Moosa wants to bring €20b in Bangladesh
Private business firm DATCO chairman Moosa Bin Shamsher, who grabbed the headlines time and again claiming to be a multi-billionaire, has applied for permission to bring about €20 billion to Bangladesh claiming that international arms business earned him the money.
Last phase of Indian nat’l polls today
The marathon Indian 17th national polls, the world’s largest democratic exercise, will come to an end today with holding polling in 59 parliamentary constituencies spread over seven states and a union territory.
US approves missile sales to South Korea, Japan
The United States said Friday it had approved more than $600 million in sales of air defence missiles to South Korea and Japan as tensions return with North Korea.
‘Criminal candidates’ in India’s elections
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has one unwanted lead in this month’s general election race — according to data from an electoral watchdog it is fielding the most candidates among the major
Conservatives keep power in Australia election victory
Australia’s ruling conservative coalition defied expectations to retain power in national elections Saturday, prompting prime minister Scott Morrison to declare: ‘I have always believed in miracles!’ ‘How good is Australia!’, shouted a jubilant Morrison, who came to office just nine months ago in a party coup against his moderate predecessor, Malcolm Turnbull.
RIDESHARING SERVICES Accidents on rise, guideline not implemented
An increasing number of fatal road accidents in Dhaka are being attributed to ridesharing services by experts because of poor safety gears, untrained and unskilled drivers and riders and lack of monitoring while their scope of operation across the country is expanding.
Six killed as bus hits tree in Bagerhat
At least six people were killed and nine others injured after a bus crashed into a roadside tree in Fakirhat upazila on Saturday morning.
Most city public transports charging exorbitant fares
Most city bus operators and the drivers of CNG-fuelled auto rickshaws and ridesharing motorcycles have been charging exorbitant fares from the passengers in the capital since the beginning of Ramadan, says a study report. \
Probe initiated as abnormal purchase prices go viral
The government has initiated a probe into ‘abnormal’ high price paid for household articles to furnish apartments in multi-storey buildings under the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Project in Pabna.
Silk Road Forum launched
Chinese ambassador Zhang Zuo on Saturday said that the Belt and Road Initiative undertaken by China would help establish a new type of international relations for creating an inclusive world with shared prosperity.
