Reuters: South Africa-based financial technology firm JUMO plans to expand in high-growth Asian markets after securing the backing of Goldman Sachs in an equity funding round, the company’s chief executive said. Since its founding in 2014, JUMO, which helps individuals an ...বিস্তারিত
Kabir Humayun: A petition was filed with the High Court yesterday seeking its directive on the Election Commission and the government not to publish any schedule for holding next parliamentary election until disposal of a pending rule. Advocate Md Eunus Ali Akond moved the ...বিস্তারিত
M Humayun Kabir: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to leave Dhaka for London on Friday en route to New York on a six-day official visit to the United States to attend the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). After making a two-day stopover in ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: A Belgian police officer received a knife wound to the head and his alleged attacker was shot and seriously wounded on Monday, Brussels police said. The city prosecutor’s office said the attacker was a Belgian national “of Egyptian origin” who was born in 1975 an ...বিস্তারিত
Tasmiah Nuhiya Ahmed, Executive Editor, The New York Times, Bangladesh National Section : Social media is an epitome of the postmodern world. For their users, social media platforms provide an environment to share and consume images of the “ideal” life. Such images can ...বিস্তারিত
Prof Dr Mahbub Ullah, Economist : The defaulters should not be given loans anew. The banks are compelled to hike the interest rates for non-performing loans. Therefore, it becomes quite difficult to lower interest rates. The borrowers have to take loans at high interest rat ...বিস্তারিত
Arab News: Eritrea and Ethiopia signed a peace deal on Sunday at a ceremony in Jeddah overseen by King Salman. The agreement officially ends more than 20 years of war between the two countries. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki and Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed ...বিস্তারিত
Al Jazeera: A photograph showing Indian soldiers dragging the bloodied, half-naked body of a rebel has triggered outrage in and outside Indian-administered Kashmir, with rights activists calling it a "barbaric" act which violates international humanitarian law. The incident ...বিস্তারিত
Arab News: The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen has resumed its offensive to liberate the vital Red Sea port of Hodeidah after proposed peace talks collapsed because Iranian-backed Houthi militias did not appear. At least 32 Houthis have been killed in renewed clashes, including ...বিস্তারিত
Arafat Hasan: Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Russia's Sochi today in order to discuss Syrian issues, according to a statement by the Kremlin yesterday. The meeting will take place at a time when the ...বিস্তারিত