Sayeed Muhammad: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for mobilizing a new global alliance to promote women rights and empowerment as she was conferred upon Global Women’s Leadership Award for her outstanding contribution for the women. “We have to forge a new alliance to support the women and uphold their rights. Together, we must act on…
Sayeed Muhammad: A Dhaka court has sentenced a man to life term in jail for throwing acid on a student of Eden Women’s College in Dhaka in 2013. Judge Pradip Kumar Roy of the First Additional District & Sessions Judge’s Court of Dhaka handed down the verdict in presence of the convict Md Monir Uddin,…
Sayeed Muhammad: Industr-ies Minister Amir Hossain Amu said providing government’s patronisation and support to women in creative innovation will be prioritised in the National Intellectual Property Act. Women’s creativity, intellectuality and innovating power significant for the country’s development, he said addressing a seminar on “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity”, reports UNB. The Department…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a surprise move, the Ant Financial Services Group, which operates global e-commerce firm Alibaba Group-linked payment platform Alipay, is set to buy 20% share of mobile financial services provider bKash. Selim RF Hussain, managing director and CEO of BRAC Bank, of which bKash is a subsidiary, confirmed the matter to the media after…
Sayeed Muhammad: In a latest finding, Amnesty International has Turkey of creating a “chilling climate of fear” across society and curtailing the work of human rights activists since a failed 2016 coup. The rights group said freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial have been “decimated” under the state of emergency introduced…
Sayeed Muhammad: Despite the BNP demanding deployment of the army, the Election Commission said it will not do so in the forthcoming city corporation elections in Gazipur and Khulna. Police and the Rapid Action Battalion backed by border guards are enough to maintain the law and order in the election areas, said EC Secretary Helal Uddin…
Sayeed Muhammad: North Korea’s main nuclear test site has collapsed following its latest bomb test and could be at risk of leaking radiation, claimed Chinese geologists. The development caused the Punggye-ri site under Mount Mantap to be rendered unsafe for further testing and should be monitored, reports The Independent reported citing scientists from the University…
Sabah Mannan: In an occasion laden with symbolism, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North’s leader Kim Jong Un will meet at the Military Demarcation Line dividing the peninsula for their summit on Friday, reports Hindustan Times. The chief of the South’s presidential secretariat Im Jong-seok said Moon will greet his visitor at the concrete…