UNB: The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will formally transfer 25 per cent of its shares to its Chinese strategic partner on Tuesday next on receipt of the stipulated amount of fund. On the same day, the DSE and the Chinese consortium comprising Shenzhen Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange will hold a joint press briefing…
UNB: The Association of Indigenous Students, of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) unit on Sunday formed a human chain and rally demanding safe roads and justice for rape victims of the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Ahmed Raju and Riku Amir Mayor Annisul Haq is doing much better now, improving every day, his wife Rubana Haq said yesterday. Contacted for an update, Rubana said, “he has been transferred to rehabilitation centre now,” however, declining to give any further detail about his health conditions. According to some other family members , he…
Our Time Desk According to a new Australian research, the world is expected to experience dangerous levels of global warming as the frightening implications of energy demand is rising in crescendo. With the help of a “global energy tracker” built by the University of Queensland and Dangerous Global Warming Soon To Come Than ExpectedGriffith University…
BBC: The first significant steps towards legally protecting the high seas are to take place at the UN in New York. These waters, which cover 46% of the planet’s surface, are under threat from deep-sea mining, over-fishing and the patenting of marine genetic resources.Over the next two years, government representatives aim to hammer out a…
Syed Nasir Ershad South Korea’s new liberal President Moon Jae-in was sworn in on Wednesday and vowed to immediately tackle the difficult tasks of addressing North Korea’s advancing nuclear ambitions and soothing tensions with the United States and China. Moon said in his first speech as president he would immediately begin efforts to defuse…
Desk Report At least 15 people were hurt during an attack on an election campaign of opposition Jatiya Oikyafront in Chattogram’s Fatickchhari yesterday, reports The Daily Star. The injured include Oikyafront’s candidate for the constituency Azim Ullah Bahar and his associates, our local staff correspondent reports. Bahar alleged, Chhatra League men known as ‘Tayeb Bahini’…
Jonathan Shippey, LMFT, Certified Gottman Therapist/Thrive Global A therapist weighs in on exactly what to say — and when to cut bait. Strong relationships are at the core of a happy life, but sometimes, dealing with the people in our lives is tricky. That’s why Thrive Global partnered with The Gottman Institute on this advice…
Banglanews24: A male and a female final-year honours students of Finance & Banking department of Kushtia’s Islamic University (IU) committed suicide allegedly over love affairs, on Thursday. The deceased are—Rokonuzzaman and Munta Hena, Sources said that Munta Hena hanged herself at her residence in Jhenaidah town, in the evening. Rokonuzzman, hailed from Damurhuda upazila…
Hossen Sohel of DOT : Ruling Awami League (AL) finally announced its candidatures for 240 constituencies for contesting in the upcoming general election, reports The Daily Star. Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader declared it formally at the party chief’s Dhanmondi office yesterday. “We have left 60 seats for our alliance partners,” Obaidul told reporters….