Reuters: The World Bank has approved $80 million in loans to Somalia to fund public finance reforms, marking the first disbursement to the government of the conflict-ridden country in 30 years, the bank said. The Washington-based lender, which suspended ties with the country when war broke out in 1991, resumed support for Somalia in 2003,…
M Humayun Kabir: Mukesh Ambani, Industrialist and Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman, has retained the top position as the richest person in India for the seventh consecutive year, reports NDTV. According to the report, Barclays Hurun India Rich List-2018 told NDTV on Tuesday that he has topped their list with Rs 371,000 crore as his estimated…
AP: President Donald Trump poured scorn on the “ideology of globalism” and heaped praise on his own administration’s achievements in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly that drew headshakes and even mocking laughter from his audience of fellow world leaders. “The U.S. will not tell you how to live and work or worship,” Trump…
Prof Dr Syed Manzoorul Islam: The future of Jatiya Oikya Prokriya (process for national unity, a platform led by Dr Kamal Hossain) is not bright. Because, the leaders of the platform are saying anything specifically. The question of keeping or leaving out Jammat-e-Islami has not been resolved yet. Will BNP join the process for national…
Sayeed Muhammad: The luxury-loving wife of Malaysia’s former prime minister faced has been grilled anew yesterday by the country’s by anti-corruption investigators probing a multi-billion-dollar scandal that contributed to the old regime losing power. Rosmah Mansor, widely reviled in Malaysia for her expensive tastes and imperious manner, face the questioning at the offices of the…
Reuters: Germany’s planned 4 billion euro ($4.71 billion) tender to buy new heavy-lift helicopters that was due to be issued this autumn will be delayed, according to an official document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The planned start of the tender by the end of September would be “delayed until further notice,” the office in…
M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh and India will sign the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a free trade agreement, to boost economic ties between the two countries. Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed made the announcement at a press conference after a meeting with visiting Indian delegation led by his counterpart Suresh Prabhu in Dhaka, reports The Daily…
Saleh Ahmed: Admin-istrative reform is commonly described as solutions to problems or as means to change tedious situations and arguments based on these notions are often used when new reforms are introduced (Brunsson & Olsen, 1993). Furthermore, new solutions are often more striking than current practices (Forsell, 2002) and reforms have a propensity to imitate…
Hossen Sohel: US National Security Adviser John Bolton has warned Iran’s rulers that there will be “hell to pay” if they harm the US, its citizens or allies, reports BBC. His comments came hours after President Donald Trump accused Iran of sowing “chaos, death and destruction” across the Middle East. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani responded…
Sayeed Muhammad: Around three decades after being allegedly raped, US television host Padma Lakshmi has explained why she kept silent on the matter as a teenager. In a piece for the New York Times, Lakshmi, 48, says she was raped by a man over 30 years ago, reports BBC. She said she began feeling the…