Erdogan suffers major setbacks in local elections
Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party was on track on Monday to lose control of Turkey’s two biggest cities, Istanbul and Ankara, in a stunning local election setback that could complicate the president’s plans to combat recession.
Japan opens doors to skilled foreign workers under new visa system
Japan on Monday opened its doors to workers of nine Asian countries under a new visa system. Bangladesh would not get the opportunity.
FIRE SAFETY STATUS OF CAPITAL’S HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS HC directs govt to submit report in 4 months
The High Court Division on Monday directed Rajuk, the two mayors and the fire service and civil defence to jointly submit a report on fire safety status of the high rise buildings in the capital.
Gano Forum MP Mokabbir to be sworn in today
Gano Forum parliament member-elect for Sylhet 2 constituency Mokabbir Khan will be following the footsteps of party MP Sultan Mohammad Mansur as he is going to be sworn in today.
Rajuk teams start collecting info
Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha’s 24 vigilance teams on Monday launched a survey to collect information about high rises in different areas in the capital on Monday for preparing a list of buildings constructed flouting the National Building Code.
Ailing Khaleda admitted to BSMMU again
The jailed Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia was admitted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University Hospital again on Monday although BNP demanded that the government get her admitted to a specialised private hospital in Dhaka.
Bangladesh PM’s directives on road safety ignored
Directives of prime minister Sheikh Hasina on road safety are largely ignored while the numbers of road accidents and deaths in the first three months of the year are much higher compared to that of the two previous years.
China and Macron’s U-turn
LESS than a week ago, president Macron was lambasting Italy for signing agreements with China in the context of their New Silk Road, alias President Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative, in the
Can Christchurch heal our collective wounds?
I VISITED the city of Christchurch on May 23, 2018, as part of a larger speaking tour in New Zealand that also took me to Auckland, Wellington, Hamilton and Dunedin.
Seven killed as season’s first nor’wester wreaks havoc
At least seven people were killed, including three in the capital Dhaka, as nor’wester with rain and thunderstorm lashed different parts of Bangladesh Sunday evening.
