UNB Terming the present government a pro-business and pro-investment one, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said it wants to leave no stone unturned for the sake of the county’s rapid economic progress. “For the sake of the country’s rapid economic development, we want to utilise all the scopes. We’ll go for all ways —…
Deshi Blitz: Australian woman Lara Hall, aged 30, was the victim of an online groomer who imprisoned her and raped her repeatedly over several months. Ms Hall was lured to Pakistan by a man called Sajjad, who promised her a lavish life in a Spanish-style villa in Lahore. She has spoken about her ordeal in…
Heinrich Hauff/Dorje Shugden When Sweden’s Democrats, an extreme right-wing political party with a white nationalist agenda gained a significant win to become the deal-maker who would form the next government of Sweden, the entire European community braced itself for an outpouring of extremist views. Europe was already in the grip of a tense situation. Yet…
Star Stripes The F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter jet, the U.S. military’s most expensive weapon ever produced, was used Thursday for the first time in a combat mission, striking a Taliban target in Afghanistan, defense officials said. The Marine Corps’ F-35B variant of the aircraft carried out the strike on a static target in support…
Reported by: Riku Amir Written by: Eshan Maitra The government has been administrating the prices of Heart-Rings used in open-heart surgeries for the patients with acute heart conditions. But this had been cutting short the capital for hospitals. Therefore 4 biggest private hospitals Square, Lab Aid, United & Apolo, are conjoining in the task to…
Md. Fakrul Islam Chowdhury writes for DOT : In order to transform Dhaka into a smart city we need to start a conversation around the following issues between not only the experts and government officials but also be inclusive enough to accommodate and address the voices and concerns of people and stakeholders from all walks…
UNB A series of shootings at a business, its parking lot and two streets nearby left four people including the gunman dead, a sheriff in south-central Kansas said Thursday. Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said at a news conference that all the dead were shot inside Excel Industries, a plant in Hesston that makes lawn…
Russia Today: Latest figures from the US Treasury Department show that Russia and Turkey are not the only countries to dump US debt bonds. Washington’s second-biggest creditor, Japan, is doing the same. Tokyo dumped $82.9 billion, or seven percent of its US Treasuries holdings, over the twelve months ending in June – the latest month…
SALEQUE SUFI, An expert in energy sector infrastructure development, planning, construction management and operation in Central and South Asia and Australia: There has been a veryfrustratingdevelopment in RLNG evacuation program recently. The 42 inches OD about 1Km-long Karnaphuli River Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) has been abandoned as the drill strings got broken while reaming the…
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed Bangabandhu is the architec of independent of Bangladesh. He had the towering courage and personality. Bangabandhu was a real epitome of courage, both in the physical and moral sense. The historic Six Point Programme, an explicit embodiment of Bengali nationalism was unfurled at Lahore, the heart of Punjab by Bangabandhu. In…