The Maldives has welcomed over 1.7 million travelers so far in 2024, which is a 9.5 percent increment from the corresponding period last year. According to the Ministry of Tourism’s daily arrival update for November 12th – with arrivals counted as of November 11th – the Maldives has welcomed a total of 1,728,045 tourists. In […]
Read MoreThe Foreign Affairs Ministry has requested the U.S. Embassy to remove the security alert issued earlier asking its nationals to avoid the Arugam Bay area until further notice, a spokesperson said yesterday. The U.S. Embassy issued the alert on October 23. It said, “The Embassy received credible information warning of an attack targeting popular tourist […]
Read MoreThe National Assembly (NA) will begin its second session of the fourth Parliament on November 14, with discussions planned around bills, motions, and policy updates. The session will introduce the Parliamentary Entitlement Bill, which addresses benefits for Members of Parliament (MPs). The Parliamentary Entitlement Bill, which previously drew public criticism for allegedly prioritising MPs’ benefits […]
Read MoreBefore the payment, which is made every two months, the foreign exchange reserves were at $19.96 billion. The gross foreign exchange reserves in Bangladesh have dropped to $18.46 billion following a $1.50 billion payment to the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) for September and October import bills, according to the latest Bangladesh Bank data. Before the […]
Read MoreDuring monsoon last year, the Chandannath Municipality of Jumla district reported several cases of dengue. The local unit has reported cases of infection from the deadly virus this year too. Although most cases were locally transmitted, health workers in the district don’t consider the virus spread a serious public health problem. This is because Jumla […]
Read MoreExperts believe that the series of misinformation since Trump’s triumph appears to be a strategy to influence policy changes regarding Bangladesh in influential nations, particularly the US. India Today, one of the leading media outlets in our neighbouring country, published a report on 10 November titled “Bangladesh cracks down on Trump supporters after he decries […]
Read MoreBangladesh’s semiconductor dreams started in the 2000s, but the key actuators emerged visible through their design services to major global giants in 2017. The Bangladesh Semiconductor Industry Association (BSIA) has unveiled their roadmap to boost the country’s semiconductor exports to $1 billion by 2030, focusing on workforce training and policy support to drive growth. The […]
Read MoreMasum Billah, Baku (Azerbaijan) South Asian Climate Change Journalist’s Forum (SACCJF) leaders met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif at the World Climate Conference Center in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The Pakistani Prime Minister expressed his excitement in this brief interaction with Bangladeshi journalists. He said in Bengali – “Bangladesh, Sonar Bangla.” Then, in […]
Read MoreBEIJING: Senior Russian official Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday (Nov 12) told China’s foreign minister Wang Yi their two countries’ most urgent task should be countering “containment” by the United States, as they met for security talks in Beijing. Moscow and Beijing have expanded military and defence ties since Russia ordered troops into Ukraine nearly three […]
Read MoreCanberra: China is putting ever-greater pressure on the Philippines to cede its sovereign rights in the South China Sea, Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro said on Tuesday after a meeting with his Australian counterpart in Canberra. “What we see is an increasing demand by Beijing for us to concede our sovereign rights in the […]
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