Chinese factories boom while Japan’s are in reverse
Shawdesh desk: Manufacturers in Asia’s two biggest economies are performing very differently after the pandemic. Factory activity in China expanded last month at the fastest pace in more than a ReadMore
Japan births fall to record low as population crisis deepens
Shawdesh Desk: The number of births registered in Japan plummeted to another record low last year – the latest worrying statistic in a decades-long decline that the country’s authorities have ReadMore
Man Utd beat West Ham to reach FA Cup quarters as Spurs crash out
Sports Desk: Alejandro Garnacho and Fred struck late as Manchester United came from behind to beat West Ham 3-1 and reach the FA Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday but Tottenham were ReadMore
Human error to blame for train crash – Greek PM
Shawdesh Desk: One of Greece’s worst-ever rail disasters, which claimed at least 43 lives, was due to “tragic human error”, the country’s prime minister has said. PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis spoke ReadMore
US drugmaker Eli Lilly says slashing insulin prices
Shawdesh Desk: US pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced Wednesday it would cut the cost of its insulin by 70 percent, with President Joe Biden calling on others to follow suit ReadMore
PM Hasina asks for special focus on medical science research
Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated her call to put special focus on medical science research, urging all to take the country forward with fresh inventions to ReadMore
SC rejects convicts’ review appeal in RU teacher Taher murder case
Shawdesh desk: The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected the review petitions of the two death-row convicts in Rajshahi University Professor S Taher Ahmed murder case. A ReadMore
Khulna doctors’ work abstention enters into 2nd day
Shawdesh Desk: Physicians in Khulna district have halted services at all government and private hospitals, except for emergency care, protesting the attack on a fellow doctor. The work abstention, on ReadMore
