Reported by: Jafar Ahmed Written by: Eshan Maitra Foreign and native, total of 12 banks are not following the direction to bring the Bank Spread (in between capital collection and loan distribution) below 5%. This is a 2 years’ due instruction, set by Banlgadesh Bank in 2015. BB recently publishes of several bank-spread reports who…
Science Alert Ever since the Apollo missions explored the lunar surface, scientists have known that the Moon’s craters are the result of a long history of meteor and asteroid impacts. But it has only been in the past few decades that we have come to understand how regular these are. In fact, every few hours,…
AFP: Too bad pop star Ariana Grande is vegan — she just tattooed an accidental homage to a Japanese barbeque grill on her palm. The American singer’s attempt to ink an ode to her hit single “7 Rings” backfired Wednesday, after social media quickly chimed in to tell her the characters actually translated to “shichirin”…
Abrar Ahmed of DOT The High Court has directed government authorities to ensure status quo on the earth filling and encroachment in water bodies and khash land being done by at least 24 housing companies near Purbachal. The court also directed the authorities to submit a report after complying with the order in two months….
Reuters: Brazil is ready to launch small commercial rockets from its space base near the equator as soon as it agrees to safeguard U.S. technology that is dominant in the industry, the Brazilian Air Force officer managing the space program said on Friday. Brig. Major Luiz Fernando Aguiar said Brazil wants to get a piece…
UNB: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Myanmar on Saturday to immediately release two Reuters journalists held on charges of possessing secret documents. Pompeo said in a tweet he raised U.S. concerns about the two reporters “detained in Burma for doing their job” during a meeting with Myanmar’s Foreign Minister Kyaw Tin on…
Jamille Bigio/Reuters As Yemen’s warring parties met in Sweden last week, hopes were high that these peace talks – the first since 2016 – would spark a political process to end the ongoing conflict that has left the country on the brink of famine and created what the UN calls a “living hell for millions…
Sofian Khan Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal has said current government has taken rigid stance regarding drug. The government is in zero-tolerance ground to prevent the drug from the society, he added. The minister said these on Wednesday at a press briefing at Fatullah in Narayanganj. The press briefing was held after the minister inaugurated some…
Sabah Mannan of DOT Rejecting Transparency International’s corruption index, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud termed the report as flawed and politically motivated. The minister remarked that the TIB assessed the reports through some persons, businessmen and committees where around 80 percent were BNP’s statements. Hasan who is also the publicity and publication secretary of Awami…
NDTV: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is likely to invite its sharpest critic, Rahul Gandhi, to its event next month, say sources. The event, a lecture series, will be held between September 17 and 19 at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. Apart from the Congress president, several other opposition leaders, like Sitaram Yechury of the Left,…