Day: May 25, 2024
AFP : The top United Nations court Friday ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah, a landmark ruling likely to increase mounting international pressure on Israel more than seven months into the Gaza war. Israel must “immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part,” the International Court of Justice said....
Staff Reporter : There is no good news from capital kitchen market as daily commodities price went beyond of limited income group and poor people buying capacity put them into hardship to maintain their daily life. Though the government is strictly monitoring the market but failed to control the syndicates. Hoarders are pricing high of essentials creating artificial crisis. In the kitchen market, there are not a single vegetables is possible to buy under at Tk 50, and fish or...
The recent dialogue hosted by the Centre for Policy Dialogue paints a grim picture of Bangladesh’s banking sector. Economists and experts raise a critical issue – the oligarchs’ abuse of the system, jeopardizing good governance, transparency, and public trust. This erosion of trust stems from multiple factors. Bangladesh Bank, the central bank, faces accusations of weakness in asserting its authority. Influential figures exert undue pressure, leading to erratic policy changes and a lack of accountability for problematic banks Dual policies...
UNB, Bagerhat : For generations, thousands of people have been living at risk along the coast in Bagerhat. When the...
Business Report : The first round of negotiations for the Japan-Bangladesh Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) was held in Dhaka from May 19 to 23. The meeting was attended by, on the Japanese side, Taketani Atsushi, ambassador in charge of Economic Diplomacy, Deputy Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and representatives from other relevant ministries, according to a press release. On the Bangladesh side, Dr Ahmad Munirus Saleheen, chairman of the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission, and...
Dr. Forqan Uddin Ahmed : India, the world’s most populous democracy, is being set to hold its general election over...
Business Desk : For the first time, 12 Bangladeshi startups are participating in VivaTech 2024 in France, focusing on emerging technologies such as AI, quantum computing, microchip design, and cybersecurity, announced State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak. In an interview with Luke Brown from VivaTech News, Minister Palak reflected on the development of Bangladesh’s startup ecosystem. Palak noted that 15 years ago, there was no such ecosystem in the country. “From that point, we have...
Reuters : China’s military carried out a second day of war games around Taiwan on Friday, with drills to test its ability to “seize power” and control key areas in exercises Beijing has said were launched to punish Taiwan’s new president, Lai Ching-te. The two days of drills in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands near the Chinese coast, which a Taiwanese official said included the mock bombing of foreign vessels, started just three days after Lai...