G7 eyes Ukraine funding plan at Italy summit

G7 leaders gather Thursday for the first day of an Italy summit, seeking to seal a deal on using frozen Russian assets to help war-torn Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will join US President Joe Biden and leaders from Italy, Britain, France, Germany, Canada and Japan at the luxury Borgo Egnazia

WIL holds women leadership summit

Women in Leadership (WIL) hosted a women leadership summit, or WILFest 2024, in association with Akij Tableware, RFL Houseware, SQUARE Food & Beverage Ltd. and The Daily Star at the Radisson Blu Water Garden on Saturday. The 5th edition of WILFest included the 7th Women Leadership Summit, the 8th Inspiring Women

MDB holds budget strategy summit

Annual Business Budget Strategy Summit 2024 of Institutional Banking Division, SME Division and Treasury Division of Midland Bank (MDB) was held in the Bank’s Head Office in Gulshan 2, Dhaka on 26th January, a press release said Monday. Md. Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank inaugurated the event as Chief Guest. Md. Zahid Hossain, Deputy Managing Director of the

Man City face Liverpool summit meeting

Liverpool will become the latest team to attempt to storm Manchester City's Etihad fortress this weekend as Everton focus on Premier League survival following a punishing points deduction for breaching financial rules. Arsenal have a chance to top the table depending on results elsewhere, while Tottenham host high-flying Aston Villa. AFP Sport

Biden, Xi agree to restore military ties at ‘productive’ summit

US President Joe Biden hailed his "most constructive" talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping Wednesday, as they agreed at their first summit in a year to restore military-to-military communications and ease tensions. The leaders of the world's biggest economies shook hands and smiled as they met at a historic estate in

US, EU to seek unity in the face of crises at summit

US President Joe Biden welcomes European leaders Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen in Washington Friday, at a summit set to deliver a message of unity on conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine. The EU-US summit takes place against a backdrop of global crises, as fighting rages on in Ukraine while

BBF hosts E-Commerce Summit

Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) hosted the second edition of Daraz presents Bangladesh E-Commerce Summit 2023 powered by E-commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-Cab), a press release said on Sunday, in collaboration with Aspire to Innovate (a2i), in association with Mastercard, The Daily Star, and Women & e-Commerce (WE) at Radisson Blu

Asia-Pacific leaders condemn war, call for open trade

Leaders from around the Asia-Pacific called for an end to Russia's war on Ukraine and pledged to steer the region's economies toward sustainable growth as they wrapped up summit meetings Saturday. Host Thailand garnered a diplomatic coup in managing to bridge divisions among the 21 members of the Asia-Pacific Economic

Summit holds charity concert for migrant workers in Singapore

Summit with the Tagore Society Singapore organised a charity concert performed by Shama Rahman, a global ambassador of Rabindra Sangeet, a press release said Monday. This was an effort to raise fund for the Migrant Workers' Welfare Fund, HOME in Singapore. All the proceedings were given to HOME to assist low-wage

Summit, Friendship to develop solar village in Gaibandha

Summit, the country’s largest infrastructure conglomerate, signed an agreement with Friendship, an international social purpose organization, to develop a ‘Friendship-Summit Solar Village Project’ (“Solar Village”) with focus on climate change adaptation, in hard-to-reach char area in Gaibandha district. When functional in February 2023, it will be generating 54 Kilowatt (KW) of