Reuters: Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. drilling stalled and investors anticipated lower supply once new U.S. sanctions against Iran’s crude exports kick in from November. Brent crude oil jumped $1.09 a barrel, or 1.4 percent, to a high of $77.92, but then eased to $77.40 by 1250 GMT. U.S. light crude was 40…
UNB, Dhaka Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Saturday said every effort should be made to rediscover the many episodes scattered over the many theatres about Bangladesh’s glorious Liberation War so that people can know the true history within and beyond the country. “The Liberation War of Bangladesh will continue to inspire our people for…
Sejuti Mourin: Bus transport workers and owners have called a dawn-to-dusk strike on the Dhaka-Chattogram route today to push forward their demand in ending the severe traffic congestion on the highway.The Bus Owners Association and the Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Union jointly called the strike yesterday to demand a resolution to the heavy congestion at Feni…
DOT Desk: Preparation for the Amar Ekushey Boi Mela 2019 is underway in full swing on Suhrawardy Udyan ground and Bangla Academy premises to welcome the book lovers at the month-long book fair from February 1, reports The Daily Sun. Bangla Academy has taken various initiatives to draw more book lovers to the book fair….
DOT Desk: A photo of a man taking yaba in Barishal DB office went viral yesterday, drawing criticism from different quarters., reports The Daily Star. Nasiruddin Mallik, assistant commissioner of Detective Branch of Barishal Metropolitan Police, said acting on a tip-off, the DB police detained Moudud Karim, of Barishal Sadar upazila, on Thursday night from…
Written by: Eshan Maitra People in Dhaka already have started packing and heading to their home-villages week before the beginning of Eid holiday. In order to avoid the extra crowd as the holiday nears. Though bus-trains were leaving untimely. Travelers are just glad that their journeys were comfortable. But many complained authority’s irregularities in providing…
UNB: Officials of Forest Department recovered 30 kilograms of venison from a boat in Pashur River at Chila in Mongla upazila on Monday night. Being tipped-off, a team of Forest Department conducted a drive in the area at night and challenged a boat, said Md Mahmudul Hasan, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Sundarbans East Zone….
Hindustan Times, India: China has operationalised the prototype of a new generation supercomputer that can execute a quintillion calculations per second as part of its efforts to lead as the most prolific producer of computing technology. The Sunway exascale computer prototype was put in operation on Sunday.It has been jointly developed by the National Research…
Sofian Khan: Secretary-General of UN Antonio Guterres and President of World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim are scheduled to visit Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar while pressure on Myanmar mounts following the ‘ethnic cleansing’ in the Rakhine State. International Criminal Court judges gave the country a deadline to respond to a prosecution request that the…