Robi Axiata has appointed Rajeev Sethi as the company’s chief executive officer. Sethi joins Robi following his role at Myanmar’s leading mobile operator, Ooredoo, as its CEO. Prior to that, he served as the chief commercial officer at Airtel for Africa. He will be replacing M Riyaaz Rasheed, who has been serving as Robi’s acting chief executive officer since August ...

Mistakes were made over the mini-budget, Liz Truss acknowledged, but the prime minister has said she is standing by her tax-cutting plan as she refused to rule out public spending cuts. The prime minister admitted she could have done more to prepare the ground for Kwasi Kwarteng’s financial statement, which spooked the markets, sent the pound plummeting and forced a ...

Bangladesh on Sunday reported one Covid-19 death while it recorded 535 coronavirus positive cases during the same period. “Bangladesh reported 14.35 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,727 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka ...

Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) has adjusted downward the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by Tk 35 per 12kg cylinder to Tk 1,200 from the existing rate of Tk 1,235 as sold by the private companies. The new price rate will come into effect from 6pm today, BERC Chairman Abdul Jalil announced at a virtual press conference. The price ...

King Charles will not attend the climate change conference COP27, which is due to be held in Egypt later this year, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. It was responding to a story in The Sunday Times which claimed Prime Minister Liz Truss had “ordered” the King not to attend. The Palace said advice had been sought by the King and given ...

People are worried as conjunctivitis has spread massively across the country, including in Dhaka city, and many schools have also been closed due to transmission of the eye disease. However, ophthalmologists said there is nothing to be worried about conjunctivitis as the disease is easily curable and not so much harmful.They also suggested that the infected person stay away from ...

Passengers have voiced concern over buses charging them extra fares despite the introduction of e-ticketing, a method to prevent misconduct and discipline runaway public transport. Buses are supposed to pick up passengers only from pre-assigned stations, but the drivers and their assistants breach the rules by stopping anywhere they find travellers. On top of that, the buses ask each passenger ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 5G mobile internet services in India, a major milestone in the country’s telecom history that aims to make downloads faster and eliminate the menace of call drops. However, the 5G services will be rolled out in 13 select Indian cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Hyderabad later this month. The services will be ...

Bangladesh today reported five Covid-19 deaths while it recorded 480 coronavirus positive cases during the same period. “Bangladesh reported 15.28 percent Covid-19 positive cases as 3,141 samples were tested during the last 24 hours,” a daily statement of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. During the past 24 hours, the combined figure of coronavirus infection in Dhaka district ...

The overall number of global Covid cases is gradually nearing 623 million. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 622,928,752 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,549,217 on Saturday morning. The US has recorded 98,232,353 cases so far and 1,084,803 people have died from the virus in the country, both highest counts around ...