Dr. Shammi Ahmed speaks to DOT : According to a report by World Economic Forum, Bangladesh ranked top among the countries of South Asia in closing the gender gap. The report says- “Bangladesh consolidates its position as the region’s top performer and breaks into the global Index top 5 on the Political Empowerment subindex this…
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Reuters: Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 100 soldiers over suspected links to the network of the US-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in 2016, state-owned media said yesterday. The detentions were the result of investigations into pay phone communications between alleged members of cleric Fethullah Gulen’s network, Anadolu reported. It said…
UNB, Dhaka Hundreds of people, including students, blocked Shahbagh intersection, one of the busiest intersections in the city, demanding the arrest of the killers of Comilla Victoria College student Sohagi Jahan Tonu. Witnesses said around 300 students from Dhaka University formed a human chain at the intersection around 1:00pm, halting traffic in the area. Later,…
Ashikur Rahman, Senior economist at Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh/BDnews24 Imagine a thought experiment. It is Aug 14, 1975. Bangabandhu is informed very early in the day that a grave conspiracy has been hatched by his cabinet minister and long-time confidant Khandaker Mushtaque along with Lt General Zia, Colonel Farooq, Colonel Rashid and the sitting…
AFP: Brazil will send troops to its border with Venezuela on Monday after residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima drove out Venezuelan immigrants from their improvised camps, amid growing regional tensions. Tens of thousands of Venezuelans have crossed the border into Brazil over the past three years as they seek to escape the…
Ruhin Hossain Prince, Central Committee Member, CPB Is our budget for the fiscal year people friendly? Is our finance minister’s statement about equality just a public relation strategy? Implementation of his policies to bring about a change is yet to be seen. How will the government fund the deficit? Will our working population be held…
Reuters: President Emmerson Mnangagwa urged Zimbabweans to unite on Friday after he was declared the first elected head of state since Robert Mugabe’s removal from power, but the opposition leader insisted he had won and pledged to challenge the result. Sounding a conciliatory note after six people were killed in a post-election crackdown by the…
AP: Unusually high levels of smog worsened by weather patterns are raising alarm across Asia, with authorities in Thailand’s hazy capital Bangkok opting to hand out face masks and step up enforcement of pollution controls. A combination of construction dust, auto exhaust and other pollutants, lingering over Bangkok due to prevailing weather patterns, has taken…
Banglanews24: Visiting Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland assured of the organization’s support to Bangladesh on the Rohingya issue. Patricia Scotland gave the assurance in a meeting with the Law Minister Anisul Huq on Thursday (August 9). The two leaders have also agreed to strengthen the Commonwealth. After the meeting law minister said, “We agreed to…