AP, Ankara Five rockets fired from Syria landed in a Turkish border town Monday, wounding at least four people, Turkey’s state-run news agency reported. The rockets hit the town of Kilis and at least one of them damaged a house, the Anadolu Agency reported. Several ambulances were sent to the region and the wounded were…
BSS: The Bottled Water Treatment Plant (BWTP) of Khulna Water and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) will be launched in next month. Khulna Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (KWASA) will start selling bottled water in February. The water named “Sundarban” a safe drinking water, will go on experimental production this month, a KWASA official said. “The Bottle…
Asia Times: China’s efforts to expand domestic goods into neighboring countries have taken a blockchain-based twist with the announcement that Alibaba’s Alipay is going to launch cross-border remittances between Malaysia and Pakistan. The new service allows Pakistanis living in Malaysia to send money home using the Karachi-based Telenor Microfinance Bank’s Easypaisa digital payment solution as…
The Philippine Star: The $81-million cyber heist in Bangladesh Bank in 2016 is not yet a closed case despite the conviction of former Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. (RCBC) bank manager Maia Deguito for money laundering last week by a Makati City court. The Department of Justice (DOJ) confirmed yesterday that the criminal charges for money…
DOT Desk With the rising biting cold of the winter, sales of warm clothes increased manifold in city markets, bringing a boom for the traders, reports The Daily Sun. Customers from all classes of life are crowding the makeshift shops to malls to buy winter clothes according to their needs and capacity. Cashing the high…
DOT Desk: State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian inaugurated the helpline, reports The Dhaka Tribune. The government on Thursday introduced a helpline—16357—and formed 29 observation committees to monitor the implementation of the latest wage structure of garment workers. State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian inaugurated the helpline at a…
David Brooks, New York Times Op-Ed columnist/ BDnews24 In 1900, there were two great philosophers working side by side at Harvard, William James and Josiah Royce. James was from an eminent Boston family and had all the grace, brilliance and sophistication that his class aspired to. Royce, as historian Allen Guelzo points out, was the…
Samiul Bashar Samin Nick Menza, former Megadeth drummer who performed with the thrash metal outfit’s “classic” lineup for almost a decade, died Saturday after collapsing onstage during a concert in Studio City, California. He was 51. The drummer’s management confirmed the death in a statement: “Nick collapsed during the third song into a set with…
UNB: Though the traditional markets still remain the key source of charm for cattle collection, digital platforms, like previous four years, bring greater comfort to consumers in buying their sacrificial animals ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. There are growing numbers of consumers who prefer buying sacrificial animals through online portals to avoid hassles in traditional cattle…
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…