Reuters: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said there was no meeting planned with U.S. officials including his counterpart Mike Pompeo at the United Nations General Assembly, the semi-official news agency Tasnim reported on Saturday. Asked about the likelihood of a meeting with U.S. officials, including Pompeo, on the sidelines of the United Nations General…
DOT Desk: Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi urged on Thursday the millers and traders to keep the prices of rice stable in the market, reports The Financial Express. “I request you (rice millers and traders) to keep the prices of rice at a tolerable level,” he said while speaking at a view-exchange meeting held at the…
Reuters: Yemeni Houthi rebels fired a ballistic missile at Saudi Arabia’s Najran region near the border between the two countries, the Houthi-controlled Masirah TV said on Wednesday. The Badr-1 missile targeted “a new military camp,” it said, without indicating when the missile was launched. Saudi Arabia’s military said on Tuesday its air defenses intercepted…
Abrar Hussain of DOT Education Minister Dipu Moni has revealed that the government will work sincerely to wipe out corruption from all sectors, including education. “We’re moving forward, we’ve many aims. Eliminating corruption from all sectors, including education, is our election pledge. The government is working on it,” she said at a discussion marking the…
Telesur: French President Emmanuel Macron is under fire after he responded to an unemployed horticulturist struggling to find any relevant position that he would be able to find him a job instantly in any Parisian restaurant “just by crossing the street.” Welcoming the public to the presidential palace on Saturday as part of an open-doors…
DOT Desk: Prices of spices declined last week giving some comforts to the consumers battered by rising costs of staple food rice and protein items, reports The Financial Express. Vegetables prices showed both upward and downward trends in the week when most of other essential items remained stable. The prices of onion, garlic and ginger…
Desk Report: Migrant rights campaigners and trade union leaders called for addressing the key issues of fair and ethical recruitment, consular support in crisis, access to justice, support service and welfare protection as well as decent work when the UN Global Forum on Migration and Development adopts the global compact for migration, reports New Age….
UNB, Dhaka A court here on Monday placed a Polish national and three officials of a Bangladeshi private bank, arrested in connection with ATM card forgeries, on a six-day remand each. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Mazharul Islam passed the order when Sohrab Hossain, a DB sub-inspector and also the investigation officer of the case, produced them…
DOT Desk The International Migrants Day would be celebrated in Bangladesh today in the backdrop of drastic fall in overseas job opportunities for Bangladeshi workers and the cost of migration soaring for them, reports The New Age. The government took no reintegration programme for the female workers who continue to return home from the Kingdom…