China's car market fell off a cliff this year. It faces a long road back
China's car sales rose for the first time in a year last month, but the world's largest market remains stuck in a deep slump that shows little sign of ending soon as the country's massive economy slows.
Weaponizing the dollar
THE signs are mounting steadily now. As the Trump administration weaponizes the dollar in defence of American hegemony, it is prompting many other nations to find alternatives to the US
Mayor admits high prevalence of dengue
Dhaka South City Corporation mayor Sayeed Khokon on Tuesday admitted that the prevalence of dengue was higher this year.
Khaleda Zia sends legal notice to home secretary
Former prime minister Khaleda Zia on Tuesday sent legal notices to five officials, including the home secretary, for not allowing her to sign the power of attorney.
HC rejects detained OC Mouazzem’s bail appeal
The High Court Division on Tuesday rejected appeal for bail of detained suspended Sonagazi police station officer-in-charge Mouazzem Hossain.
30 Lalmonirhat villages flooded as India opens barrage
At least 30 villages in five upazilas in the northern district of Lalmonirhat went under water in a matter of minutes Tuesday afternoon after India opened 54 gates of the Gajoldoba barrage upstream amid heavy rains.
Trump says he will no longer deal with UK ambassador who labeled him 'inept'
President Donald Trump said Monday that the White House will no longer deal with British Ambassador to the US Kim Darroch after a series of leaked diplomatic cables revealed he told 10 Downing Street that the administration was "inept" and "clumsy."
China interrupts Hong Kong pop star during UN speech
Chinese diplomats repeatedly interrupted a Hong Kong pop star and activist as she accused Beijing of "preventing our democracy at all costs" in a speech to the United Nations on Monday.
Two roads to ‘friendship among peoples’
PRESIDENT Trump’s ‘daring’ step over the demarcation line between North and South Korea to shake hands with Chairman Kim wouldn’t be making such headlines were the American media
19th amendment and the Lanka president’s current term
AS HIS presidential term draws to its close, president Maithripala Sirisena is making it clear that he is not ready to quit the political centre stage without a fight. The president’s thinking appears to be more in accord with the words of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas who wrote, ‘Do not go gentle into
