Nagad has joined hands with e-commerce giant Daraz, offering customers an opportunity to make payments with this MFS channel against any shopping in this online marketplace, a press release said Saturday. A partnership deal was signed to this effect between Daraz and Nagad at the latter’s head office. On behalf
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Developing nations face impossible trade-off on debt: UN
Spiralling debt in low and middle-income countries has compromised their chances of sustainable development, the UN trade facilitation agency has said.Rebeca Grynspan, the head of UNCTAD, said between 70 and 85 percent of the debt that emerging and low-income countries are responsible for is in a foreign currency.This has left
Join rally to reply to govt’s ill-motive: Mosharraf
BNP on Friday called upon the Dhaka city dwellers to spontaneously join their party's rally in Golapbagh ground peacefully to give the government a befitting reply to its efforts to foil a democratic programme. "We will hold the programme in Dhaka peacefully as we did in nine other divisional cities.
Don’t undermine US-Bangla friendship: Quader to US envoy
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Fridayurged US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas not to harm the friendship with Bangladesh by making unwanted comments about Bangladesh elections and the rule of law.He said this at the first preparatory meeting of the 22nd National Council at the political office of
Security ramps up ahead of BNP rally
Rokeya’s dreams about women fulfilled in Bangladesh: PM
Fakhrul, Abbas sent to jail ahead of rally
A Dhaka court has ordered BNP leaders Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and Mirza Abbas to jail following their arrests on charges of inciting attacks on police and detonations of improvised explosives at Naya Paltan. Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammed Jashim issued the order on Friday after dismissing the politicians' bail plea. Security at
BNP to stick to its decision on Dec 10 rally: Fakhrul
Amid a tense situation and speculations over BNP's December 10 rally, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said they will hold their rally at Nayapaltan on December 10 as planned earlier.He announced their decision at a press conference at BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office this afternoon.BNP took the
No more rally blocking roads: Quader
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader Thursday said that permissions will not be given any more for holding rallies blocking the roads and creating public sufferings."No more gatherings will be allowed on streets and blocking the roads and creating public sufferings. We will also not do so (hold rally).
Future Pandemic: WHO members agree on draft deal to protect people
Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed to develop the first draft of a legally binding agreement designed to protect the world from future pandemics.This "zero draft" of the pandemic accord, rooted in the WHO Constitution, will be discussed by Member States in February 2023. Agreement by