Mahathir proposes common Asia trading currency
East Asia should consider a common regional trading currency based on gold to promote commerce, and free the region from relying on dollar transactions, Malaysia’s prime minister said Thursday.
Modi sworn in as India’s PM
India’s prime minister Narendra Modi launched his historic second term at a solemn ceremony in front of cheering supporters Thursday ahead of unveiling a revamped Hindu nationalist government.
Hasina given life-time DUCSU membership
Prime minister and Awami League president Sheikh Hasina was given lifetime membership of Dhaka University Central Students’ Union.
Nearly half of RMG workers yet to receive Eid allowances
Nearly half of the readymade garment factory owners across the country have failed to keep their promises of paying festival allowances to the workers in time ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, scheduled to be celebrated on June 5.
BOAT CAPSIZE IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA Suspected human trafficker Enamul, accomplice remanded
Suspected human trafficker Enaml Haque and his accomplice Abdur Razzak on Thursday were taken to police custody in a case filed for trafficking some 59 youths who died in a boat capsize on the Mediterranean Sea on May 9 while they were attempting to reach Italy from Zouara of Libya.
Big clothes brands found to fall short of own fair wage promises
The world’s top clothing brands are failing to fulfil their own promises to pay workers a fair living wage that covers basic family needs, academics and activists said on Thursday.
NUSRAT MURDER Family fumes over charge sheet as case shifted for trial
A Feni judicial magistrate court on Thursday transferred the case filed for burning to death madrassah student Nusrat Jahan Rafi to the Feni Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal for trial.
Everest climbers risk death for ultimate high atop world's tallest peak
Our helicopter lands in Lukla, a small town best known for being the gateway to Mount Everest.
Huawei calls on Washington to halt 'illegal action' against the company Sherisse Pham
Huawei is pressing on with its lawsuit against the United States, challenging the constitutionality of a US law banning federal agencies from buying its products.
HINDU NATIONALIST VICTORY IN INDIA Modi’s credo of divide and rule
IT IS members of the nation’s ethnic minorities who will pay the price for this success. Already during the last legislative period under prime minister Narendra Modi, we saw a clear increase in the number of lynchings carried out against Muslims and Dalits (previously referred to as
