Staff Reporter : Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader has dismissed allegations of corruption against his party, accusing the main opposition, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), of spreading falsehoods and instigating violence against the police. Quader, who also serves as the Minister for Road Transport and Bridges, made these remarks during a rally at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, in Dhaka, commemorating the 75th founding anniversary of the Awami League. “Today, Fakhrul and their loyalists are spreading rumours and attacking...
Day: June 22, 2024
AFP : Asian markets mostly fell Friday following a broadly negative lead from Wall Street, where tech giants led a...
Al Amin : Renowned American economist and Nobel laureate Robert Lucas once asserted that attracting foreign capital requires more than just cheap labor and raw materials; a country needs a conducive investment environment and reliable financial policies. This insight has proven particularly relevant for Bangladesh, as evidenced by the latest UNCTAD report. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) “World Investment Report 2024” reveals that Bangladesh’s efforts to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) have remained largely stagnant. For...
AFP : Paris on Friday reported nearly 200 cases of cholera on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte, which is struggling to contain the deadly epidemic. “As of June 18, 2024, 193 cases of cholera have been reported in Mayotte,” France’s SPF public health agency reported in its weekly update. Of those, 172 were locally acquired cases, while 21 were in people infected abroad in the neighbouring Comoros archipelago and countries on the African continent. Cholera is an infectious...
City Desk : The first return-Hajj flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying 419 pilgrims landed at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) early Friday. The flight ‘BG 332′ with the pilgrims landed at the HSIA around 5:40am, said a media release signed by Boshra Islam, General Manager of Public Relations of the Biman Bangladesh Airlines on Friday morning. The returning pilgrims were received at the boarding gate of the HSIA with flowers and each...
Reza Mahmud : Recruiting agencies are reportedly facing significant hurdles in obtaining services from the Bureau of Manpower Employment and Training (BMET), which is hindering the growth of manpower exports. Businesspeople from various recruiting agencies allege that whenever they seek services from BMET, a section of dishonest officials creates obstacles and demands unethical benefits. Veteran Freedom Fighter Ali Haider Chowdhury, Secretary General of BAIRA and director of East West Human Resource Center, told The New Nation, “We have resolved many...
UNB : Indian External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Friday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s state visit to India underlines their “close and abiding” ties. “Delighted to call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh this (Friday) evening. Appreciate her guidance on the further development of our special partnership,” he said after meeting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The meeting was held at the Hotel Taj Palace in the Indian capital. Jaishankar shared the message on X, formerly known as...
CNN : A massive explosion on Tuesday evening near Chad’s capital city of N’Djamena killed at least nine and injured 46 others, according to a statement from its foreign minister. Video authenticated and geolocated to the international airport in N’Djamena shows a massive fireball and sparks rising in the night sky. Satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies shows that 17 structures at the ammo depot were destroyed. In the satellite image, the structures destroyed in the explosion were spread out, and...
AP : The cybersecurity firm Kaspersky denied Friday that it is a security threat after the U.S. Commerce Department banned...
