UNB Bangladesh Ambassador to South Korea Abida Islam has said Bangladesh’sachievement in the safe migration sector is “immense”. “Bangladesh is playing a significant role in formulating international migration policy,” said Ambassador Abida while speaking at a function marking the International Migrants Day at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Seoul on Tuesday. The event began with…
BD Rahmatullah, Energy expert and former Director General of Power Cell: It is quite difficult for the ordinary people to disappear 150,000 tonnes of coal. The coal missing from Barapukuria is a large-scale corruption. It will take 30,000 trucks, each with a capacity of five tonnes, to transport the huge quantity of coal. It is…
Kabir Humayun: BNP leaders and activists staged a protest rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka demanding the release of party chief Khaleda Zia. The hour-long programme began around 11am and ended at 12pm. The concurrent protests also occurred in metropolitan areas and district towns, said BNP leaders. The BNP also announced…
Reuters: Britain’s former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has said he supports Prime Minister Theresa May and his opposition was not to her but to her proposals for exiting the European Union, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday. Following a week in which reports surfaced of a plot by Johnson’s fellow eurosceptic…
Hossen Sohel of DOT Bangladeshi migrant workers have vandalised the Embassy of Bangladesh in Kuwait amid raging protests over unpaid wages, reports bdnews24.com. On Thursday morning, the workers lined up outside the embassy demanding the release of back pay and iqamas (work permits) by a Kuwaiti firm named ‘Lesco’. The agitated workers then vandalised the…
Raj Ahmed of DOT : Making one of his strongest comments ever on the crisis sweeping the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis urged priests who have sexually abused minors to turn themselves in. While it was not immediately clear if Francis was referring to the Church judicial system, civil justice, or both, Vatican sources believed…
Sayeed Muhammad of DOT US President Donald Trump reportedly “lost his cool” as he ordered the Pentagon to look into options to reduce the 14,000-strong US contingent in Afghanistan, defying his generals’ advice. Trump has become increasingly frustrated over the Afghan stalemate, pushing for the end of the 17-year-long US campaign there over the past…
Russia Today: Indian Congress spokesman Manish Tewari has thought of his own out-of-the-box idea to halt the longstanding conflict between his country and Pakistan. His idea? Cheese. Amid speculation the Pakistani government and military are willing to hold talks with India to ensure regional stability after a 71-year conflict between the two neighbours, Tewari took…
UNB: A total of 85 creative works from advertisement industry won communication award Commward 2018 in recognition of their creative communication methods in marketing and branding businesses. Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) honoured the winners in 23 categories at the eighth edition of Communication Summit and COMMWARD: Excellence in Creative Communication at hotel Le Méridien Dhaka….