Section: Bangladesh
Export-import cost rises as sea freight rate trebles
The Daily Star January 15, 2021 Acute container shortage partly to blame An ocean-going vessel with containers on board is seen in the Karnaphuli river in Patenga. Photo: Star/File Dwaipayan Barua Both import and export costs have risen after the sea freight rate trebled in two months because of an acute shortage of empty containers and a rise in...
In vaccine geopolitics, a great game played with Ukrainians’ health
Ukraine, already caught up in the broader tug-of-war between East and West in European politics, has now also become a focal point in the geopolitics of coronavirus vaccines — so far, to the country’s detriment. …read more Source::...
Tape reveals Trump gangster methods in pursuing election coup
Patrick Martin 4 January 2021 World Socialist Web Site In an hour-long telephone conversation Saturday, leaked to the media and first made public Sunday by the Washington Post, President Donald Trump tried to bully the Georgia secretary of state into overturning the result of the presidential election in his state, which was won by Democrat Joe...
A new front opens in the Russia-Ukraine conflict: Borscht
The roadside cafe is called Borscht, advertised with a gigantic beetroot red sign, leaving little doubt what people around here like to eat. …read more Source::...
Giving aid with one hand, taking away rights with the other: Donor countries must hold Myanmar to account
The Daily Star October 25, 2020 An exhausted Rohingya refugee woman touches the shore after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border by boat through the Bay of Bengal, in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh September 11, 2017. Photo: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters Shuprova Tasneem It the donors’ conference co-hosted by the US, UK, EU and UNHCR on October...
US charges Russian intelligence officers in major cyberattacks
The Justice Department on Monday unsealed charges accusing six Russian military intelligence officers of an aggressive worldwide hacking campaign that caused mass disruption and cost billions of dollars by attacking targets like a French presidential election, the electricity grid in Ukraine and the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics....
Peaceful Resistance Has Proved to Be More Effective Than Violent Protests
Photo: Demonstration of 25 November 1989 in Prague. The Velvet Revolution with half a million participants in peaceful protests in Czechoslovakia from 17 November to 29 December 1989 helped undermine the authority and confidence of the 41-yearlong communist government. CC BY-SA 3.0 | Wikimedia Commons. Viewpoint by Jonathan Power* IDN-InDepthNews...
Ukraine stun Spain in noisy stadium
Ukraine pulled off a shock 1-0 win at home to Spain in the UEFA Nations League on Tuesday at a raucous Olympic Stadium in Kyiv as fans savoured a first ever victory over the 2010 World Cup winners. …read more Source::...
Germany beat Ukraine 2-1 for first win in four games
Germany scored once in either half to beat hosts Ukraine 2-1 in the Nations League on Saturday for their first win in four matches and their first ever victory in this competition. …read more Source::...
Eight killed, 10 hospitalised in forest fires in eastern Ukraine
Eight people were killed and 10 have been hospitalised as a series of forest fires swept through part of the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, the emergency service said on Thursday. …read more Source::...
