A unique event for film lovers

Cinema lovers from various educational institutions including Dhaka University, Jahangirnagar University and Jagannath University participated in the festival. University students as well as cinema workers started gathering at Fuller Road from 3:30 in the afternoon. After completing the registration, they attended the master-class. The main discussion started at 3:45 pm. In the beginning, Cineeuropa director […]

Southern Europe braces for a summer of climate change-fuelled drought

As France emerges from its driest winter since 1959, according to the government website Propluvia, drought “crisis” alerts are already active in four departmental effects, restricting the withdrawal of non-priority water – for agriculture. For. Portugal is also experiencing the early arrival of drought. Nearly 90 percent of the mainland is suffering from drought, with […]

Shaharyar Alam discusses GSP, other issues with European External Action Service SG

Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammad Shahryar Alam met with European Foreign Action Service Secretary-General Stefano Sannino in Brussels on Thursday and discussed ways of cooperation in key areas, UNB news agency reported. They discussed the EU’s new Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) scheme and the Global Gateway initiative, along with the Partnership Cooperation […]

Europe’s produce at stake in Spain’s water war

‘It’s not sustainable’ The political battle over water in the lead-up to this month’s elections has produced some strange bedfellows. The formerly socialist-held region of Valencia has aligned with Murcia, run by the conservatives of the Popular Party, to try to block any cuts. Socialist Castile-La Mancha, meanwhile, is supporting the government’s decree with the […]

Turkey’s parliament ratifies Finland’s NATO accession as Sweden waits

After completing the ratification process, both Turkey and Hungary are required to send their ratification documents to the US government in Washington, which is NATO’s depository under the alliance’s founding treaty. Stoltenberg will formally invite Finland to join NATO. The Finnish government said that as a final step, Finland would deliver an “instrument of accession” […]