Dhaka – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and First Security Islami Exchange, Italy signed a remittance agreement to provide safe and rapid remittance services to expatriate Bangladeshis in Italy. Md. Abdul Hamid Miah, Managing Director and CEO of Islami Bank Bangladesh…
Dhaka – United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John H Knox has urged all States to do more to fulfill their existing obligations to protect the world’s biological diversity from extinction. “Governments should ensure public information…
Dhaka – Finance Minister AMA Muhith proposed on Thursday the biggest-ever national budget for fiscal year 2017-18 of Tk 400266 crore saying he is placing this budget at a ‘historic juncture’ of economic development. “Time is ours, time is for…
Mexico City — A Mexican businessman offended by President Donald Trump’s insults to his countrymen is seizing on a possible oversight in the magnate’s branding plans. Corporate lawyer Antonio Battaglia is introducing “Trump” brand toilet paper, marketed under the slogans…
Dhaka – Amid the business community’s concern about possible imposition of 15 percent flat VAT rate from July 1 next, Finance Minister AMA Muhith is going to place in Parliament on Thursday a possible Tk 400,266 crore national budget for…
Dhaka – Kolkata’s popular film actor Jeet will arrive in Dhaka on June 5 with a view to promoting his Indo-Bangla film “Boss 2”. The Indian star played the lead role in the film as Surya which is scheduled to…
Dhaka – BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia distributed food and clothes among the destitute at the city’s 14 spots for the second day on Wednesday, marking the 36th death anniversary of party founder and her husband Ziaur Rahman. She started the…
Dhaka – A court here summoned on Wednesday Ganajagaran Manch spokesperson Imran H Sarkar and cultural activist Sanatan Ullash in a defamation case filed for their derogatory remarks about Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Metropolitan Magistrate SM Masud Zaman asked them…
Dhaka, May 31 – Some 71 fishermen along with six fishing trawlers of Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong district and Kutubdia upazila of Cox’s Bazar district went missing in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday during the severe cyclonic storm ‘Mora’.
Dhaka, May 31 – Irked by the very slow pace of repatriation of Myanmar nationals Rohiynga from Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has sought help from friendly countries to gear up the process. “The visible progress on taking back the…
by Guy Verhofstadt European politicians have mastered the art of wagging their finger, most recently at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and US President Donald Trump. Sadly, the same cannot be said for our ability to…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is “absolutely essential” that the world unite to combat the threat from climate change.
Waalwijk, Netherlands May 30 – Stahl resumed its commitment to putting transparency into action with Sustainability Seminar in Bangladesh. On May 25 Michael Costello, Director Sustainability at Stahl, led a leather seminar in Dhaka. With this seminar, the market leader…
Dhaka – The High Court Division of the Supreme Court on Monday summoned the Officer-in- Charge (OC) of Ashulia Police Station to explain as to why a Jahangirnagar University student and also an accused in a vandalism case, was kept…
by Lucio Levi There is a striking analogy between the current global economic and political crisis and the world crisis that occurred between two world wars. Then the great depression of 1929, Mussolini’s and Hitler’s ascent to power and WWII,…
Robert J. Burrowes As ‘mental health’ issues gain more attention, sympathetic and otherwise, in a wide variety of contexts and countries around the world, the opportunity for inaccurate perceptions of what causes these issues, and how to treat them, are…
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage UN, May 25 (IPS) – The world will not be on track to eradicate poverty by 2030 if current growth trends continue, a UN task force found.
By Paula Fray Johannesburg, May 29 (IPS) – Amid the worst drought in a century, South Africans are kick-starting a global consultative process to agree on the values of water in a bid to ensure more equitable use of the…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited has taken a month long program to distribute Ifter among 10 milion fasting pedestrians in Dhaka, Chittagong & Khulna city during the Holy Month Ramadan. Md. Abdul Hamid Miah, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank…
Thanks for a important reporting regarding coaching for admission in the universities. Coaching centres are blackmailing students and guardians in many ways. Coaching is only for two months but its tuition fees are exorbitant and a big class size is…
Not very long ago, students used to fully depend on copying in all the public examinations. It was very common that people including guardians supplied copying in the examination hall in many innovative ways. It was severe before the 1975.…
Mr. Mostafa Kamal Mojumdar, Editor, Greenwatch, Dhaka. Muhtaram, Assalamo Alaikum Warahmatullah, We have the great pleasure in offering our sincerest greetings and best wishes to your excellency at the advent of the Holy month of Ramadan-ul-Mobarak.
by Thorvaldur Gylfason Freedom House recently demoted the United States from top rank among the world´s democracies. The reasons given include ‘the cumulative impact of flaws in the electoral system, a disturbing increase in the role of private money in…
by John Weeks False Dawn: Those of my generation will remember well 1959’s hilarious and biting satire on the British class system, “I’m all right, Jack”, which included several of the country’s most famous and best-loved comedy actors (Ian Carmichael,…
Launch is ninth missile test of the year Chad O’Carroll and Dagyum Ji North Korea launched an unidentified projectile towards the Sea of Japan (East Sea) from near Wonsan, Gangwon Province, early on Monday morning, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of…
Hong Kong, China – Media OutReach – 29 May 2017 – The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Tuen Ng Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival which pays tribute to Qu Yuan, a great poet in the Zhou Dynasty. It…
US at odds with other six members as President Donald Trump refuses to endorse the Paris climate change accord.
Agalawatte, May 27 (AP/UNB)- Sri Lanka’s government says the death toll from Friday’s floods and mudslides have risen to 100 with 99 others missing, as security forces and residents stepped up search and rescue operations.
Dhaka, May 27 – Illegal bombs and bomb-making materials, jihadi books and laptop have been recovered from a suspected militant den in Namagenda area of Savar, on the outskirts of the capital, on Friday night, police said. Bomb disposal team…