Tesla ordered to pay $242 million in Autopilot death
A Florida jury on Friday ordered Tesla to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to plaintiffs who blamed a deadly 2019 crash on the company鈥檚 鈥楢utopilot鈥� driver assistance technology...
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AI Ray-Ban Meta glasses help EssilorLuxottica boost sales
EssilorLuxottica, the world鈥檚 top maker of eyeglasses, said Monday a tripling of sales of Ray-Ban Meta AI connected glasses helped drive increase in profits...
57pc female beneficiaries anticipate, face pressure
Over half of the female beneficiaries of a Bureau of Non-Formal Education pilot project for skill-based literacy for the out-of-school adolescents anticipate or have already faced pressure to exit apprenticeships they got after the project, according to an outcome study released on Saturday...
Liverpool sign Bournemouth defender Kerkez
Liverpool on Thursday announced they had completed the 拢40 million ($55 million) signing of Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez...
New CEO of Jeep owner Stellantis takes charge
Antonio Filosa began his tenure as chief executive of US-European auto giant Stellantis on Monday with a leadership shake-up, as he seeks to jump-start performance at the struggling maker of Jeep, Peugeot and Fiat vehicles...
Sri Lanka raises electricity price in line with IMF bailout
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced a 15 per cent increase in the electricity price to shore up revenues for the state-run utility, in line with conditions imposed by an IMF bailout...
Sri Lanka鈥檚 leftist govt begins privatisation
Sri Lanka鈥檚 leftist government said Tuesday it was selling a failed hotel project, marking its first privatisation move in line with an IMF bailout...
ILO country director for inclusive labour reforms
International Labour Organisation country director for Bangladesh, Tuomo Poutiainen, called for inclusive and sustained labour reforms, with particular focus on employment generation, stronger institutions and protections for marginalised communities and undervalued sectors...
Writings on Sardar Fazlul Karim not sufficient: discussion
Academics said at a discussion on Tuesday that writings on academic, philosopher and essayist Sardar Fazlul Karim were not adequate...
Lutfey Siddiqi briefs diplomats on labour reform progress
Reviewing the past eight months of progress on labour reforms and outlining the government鈥檚 roadmap ahead, special envoy to the chief adviser for international affairs Lutfey Siddiqi on Monday conveyed to the top Western nations鈥� ambassadors and high commissioners that they had made a 鈥榙ramatic progress鈥�.
ILO delegation meets Rizwana to discuss 鈥榡ust transition鈥�
A delegation, led by country director of the International Labour Organisation, Tuomo Poutiainen, met environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan at the secretariat in Dhaka on Monday...
ILO, North South University, EHS+ Center collaborate on comprehensive certificate course
North South University and EHS+ Center have announced a strategic collaboration with the International Labour Organisation to launch a comprehensive certification course on occupational safety and health, said a press release.
Bangladesh to upgrade labour laws to ILO standards: Yunus
Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has said that the interim government is committed to implementing important labour reforms to take the country鈥檚 labour laws to ILO standards...
Chelsea's Mudryk fails drugs test: Premier League club
Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has failed a doping test, the Premier League club said on Tuesday, as reports stated the Ukraine international has been provisionally suspended.
Begum Rokeya鈥檚 philosophical perspective
BEGUM Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, an iconic figure in South Asian feminist thought, stands as a pioneer who championed the cause of women鈥檚 emancipation in colonial Bengal. Her progressive ideals and relentless activism align closely with the principles of liberal feminism, which advocate for equality, individual rights, and access to education...
Bangladesh envoy in Athens hosts educational session
Bangladesh鈥檚 ambassador to Greece Nahida Rahman Shumona hosted an educational session for students of Filothei Preliminary School of Athens marking International Day of Persons with Disabilities on December 3...
Dr Milon Day observed
Political parties and socio-cultural organisations on Wednesday observed Dr Milon Day in Dhaka as elsewhere in the country by paying tributes to the supreme sacrifice of Shamsul Alam Khan Milon 34 years ago...
Dr Milon Day today
Dr Milon Day will be observed across the country today, commemorating the 34th martyrdom anniversary of Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, a physician, on this day in 1990...
BAF accords reception to gallantry award holder freedom fighters, their successors
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan on Friday accorded a reception to the gallantry award holder freedom fighters of Bangladesh Air Force, heroic members of 鈥楰ilo Flight鈥� and their successors at BAF Shaheen Hall at Tejgaon in Dhaka.
DU celebrates World Philosophy Day
The University of Dhaka celebrated the World Philosophy Day on the campus in the capital on Thursday...
Absence of legal framework hurting caregiving sector鈥檚 potential: ILO
Bangladesh鈥檚 caregiving sector has the potential to create about seven million new jobs by 2035, but the sector has been facing significant challenges, including insufficient investment and an incomplete legislative framework for care work, according to an International Labour Organisation study...
Cash-strapped Maldives says no need for IMF bailout
The Maldives says its financial troubles are 鈥榯emporary鈥� and the luxury tourist destination has no plans to seek an International Monetary Fund bailout after warnings of a possible sovereign default...
Bangladesh needs better social safety net: ILO
Social protection is vital for mitigating the impacts of climate change, yet Bangladesh, which is heavily affected by the climate crisis, remains significantly underprepared, according to an...
DU invites applicants for PhD programme
The University of Dhaka has invited applications for the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) program for the 2024-2025 academic year for the July-December session...
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...
Suggestions for interim and future govts
IT WAS the German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel who taught us: 鈥榃e learn from history that we do not learn from history.鈥� What an all-encompassing pithy remark, for all time to come! It was right yesterday, is right today and will unfortunately remain right tomorrow. If Sheikh Hasina had believed in it, she could have remained a venerated...
Impact of excessive heat at workplaces in Bangladesh higher than global average: ILO
The impact of excessive hit at work in Bangladesh is higher than the global average, though the situation has worsened more slowly over the past 20 years, according to the International Labour Organisation...
Govt must offer bailout funds for farmers to save agriculture
THE loss of three crops, as well as a probable loss of the fourth one, in a row, especially in the flooded north and north-east, has already dealt a blow to the farmers. The farmers who have repeatedly lost their investments in rice farming to flooding that has left them impoverished and deep...
Lalon鈥檚 philosophy relevant in 21st century: discussion
Lalon researchers said that Fakir Lalon Shai preached his philosophy for the people鈥檚 spiritual and social liberation in the 19th century and his philosophy was...
Bangladesh must raise labour productivity for dev: ILO
Bangladesh must increase labour productivity by 1.5 per cent each year to fulfil its ambition of becoming a high-income country by 2050, as the country is expected to see its demographic dividend decline heavily due to an increased old-age dependency ratio, said a global report...