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 […]
Norway should continue delivering natural gas to Europe for as long as it is needed, while also working to decarbonize the continent’s energy systems, Norway’s climate and environment minister said Friday. “We think it’s strategically important that we maintain these deliveries as long as use continues, but we also need to transition away from natural […]
Yangon Corporation’s exports were less than US$2 million two decades ago. The company, owned by South Korean entrepreneur Sung Ki-hak, had only seven warehouses in Dhaka and Chattogram at the time. The Yangon Corporation was building the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) on 2,492 acres of land at the time. Various companies started operations in […]
A drone was also intercepted in the Kaluga region, about 150 kilometers (about 95 miles) southwest of Moscow, Governor Vladislav Shapsha said on a telegram. In Moscow, authorities said on Friday they had destroyed a drone targeted at the capital, the latest in a string of attacks on the city in recent days. The Defense […]
European shares do better as Italy calms bank tax jitters
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ibrahim Raisi signed an agreement via video-link on Wednesday to finance and build an Iranian railway line as part of an initial international north-south transport corridor. The Rasht-Astara railway is seen as a key link in the corridor, which aims to link India, Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan and […]
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 […]
“Before the pandemic, China was on track to become the largest trading partner for all Central Asian countries, and while the numbers dropped dramatically during the pandemic, I expect China to return as the top trading partner next year.” Will come or so,” said Raffaello Pantucci, senior fellow at the S Rajaratnam School of International […]
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 […]
Obama’s term as president from 2009 to 2017 coincided with Merkel’s latter’s time in office, and the two leaders had a warm relationship. The former US President also had lunch with the current Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz, on Wednesday. He said that both the leaders may be from opposite parties, but they share the […]
‘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 […]
The argument that this time will be different, moreover, rests on a shared hope that inflation in the post-pandemic world will behave in the same way as before – in other words, at lower rather than higher levels, and with much less need for subpar inflation. With output or rising unemployment to control it. It’s […]
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” […]
Sun said China was at least stepping back from “wolf warrior” diplomacy – a change from its sharp, coercive style of dealing with other countries over the past decade. “But if the question is whether the Chinese are capable of coming up with a new alternative world order, I don’t think so.” Evan Feigenbaum, a […]
2/The Sting in the Pipeline The war in Ukraine brought with it an energy crisis like no other. Post-Covid-19 reopening prices had already spiked for anything from oil to coal to natural gas. But when Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine in late February, European natural gas prices jumped nearly 400% in two weeks. By August, […]