Airbus gives hope of economic viability
Airlines in Bangladesh, including Biman Bangladesh Airlines Ltd, will find use of Airbus aircraft alongside those of Boeing economically viable as new generations of the former are easier to operate and maintain than their predecessors.
Top Airbus...
Amnesty condemns ‘use of force’ on RMG demos
Amnesty International in a statement yesterday condemned the deplorable use of force on protesters on Wednesday that resulted in the deaths of at least two garment workers in clashes with the police in protests relating to minimum wage.
Amnesty calls...
BNP looking to turn up the heat
The BNP is planning to intensify its oust-government movement by blending hartals and blockades with programmes like sit-ins right after the announcement of the election schedule, party insiders said.
It is now consulting its grassroots and also the like-minded...
Armed rebellion risks break-up of Myanmar: junta-backed president
Myanmar’s junta-backed president said the country is at risk of breaking apart if the military cannot crush a joint offensive by ethnic armed groups along the border with China, state media reported on Thursday.
Fighting has...
India’s BSF kills Bangladeshi teenage boy along Rajshahi border
The Indian Border Security Force shot dead a Bangladeshi teenager on the border in Rajshahi on Thursday noon.
The deceased is Md Samirul Haque, 16, son of Hasibul Haque of Barinagar village under Godagari upazila in the district...
Election to be held at any cost: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Thursday that the next parliamentary polls would have to be held on time at any cost because of constitutional obligations.
‘We informed the president about our preparation, as we have a constitutional...
Your per capita electricity consumption is three times ours because you use electricity to convert your shit into cookies and eat it with tea :lol::rofl:
Our coast guard does not have the capability to patrol deep sea waters. They mostly use small ships to patrol the shallow coastal waters and rivers crisscrossed the country. If the govt. wants the Coast Guard to protect our fisheries in deep sea waters then they must allocate more budget to...
The RMG workers are being mistreated by the govt. Our entire economy is banking on these RMG workers but the govt. and the owners are depriving them of their reasonable demand for Tk. 23000 minimum wage. These stingy and insensitive factory owners should be forced to pay Tk. 23000 minimum wage...
Bangladesh's population size is just 170 million whereas India's population size is 1.5 billion. So, 44.089 gigawatts (GW) is nothing if you take into account your population size.