Rising imports squeeze forex reserves
Shawdesh Desk: The country’s foreign exchange reserve dropped to $41.90 billion amid rising imports. Bangladesh Bank on Thursday paid $2.24 billion Asian Clearing Union (ACU) import bills for the March-April ReadMore
US imposes sanction on 33 Russian individuals, 22 companies and 69 ships
Shawdesh Desk: The US Department of the Treasury has supplemented its sanction lists with 33 more Russian individuals, 22 companies and 69 ships flying the Russian flag. According to a ReadMore
60 dead in bombed east Ukraine school: Zelensky
Shawdesh Desk: Sixty civilians died in the bombing of a school in eastern Ukraine’s Lugansk region this weekend, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. “Just yesterday in the village of ReadMore
Author Amitav Ghosh lauds Bangladesh’s climate innovations
Shawdesh Desk: Celebrated author and climate change activist Amitav Ghosh has appreciated Bangladesh’s action to fight climate change challenges though he worries for his native West Bengal. “In fact, Bangladesh ReadMore
World premiere of ‘Mujib Amar Pita’ held in New York City
Shawdesh Desk: The world premiere of ‘Mujib Amar Pita’ (Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is my father) was held at Bombay Theatre Hall in Queens of New York City on Sunday (April ReadMore
The persecution of Julian Assange
Jonathan Cook: THE British home secretary, Priti Patel, will decide this month whether Julian Assange is to be extradited to the United States, where he faces a sentence of up ReadMore
