Staff Reporter :Trade Commissioner and Executive Vice-President of the European Parliament Valdis Dombrovskis has recognised Bangladesh-EU relations as a multi-dimensional strategic partnership, and reiterated EU’s political commitment in this regard. The statement came when State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md. Shahriar Alam met Valdis Dombrovskis at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels on Friday on the occasion of celebrating 50 years of Bangladesh-EU partnership, said a press release. Commending Bangladesh as the biggest beneficiary of EU’s EBA scheme, the Trade...
Day: May 6, 2023
Commentary: Just insist on one point that election will be held under a neutral government as before
Editorial Desk : Let the US and other friendly countries who want to help us to have free and fair...
Noman Mosharef :The daily essential products, especially eight common items-edible oil, sugar, egg, potato, onion, ginger, garlic and vegetable- price are soaring again in the market making huge pressure to low and middle income group people. On the other hand, the price of chickens (broiler, sonali, popularly known as Pakistani cock), beef still remain high which was reached highest before the holy Eid. Akramul Islam, a private employee, who used to buy daily essentials for whole month in once said...
Reuters :Covid-19 no longer represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization said on Friday, a major step towards the end of the pandemic that has killed more than 6.9 million people, disrupted the global economy and ravaged communities. “Yesterday, the Emergency Committee met for the 15th time and recommended to me that I declare an end to the public health emergency of international concern. I’ve accepted that advice. It’s therefore with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over...
Staff Reporter :Cyclone ‘Mocha’ may form in Bay of Bengal by Tuesday, the neighboring India’s Meteorological department said. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the summer cyclone will likely take place in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday. The IMD officials said the guidance of numerical models indicates that a cyclonic storm may occur in the area on the day, but its movement and intensification would be determined after the low-pressure area forms on Sunday. Met office sources...
Reuters :The United Nations food agency’s world price index rose in April for the first time is a year, but is still some 20% up on a record high hit in March 2022 following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) price index, which tracks the most globally traded food commodities, averaged 127.2 points last month against 126.5 for March, the agency said on Friday. The March reading was originally given as 126.9. The Rome-based agency said...
UNB :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday afternoon attended the Commonwealth Leaders Event here in London. The event started at 2pm local time (7:00pm Bangladesh Time) at Marlborough House of the Commonwealth Secretariat at Pall Mall. In the event, Sheikh Hasina had Interaction with King Charles III, head of the Commonwealth at the Delegate’s Lounge. She will join the Commonwealth joint family photo session in the Garden of Marlborough House. Sheikh Hasina will also attend the Commonwealth leaders’ closed discussion...
UNB :Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Treasurer Professor Mohammed Atiqur Rahman has allegedly resorted to fraudulence and anomalies to secure his job tenure and promotion. A written complaint has been made against him in various departments of the government, including the Health Ministry. According to the documents submitted to the ministry, Dr Atiqur got promotions from assistant professor to associate and later to full professor through resorting to various irregularities. He also resorted to deception to make his job permanent...
UNB :A total of 675 Bangladeshi nationals looking to leave crisis-hit Sudan have reached Port Sudan from Khartoum so far. “Those who are without passports have already been provided with travel permits,” State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam said in a Facebook post on Thursday. “We’ll evacuate women, children and people with illness to Jeddah in the first phase based on the number of seats available on the ship,” he said. The state minister said ships are constantly...
News Desk :The number of people facing life-threatening hunger around the world surged by a third last year, as economic shocks worsened and food prices soared. That’s according to the Global Network Against Food Crises, which said world hunger rose for a fourth straight year – more than doubling over that span. The report from the alliance of international aid organizations detailed how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had an “outsized impact” on world food systems, which the United Nations...
