Reuters : The Federal Reserve cut US short-term borrowing costs on Wednesday by a bigger-than-usual half percentage point, a watershed moment that should start to ease some of the financial pressures everyday consumers have felt over the two and a half years that the central bank has battled with high inflation.The Fed, after 5.25 percentage points of increases between March 2022 and July 2023, lowered its key rate to 4.75 percent-5 percent to address rising worries about the cooling labor...
Day: September 20, 2024
Dr. Md. Nurul Islam : The revolution of August 5, 2024, led by students and the masses in Bangladesh, has...
THE first ever visit by the high-powered US delegation to Bangladesh has met with leaders of the interim government headed by Chief Adviser Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus in Dhaka. At the meeting Dr. Yunus sought assistance from the multiagency delegation led by US Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Finance and Development Brent Neiman and Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of South and Central Asia Donald Lu. During the meeting held at State Guest House Jamuna, Dr....
Entertainment Report : The highly anticipated Raihan Rafi directed web film titled ‘Maya’ is finally set to release current month....
Entertainment Desk : Artistes advocating for reforms have raised several concerns about Actors’ Equity Bangladesh, the professional organisation of television...
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : Dr Naznin Hasan Chumki, the popular actress who won the National Film Award, was on a...
Agency : Iranian hackers distributed information about Donald Trump’s electoral campaign to people linked to the Biden campaign, according to the FBI and US intelligence agencies.US officials now believe that information taken from the Trump campaign was sent in unsolicited emails to people linked to the campaign in late June and early July – before Biden dropped out of the race for president.There is currently no evidence that the hackers received any reply from any recipients.In August, officials warned that...
BBC : A 10-year-old Japanese student has died one day after he was stabbed near his school in southern China. The boy, who was enrolled at the Shenzhen Japanese School, succumbed to his injuries early on Thursday, Japanese officials said. His assailant, a 44-year-old man surnamed Zhong, was arrested on the spot, local police said. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has called the attack “extremely despicable” and said Tokyo had “strongly urged” Beijing for an explanation “as soon as possible”....
BBC : The UN General Assembly has adopted a Palestinian-drafted, non-binding resolution demanding Israel end “its unlawful presence in the...
AFP : Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler said Wednesday that the kingdom will not establish ties with Israel until a...
