DataLeads: China, world’s second-largest economy, stands tall with US$ 25.3 trillion and is up by 9% from 2017 followed by India at 10.38 trillion which is up by 9.8% showing growth over the preceding year. The 2018 World Economic Outlook by International Monetary Fund (IMF) report projects that growth in emerging market and developing economies…
Abrar Hussain: BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said at a press briefing yesterday that the new transport law approved by the government is a “jugglery of numbers”. “This law is not adequate for safe roads. Under the proposed law, miscreants and godfathers will remain at large. It’s just a jugglery of numbers,”…
DOT Desk: The bitter gourd farmers are happy over fair market price as well as good output in Bogura district this season, reports The Financial Express. Each maund of bitter gourd is being sold at Tk 1400 to 1500 in the wholesale markets. In retail market it sells at Tk 35 to 40 for each…
Kabir Humayun: India on Wednesday raised import tariffs on 18 items and introduced a new tax on jet fuel effective from yesterday. The imports concerned were valued at about 860 billion rupees ($11.84 billion) in the last financial year that ended on March 31, reports bdnews24.com Here is a list of the new tariffs.
Md. Taqi Yasir Fifteen years ago, David Erickson was at a crossroads. He’d sunk time and effort into building a service to let users conduct screen sharing and videoconferencing, but then a rival company began offering a similar service for free. So, he decided to get into the free business model himself named as FreeConferenceCall.com….
James M Dorsey/WION Traditionally focussed on ultra-conservative Sunni Muslim Islam, Saudi funding in the era of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been streamlined and finetuned to ensure that it serves his geopolitical ambitions, primarily stymying the expansion of Iranian influence in the Middle East and North Africa and enhancing the kingdom’s global impact. The…
Redwan Ahmed The High Court (HC) on Monday has issued a rule upon the government to explain why the stage, where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his historic March 7 speech won’t be reconstructed.The High court in the same rule also questioned why a statue of the father of the nation will not be constructed…
NTV Online: Sushasoner Jonno Nagorik (Sujan) has urged the Election Commission (EC) to properly investigate the irregularities took place during the 11thnational election held on December 30. ‘Many candidates did not submit proper documents along with their respective nomination form. The commission should investigate the issue seriously,’ said Secretary Badiul Alam Majumdar at a…
Desk Report The government is going to bring changes in primary school teacher recruitment policy, fixing the graduation as minimum academic qualification for females. At present, female candidates with Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and males with bachelor’s degree can apply for the post of assistant teacher in government primary schools. As per the new policy,…
UNB, Dhaka Detectives in a drive arrested eight alleged members of an inter-district robber gang from Matuail in city’s Jatrabari area early Monday. Tipped off, a team of DB (East) police, led by Zayed Shahrier, senior assistant police commissioner, conducted a drive in the area and arrested the eight alleged gang members while taking preparation…