Reuters: An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck the southern Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage from the quake, which hit the east coast of the island of Mindanao.
Prof. Dr. Gobinda Chandra Das : World Heart Day will be observed today across the world, including in Bangladesh. The day, an annual event, is the World Heart Federation‘s and the world’s biggest platform for raising awareness about cardiovascular disease. This year, global campaign focuses on looking after our own hearts, and the hearts of…
Marilyn Thipthorpe Have you ever wanted to make a great first impression on someone but don’t exactly know how? There are time when you just want someone to like you. Noe there’s noting about being underhand in wanting this sort of thing, there’s no secret or subterfuge involved either, it’s plain and simple science. Science…
BSS, Dhaka Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Thursday urged the Deputy Commissioner of Cox’s Bazar to take necessary initiatives and measures for providing assistance to the salt farmers to help them produce more salts to meet the consumers’ demand in the country. “The Government is providing all necessary assistance to the salts farmers to ensure…
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….
Last night Real Madrid played with Real Betis. The Match was exiting with a Lot of twists. Real Madrid came to the winning point with 2 header goals. There was also a red card to Picchini, Real Betis. This made the team down to ten players. Navas failed to grip a shoot and Real Betis…
UNB Canada has encouraged all involved in the electoral process to work together in fostering a peaceful campaign environment, enabling the people of Bangladesh to participate safely in free, fair, inclusive and credible elections. “Canada stands by the people of Bangladesh and supports all voters in the full exercise of their democratic rights and freedoms…
Maureen Dowdis, New York Times Op-Ed columnist/BDnews24 At first, the skies were cloudless in the Land of the Long White Cloud. When she took office last October at 37, Jacinda Ardern was celebrated with sunny abandon as New Zealand’s youngest prime minister in 150 years and only the second world leader (after Benazir Bhutto in…
Jafar Ahmed Bangladesh Bank soon will be integrating all the 18 mobile-financing operators under a single network. That will allow transactions between account holders of different operator companies. BB is discussing about this, with all the mobile-banking operators about this matter. The initiation is at its preparatory stage, said BB Spokesperson & Executive Director Subhankar…
Desk Report: The Institute of Bangladesh Studies (IBS) of Rajshahi University (RU) founded with the aim of catering to the country’s special needs by producing an advanced cadre of broad specialties to provide leadership in the academic and developmental fields, reports The Financial Express. The IBS is a unique of its kind established by the…