New Asian CL seeks to promote quality
The revamped Asian Champions League Elite will play a crucial role in encouraging fresh investment in the continent鈥檚 clubs, said the senior-most official of the Asian Football Confederation...
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UCB Investment gets Euromoney, FinanceAsia recognition
UCB Investment Limited has been recognised as the 鈥楤est Investment Bank in Bangladesh鈥� by Euromoney Awards for Excellence 2024 and the FinanceAsia Award 2024, said a press release...
Millions in SE Asia battle floods, death toll passes 200
Millions of people across Southeast Asia struggled on Thursday with flooded homes, power cuts and wrecked infrastructure after Typhoon Yagi swept through the region, as the death toll passed 200...
P Chandra Shekara new DG of CIRDAP
The Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) now has a new director general P Chandra Shekara, an Indian national, replacing Cherdsak Virapat, Thai national, who has completed his four-year term (2020 -2024), says a press release.
Pope arrives in Indonesia to start Asia-Pacific tour
Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday to kick off a four-nation tour of the Asia-Pacific that will be the longest and farthest of the 87-year-old鈥檚 papacy.
Demographic transition and its global impact
IN THE 21st century, demographic transition, not an esoteric fact any more, has become a critical issue for policymakers and economists worldwide. The process affects every aspect of society, from the labour market and economic growth to healthcare systems and social security to the extent that supranational organisations such as the World Bank...
Harris steers clear of race, gender
Kamala Harris is aiming to make history as America鈥檚 first Black and South Asian woman president鈥攂ut she has not leaned into the prospect...
$325m capacity enhancing programme stalled
The capacity building of the National Pension Authority under a proposed programme worth $325 million is likely to drop amid scarcity of dollars...
Saidur becomes Asia Pacific Insurance CEO
KM Saidur Rahman has been appointed as chief executive officer of Asia Pacific General Insurance Company Limited, said a press release...
Bangladesh can become a bridge between ASEAN, SAARC: Yunus
Interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday sought Malaysia鈥檚 support for Bangladesh to become a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations...
Asiatic 360 donates to chief adviser鈥檚 relief fund
Members of Asiatic 360 have contributed their one day鈥檚 salary to create a fund for flood-affected people, said a press release...
Full implementation of Phulbari agreement a must
ON AUGUST 26, the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power, and Port commemorated the lives lost in the movement against an open-pit coal mine in Phulbari, Dinajpur, and expressed their sheer frustration at successive governments鈥� indifference towards the full implementation of the Phulbari Agreement...
Beacon of inspiration in South Asia
BANGLADESH experienced a political earthquake when prime minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following a nationwide protest in August led by the youth, particularly the Gen-Z generation. The 鈥楪en-Z Revolution鈥� shares striking similarities with the Arab Spring, underscoring the powerful impact of youth-driven movements in bringing about significant radical change in Bangladesh...
ADB to assist Bangladesh in river environment related projects
Advisor for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Tuesday said that Asian Development Bank will assist Bangladesh in implementing low-cost river cleaning projects including that of Buriganga, Turag, and Balu rivers...
ADB engages with interim govt to support development
The Asian Development Bank has engaged with the interim government to support Bangladesh鈥檚 development strides....
Vietnam police examine green power projects in anti-graft probe
Police in Vietnam will examine 32 clean energy projects as part of an anti-graft probe at the Southeast Asian country鈥檚 ministry of industry and trade, the government said on Tuesday...
ANFREL calls for democratic renewal, fair election in Bangladesh
The Asian Network for Free Elections on Tuesday called for democratic renewal in Bangladesh and a free, fair and participatory election under an interim government....
Unemployment rate in South Asia highest in 2023: ILO
Bangladesh and other countries in South Asia recorded the highest unemployment rate of 15.1 per cent in 2023, according to an International Labour Organisation report...
UK Muslims reel after far-right violence
Noor Miah was a student when riots broke out in northern England in the summer of 2001, with angry young British South Asians clashing with police after a series of racist attacks and incidents...
Int鈥檒 financial institutions鈥� culpability
THE International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Asian Development Bank are complicit in the gross human rights violations and death of democracy in Bangladesh. They continued to supply financial blood line to the regime, well-documented for its corruptions, human rights violations 鈥� such as forced disappearances and tortures...
Celebrating walking
YEARS ago, while attending the Asian Development Bank鈥檚 Transport Forum, a group of us went on a walking tour. At one point the sidewalk was so narrow pedestrians were in single file, queued up to wait to walk. In the midst of the noise and chaos, someone was burning trash on the sidewalk. The situation was so dismal I started cheering...
AUW Summer School closing ceremony held聽
Asian University for Women celebrated its 2024 Summer School programme closing ceremony held on the campus in Chattogram on Tuesday, said a press release...
Chevron Sponsored Summer School closing ceremony held at AUW, Chittagong
Asian University for Women celebrated the successful conclusion of its 2024 Summer School programme with a closing ceremony held on July 30, 2024 at the AUW campus in Chattogram, said a press release.
Sri Lanka stun India to clinch Women's Asia Cup title
Sri Lanka secured their first Women's Asia Cup title win on Sunday, beating India with a clinical run-chase in front of home fans. This was also just the second time in their nine final appearances that India failed to win the Women's Asia Cup.
Bangladesh knocked out after India drubbing
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national cricket team suffered a hammering 10-wicket defeat to India on Friday in the first semi-final of the ongoing Asia Cup 2024 in Dambulla, Sri Lanka to get...
Murshida guides Bangladesh to first win
Murshida Khatun smashed a half-century as Bangladesh women鈥檚 team clinched their first win in the ongoing Asia Cup with a seven wicket win over Thailand in Dambulla on Monday...
Bangladesh eye final berth
Bangladesh national women鈥檚 team will look to get themselves into the final of the Asia Cup for the second time as they take on India in the first semi-final of the...
Bangladesh crush Malaysia to make semis
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team thrashed Malaysia by 114 runs in their third and final group stage game in Dambulla on Wednesday to confirm their place in the last four of the ongoing Asia Cup 2024 in Sri Lanka...
Bangladesh face Thailand in do-or-die clash
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team will take on Thailand in their second game of the ongoing Asia Cup 2024 in Sri Lanka today as they look to stay alive in the competition...
Bangladesh eye final four berth
Bangladesh women鈥檚 national team will look to book their place in the semi-finals of the ongoing Asia Cup in Sri Lanka as they take on Malaysia in their final...