Desk Report: Banglalink, the country’s mobile operator, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PriyoShop.com to facilitate rural e-commerce in the country. Ritesh Kumar Singh, chief sales officer of Banglalink, Rashed Moslem, head of e-business of Banglalink, Md Ariful Hoque, eBusiness Manger of Banglalink, Sonia Bashir Kabir, chairperson of PriyoShop.com, Ashikul Alam Khan Shujon, managing…
UNB Detectives in a drive arrested three alleged arms traders along with two firearms and some ammunition at Munshi Bagdanga village in Jessore district town early Friday. Tipped off, a team of Detective Branch (DB) police raided the house of Shahinur Rahman, 30, son of Golam Sardar, and arrested him around 2:45 am, said DB…
Arafat Hasan: Convicted classified document leaker Chelsea Manning will not be allowed to enter Australia for a speaking tour scheduled to start Sunday, according to a statement by her event organizer yesterday. Think Inc. said it had received on Wednesday a notice of intention from the government to deny Manning entry. The group is calling…
BSS Two passengers were killed and 7 others injured when a Moua-bound bus from Dhaka plunged into road side ditch at KC road in Munshiganj on Wednesday noon. Driver of the bus VIP-Apon Paribahan lost his control and the bus plunged into road side ditch and made the accident. Victims are identified as Shimanta Mallik…
Prof. M Tamim, Chairman, Petroleum and Resources Engineering Department, BUET : Problems in gas supply to domestic consumers during Ramadan are created due to the increased use in the industrial sector. For wider deficit this year, the problem deepened. Huge illegal domestic connections are added to it. Around 5,000 new connections have been added to 1…
Channelnewsasia: United States secretary of state Mike Pompeo called on Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Friday (Aug 3) for talks as he concluded his two-day inaugural visit to Malaysia. During the 30-minute meeting at Perdana Putra, Pompeo – who is the most senior US official to visit Mahathir since his election victory – also…
Reuters: The death toll from the worst floods in nearly a century in the Indian tourist state of Kerala rose to 43 on Wednesday as rising water stranded tens of thousands of people and forced the closure of one of its main airports. The five latest fatalities from the rain that began a week ago…
Kevin Rudd, Former Prime Minister of Australia, is President of the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York and Chair of the Independent Commission on Multilateralism/Project Syndicate China’s leaders will attempt to re-stabilize bilateral ties and ease tensions in its non-US relationships. At the same time, they are likely to use the next year to…
Kabir Humayun: The body of an Ansar member was recovered from Tongi upazila of Gazipur early yesterday, police said. The deceased was identified as Junayed Ahmed, 35, said Ashraful Islam, sub-inspector of Tongi Police Station, reports The Daily Star. Junayed was working at a warehouse of National Curriculum and Textbook Board (NCTB) when the incident…
Abrar Hussain The investigation into possible connections between Russia and Donald Trump’s presidential campaign began after a tip-off from Australia, the New York Times reports.Trump adviser George Papadopoulos allegedly told Australia’s top UK diplomat that Moscow had incriminating information on Hillary Clinton.The New York Times alleges the revelation came “during a night of heavy drinking”…