MEMO: The United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nikolay Mladenov, cancelled a planned visit to the Gaza Strip scheduled for yesterday as a result of Israel’s renewed air strikes on the besieged Strip. The UN peace envoy said in a statement ...বিস্তারিত
AP: On Indonesia’s earthquake-devastated Lombok island, people are reeling as they mourn more than 300 dead and sleep in makeshift shelters, but foremost in the minds of some is rebuilding the collapsed mosques that were the heart of their communities. Dozens of villagers ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: A heat wave in North Korea has led to rice, maize and other crops withering in the fields, “with potentially catastrophic effects”, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Friday. The world’s largest disaster relief ...বিস্তারিত
BSS: Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif yesterday said the government would formulate a law against misuse of modern technologies in the country. “The government has been working to formulate a law against those out to misuse modern technologies…No one would be spared ...বিস্তারিত
BSS: A meeting of the managing committee of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Memorial Trust was held at Bangabandhu Bhaban in Dhanmondiyesterday. Chairperson of the trust and Bangabandhu’s elder daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: Applications seeking renewal of fitness certificates for vehicles have marked a 40 per cent rise over the past few days, official figures showed, reports the financial express. According to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), this rise in the entries ...বিস্তারিত
Arab News: The United Arab Emirates will build an oil pipeline connecting Eritrea’s port city of Assab with Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa, an Ethiopian state-affiliated broadcaster said on Friday. Fana Broadcasting said the information was revealed during a meeting in ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: In a suburban Minneapolis laboratory, a tiny company that has never turned a profit is poised to beat the world’s biggest agriculture firms to market with the next potential breakthrough in genetic engineering - a crop with “edited” DNA. Calyxt Inc (CLXT.O), ...বিস্তারিত
Desk Report: The total import pertaining to the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) project has emerged as the second largest 'sector' in the country's overseas procurement in the last fiscal year (FY), 2017-18, reports the financial express. The government has expedited the ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Khurshid Alam says he pulls 17-hour shifts three days a week driving a private bus in Dhaka, where tens of thousands of students held angry protests for over a week demanding an end to rash driving that killed two teenagers late last month. Prime Minister Sheik Has ...বিস্তারিত
