Daily Archives: August 29, 2018
Bolivian woman might be world’s oldest
Asianbangla Desk: Despite a recorded age of almost 118 years, Julia Flores Colque still sings with joy in her indigenous Quechua tongue.
She was born...
No-deal Brexit not ‘the end of the world’: May
Asianbangla Desk : Prime Minister Theresa May yesterday indicated that a no-deal Brexit would not be a disaster for Britain, playing down warnings of...
Israel demolishes home of Palestinian attacker
Asianbangla Desk : Israeli forces demolished the home of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly knife attack in a settlement in the occupied...
India arrests 5 rights activists for alleged Maoist links
Asianbangla Desk : Indian police on Tuesday arrested five rights activists for suspected links to Maoist rebels in raids on their homes and offices...
More specialist physicians to be created: PM
Asianbangla Dhaka : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the government will take effective steps to create more specialist physicians to provide better...
Rice import to drop on higher yield
Asianbangla, Dhaka : Rice imports nosedived in the past two months and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) predicted total import would dip to 6...
Dr Kamal, B Chy forge new alliance
Asianbangla Dhaka : In a latest development in politics, a new platform has been floated under the joint leadership of Prof AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury...
War Crimes in Yemen: All sides may be responsible: UN
Asianbangla Desk : All sides in Yemen's bloody conflict may have committed war crimes, UN investigators said yesterday, highlighting deadly air strikes, rampant sexual...
Uniform Minimum Call Rate: Benefit goes to operators
Asianbangla Dhaka : Mobile call volume dropped by 15 percent since the introduction of the minimum uniform call rate, as users attempted to minimise...
Outstanding Loans : Big chunk held by bank owners
Asianbangla Dhaka : In Bangladesh, industrialists and businesspeople become shareholders and directors of banks, and borrow money from each other's banks.
And not only that,...