UNB China’s premier told visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew on Monday his government is pressing ahead with painful reforms to shrink bloated coal and steel industries that are a drag on its slowing economy and ruled out devaluing its currency as a short-cut to boosting exports. Premier Li Keqiang’s comments to Lew on Monday…
DOT Desk: Chapra Beel and Boro Beel of Tangail are providing a safe environment for the shelter-seeking birds. Every year thousands of foreign birds of various colors and species migrate to Bangladesh and take shelter in the numerous beels, haors and ponds of the country, reports The Dhaka Tribune. We call them “guest birds.” These…
Eurek Alert Some of you may have made a New Year’s resolution to hit the gym to tackle that annoying belly fat. But have you ever wondered how physical activity produces this desired effect? A signaling molecule called interleukin-6 plays a critical role in this process, researchers report December 27 in the journal Cell Metabolism….
Md. Habibul Alam Most probably, like me, the word ‘capitation grant’ remained a dark horse to many of us. Even, to many journalists it has been quite new. It came to my vocabulary while digging out investigative report plan for local and national level journalist, as one of my official assignments. It was a successful…
Tanzim Taqrim On Wednesday, Time magazine has named the social movement in order to raise awareness about sexual harassment and assault. The publication announced following the #MeToo social media hashtag, as the most influential ‘person’ in 2017, reports NTV.Time Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal said, ‘This is the fastest moving social change we’ve seen in decades and…
UNB, Dhaka Amid fears of violence and polling irregularities, the second phase balloting in the Union Parishad elections is set to take place in 639 UPs of 82 Upazilas spread across 47 of the country’s 64 districts on today. The balloting began at 8am and will continue till 4pm without any break. As many as…
Sejuti Mourin: The Election Commission yesterday approved the proposed City Corporation (election code of conduct) Rules 2018, allowing Members of Parliaments (MPs) to participate in city corporation election campaigns. The approval came at the EC meeting held at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda in the chair.“The Commission has approved…
CNN : Nine people were killed and nearly 50 injured in Turkey when a high speed train collided with a locomotive and crashed into a station platform and overpass in an Ankara suburb early on Thursday, officials said. Rescuers worked to free people trapped under the mangled wreckage at Marsandiz train station, 8 km (5…
Desk Report: Passengers were in rush at Gudaraghat, adjacent to Gulshan spot of Hatirjheel lake, to commute by water taxi after purchasing tickets. They, however, were returning as there was a signboard there saying: Hatirjheel water taxi service has been suspended till October 4, reports Daily Asian Age. It was known from the ticket counter…