A hardware failure has caused the Tokyo Stock Exchange to completely halt trading for an entire day for the first time in its history. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh Economic Seminar Highlights Trade and Investment Opportunities for Saskatchewan and Canada
Investment and trade opportunities for Saskatchewan and Canada in Bangladesh were the focus of a seminar that took place this week in Saskatoon. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan’s Mughal Syndrome
In recent years, India has begun to view the Mughals and other Muslim dynasties before them, not as natives but invaders and colonizers. Hindutva's rise sees even Islam as a foreign religion and the ... ( read original story ...)
US, Bangladesh take part in high-level consultation on economic partnership
The first ever high-level US, Bangladesh consultation on economic partnership took place on Wednesday through a virtual platform. During the meeting both co-chairs and participants shared their ... ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh: Protesting Rohingya Refugees Beaten
Bangladesh authorities beat refugees protesting their detention Island with sticks and tree branches, Human Rights Watch said today. Naval officers a ... ( read original story ...)
Salma ‘delighted’ to represent Bangladesh in UAE T20
Bangladesh women’s team stars Salma Khatun and Jahanara Alam are set to feature in the upcoming Women’s T20 League in UAE, slated to take place between November 4 and 9. ( read original story ...)
COVID-19: Timely support to prisons continues across Bangladesh
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Bangladesh continues to work with the Prisons Directorate to strengthen and consolidate the support to prisons in view of COVID-19. As part of ... ( read original story ...)
Climate Adaptation and Resilience (CARE) for South Asia project: how it will assist Bangladesh
The project aims at building technical capacities of climate-sensitive sectors to mainstream climate adaptation into development projects in Bangladesh. ( read original story ...)
Pakistan ex-PM Sharif accuses army of political interference
Pakistan’s ailing former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Thursday accused the country's powerful military of political interference, saying in a televised speech from exile in London that the military ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan: Sindh CM takes measures to weed out ‘ghost’ employees in Karachi
A waterlogged street in Karachi. The chief minister of Sindh has ordered immediate steps to weed out absentee workers in the municipal services who continue to draw salaries. Image Credit: AFP Karachi ... ( read original story ...)