Reuters The U.S.-China trade war has triggered a seafood supply chain shake-up, with U.S. importers scrambling to stockpile frozen Chinese squid and tilapia ahead of looming price increases while Canada exports more lobsters to China. A series of retaliatory tariffs between Beijing and Washington has led to a shift in global trade, creating winners and…
Reuters: Three Congo Republic peacekeepers were given sentences of just three years in jail for murdering civilians and are now already free, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, describing the sentences as inadequate and unlikely to discourage future abuse. A court in the Congolese capital Brazzaville sentenced each of the soldiers in April for the…
Desk Report: ‘Noashal’, an immensely popular drama serial on RTV, is set to bring back one of its key stars on the screen once again. Ekushey Award-winning veteran actor ATM Shamsuzzaman, who has not been seen for more than 200 episodes, will be reprising his role on the special request of the director Mir Sabbir….
Reuters: Euro zone labor costs rose at their steepest rate in almost six years in the second quarter of 2018, data released on Friday showed, supporting the European Central Bank as it curbs economic stimulus. Labor costs in the 19 countries sharing the euro zone rose by 2.2 percent year-on-year, EU statistics agency Eurostat said,…
Reported by: Jannatul Ferdous Panna Written by: Eshan Maitra Oxford University published that, Bangladesh is at the 2nd place for having the huge numbers of online freelancers. State Minister of Post, Telecommunications & Information Technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak stated that, there are currently 10 lacs Bangladeshis working online. The government plans to create even 20…
NDTV A fisherman in the Marshall Islands netted more than he bargained for when he hauled in his catch to find a suspected 48 kilos (106 pounds) of cocaine. The white powder, professionally wrapped and taped in plastic bags, had a street value of about US$4 million, police said Friday. “We’re pretty sure we got…
Desk Report: The government has fixed 2,954 spots in 11 city corporations of the country for slaughtering sacrificial animals during Eid-ul-Azha to speed up the disposal of waste, blood and leftovers after the slaughters, reports the daily star. LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain made the announcement at a meeting held at LGD conference…
By Sheersho Zaman Picture this: A dark room, two adults whispering while standing at the door as light crawls in. They leave, closing the door. Suddenly there are traces of movement within the sheets of the bed in the room. A little boy rises from the bed and lights his torch. He takes out the…
DOT Desk Authorities of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology in Sylhet dismissed a university teacher for sexually harassing a female student, reports The Financial Express. The accused teacher is Plabon Chandra Saha of Economics department. The decision was taken at the 211th syndicate meeting of the university on Saturday, said an official, wishing anonymity….
AP, Havana Laying bare a half-century of tensions, President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro prodded each other Monday over human rights and the longstanding U.S. economic embargo during an unprecedented joint news conference that stunned Cubans unaccustomed to their leaders being aggressively questioned. The exchanges underscored deep divisions that still exist between the…