Reuters: The Vatican said yesterday that Pope Francis had recognized the legitimacy of seven state-appointed Chinese bishops as part of a historic provisional agreement with Beijing. It said the Pope hoped the deal “will allow the wounds of the past to be overcome” and lead to full Catholic unity in China.The agreement was signed in…
Sayeed Muhammad: In the latest budget outline, Bangladesh has reintroduced a 28 percent tax on rice imports in the latest national budget to protect local farmers. The duty on locally produced starches, wheat, maize, potato and cassava, has also been rationalised to 15 percent customs duty and 10 percent regulatory duty. Bangladesh’s rice output from the…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Saudi government is gradually limiting job-sectors for immigrants in their country. Now, their government has announced that, only Saudi citizens will be allowed to work in the retail-stores, on 25 July. This have tensed 4 lacs of Bangladeshi expatriates working for retail-stores in Saudi Arabia. As part of Saudi Arab’s 100%…
NTV Model Pranksters TV just conducted a pretty damn near genius social experiment. In an effort to see how observant New Yorkers are, the team hired body art company The Body Of Art to paint a woman’s legs to resemble jeans, and they sent her out sans pants on the streets of NYC. The point…
DOT Desk: BDNP Chairrson Khaleda Zia today said the opposition can be from out of the parliament if the party works for the benefit of the people, reports The Daily Star. She made the remarks at the makeshift court set up inside Old Dhaka Central Jail during a hearing on the Niko graft case. During today’s…
BSS A mobile court has sentenced four drug-traders including a woman to two years jail in Tanore Upazila of the district yesterday, police sources here said on Monday. The convicted persons were identified as Shafiqul Islam, 38, his wife Angura Begum, 25, Raihan Sarder, 25, and Rejaul Karim, 28.
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Desk report: Tea garden workers’ organisations on Saturday demanded immediate implementation of six-point demand, including daily minimum wage of Tk 300, reports The new Age. They made the demands from a rally after forming a human chain in front of the Central Shaeed Minar in Sylhet city in the afternoon. Bishwabidyalaya Cha Chhatra Sangsad, a…