UNB: Visiting international economist Prof Jomo Kwame Sundaram suggested that Bangladesh needs to address its malnutrition problem and ensure access to electricity through producing renewable energy. “I strongly recommend the countries like Bangladesh to pay attention to two issues. One is the question of food. Don’t leave the problem of malnutrition entirely to the Ministry…
BSS Many people have a wrong notion that only the direct smoking is harmful and the passive or indirect smoking is not so much injurious. But the reality is that the indirect smoking is as harmful as the direct one. Mostly, women and children are the victims of the indirect smoking. A research, conducted by…
Desk Report: The government is mulling exempting export-oriented sectors including RMG from the existing mandatory obligation of group insurance amid strong opposition from rights groups, officials said, reports Financial Express. The government has already approved the proposed amendment to the labour law keeping such provision, they added. Hundred per cent export-oriented sectors, where central fund…
AFP: Polls have opened in Sweden’s general election in what is expected to be one of the most unpredictable and thrilling races in the Scandinavian country for decades amid heated debate on immigration. Sunday’s election will be Sweden’s first since the government in 2015 allowed 163,000 migrants into the country of 10 million. While far…
Sayeed Muhammad: After several BNP leaders insisted, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said a medical board will be formed to check-up on Khaleda Zia. “Her (Khaleda) health is regularly checked in prison. Even such, we will form a medical board to end the plea of BNP,” Kamal told the press after BNP leaders met him at…
Reuters: Moldovan President Igor Dodon was involved in a car crash on Sunday but was not seriously hurt, Russian news agency RIA cited his aide Maxim Lebedinsky as saying. Dodon “feels good, he did not need medical help”, Lebedinsky said. Earlier Russian news agencies had reported Dodon had been taken to hospital on Sunday after…
Desk Report: The wildlife of Lawachhara National Park, a major park in Kamalganj upazila, is declining fast due to acute food crisis and habitat problem, reports Daily Asian Age. The wild animals are coming out of the park and entering localities in search of food. Once out, they are either getting killed by local people…
AP: George Papadopoulos, the Trump campaign adviser who triggered the Russia investigation, was sentenced to 14 days in prison Friday after he told a judge he was “deeply embarrassed and ashamed” for lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russian intermediaries. Papadopoulos, the first campaign aide sentenced in special counsel Robert Mueller’s ongoing investigation,…
Abrar Hussain: After a New York Times report on Friday claimed that Alibaba co-founder and Chairman Jack Ma will retire today, the South China Morning Post published a report yesterday denying that claim, and argued that he will unveil a succession plan instead. The SCMP, which is owned by Alibaba, said China’s most famous tech…
UNB: A total of 85 creative works from advertisement industry won communication award Commward 2018 in recognition of their creative communication methods in marketing and branding businesses. Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) honoured the winners in 23 categories at the eighth edition of Communication Summit and COMMWARD: Excellence in Creative Communication at hotel Le Méridien Dhaka….