Europe broils in heat wave that fuels fires in France, Spain
Shawdesh Desk: A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and ReadMore
Govt to cut fuel import by 20pc; Area-based load shedding from today
Shawdesh Desk: The government has decided to cut the import of fuel, particularly diesel, by 20 percent as an austerity measure to save dollars and keep its foreign reserves stable. ReadMore
Sunak widens lead in race to become UK PM after party vote
Shawdesh Desk; Former finance minister Rishi Sunak widened his lead in the latest round of voting Monday by Conservative MPs to decide Britain’s next prime minister, but the race to ReadMore
Dollar crisis deepening
Shawdesh Desk: Even after some preventive measures taken by the government, the local currency taka has continued its free fall against the greenback on the back of acute US dollar ReadMore
Nationwide special vaccination campaign begins
Shawdesh Desk: The government is holding a special vaccination campaign across the country, including in Dhaka today, aiming to inoculate 75 people with the booster and second shots of the ReadMore
Data protection law must not invade individual’s privacy
THE issues that raised concern about the Personal Data Protection Act 2022 when its draft was put online in April to elicit public opinions are still there in the revised ReadMore
Iran film director Panahi must serve six-year sentence: judiciary
Shawdesh Desk: Award-winning dissident Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, arrested in the past week in Tehran, must serve a six-year sentence previously handed to him in 2010, the judicial authority announced ReadMore
Palestinian univers are once again under attack
Neve Gordon: PALESTINIAN universities are under attack once again. Later this month, the Israeli authorities are expected to put into effect a 97-page ordinance, called Procedure for Entry and Residence ReadMore
