Opened amid much fanfare over a year back, the ‘Village Supermarket’ in Dumuria upazila to facilitate farmers to sell their agricultural commodities at fair prices, has failed to pick up the pace, clouding its much-hyped goals. Non-availability of loans by farmers, the reluctance of buyers to measurement through metre scales and lack of sincerity of the implementing agency are said ...

Brazilian telecommunications giant Oi is putting Chinese company Huawei’s fifth-generation wireless telecommunication technology (5G technology) to the test during the ongoing Rock in Rio music festival. It is the largest trial of the 5G technology in Brazil. “Huawei gave us 50 handsets with access to the 5G network,” said Oi’s B2B operations manager Leonardo Enrique dos Santos Fernandes, adding that ...

A delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), led by its President Sheikh F Fahim, left  Dhaka for India to attend the Indian Economic Summit of the World Economic Forum and India – Bangladesh Business Forum. The two days summit World Economic Forum (WEF) will be held from October 3 to 4, organized in collaboration ...

Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled new Surface devices with twin-screens that open like books, including a notepad-sized version that will put it back in the smartphone game next year. Surface Duo was touted as the first device in the lineup to fit into a pants pocket, with two “paper-thin” 5.6-inch screens that unfold and work in harmony with a specially tailored ...

Along the water, at night and throughout the parks – our volunteers went beyond the call of duty for Big Clean Up 8. The litter-picking campaign, which ran for three weeks in September, saw a range of events in locations including Regent’s Canal, the surroundings of the Royal London Hospital and Mile End Park. 118 bags of general rubbish and ...

Rayhan Ahmed Topader:   Health care access for refugees and migrants Legal status is one of the most important determinants of the access of migrants to health services in a country. Each refugee and migrant must have full, uninterrupted access to a hospitable environment and, when needed, to high-quality health care, without discrimination on the basis of gender, age, religion, ...

Boris Johnson says there should be “no doubt” the only alternative to the Brexit proposals he will put to Brussels later is no-deal. Addressing his party conference in Manchester, the PM said his plan would be a “compromise by the UK”, but he hoped the EU would “understand that and compromise in their turn”. The European Commission said they will ...

The World Trade Organization has slashed its forecast for trade growth this year by more than half, warning the slowdown could hit living standards and jobs. The WTO said it expected trade volumes to grow by just 1.2% in 2019, down from the 2.6% it predicted in April.It also cut its global economic growth forecast from 2.6% to 2.3%. It ...

Police in London have detained a man near the Houses of Parliament after he doused himself in what appeared to be flammable liquid, reports AP. The Metropolitan Police say in a tweet Tuesday that the man was detained in Parliament Square at 10:45 a.m. (0945 GMT). No injuries were reported and London Ambulance Service personnel were at the scene.The man ...

In a television interview, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called for global action against Iran and warned that oil prices could otherwise rise astronomically. Bin Salman blamed Iran for the September 14 attack on Saudi oil facilities that cut its production by half and led to a spike in oil prices, reports Deutsche Welle. “If the world does not ...