The Australian government will investigate surveillance technology used in Defense Department offices, Defense Minister Richard Marles said on Thursday after Chinese-made cameras there posed a security risk. In November Britain asked its government departments to stop installing Chinese-linked surveillance cameras in sensitive buildings, citing security risks. Some US states have banned vendors and products from […]
China’s Exim Bank is giving a loan of 59.13 billion taka at two percent interest rate. The tunnel will be the first under river tunnel in South Asia. Extensive work is underway to complete the remaining 8 per cent work of the project. Along with workers, local and foreign engineers are involved in the project. […]
“I think we can learn a lot about the history of Bangladesh from the life of a politician. Therefore, I would like to request the President to do a sequel to his life, especially about his experiences as President Write in Talking about his family life, the PM said that he (Abdul Hamid) is a […]
“I couldn’t stand before the jury,” Goldberg recalled, saying that if such cases were allowed to proceed to trial, they would be successful. A lot has changed in the past five years, she said: The public’s trust in social media companies has waned and courts have begun to entertain the notion that lawyers should be […]
Cooper said a major task for governments is how to redirect subsidies from activities that harm biodiversity toward activities that protect nature, which will take time. He added that many such subsidies are also given for social reasons – such as fertilizers for farmers – and that removing them would require open and transparent dialogue […]
The quest for EU membership talks On the question of joining the European Union, Ukrainian officials are pushing for membership talks within months. Scholz agreed with Kyiv’s concerns in Paris on Wednesday when he said, “I am giving a clear message to Brussels: Ukraine belongs to the European family.” A Ukrainian official said that Ukraine […]
Last year, both Tsai and Lai also donated a month’s salary to aid humanitarian relief efforts for war-torn Ukraine. Tsai earns around $400,000 ($13,300) a month. Taiwan, which often suffers earthquakes itself, has already announced $2 million in disaster relief and sent two rescue teams to Turkey to help with efforts to search for survivors. […]
According to a press release from the Parliament Secretariat, Speaker Shireen Sharmin Chowdhury conducted the swearing-in ceremony at the Jatiya Sansad. The oath-taking ceremony was conducted by KM Abdus Salam, Secretary, Parliament Secretariat. Chief Whip of Parliament Noor-e-Alam Chowdhary and Whip Iqbalur Rahim were present on the occasion. At the end of the ceremony, the […]
Mingma Sherpa, president of the Nepali firm Seven Summit Treks, said he has heard about 500 Sherpa guides leave the industry in the past five years to seek other work abroad – and many more young people plan to follow suit . The main drivers are increased danger and a lack of social security or […]
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Quebec Families Minister Suzanne Roy said, “When you drop your kids off at day care for a day, you know they’re in good hands… to reporters near the scene.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, as well as Quebec Premier François Legault, expressed condolences to the families following the incident. “No words can take away the […]
The issue of aid to Syria is a delicate one, and the approved government in Damascus made an official request for help from the European Union, said Janez Lenarcic, the bloc’s commissioner for crisis management. A decade of civil war and Syrian-Russian aerial bombardment had already destroyed hospitals, collapsed the economy and fueled power, fuel […]
Peeking out from under a massive slab of concrete and brick, Abdulalim Muyeni gestures weakly to his rescuers. It’s been more than two days since a massive earthquake leveled their home in Hatay, Turkey. Beside him lies his wife Esra. The rescue is too late for him. Reuters photographer Umit Bektas was on his second […]
formidable competitor Alphabet is coming off a disappointing fourth quarter as advertisers cut spending. The search and advertising giant is moving quickly to keep pace with OpenAI and rivals, reportedly bringing on founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page to accelerate its efforts. “People are starting to question whether Microsoft is now going to be a […]
Consumer rights agency estimates LPG customers pay extra Rs 27 billion per month