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Apr 28, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Jasvir Singh
Russian authorities accused Ukraine of attempting to attack the Kremlin with two drones overnight in an effort to assassinate President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian government denied any involvement. The Kremlin decried the alleged attack attempt as a "terrorist act" and said Russian military and security forces "disabled" the drones before they could strike. It did not elaborate.
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Apr 28, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Jasvir Singh
In January 1972, the president of what was then the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, today's World Bank, made a quick stopover in Dhaka - till even just six weeks or so ago the main population centre in what was East Pakistan, yet on that day as Robert McNamara flew in, the freshly liberated capital of a new claimant on the world map: Bangladesh. McNamara would hold a 45-minute meeting with the country's undisputed leader, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
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Apr 28, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Enayetullah Khan |Jasvir Singh
Not only within Bangladesh, but throughout the developing world, we often witness countries mired in difficulties dealing with the two Bretton Woods institutions that in the age of American hegemony post-The Second World War, became such important vessels of US influence on a global scale - namely the IMF and World Bank. Together they became known as the leading proponents of the Washington Consensus.
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Apr 28, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Stephen S. Roach |Jasvir Singh
Five years into a once-unthinkable trade war with China, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen chose her words carefully on April 20. In a wide-ranging speech, she reversed the terms of US engagement with China, prioritizing national-security concerns over economic considerations. That formally ended a 40-year emphasis on economics and trade as the anchor to the world's most important bilateral relationship.
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Apr 28, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Jack Jeffery |Jasvir Singh
We were a diverse group of more than a dozen people, hunkered down in a small hotel in central Khartoum - a Sudanese family and the Sudanese hotel staff, a few British and French citizens, a Syrian family and a Lebanese man. In better times, the Lisamin Safari Hotel catered to small tour groups that came to see Sudan's little-known attractions - the ancient pyramids of Merowe and the coral reefs of the Red Sea.
Now, it was simply a five-story place of refuge.
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Apr 28, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Brian Melley |Jasvir Singh
Great Britain's royal family turns the page on a new chapter Saturday with the coronation of King Charles III - a spectacle that echoes medieval times but featuring modern flourishes. The pomp, pageantry and symbolism dates back more than 1,000 years, but the crowning of this king will feature new twists on the tradition and changes from the coronation of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, 70 years ago.
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Apr 27, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Brahma Chellaney |Jasvir Singh
Three years after China stealthily began encroaching on India's territory in the Himalayas, no end is in sight for the two countries' border standoff. While the rival military buildups and intermittent clashes have received little attention in the West, the escalating border confrontation has set in motion a long-term rivalry that could reshape Asian geopolitics.
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Apr 27, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Afsan Chowdhury |Jasvir Singh
Maulana's political diary shows he was linked to the Bengal Pact (1923) of Swarajya party led by C.R. Das which proclaimed equity for the majority population in Bengal- Bengali Muslims. But it was felled by the Kolkata Babu led Bengal Congress opposition. He had also joined Gandhi's Swaraj movement but left which had morphed partly into the Khelafat movement. He had some links to radical groups too.
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Apr 14, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Jasvir Singh
As expected, Dhaka and Tokyo signed eight instruments for mutual cooperation on shared interests during Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's four-day state visit to Japan at the invitation of her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida. The deals were signed on agriculture, metro rail, industrial upgrade, ship recycling, customs matters, intellectual property, defence cooperation, ICT and cyber security cooperation by the concerned officials of the two friendly countries.
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Apr 14, 2023 | 
dhakacourier.com.bd | Jasvir Singh
Although power generation has increased further, still the country has been experiencing a huge load shedding. According to data from National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC) of the state-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), the country generated a total of 15,648 MW at 9 pm on Wednesday surpassing the previous day's record of 15,626 MW.
The country had to experience a load shedding of 428 MW to meet a demand against 16096 MW.
