Shahidul Islam Chowdhury writes: The government has launched a negotiation with the Chinese authorities to procure the Sinovac Covid vaccine while continuing talks on buying the Sinopharm vaccine from the country. ‘Discussion on procurement of Sinovac vaccine has begun as there is no problem in bringing in the vaccine after […]

Brussels ready to slap tariffs and quotas on UK exports – and even to ‘suspend cooperation in certain sectors’ Rob Merrick writes: The EU will “suspend” parts of the Brexit trade agreement unless the UK ends its refusal to implement the Northern Ireland Protocol, Boris Johnson has been warned. Speaking […]

By Rachel Elbaum and David K. Li LONDON — A massive international sting involving 16 countries, including the U.S., has netted more than 800 suspects, the seizure of 8 tons of cocaine and more than $48 million, officials said Tuesday. The FBI and Australian law enforcement developed and operated an […]

Mousumi Nargis Lucky from Dhaka: Li Jiming, China’s ambassador to Bangladesh, compared the ongoing dispute between Bangladesh and Myanmar over the Rohingya issue to a quarrel between ‘husband and wife.’ He was speaking at a function of the Diplomatic Correspondents Association of Bangladesh (DICAB) at the National Press Club on […]

ERIC TUCKER Writes: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has recovered most of a multimillion-dollar ransom payment made to hackers after a cyberattack that caused the operator of the nation’s largest fuel pipeline to halt its operations last month, officials said Monday. The operation to seize cryptocurrency paid to the […]

2021-06-05 10:19:37 Katie Robertson writes: Chua, 60, transitioned genders in 2020, using the time away from the office to, as she describes it, “grow into this skin.” On Dec 18, she wrote to her colleagues at Reuters to inform them of the change. “For some time now I’ve been on […]

Mousumi Nargis Lucky from Dhaka:China’s vaccination is again in limbo. China’s ambassador to Dhaka, Huang Yan, said he was “annoyed” by the price of the synoform vaccine. On Saturday (June 5), Huang Yan, China’s deputy chief of mission in Bangladesh, said in a post on his Facebook account that the […]

Ghulam Ghaus Siddiqi writes: 1 April 2021 Before understanding the Quranic verse 2:191 which reads “Fitna is worse than killing”, we should know the lexical meaning as well as the variations of the usage of ‘Fitna’ in the Quran. Lexical Meanings of Fitna The Arabic word ‘fitna’ (also spelled ‘fitnah’, […]

John Schwartz writes: Last Updated: Jun 05, 2021, 04:10 PM IST Global warming is likely to make India’s monsoon season wetter and more dangerous, new research suggests. Scientists have known for years that climate change is disrupting monsoon season. Past research based on computer models has suggested that the global […]

The social network says the former president will receive a two-year ban following his actions surrounding January 6. Rebecca Heilweil writes on June 4, 2021 6:13 pm Donald Trump’s Facebook ban will last at least two years, the company announced on Friday. Facebook said that the former president’s actions on […]