Reuters: The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted the first global resolution on artificial intelligence that encourages countries...
Day: March 22, 2024
NN News Desk: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today withdrew from the Indian Supreme Court the plea against his arrest...
NN Online Report: Any raid by foreign navies on the hijacked Bangladeshi-flagged cargo vessel MV Abdullah is unlikely as Bangladesh...
Reuters, Washington: The United States will ask the UN Security Council today to back a resolution calling for an immediate...
Business Desk : Excess liquidity in the banking sector fell by 5.38% to Tk154,000 crore at the end of January compared to December 2023. This decline follows a pattern of fluctuations, with the volume of excess liquidity at Tk161,000 crore in December, Tk141,000 crore in November and Tk159,000 crore in October of 2023, according to Bangladesh Bank data. Of the surplus liquidity in the banking sector, more than 80% was in the form of securities, including treasury bills and treasury...
Staff Reporter : Esquire Knit Composite Limited (EKCL) will invest Tk 5 crore in its ‘Esquire Limited, a subsidiary of...
Agencies : Global icon Priyanka Chopra is all set to become a narrator for Disneynature’s upcoming movie ‘Tiger’. The movie...
Al Jazeera : At least 69 Rohingya refugees have been rescued after a wooden boat with an estimated 150 people...
Agency : Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team scared Australia to a great extent before suffering a massive 118-run defeat in the three-match ODI series opener on Thursday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the capital’s Mirpur on Thursday . Put into bat first, Australia were reduced to 27-3 and then 78-5 but the World champions recovered from that collapse to post 213-7 and then bowled Bangladesh out for just 95 in 36 overs to lead the series 1-0. Annabel Sutherland...
Al Jazeera : The Congress party, India’s main opposition political group, has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government of stifling...
Anisur Rahman Khan : Waterbodies across country are grappling with dire consequences starting from groundwater depletion to salinity intrusion and India’s unilateral diversion of Transboundary Rivers. The depletion of groundwater, coupled with salinity intrusion, has rendered vast lands in the northern region desolate during the dry season. Experts warn that the uncontrolled use of groundwater for irrigation further exacerbates environmental concerns. Climate change exacerbates these issues, with rising sea levels leading to saline water intrusion into freshwater rivers. On World...
Business Desk : Bangladesh and Japan have agreed to sign the economic partnership agreement (EPA) by the end of 2025 or early 2026 when Bangladesh is expected to graduate from LDC. JBCCI emphasized that EPA is an important instrument to expand trade & investment between Japan & Bangladesh. In link with that JBCCI has formed a Standing Committee focusing on EPA (Economic Partnership Agreement) to extend support and facilitate the activities of EPA in different stages. JBCCI in collaboration with...