and have enrolled about 2,500 for new passports which will…
Hossen Sohel: A man was detained on suspicion of terrorist offences after a car hit pedestrians and crashed into a barrier outside the UK parliament. The incident happened about 7:37am local time yesterday, police said. London’s Metropolitan Police said a number of pedestrians were injured in the incident but at this stage none of them…
UNB: Members of Wild-Team, a wildlife conservation organization, arranged a knowledge sharing programme with the middle school students of American International School of Dhaka. They also shared the organization information and activities with the students in the school gymnasium as a part of a fair of non-government organizations. of Bangladesh from different areas, said a…