Bigger, better? Draw marks start of new era
A new era in European club football begins on Thursday when the draw takes place in Monaco for an expanded UEFA Champions League featuring a radically changed format...
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Global stocks diverge as traders eye Nvidia
US shares fell marginally and European stock markets mostly inched higher Wednesday as investors cautiously awaited the latest earnings results from US chip giant Nvidia, a bellwether for the tech sector...
Dutch hit Uber with huge fine over driver data
The Dutch data protection watchdog said Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a 290-million-euro ($324 million) fine over the transfer of personal data of European drivers to US servers...
Apple to let iPhone users in Europe delete App Store
Apple will allow iPhone and iPad users in the European Union delete the App Store or its Safari browser, the tech giant told developers on Thursday.
One year in, EU turning up heat in big tech fight
If 2024 already looks like an annus horribilis for big tech in the EU, the months ahead could prove a winter of discontent as the bloc wields a fortified new legal armoury to bring online titans to heel...
TSMC breaks ground on first European plant
Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC broke ground Tuesday on its first European factory in the eastern German city of Dresden as the EU looks to shift key supply chains onto the continent...
EU assures help in recovering laundered money: BNP
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party said on Monday that the European Union assured that it would help Bangladesh to recover laundered money.
Bangladesh鈥檚 RMG export to EU drops in Jan-June
Bangladesh鈥檚 apparel exports to the European Union in the first half of 2024 declined by 4.98 per cent to 8.72 billion euros compared with those of 9.18 billion euros in in the same period of 2023, according to data from the Eurostat, statistical office of the European Union, released on Saturday...
China launches appeal at WTO over EU electric vehicle tariffs
Beijing said Friday it had filed an appeal with the World Trade Organisation over the European Union鈥檚 imposition of additional tariffs on imports of electric vehicles from China...
Apple makes changes to App Store after EU warning
Apple on Thursday announced changes to its App Store after the European Union accused the iPhone maker of breaking the bloc鈥檚 landmark new digital rules...
UN, EU, China welcome Yunus-led interim government in Bangladesh
The United Nations and European Union in separate statements have extended support to Bangladesh鈥檚 newly formed interim government led by Nobel laureate Professor Mohammad Yunus...
EU adds 28 Belarus officials, 鈥榩ropagandists鈥� to blacklist
The European Union on Monday added 28 officials and 鈥榩ropagandists鈥� in Belarus to a sanctions blacklist over the repression of opponents of leader...
From word to deeds
THE recognition of Palestine by Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and Spain shows how European diplomacy can go from words to deeds. Coupled with concrete steps to affect domestic change on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides, this could help mobilise international diplomacy behind the EU鈥檚 longstanding foreign policy goal of securing...
EU for ensuring orderly, peaceful transition towards a democratically elected govt
High representative of the European Union Josep Borrell Fontelles said that it was vital for Bangladesh that an orderly and peaceful transition towards a democratically elected government was ensured, in full respect of human rights and democratic principles...
EU鈥檚 sweeping AI law enters into force
The European Union鈥檚 landmark law on artificial intelligence came into force on Thursday, which Brussels vows will drive innovation while protecting...
FIFA calls for discussion in busy calendar dispute
FIFA said on Thursday it had invited FIFPRO Europe and the European Leagues body for talks following a dispute over the sport鈥檚 calendar.
EU suspends negotiation talks with Bangladesh after deadly protests
The European Union on Wednesday said that it postponed negotiation talks with Bangladesh on a new cooperation agreement amid聽 widespread criticism at home and abroad over killings of more than 200 people during student protests for government job quota reform...
14 foreign missions in Dhaka seek sustainable solution to current unrest
Though a number of countries expressed their concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh, 14 foreign missions stationed in Dhaka have jointly written to foreign minister Hasan Mahmud seeking a sustainable solution to the issue to ensure a lasting peace in the country...
EU chief von der Leyen wins second term
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday won a second five-year term that she promised would see the EU bolstering its defence capability, strengthening its...
China posts disappointing growth as officials hold key meeting
China posted on Monday lower than expected growth in the second quarter, with all eyes on how top officials gathering for a key meeting in Beijing might seek to tackle the country鈥檚 deepening economic malaise...
鈥楽trict observance of international law鈥�
ISRAEL鈥橲 war on Gaza has gone on for more than nine months, following the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023. A Palestinian territory that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, Gaza, along with Israel and the Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, it is about the same distance away from Europe...
Fascism at the gates
TWO recent events have shattered complacency about the specter of a fascist takeover globally that a number of us have been warning about for some time now. In Europe, far-right parties scored impressive gains in the elections to the European Parliament in June. In Germany, the Alternative for Germany and other like-minded parties...
Monodrama 鈥榃olfed Down鈥� staged at BSA
German theatre artiste Laurie Cannac performed a monodrama based a European fairy tale titled Wolfed Down at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital on Tuesday...
EU seeks to know how Amazon complies with digital rules
Amazon must hand over more information to the EU on what steps the US e-commerce giant has taken to comply with new digital rules, the European Commission...
EU slaps Chinese EVs with tariffs of up to 38pc
The European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 per cent on Chinese electric car imports because of 鈥榰nfair鈥� state subsidies, despite Beijing鈥檚 warnings the move would unleash a trade war...
Investment in education should be steadfast, more boosted: EU envoy
The European Union has transferred a grant of 鈧�60.125 million (around Tk聽760.58 crore) to the government of Bangladesh, following its successful implementation of some key ongoing education reforms, in line with the 2010 National Education Policy and the related Sustainable Development Goals...
European stocks jump on French election hopes
Eurozone stock markets rallied Wednesday and the euro rose on hopes France could avoid a far-right majority in looming polls, while London also gained ground on the eve of its general election...
Bangladeshis seeking asylum in EU up by 17pc
The number of first-time asylum applicants from Bangladesh seeking international protection in the European Union increased by 17.63 per cent in March this year to 4,135, compared with 3,885 in the same month of 2023...
China protests EU sanctions on firms with Russian war links
China on Tuesday said it had protested to the European Union after the bloc imposed sanctions on 19 Chinese companies for abetting what the West believes is Beijing鈥檚 support for Russia鈥檚 war in Ukraine...