Desk Report: Asian Development Bank’s lending to Bangladesh is likely to exceed $2 billion this year, said a top official yesterday. The ADB has already approved over $1.6 billion, of which $1,535 million is sovereign, $60 million non-sovereign and $8.7 million technical assistance. “More projects worth over $600 million are likely to be approved by…
Bangladesh Vs New Zealand was a sensational match for the team and the fans. Group A point table is very clear. There is still a hope for the team to go to the next round. It’s depending on the Australia Vs England match. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat. Willamson…
M Humayun Kabir: The government will issue show cause notices to the 10 recruiting agencies for their alleged monopoly and syndication in recruitment of Bangladeshi workers for Malaysia, said Nurul Islam, Expatriate’s Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister. “We are collecting data and based on that we will take action,” he said while talking to journalists…
DOT Desk German Ambassador in Dhaka Peter Fahrenholtz on Sunday said his country’s cooperation in Bangladesh supports urban areas to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change, reports The Daily Sun. Ambassador Fahrenholtz made the remarks while delivering welcome speech at a panel discussion titled Talanoa Dialogue for Climate Ambition in the capital. The…
John Lloyd, Co-founded the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford, where he is senior research fellow/ BDnews24 Britain is moving towards an exit from the European Union on March 29, possibly with no agreement, and thus courting – according to the Bank of England – an 8 percent drop…
Hossen Sohel: A Myanmar court yesterday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen as a test of progress toward democracy in the Southeast Asian country, reports Reuters. Yangon northern district judge Ye Lwin said Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw…
Sayeed Muhammad: A rights group yesterday accused South Sudan government and its allied militias of “war crimes” of “staggering brutality” during an offensive earlier this year. Amnesty international’s report catalogued the testimonies of around 100 civilians who escaped the attacks, reports AFP. It was prepared based on research following a government offensive on Leer and…
AAMS Arefin Siddique speaks to DOT : During a recent visit at several Chittagong schools, the Anti-Corruption Commission chief has found most of the teachers absent. Though the scenario does not represent the entire country, it is not another separate happening. I think this kind of incident will be found in parts of Bangladesh. When…
BBC: An Australian TV network has said it was “wrong” to interview a far-right figure with a criminal past, after the segment set off a widespread backlash. Blair Cottrell appeared in a one-on-one studio interview on Sky News Australia on Sunday to speak about immigration. Viewers pointed out that Cottrell was last year convicted of…
Desk Report Police arrested a Jamaat-e-Islami leader along with 10 crude bombs from Khorki village of Madhobpur upazila and recovered eight molotov bombs from Baniachong upazila early Saturday. The arrestee is Nazrul Islam, ameer of Jamaat Madhobpur upazila unit. On information about a secret meeting, police conducted a drive at the village and arrested Nazrul…