August2024
-
Indian PM Modi calls Chief Adviser Dr Yunus
Aug 16, 2024Today, Chief Advisor to the Bangladeshi Temporary Government Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke over the phone. According to a news release from the Chief Adviser’s news Wing here, the Indian... -
South Korea’s Yoon calls for new working group with North
Aug 16, 2024In an effort to ease rising tensions with Pyongyang and look into opportunities for economic collaboration, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol proposed the creation of a “Inter-Korean Working Group” on Thursday. With the North recently... -
Japan set to lift ‘megaquake’ warning
Aug 16, 2024The minister of disaster management stated that if there is no further significant seismic activity, Japan will suspend its “megaquake” warning that has been in effect for a week. Thousands of Japanese cancelled holidays and stocked... -
Columbia University president resigns months after anti-war protests
Aug 16, 2024Just weeks before the new academic year began, and months after pro-Palestinian demonstrations earned the university national attention, the president of Columbia University in New York tendered his resignation, according to reports released by US media... -
Climate change fuelled deadly India landslides, say scientists
Aug 16, 2024Scientists said on Wednesday that climate change was a major contributing factor in the intense rains that caused tragic landslides in India last month, which claimed the lives of at least 200 people. On July 30,... -
Israeli spy chiefs to attend Gaza talks in Doha: PM’s office
Aug 16, 2024The prime minister’s office said on Wednesday that Israel’s espionage chiefs will participate in negotiations in Doha on Thursday to seek a truce in Gaza and a settlement for the release of hostages following almost ten... -
Yemen government urges UN to move to its Aden base
Aug 16, 2024Following the takeover of the UN office in the capital Sanaa by Huthi rebels, who also detained dozens of staff members from various organizations, the Yemeni government has demanded that the UN relocate to the second... -
7 Bangladeshi envoys asked to return
Aug 16, 2024The Bangladeshi ambassadors to the US, Russia, Germany, Japan, the UAE, the KSA, and the high commissioner to the Maldives have been instructed by the government to return home and relinquish their current positions from their... -
ERF greets CA’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam
Aug 16, 2024Shafiqul Alam was today commended by the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) for being appointed as Chief adviser Prof. Dr. Muhammad Yunus’s press secretary. In a statement, the journalists’ association congratulated him. Shafiqul Alam, the head of... -
Bangladesh assures Russia of continuing its cooperation: Touhid
Aug 16, 2024Md. Touhid Hossain, adviser on foreign affairs, gave Bangladesh’s assurance today that it would keep working with the Russian Federation on projects of shared interest. He gave the guarantee at his foreign ministry office in the...