Dubai ports operator DP World recorded a 7.3 per cent increase in gross container volumes in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2017, the company said. The firm handled 17.6 million twenty-food equivalent units (TEUs) in the…
Year: 2018
Dubai denies rival hyperloop project
Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has denied the validity of plans for a rival hyperloop system connecting the city’s Al Maktoum International Airport to Abu Dhabi International Airport. The denial comes as Dubai and Abu Dhabi compete to be…
Al Hilal Bank uncovers internal fraud worth up to $173m
Abu Dhabi’s Al Hilal Bank has uncovered internal fraud worth more than Dhs500m ($136m), according to reports Friday. Employees of the Islamic institution have been accused of withdrawing funds from dormant customer accounts. The funds were transferred from Al Hilal…
Royal baby named Prince Louis
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their third child Louis Arthur Charles. The couple’s second son was born at 11:01 BST on Monday at the Lindo Wing of St Mary’s Hospital in London, weighing 8lb 7oz. A tweet…
EU member states agree to ban bee killing chemical
Member states have voted in favour of an almost complete ban on the use of neonicotinoid insecticides across the EU. Scientific studies have long linked their use to the decline of honeybees, wild bees and other pollinators. The move represents…
Koreas make nuclear pledge after summit
The leaders of North and South Korea have agreed to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons after holding a historic summit. The announcement was made by the North’s Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in of South Korea after talks…
Oil prices to average $65 a barrel, commodities to be dearer
Washington, April 24 – Oil prices are forecast to average $65 a barrel over 2018, up from an average of $53 a barrel in 2017, on strong demand from consumers and restraint by oil producers, while metals prices are expected…
2 suspected robbers killed in Rajshahi, Laxmipur ‘gunfights’
Dhaka, Apr 27 – Two suspected robbers were killed in separate incidents of reported gunfights in Laxmipur and Rajshahi early Friday.
Is Quader asked to say about India’s role in next polls: BNP
Dhaka, Apr 26 – BNP on Thursday alleged that Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader’s remark that India will not interfere in Bangladesh’s next election has raised many questions in public mind. Speaking at a discussion, BNP secretary general Mirza…
Korean summit starts with a handshake, after year of tension
Goyang, Apr 27 (AP/UNB) — After a year of tensions, the first North-South Korea summit in more than a decade began Friday with a handshake.
Development prospects for hundreds of millions in jeopardy
By Amina J. Mohammed UN, Apr 24 (IPS) – The global economy is strengthening. A broad-based economic upturn has underpinned progress in many areas.
“Fake news” a growing new threat to press freedom
By Thalif Deen UN, Apr (IPS) – When a Malaysian politician of a bygone era was asked about the “leading newspapers” in his country, he shot back: “We don’t have any leading newspapers in our country because all our newspapers…
Issue gazettee notification on job quota abolition by April
Dhaka, April 26 – Leaders of quota reform movement on Thursday issued an ultimatum to the government for issuing a gazette notification on abolishing the quota system in government job as per the prime minister’s words within April. Otherwise, they…
Faction of pro-AL teachers to besiege JU VC office
Savar (Dhaka), April 26 – A faction of Awami League-leaning teachers of Jahangirnagar University (JU) yesterday launched fresh programs denouncing alleged assault to their fellows during a protest on April 18 and controversial dean-provost appointments. Amid the ongoing demonstrations, former…
Asia’s largest tortoise slowly wins race with Whitley Award
A conservation biologist specialising in reptiles was yesterday (Wednesday 25 April) presented with a prestigious Whitley Award by HRH The Princess Royal. Shahriar Caesar Rahman, Co-Founder of the Creative Conservation Alliance is working to preserve Asia’s largest tortoise in a…
TCB to start OMS of essentials to check price hike
Dhaka, April 26 – The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh or TCB will start selling essential commodities from May 6 in open markets across the country including capital city Dhaka in a bid to keep the prices at tolerable limit ahead…
20 good food reads for Spring
Danielle Nierenberg Food Tank has collected 20 of the best new books in food and agriculture to celebrate spring. Our favorite reads this season cover critical topics including the paradox of obesity and malnutrition, building strong communities through socially-conscious food…
4 Indian citizens held along Sunamganj border
Dhaka – Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained four Indian nationals from Chargaon border area in Tahirpur upazila in Sunamganj on Thursday morning.
PM leaves for Sydney via Thailand
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who left Dhaka for Sydney on Thursday afternoon on a three-day official visit to Australia at the invitation of her Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull, reached Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Thailand.
56th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Friday
The 56th death anniversary of Sher-e-Bangla Abul Kashem Fazlul Huq will be observed in the country in a befitting manner tomorrow.
No army deployment in city elections: EC
The Election Commission (EC) today said army will not be deployed in local government elections, including in Gazipur and Khulna city corporation polls scheduled to be held on May 15.
No link between citizenship and passport: DG Passport
In the wake of controversy over Tarique Rahman’s passport, the director general (DG) of the Department of Immigration and Passports (DIP) on Thursday said there is no connection between ‘citizenship and surrendering a passport’.
‘Mentally challenged son’ kills mother in Joypurhat
Dhaka- A woman was hacked to death allegedly by her ‘mentally challenged son’ at Sagrampur village in Khetlal upazila on Thursday morning.
Memorial to African Americans who were lynching
In a plain brown building sits an office run by the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles, a place for people who have been held accountable for their crimes and duly expressed remorse.
6 get life term for double murder in Khulna
Dhaka- A court here on Thursday sentenced six people to life term imprisonment in a double murder case in Terokhada upazila in Khulna in 2001.
The insecurity cycle
During the past decade – in the aftermath of the most serious financial and economic crises since the Great Depression – the question of why policy doesn’t always change when it looks like it ought to has been an open…
Lightning kills 4 in 3 dists
Dhaka – Four people, including a woman, were killed in separate lighting strikes in Jamalpur, Jashore and Sirajganj districts on Thursday.
Globalisation: New deal on labour mobility
What do you think is the crisis of globalisation and how did it come about? The crisis is the result of a lot of people not being particularly happy about the way that globalisation has gone. I think it’s rooted…
Olympics Youth Hockey: Mixed day for Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladesh’s Youth Hockey team had mixed fortunes Thursday, in the qualifying round of the Youth Olympic Games Hockey in Thailand on Thursday.
EU wants credible polls in Bangladesh
The European Union (EU) at a meeting here hoped that the government of Bangladesh will ensure conditions for credible, transparent and inclusive elections.