Samiul Bashar Samin For nocturnal people like me, it becomes very difficult to pass the nights. And it is while surfing the darkest corners of the internet that I found an amazing way to pass the time. It involves two of my favorite things in this entire world. Horror fiction and superb audio production. The…
DOT Desk Overall shortfall in provisioning against loans in the country’s banking system swelled by over 20 per cent or Tk 13.60 billion during the first nine months of the year, reports The Financial Express BD. The total amount of provisioning shortfall rose to Tk 81.27 billion as on September 30 from Tk 67.67 billion…
Hossen Sohel: Former U.S. presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush led the mourners yesterday in a service for the late John McCain, the longtime Arizona senator and Vietnam war hero whose bids for the White House were dashed by the two men, reports Reuters. On the way to Washington’s National Cathedral, the cortege of…
Dr. Zahid Hussain, Lead Economist, World Bank: The lending rates cannot be reduced by issuing threats. It is not possible to cut lending rates by merely issuing directives to the banks unless we effectively address the fundamental reasons behind high lending rates. Liquidity crunch has a role to play behind the trade deficit. Bangladesh Bank…
Hindustan Times: Jet-air hand dryers should not be used in hospital toilets as they spread more germs than disposable paper towels, a study warns. Published in the Journal of Hospital Infection, the study looked at bacterial spread in a real world setting — in two toilets in each of three hospitals, which were in the…
Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author/Channel NewsAsia The North Korean leader made a cunning play for the country’s normalisation, says the US Council on Foreign Relations’s Scott Snyder Supreme Leader and Korean Worker’s Party Chairman, Kim Jong Un, made a consequential shift in January of this…
Arab News: Malaysia’s designated prime minister-in-waiting, Anwar Ibrahim, said Saturday that he has no reason to doubt his former political nemesis will hand over the leadership position within two years as planned after sorting out deep-seated issues like corruption. Anwar and Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad put aside their 20-year feud to help their four-party alliance…
Breaking news: Whether it’s speed or reliability, technology is something everyone complains about once in a while. Lagging broadband, unresponsive screens and imperfect cameras are just some of the many frustrations people vent about today, but a little reminder of past technology bugbears may help to realise how far we’ve come… Computer mouse trackball: the…
Sujon Koiri: Zoha returned home after 7 days of his disappearance but isn’t talking to anyone. He is being treated at his home. Zoha’s uncle Mahbubul Alam said, “We are happy that we found him back. He is very weak so he’s being treated at home.” Nothing was known about his whereabouts till 7…