UNB: Each of the state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) will have to put in place a dedicated supervision cell to oversee cases of default loan worth Tk. 100 crore and above and take measures to recover the money. This is one of the 26 recommendations that the Finance Ministry has recently come up with as governments…
Arafat Hasan: World Eco-nomic Forum (WEF) President Borge Brende has invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the next WEF annual meeting to be held in Davos, Switzerland in January 2019. Brende extended the invitation during a courtesy call on the premier while she was staying in a hotel in New York on Tuesday afternoon….
Interviewed by Lipe Parven Written by Afrida Ahmed The future of the country’s politics is dependent on how the Rohingya issue will be tackled. Economist, researcher and development worker Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder gave such a reply when he was asked about the fate of Bangladesh’s politics in the year 2025. He made this comment…
UNB: The Netherlands is providing a grant of USD 12.5 million to implement a project contributing to the development of a safe, sustainable and resilient food system for the Dhaka metropolitan area. The Netherlands embassy in Dhaka and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed an agreement in this effect on Tuesday, said…
Utpal Dutta : US ambassador extends international concerns about Digital Security Act fearing that the act could be used to suppress free speech that might bear on democracy, development and prosperity in Bangladesh. Marcia Bernicat says it in a statement on Sunday in Dhaka. Earlier in New York, PM, Sheikh Hasina defends Digital Act, 2018 is…
DOT Desk: Thousands of people living in riverine char areas have efficiently adapted to climate change to survive and lead normal life under adverse situations on the Brahmaputra basin, reports The Financial Express. Adapting to adverse situations, many of the char people are achieving self-reliance through various income-generating activities to improve livelihoods and lead better…
Tarannum Sattar Actress Sana Saeed is taking a break from acting to focus on her studies. “Well, I am taking a sabbatical to concentrate on my studies. Next month I am going to Los Angeles for further studies. I will focus on my career when I am back,” Sana said. She is reportedly going to…
M Humayun Kabir: The Rohingya issue, among other pressing global concerns, will come up prominently in the upcoming 73rd UN General Assembly for the second consecutive year for its sustainable solution. To solve Rohingya crisis, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s five-point specific proposal was appreciated by the international community. Bangladesh is likely to place fresh proposals…
Sonia Sodha, Observer columnist/ The Guardian, UK Disney’s sacking of the contrite James Gunn plays into the hands of people with unpleasant agendas Since it started trending on social media 10 months ago, two things have come to define the #MeToo moment. One is the powerful public testimony of women and men who have experienced…
Afrida Ahmed It started with hurricane Harvey and its catastrophic flooding and wind damage in the bilions. Now all eyes are on three more hurricanes churning in the Atlantic so what’s causing all this? Is it climate change? From heavy monsoon rains and floods in India, Nepal and Bangladesh to a landslide in Sierra Leone…