VOA NEWS: On a few days over the last year, federal agents approached travelers at several U.S. airports — flights bound for or connecting to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Frankfurt, Germany, and Dakar, Senegal. The officials — part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement — weren’t searching for contraband, or guiding bag-sniffing dogs. They were part…
UNB, Dhaka Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Tuesday urged Chinese investors to invest more in Bangladesh. “We really need Chinese investment for power sector. Bangladesh is a good destination for investment,” he said while addressing a contract signing ceremony. Bangladesh-China Power Company Limited (BCPCL) inked a $1.56 billion contract with a Chinese consortium at a…
Reported by: Arifur Rahman Tuhin Written by: Eshan Maitra In order to complete last moment, cash transactions, billings, employee payments, bonuses & import-export trading. The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) requested Bangladesh Bank and the authorities of Chittagong, Mongla & land-ports to keep their special divisions open from 23 June to…
BSS: Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said the nation finally boycotted the people, who do not believe in the ideology of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in the last parliamentary elections. “The country’s people boycotted those who don’t follow the ideology of Bangabandhu in the 11th general elections. The nation…
Reuters: An elderly village witch doctor in Indonesia entrapped a 12-year-old girl and tricked her into having sex with him for the next 15 years by claiming to be possessed by the “jin”, or spirit, of a young boy, police said on Tuesday. The woman, an identified by police as “H”, was rescued on Sunday…
Maj Gen (retd) Abdur Rashid, Security Analyst : It was not important whether the main copy of “Instrument of surrender to be signed at Dacca on 16 December 1971” was torn apart. Rather enlargement or revision of it was more important. Maj (retd) Qamrul Hasan wrote what changes were made, but he did not mention what…
DOT Desk Newborn Photography is a widely popular service in the world. In Bangladesh, though wedding photography has been very popular over the last few years, newborn photography is still an out of focus area, reports the Daily Observer. Considering the demand of newborn photography in Bangladesh, Baby Pixels started its journey in 2016 with…
Afrida Ahmed: A police spokesman told Reuters on Sunday that the Myanmar policeman who testified in favor of Reuters journalists has been sentenced to a secret prison term for breaking Myanmar’s Police Disciplinary Act.A senior officer had ordered police to trap one of the two journalists arrested in December, Moe Yan Naing told the court…
Desk Report: The 10th International Inter University Short Film Festival has introduced a new category titled “Short Film on Refugee” this year with a call to submit short films on refugees, reports Daily Sun. 10th International Inter-University Short Film Festival- 2018” organised by Dhaka University Film Society (DUFS) in association with United Nations High Commissioner…
Silas Moestrup Pedersen, Digital Marketing & Analytics hos LEGO Group/Linked In After another 3 week sprint in the US Amazon team I decided to work at a local coffee bar. While I was doing keyword research and optimizing our paid search campaigns, a dad comes in with his kid. The kid is playing on the…