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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas speaks at the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters on 23 September 2022 in New York City.

Palestinian president calls on Israel to resume negotiations immediately

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's call for a two-state solution was a "positive development" but said the proof would be a return to negotiations

A girl eats a food supplement distributed during a malnutrition screening session organized by the NGO Action Contre la Faim and the World Food Programme (WFP) in the municipality of Ifotaka, in southern Madagascar, on 14 December 2018

One person dying of hunger every four seconds: NGOs

Pointing out that as many as 19,700 people are estimated to be dying of hunger every day, the NGOs said that this translates to one person dying of hunger every four seconds

A woman walks at a market in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, Lebanon on 6 September, 2022

Further global economic slowdown in third quarter, predicts IMF

The IMF in July revised down global growth to 3.2 per cent in 2022 and 2.9 per cent in 2023. It will release a new outlook next month

Security personel patrol in a boat in the premises of the Parliament building, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 16 July, 2022.

Sri Lanka swears in 37 junior ministers, two for finance

President Ranil Wickremesinghe remains finance minister, lawmakers Ranjith Siyambalapitiya and Shehan Semasinghe were sworn in as state ministers in the finance ministry.

This aerial photograph taken on 5 September, 2022 shows flooded residential areas after heavy monsoon rains in Dera Allah Yar, Balochistan province

Pakistan struggles to avert danger as floods rise, death toll tops 1,300

Pakistani authorities are struggling to prevent the country's biggest lake bursting its banks and inundating nearby towns after unprecedented flooding, while the disaster management agency on Monday ...

Parliament building

Govt’s wrong policy, mismanagement at root of present crisis: Oppositions

Nasrul Hamid labeled the opposition parliamentarians as people with ‘gold-fish memory’ and said they forgot everything and are playing the same broken record

CPD distinguished fellow Debapriya Bhattacharya (M) speaks at a dialogue organised by the Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) in the capital on Tuesday.

Bangladesh under pressure, not in crisis: Debapriya Bhattacharya

It is imperative to bring the force that believes in the future of Bangladesh into the limelight in order to retain the advancement of the country

Education minister Dipu Moni.

Students won’t suffer if schools shut for 2 days: Minister

The initiative will enable the teachers to enjoy a two-day weekend, like other government officials

Planning minister MA Mannan is speaking at an event organised to mark Janmashtami at Kalibari temple premises in Sunamganj on Friday.

No crisis after this month: Planning minister

Planning minister MA Mannan has said the people are suffering due to the price hike in fuel oil and daily essentials as well as load shedding

Adviser to the prime minister for power, energy and mineral resources Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury attends a roundtable in Washington DC recently.

Tawfiq-e-Elahi optimistic of overcoming power, energy crisis

Tawfiq-e-Elahi said Bangladesh alone is not facing the problem of electricity and energy rather it has become a global problem now

Demonstrators march in a trades union organised protest opposed to British government policies outside Downing Street in London, Britain, on 18 June, 2022.

Echoes of dire 1970s in today's Britain

Like almost 50 years ago, Britain today faces double-digit inflation driven by soaring energy costs

State minister for power, energy and mineral resources Nasrul Hamid speaks in a seminar in Dhaka on 14 August, 2022

Fuel oil price State minister for energy asks people to be patient for ‘1-2 months’

The state minister said that the government had no intention to unsettle the lives of the masses. But after subsidising fuel for six months straight, the government had to adjust the prices. He asked ...

Map of Satkhira district

Human chain for potable water in coastal Satkhira

Despite repeated requests, the protesters claimed authorities to be turning a blind eye to the issue

Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan

Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan

China was using US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei as an "excuse to create a new normality to intimidate Taiwan's people

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir address a rally in front of the patry’s Naya Paltan office in Dhaka on 6 August 2022, protesting the killing of Chattra Dal Bhola unit president Nure Alam.

Fuel oil price hike BNP to continue movement, wait for bigger ones

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) blames the government for the record hike in fuel oil price and simultaneous increase in prices of other essential commodities. BNP leaders think that Bangladesh’s ...

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