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March 3, 2023

Bangladesh-Japan B2B event to be held on May

A business-to-business (B2B) match-making event will be held in the last week of May to expand business between Bangladesh and Japan.Japan-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (JBCCI), UNIDO ITPO Tokyo and Haison International Limited will joi…

Unabated plundering going on in power sector: Gayeshwar

BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday alleged the government has been indulging in unabated looting in the power sector in the name of capacity charge.“The government has again increased the price of electricity. They said they’re adjusting…

PM set to leave for Doha Saturday to attend LDC5 Conference

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Doha on Saturday to participate in the 5th United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5), to be held on March 5-9.The premier is visiting Qatar at the invitation of the Emir Sheikh T…

Momen held meeting with Indian counterpart Jaishankar

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday met his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues of mutual interest.They exchanged greetings and discussed issues of bilateral interests, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”So nice t…

With West Bank in turmoil, more Palestinians want to fight

The stuttering blasts of M-16s shattered the quiet in a West Bank village, surrounded by barley fields and olive groves. Young Palestinian men in Jaba once wanted to farm, residents say, but now, more and more want to fight.Last week, dozens of them, w…

Pakistani rupee reaches record low against USD

Pakistani rupee suffered a big blow against the U.S. dollar as the greenback was traded at a historic low of 285.09 rupees in the interbank market on Thursday, according to the State Bank of Pakistan.It marks a 6.66-percent drop from Wednesday’s closin…

Cindy McCain next World Food Programme chief

Cindy McCain will become the next executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP) next month, the UN agency said Thursday.Currently serving as the United States Ambassador to the UN agencies in Rome – which includes lifesaving food relief agency W…

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