The Guardian: Fresh hope has been injected into the Afghan peace process after Taliban officials said groundbreaking preliminary talks with the US last month were “very helpful” and that another round will take place in Doha in September. Four Taliban members met Alice Wells, a senior US state department official, at a hotel in the…
BBC: Food supplies in the Afghan city of Ghazni are running low, as a battle with the Taliban rages for a fourth day, the UN has warned. “Life is getting hard for people, they can’t get food or water,” a man who fled the city on Sunday told the BBC. More than 100 government soldiers…
The Independent, BD: The Directorate of Inspection and Audit (DIA) under the education ministry has identified fake certificates of at least 760 teachers in non-government educational institutions across the country. DIA officials said they have checked the bachelor’s, master’s and diploma certificates as well as those offered by the Non-government Teachers’ Registration and Certification Authority…
Desk Report: Save the Children Bangladesh launched a new website-based job platform to help unemployed young men and women to get jobs and trainings considering high unemployment rate in the country, reports New Age. Zunaid said, ‘Save the Children has done a wonderful job in terms of bringing solution to a complicated problem. We can…
Desk Report: The bourses inched up amid amid low trading activities in early hour of trading on Monday as some investors active on sector-wise stocks, reports Financial Express. Following the previous day’s flat ending, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) opened slightly higher. Within first 15 minutes of trading, the…
Desk Report: Shahriar Chowdhury Emon, known by his stage name Salman Shah, was the most popular hero in the 1990s. His fans were obsessed with the actor’s appearance, and his roles had a great impact on them. Salman Shah is an icon to millions of youths even after 22 years of his sudden death, and…
Arab News: Iran’s defence minister unveiled the next generation of Tehran’s Fateh Mobin short-range ballistic missile on Monday, according to conservative news agency Tasnim. “As promised to our dear people, we will not spare any effort to increase the missile capabilities of the country and we will certainly increase our missile power every day,” the…
Desk Report: The projected high spending for land acquisition has propelled the cost of Dhaka-Chittagong Expressway project to Tk 335 billion, reports Financial Express. The cost for land acquisition in the project is 68 per cent higher than the cost of its civil work and main structure component. Sources said the total project cost of…
AFP: Malaysia’s prime minister said Monday he will seek to cancel multibillion-dollar Chinese-backed infrastructure projects that were signed by his predecessor as his government works to dig itself out of debt, and he blasted Myanmar’s treatment of Rohingya Muslims as “grossly unjust.” Prime Minister made the comments during a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press days…
Abrar Hussain: The international ban on former Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful ceased yesterday, however, Chief Selector Minhajul Abedin has said that he ‘does not see room’ for the batsman in the current national team. In 2013, Ashraful was found guilty of match-fixing in the Bangladesh Premier League and was sentenced to an 8-year ban by…