Desk Report: A rapid depreciation of emerging market currencies, including Indian rupee, will hit Bangladesh’s export competitiveness and may cause rise in payments for cheap imports, economists and exporters fear, reports Financial Express. They apprehend that Bangladesh’s competitiveness in readymade garments exports to the US and the EU countries may be affected as the currencies…
Desk Report: Canada relaxed its travel alert for Bangladesh last month, as the south Asian country has done well to improve its safety and security situation after the Holey Artisan attack in 2016, Canadian High Commissioner Benoit Préfontaine said. Canada needs Bangladesh’s support in business, he said at an event of the Canada Bangladesh Chamber…
Tahsin Noor Salim, Lecturer and Academic Guidance Supervisor at London Collge of Legal Studies(South): It is unfortunate that Islam is extensively misunderstood of being a regressive religion and that it does not promote gender equality. In fact the Quran and the teachings of our Prophet (PBUH) advocate for a woman’s right to vote, right to…
Kabir Humayun: At least five people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a minibus in Rangpur city yesterday. The victims could not be identified immediately. Rangpur Central Circle Additional Superintendent of Police Saifur Rahman Saif said the accident occurred on the Rangpur-Dinajpur Highway in the CO Bazar…
Reuters: An electrical fault caused a series of loud blasts early on Sunday near a military airbase outside the Syrian capital Damascus, a Syrian military source cited by state media and an Iranian official said. An official in the regional alliance backing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and a Britain-based war monitor had earlier attributed the…
The Guardian, UK: Ariana Grande has received an apology from the bishop who led Aretha Franklin’s funeral after he was accused of touching her inappropriately while on stage. Bishop Charles Ellis III, who officiated at Franklin’s funeral, awkwardly greeted Grande on stage after she performed (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman. Images showed…
NDTV: Bodies of 14 newborns were found wrapped in plastic bags in an empty plot of land in south Kolkata during a cleaning programme on Sunday, the police said. The bodies wrapped in plastic bags were found on the grassy land on Raja Rammohan Roy Sarani under the Haridebpur Police station area when labourers were…
Kabir Humayun: Janmas-htami was observed across the country yesterday with due religious fervour. Lord Vishnu incarnated in the universe as Lord Krishna in the prison of Raja Kangsa on this day, the eighth of “Shukla Pakkha” (bright fortnight) in the month of Bengali calendar Bhadra in Dwapara Yuga in order to protect “Dharma” from the…
M Humayun Kabir: An eco-friendly smart auto-rickshaw has drawn great attention of commuters in the capital city of Dhaka. In the smart auto-rickshaw, there are WiFi, a filtered-water system, calculator, two fans, a car TV loaded with classic Indian and Bangladeshi movies, a fire extinguisher, and much more, reports The Daily Star. Apart from these,…
Dr. Tareq Shamsur Rehman, Dept of International Relations, Jahangirnagar University: There are only 3 months left till the election: the schedule announcement in October, then the actual election in December. Therefore, I believe that there could be some ulterior motive behind the sudden adoption of EVMs (Electronic Voting Machines) by the Election Commission (EC). What…