Desk Report: The total import pertaining to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project has emerged as the second largest ‘sector’ in the country’s overseas procurement in the last fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, reports the financial express. The government has expedited the project’s implementation and procurement process. As a result, the large-scale import of items…
Hossen Sohel: Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President also Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu yesterday said the Sheikh Hasina-led government has started implementing precisely the 9-point demand raised by the schildren during the road safety movement. He said this while talking to the leaders and activists of his party, at his residence in Bheramara of Kushtia, reports…
ScienceNordic: Researchers surveyed more than 3,500 workers in Norway about their alcohol habits and problems. “Workers who drink too much don’t get enough attention or help,” says the head of the research project. One Norwegian study from 2017 found that 25 percent of respondents said that they were hung over or less effective on the…
Dr Ahmad Al Kabir, Former Chairman, Rupali Bank: Apart from modernization, the country’s banking sector is now facing some new challenges. A competition of a different kind has become evident between the old staff who are not technically sound and the staff equipped with modern technical knowledge. Certainly, there are many old staff who have…
Reuters: China’s top newspaper rebutted growing criticism in government circles that Beijing should have taken a lower profile to head off its trade war with the United States, saying on Friday that, like an elephant, China cannot hide its size and strength. The growing trade conflict is causing rifts within China’s Communist Party, with…
M Humayun Kabir: Filippo Grandi, head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR), has urged the government representatives and the business leaders from the Asia-Pacific region to offer more support and protection for 700,000 Rohingya refugees sheltered in Bangladesh. “I urge you to consider what support your Governments could pledge in solidarity with Bangladesh until solutions…
Sayeed Muhammad: In yet another helping emasure, the World Bank (WB) will provide $520 million as loans and grants for a programme to improve the secondary education system and student performance in Bangladesh. Of the amount, the Washington-based lending agency will provide $510 million in loan while the rest as grants, said an official at…
Reuters: Khurshid Alam says he pulls 17-hour shifts three days a week driving a private bus in Dhaka, where tens of thousands of students held angry protests for over a week demanding an end to rash driving that killed two teenagers late last month. Prime Minister Sheik Hasina’s government has moved swiftly to defuse the…
BSS: State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid yesterday said Bangladesh has a plan to import 9,000 megawatts electricity from Nepal to mitigate the increasing demand of electricity by 2040. The state minister said this while addressing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing deal over the cooperation in power sector between Bangladesh…
Reuters: People who have fatty liver disease that wasn’t caused by heavy drinking may still need to avoid alcohol if they want to prevent their liver damage from getting worse, a Korean study suggests. Most people have a little bit of fat in their liver, but fatty liver disease can be diagnosed when more than…