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Funeral procession for late Iran supreme leader to pass through Iraq
An Iranian official on Wednesday said the funeral procession for late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed by US-Israeli strikes in February, will pass through Iraq.
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BB plans tougher steps as bad loan recovery elusive
The Bangladesh Bank has intensified efforts to contain the country’s mounting default loan crisis through a series of regulatory, legal and policy measures, but economic weakness, lengthy legal processes and poor recovery rates continue to pose major obstacles to meaningful improvement...
England enter World Cup fray as Ronaldo makes history
England begin their bid to end a 60-year wait for a trophy when they take on Croatia in their World Cup opener on Wednesday while Cristiano Ronaldo is set to play in a record-equalling sixth tournament.
Trump threatens to drop bombs if Iran doesn’t ‘behave’
US president Donald Trump on Wednesday warned Iran that he was ready to resume military action if Tehran did not abide by its obligations, two days ahead of the final deal signing...
Mosquitoes can learn to love common repellent, scientists find
The surprising results, which were conducted ‘under very specific conditions’ in the lab, do not ‘call into question the effectiveness’ of the repellent DEET…
Universities in Bangladesh to be seats of free thinking: SMA Faiz
The universities in Bangladesh would be turned into seats of free thinking in this changed and new Bangladesh, said professor SMA Faiz, the newly appointed chairman of the University Grants Commission...
Eight-day theatre festival begins today at BSA
An eight-day theatre festival, organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy’s Department of Drama and Film, begins today at the Experimental Theatre Hall of the National Theatre Auditorium in the capital.
Editor’s note
AS THE entire Bangladesh is keenly waiting for the post-mass uprising political and constitutional reforms and, obviously, electoral transition to democratic governance, the thinking sections of the people are having a lot of private and public discussions over theoretical aspects of various proposals put forward by different political and legal authorities. The high-level...
Summer power demand to test newly elected govt: Prof Tamim
Professor M Tamim, vice-chancellor of the Independent University, Bangladesh, said the 18-month-long interim government had managed to make a clear difference from its ousted predecessor, the Awami League, by repealing the Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provisions) Act, 2010.Often called the Speedy Power Act, it had been misused for much of the one-and-a-half-decade rule of the AL, he said.He also noted that the act had been necessary during the early years of the AL’s first tenure between 2010 and 2014 to produce emergency power and address shortages left over mainly by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government between 2002 and 2006.Assuming power after a landslide win in the 2009 parliamentary election, the AL-led government enacted the Speedy Power Act and continued to approve rental power plants introduced by the military-backed interim government. https://bizmagazine.newagebd.net/post/power-energy/2319/summer-power-demand-to-test-new-govt-prof-tamim
