April2025
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Davos meet founder Klaus Schwab steps down from WEF board
Apr 21, 2025The World Economic Forum, which holds the yearly gathering of affluent, well-known, and powerful world leaders at the upscale Swiss ski resort of Davos, said on Monday that its founder Klaus Schwab had resigned from the... -
‘Grandpa robbers’ go on trial for Kardashian heist in Paris
Apr 21, 2025At the end of April, a trio of defendants known as the “grandpa robbers” will go on trial for allegedly stealing millions of dollars’ worth of jewelry from US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris... -
CA for enhanced regional cooperation to address climate challenges
Apr 21, 2025Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser, today urged greater regional collaboration to address the Asia Pacific region’s escalating urban and climate issues. During the first meeting of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the... -
Govt restricts new industries within 10km of Sundarbans
Apr 21, 2025The government has decided to ban the establishment of any new industrial ventures or projects within the 10-kilometre Ecologically Critical Area (ECA) around the Sundarbans. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change will soon issue... -
Govt. to recruit 2,000 doctors through special BCS exams
Apr 21, 2025This year, 2,000 new doctors will be hired by the interim government through special Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) exams. At a signing ceremony for a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Railways Ministry, Health and Family... -
Pope Francis is dead at 88
Apr 21, 2025Pope Francis, an active reformer who angered traditionalists yet sparked enormous Catholic devotion, passed away on Monday at the age of 88. After 38 days of treatment for double pneumonia in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the Argentine... -
Sino-Bangla friendship enters new stage: Yao Wen
Apr 20, 2025Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said the friendship between China and Bangladesh has entered a new stage strengthening their long relations. “People-to-people contact between our two countries entered a new stage where we (China)... -
Jahangir for recruiting more Bangladeshi forces at UN peacekeeping missions
Apr 20, 2025Home Adviser Lieutenant General Md. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (Retd.) called upon the United Nations (UN) to recruit more security forces members from Bangladesh in its peacekeeping missions. “Recruit more force from Bangladesh’s police and armed forces... -
Trade Tariffs Set to Drive Up Prices for Boeing and Airbus Aircraft, Further Inflating Commercial Aircraft Costs
Apr 20, 2025As global trade tariffs continue to affect the aerospace industry, the prices of commercial planes from Boeing and Airbus are expected to rise even higher. This increase comes after years of rising costs due to supply... -
Mexican candidate for UNESCO Gabriela Ramos meets CA
Apr 20, 2025Gabriela Ramos Patina, Mexico’s candidate for Director-General of UNESCO (2025–2029), paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna here today. Federico Salas, the Mexican Non-resident Ambassador to Bangladesh...
