The rise of robots is inevitable, but the associated grim predictions around job losses aren’t. Asian Development Bank vice president Stephen Groff explains how countries can prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. By Stephen Groff A knitting factory in Bangladesh…
Report from BRAC • A total of 655,000 forcibly-displaced Myanmar nationals have entered Bangladesh since 25 August (Source: ISCG report, 31 December) • BRAC’s total coverage (based on sanitation) is 638,600 people with installation of 15,965 latrines (16 today). BRAC…
The groundbreaking court brought many of the war’s worst criminals to justice, but more is needed to heal the region’s deep divisions. By Benjamin Ward and Param-Preet Singh Hundreds of men buried alive, men and women mutilated and slaughtered, children…
Dhaka, Jan 9 – The Jatiya Sangsad on Tuesday passed the “Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Bill, 2018” aimed at providing with better health services riding on the improvement in technology and medical science in the country.
Dhaka, Jan 9 – Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Anisul Huq said said on Tuesday new judges will be appointed to both the Appellate Division and High Court Division of the Supreme Court soon.
Dhaka, Jan 9 – Environment and Forest Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Tuesday said the government is implementing clean air and sustainable environment (CASE) project to check air pollution in Dhaka and Chittagong.
Dhaka, Jan 9 – Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury on Tuesday said the government has a plan to establish a regional flower research centre at Jessore. The minister said this while responding to a query placed by treasury bench lawmaker…
Dhaka, 09 Jan – The BNP will finalise its candidate for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-poll at party standing committee meeting on Saturday.
Dhaka, 09 Jan – Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited distributed blankets among the cold affected destitute people in Dhaka City. Md. Abdul Hamid Miah, Managing Director of the Bank distributed the blankets at the Bank’s Head Office on Tuesday.
Rajshahi, 09 Jan – The Information Cell of Rajshahi University (RU) is passing through a chaotic situation though 8 years have passed after the enactment of Information and Communication Act (ICT). Information sharing activities are not being smoothly done due…
Lowest temperature recorded 4.8 °C in Dinajpur Dhaka, Jan 9 – The overall situation of the cold wave, sweeping over parts of the country over the last few days, is gradually improving as the temperature across the country rose by…
Mohammad Zainal Abedin, Karachi A 4-day international conference held at Karachi, the main commercial hub of Pakistan ended on Monday with a call to uphold the ethics of journalism. This pledge was made on the concluding day of the conference.
Canberra, Jan 9 (AP/UNB) — Same-sex couples married in midnight ceremonies across Australia on Tuesday after the country’s last legal impediment to gay marriage expired.
Dhaka, Jan 9 – The operation of mobile court by the executive magistrate will continue until settlement of three appeals filed by the government against the HC verdict over the mobile court act.
Seoul, Jan 9 (AP/UNB) — Samsung Electronics said its October-December operating profit jumped 64 percent to a record high, capping off 2017 with the biggest annual operating income and sales in its history thanks to the blockbuster semiconductor business.
North Korea has said it will send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, taking place in South Korea in February, says Seoul.
Attorney General Sessions to Crack Down on Marijuana Jasmine L. Tyler US Attorney General Jeff Sessions is reviving the US government’s out-of-date, ineffective, and counterproductive war on drugs. Today it was reported that he will rescind the 2013 Cole Memo,…
বিশ্ব ইজতেমা বাংলাদেশ থেকে সরিয়ে মালয়েশিয়ায় নেওয়ার হুমকি দিয়েছে মালয়েশিয়া তাবলিগের শূরা কর্তৃপক্ষ। রবিবার বাংলাদেশ তাবলিগ জামাতকে লেখা এক চিঠিতে এ হুমকি দেওয়া হয়।
Dhaka, 08 Jan – Arastoo Khan, Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited inaugurated a two-month long internship program for the students of different public and private universities organized by Islami Bank Training & Research Academy (IBTRA) on 8 January 2017…
Savar, Dhaka – The Creator’s love is attained thru service to the paralyzed. Joys lie in service, said Valery A Taylor, the founder and coordinator of ‘Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralyzed (CRP)’.
Dhaka, 08 Jan – The High Court of the Supreme Court on Monday rejected the writ petition seeking an order for making mandatory observance of eight national days.
Dhaka, 08 Jan – The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court order that granted bail to the owners of city’s Apan Jewellers.
রাজধানীতে হয়ে গেল ‘উত্তরবঙ্গে বিনিয়োগ : সম্ভাবনা ও করণীয়’ শীর্ষক সেমিনার। গতকাল বৃহস্পতিবার সকালে রাজধানীর একটি রেস্তোরাঁয় ‘রংপুর বিভাগ সাংবাদিক সমিতি, ঢাকা’ (আরডিজেএ) এ সেমিনারের আয়োজন করে। তাতে প্রধান অতিথি ছিলেন বাণিজ্যমন্ত্রী তোফায়েল আহমেদ। সেমিনারে বক্তারা বৃহত্তর রংপুরের উন্নয়নে শিল্প-কারখানা…
Dhaka, 08 Jan – At least twelve people, including six children, died of cold-related ailments in Rajshahi, Kurigram and Thakurgaon districts in last four days as the northern districts bore the brunt of a cold wave crossing over Bangladesh.
Dhaka, Jan 7– Law Minister Anisul Huq on Sunday said the demand for establishing a separate secretariat for the judiciary in the light of the Masdar Hossain case is unrealistic.
Dhaka, Jan 8 – Tentulia Upazila of Panchagarh the northernmost district of Bangladesh on Monday morning experienced 2.6 degree Celsius, the lowest temperature of in 50 years, with poor people hard bearing the real brunt.
Marana, Ariz. (CNN) — For the first time in 48 years, you can’t buy a ticket on a US airline to fly on a Boeing 747. On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines Flight 9771 touched down in Marana, Arizona, an arid…
Washington (CNN) Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said Sunday he regretted not responding sooner to comments attributed to him that were critical of Donald Trump Jr. in an explosive new book on the White House.
Dhaka, 07 Jan – President Abdul Hamid on Sunday urged all, including the ruling and opposition parties, to play their proper and effective role together in Parliament in fulfilling the aspirations of people.
Savar, Dhaka 07 Jan – The Jahangirnagar University (JU) and the Emporia State University (ESU), America on Sunday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for bilateral cooperation in the field of education and research.