Financial Noose Tightens on Myanmar Junta as US Sanctions Bite Again
GB Today By Hein Htoo Zan: The Bangladeshi state-owned bank at the center of bilateral trade with Myanmar has frozen…
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Telegram Used to Identify Myanmar Junta Opponents
Irrawaddy: At least 16 people were detained in Mandalay from August 9 to 15 after pro-Myanmar-junta Telegram channels…
Cambodia’s politics and our election
।। Kamal Ahmed ।। For quite some days now Awami League leaders have been vehemently stating that the…
Corruption is a good excuse to bully opposition in India: Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen, in a recent interview with Sabir Ahamed and Suvojit Bagchi at his residence…
BNP kicks off three-day stretch of programmes today
Special Correspondent: BNP has taken up another three-day stretch of programmes including carrying out countrywide distribution of leaflets…
Bangladesh’s RMG products cheaper than India, Sri Lanka
Shuvonkar Karmokar, Dhaka: Bangladesh is struggling to move beyond low-end readymade garment (RMG) products while exporting to the…
EC’s office assistant post: 14 applicants pass without taking exams
Asaduzzaman, Dhaka: Mobarak Hossain of Dinajpur is one of the applicants for ‘office assistant’ post in election commission…
Over 5,000 Jamaat-Shibir men sued
Over 5,000 Jamaat-Shibir leaders and activists have been sued on charges of carrying out vandalism and arson attacks…
India wants Delhi–Dhaka signature relations to continue
Gautam Lahiri: India believes that achievement earned during last ten years in the bilateral relations between New Delhi…
S’pore arrests 10 foreigners, seizes $1b for money laundering
World News: In one of the biggest anti-money laundering operations here, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) rounded up…
BFF increases women footballers’ salaries
Sports Correspondent: The Bangladesh Football Federation on Wednesday decided to increase their salaries of women footballers and they…
Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves
Scientists have reconstructed Pink Floyd’s Another Brick in the Wall by eavesdropping on people’s brainwaves – the first…
Dengue patients 4-5 times higher than official figure
Mohammad Al Amin, Dhaka: With the worsening dengue situation in the country, the numbers of dengue patients and…
Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority clarifies not having authority to grant land rights to traders at Bidhan Market
Shopowners observed strike and took out a rally on Wednesday to press for land rights GBT News Desk:…
Odisha: Naveen calls upon people to build a prosperous and transformed Odisha
‘All should work unitedly towards this,’ said Naveen while hoisting the national flag at the state-level Independence Day…
Bihar: Modi unfurled flag at Red Fort for last time, next year it will be our turn- Lalu
The Rashtriya Janata Dal president was talking after celebrating Independence Day at the residence of his wife Rabri…
Is the Akhaura-Agartala railway capable of becoming a milestone in India-Bangladesh connectivity?
Akhaura used to be the railway link for Agartala before Independence. The project, being implemented courtesy of an…
Govt working for overall devp; target set at 8% this fiscal year: Tripura CM
The BJP-IPFT government, in its budget for the 2023-24 fiscal, laid emphasis on all fronts ranging from health,…
Assam-Meghalaya border row: Regional committees visit Khanduli
Sandeep Sharma, GUWAHATI: As part of ongoing border negotiations between Assam and Meghalaya under the second phase of…
Foreign Investment in Myanmar Continues Post-Coup Plunge, Drops 60%
Hein Htoo Zan: Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Myanmar fell by more than 60 percent year on year…