Nabin Talukder: South Korea and the US start their yearly joint military activities yesterday, after a month-long delay due to the Winter Olympics and to help make conditions for a resumption of talks amongst the two Koreas.The Foal Eagle field exercise, which usually involves combined ground, air, naval and special operations troops, will continue for…
Desk Report: Readymade garment workers in Bangladesh are paid one of the lowest minimum monthly wages among the global apparel producing countries, reports New Age. Despite the 51 per cent hike in the proposed minimum wage to Tk 8,000, Bangladesh still will remain in the lowest terrain in the global scenario, particularly when compared with…
Reported by: Shourav K. Ghosh, Kurigram Written by: Eshan Maitra Water level has started decreasing the rivers by Kurigram. But that has resulted into mass erosion. While, people at the low-lands are still stuck in the waters. Struggling for livelihood and living on relief-goods. Over 200 families of Kodalkati, Biddyananda, Noyarhat & other areas, lost…
Abrar Hussain: The government should increase the tax for tobacco products in the proposed national budget for the fiscal 2018-19, demanded by Anti-tobacco platforms yesterday. They also demanded the restructuring of the four-level price slab for cigarettes into two levels. Nadira Kiron, co-convener of Anti-Tobacco Media Alliance (ATMA), said the proposed tax structure for tobacco…
DOT Desk In a bid to expanding maize cultivation in the Sylhet region, 200 demonstration plots of hybrid variety of the crop are being set in four selected upazilas, reports The Financial Express. An official of a special project named ‘Raising crop intensity in Sylhet division’ of the Department of Agriculture Extension Md Forhad Mia…
UNB A Turkish national and a pick-up driver were killed in a road crash on Dhaka-Rajshahi highway at Senbhag in Puthia upazila. The deceased were driver Golap Hossain, 26, hailing from Madhupur upazila in Tangail district and Turkish national Abbasi, 40. Later, the injured was taken to Puthia Health Complex where doctors declared him dead.
CNN: The tallest building in Europe is nearly complete. Rising above a new waterfront complex in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Lakhta Center’s tower stands at 462 meters (1,516 feet) tall, making it the city’s first “supertall” building (one measuring 300 meters or above). The structure is now the northernmost skyscraper in the world, according to…
Written by: Eshan Maitra Locks are hanging in front of both Escalator Foot Over Bridges near Banani Shoinik Club and Shahjalal International Airport. These had been out of use for months. Experts blame the lack of cooperation between the City Corporation & care-taker organizations. Now, beggars- hawkers crowd the place in the morning and prostitutes…
Desk Report: Electricity coverage through Solar Mini Grid Project in hard-to-reach river islands (chars) have been improving the lives of char people as well as fuelling the local economy, reports Financial Express. The state-run Infrastructure Development Company Ltd has been implementing such SMGPs through its partner organisations in remote char areas across the country. The…
Reuters: The Kremlin said on Thursday there was no sign that the United States wanted to reach a compromise with Moscow to avoid imposing a new round of sanctions on Russia. A new round of U.S. sanctions came into effect on Russia on Monday and Washington has said it may decide to impose a second…