Transport authorities are finding it a daunting task to formulate a proper identification policy and taxation structure for app-based taxi service Uber, which now operates without permission in Dhaka. A special committee set up by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to chalk out guidelines for making Uber service legal has so far met the company’s representatives in Dhaka three times, but to no avail, sources told The Independent. The last meeting was held on February 22 at the BRTA office, and it was attended by a delegation from Uber India. However, like the previous two meetings, it too ended without any fruitful result, said sources present at the meeting. The sources said the Uber representatives declined to disclose the…

“The coffee I just drank is called Hogood. I am not exaggerating—this is the best coffee that I have ever tasted as a globetrotter,” said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to an excited audience at the February 20 event. Mr. Mina Rizk, third secretary of the political section at the…