Boeing announced that it plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce as it projected a large third-quarter loss amid a machinist strike in the Seattle region. The aviation giant must “reset our workforce levels to align with our financial reality,” Chief Executive Kelly Ortberg said on Friday, adding that the cuts of 17,000 positions globally “will include executives, managers ...

On 2 March 2022, a milestone in Bangladesh’s medical history was set when a 42-year-old woman, Tasnova Mostafiz Nova, became the first person in the country to receive an artificial heart. Although the event received significant media coverage at the time, Tasnova herself did not appear before the public. However, nearly two and a half years later, Tasnova and her ...

I vividly remember my first encounter with Mahmudullah Riyad. It was my first time meeting a national team cricketer in person, and I didn’t have any particular expectations—just the excitement of sitting down with the man who had just scored back-to-back centuries in the 2015 ICC World Cup. We were meeting to discuss an exclusive player-agent contract between Mahmudullah and ...

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has stated that the credit for the August 5 mass uprising does not belong to any political party, but rather to the students and the people. He remarked that the nation has been freed from fascism through the bloodshed and sacrifices of the youth and the general public. “We seek to earn the genuine love ...

A Dhaka court today placed five accused arrested in the case lodged over the killing of Tanjil Jahan Islam Tamim, broadcast officer of Deepto TV, on four-day remand each. The five remanded accused are – Md Abdul Latif, Md Kurban Ali, Mahin, Mozammel Haque Kabir, and Badhon. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Md Mahbub Ahmed passed the order on Friday (October 11) ...

The United Nations (UN) has reaffirmed its strong support for the reform initiatives of Bangladesh’s interim government, led by Professor Muhammad Yunus. The universal global organisation came up with the pledge at a meeting between its Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peace building Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo and visiting Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Md Jashim Uddin in New York on Wednesday, a foreign ...

At least 20 miners were killed and six others injured in a suspected militant attack in southwestern Pakistan, an official said on Friday. Attackers targeted miners in the Duki area of Balochistan, Kaleemullah Kakar, deputy commissioner of Duki, told reporters. According to local police, the militants also fired rockets and threw hand grenades while attacking the miners and destroyed machinery ...

BNP Chairperson’s advisory council member Zainul Abedin Farroque on Friday demanded the government publish a white paper on those who fled the country following the student-led mass uprising. “The government must publish a white paper on those who have left the country, particularly explaining how individuals responsible for the deaths of many mothers’ sons in Bangladesh managed to escape to ...

Sylhet Division was separated from the Chattogram Division three decades ago, yet Bangladesh Railway has never established a divisional office in Sylhet disrupting desired services. After the separation offices of various government ministries and departments have been set up in Sylhet only except for the railway. Amid such conditions, the railway services in Sylhet are being completely controlled by the ...

One in five people in the country, most of whom are over 35, have presbyopia, or the inability to see objects up close, said a new study. The study conducted by BRAC and VisionSpring also shows that the silent epidemic also has significant economic consequences. Moreover, treatable blindness remains a major challenge, with nearly 1% of people over 40 at ...