Hossen Sohel: Developing Asia could grow more slowly than previously thought next year as the US-China trade war inflicts collateral damage on the region’s export-reliant economies, the Asian Development Bank or ADB said yesterday, reports Reuters. Tightening global liquidity could also weigh on business activity by pushing up borrowing costs, while capital outflows are also…
Hossen Sohel: A suspected drug dealer was killed in an alleged shootout with Rab in Munshiganj’s Sadar Upazila, reports bdnews24.com. The incident took place at Nagar Kasba Kathbagan in Mirkadim neighbourhood around 3:45am yesterday, said Muhitul Islam, assistant director of Rab-11. The man has been identified as 45-year-old Abdul Malek, a resident of south Islampur…
Abrar Hussain: United States President Donald Trump praised India at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) yesterday for successfully lifting millions of citizens out of poverty. “There is India, a free society (of) over a billion people, successfully lifting countless millions out of poverty and into the middle class,” Trump said at the 73rd session…
Tech Explrist: The Earth sheds more heat into space as its surface heat up. In 1950, scientists observed a straightforward clear, linear connection between the Earth’s surface temperature and its active heat. As the earth is extremely messy system, with many complicated, interacting parts that can affect this process, it is difficult for scientists to explain…
Abrar Hussain: Pope Fra-ncis exclaimed yesterday that he and not China will have the final say in the appointment of bishops after the Vatican and China struck a historic deal last week ending decades of conflict. “I think of the endurance of the Catholics who suffered. It is true that they will suffer. There is…
Desk Report: The programme, produced by Lutfur Rahaman Robin and hosted by Iqbal Khandakar brought to light some lesser known facts about Zafar Iqbal, who acted in 150 films during his acting career. Zafar Iqbal, one of the most prominent actors in the history of the Bengali film industry, possesses a versatile career under his…
NDTV: Saudi Arabia will begin issuing visas to visitors to attend sporting and cultural events from December, officials said Tuesday, a first for the kingdom as it seeks to kickstart tourism. “Saudi Arabia will open up its borders to fans of live sport, music and culture for the first time with the launch of a…
Desk Report: Lalmonirhat Airport remains unused for the last five decades as authorities failed to take any initiative to make it usable for boosting economic activity in the region. Abandoned after the partition of this Subcontinent in 1947, the airport land is now used as a farmland under the supervision of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF)….
AP: The UN mission in Afghanistan says 21 civilians were killed in two separate airstrikes over the weekend. It says in a statement Wednesday that nine civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in a Saturday airstrike in the northeastern Kapisa province, in an area where Afghan forces were battling the Taliban. Another statement cited…
BSS: The government has set the rice production target at 3.64 crore metric ton (MT) for the current fiscal year (2018-19) with an emphasis on high yielding variety (HYV). The target has been set to produce 2.98 crore tonne of high yielding variety in the current year against last year’s production of nearly 3 crore…