Desk report: More than 0.12 million tonnes of marine fish have been acquired from the Bay of Bengal in the last fiscal year, an increase by more than 11,000 tonnes over the previous year, reports the financial express. The collection from the Bangladesh water in the Bay of Bengal in 2017-18 reached 1, 22,088 tonnes…
M Hafizuddin Khan, Former Caretaker Government Adviser: The Election Commission’s move to procure electronic voting machines (EVMs) for the upcoming general election is quite absurd. There has been no consensus among the political parties over the use EVMs in the next national election. 99 percent voters are not aware of the use of the EVMs….
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hhasina discussed Rohingya crisis with Myanmar President Win Myint and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday, said Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque. The meeting was held at the BIMSTEC Leaders’ Retreat and Closing Sessions of the 4th Summit of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and…
Arab News: Kremlin said on Friday it did not rule out the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could hold talks with US President Donald Trump at three summits due to take place in 2018, including those in Singapore, France and Argentina. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Izvestiya newspaper that Moscow is keen to hold…
The Sun Daily: A rusting cargo ship empty of crew and goods and bearing the Indonesian flag was found drifting off the coast of Myanmar earlier this week, police in Yangon said. Fishermen came across the vessel, bearing the name “Sam Rataulangi PB 1600”, floating in the Gulf of Martaban about 11km from the shore…
LTUUNB: National Board of Revenue has intensified its move to collect the outstanding Value Added Tax (VAT) under the Large Taxpayer Unit (LTU) aimed at achieving the revenue collection target for 2018-19 fiscal. “As part of the move, NBR has sent letters to the large taxpayers for paying their due within a short time. NBR…
Barrister Nadim Ahmed, Associate lawyer, FM Associates: Rampant use of harmful chemicals like formalin, additives and other toxic materials have only led the food suppliers to banks while it landed the consumers, especially children, to hospitals. As tax-paying citizens of Bangladesh, we refuse to be fed toxic food in silence. There was a time when…
Xinhua: Six people were declared dead with a total of 916 households and 58 villages in five districts suffering damage from flooding in southern Laos, local daily Vientiane Times reported Friday. Lao authorities have just updated the assessment of losses and damages after many parts of the country have been ravaged by flooding following recent…
SkyNews: The Avengers have re-assembled with a few extra superheroes in tow to send a cancer-stricken teenage boy some heartwarming messages to help him through his treatment. Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds and Captain America himself, Chris Evans, are among the Marvel icons to have offered their best wishes to 17-year-old…
Russia Today: The frozen body of a Russian climber who went missing 31 years ago on Europe’s highest mountain has been found. Elena Bazykina reportedly looked like a “wax doll” as her body was pulled from Mount Elbrus in southern Russia. The mountaineer was 36 when she died alongside another six of her friends after…