“Jute is the most sustainable material in the world. Why do you think we say this?” a Swedish entrepreneur lobbed the question to an audience comprising several Bangladeshi journalists and a senior government official. While the audience kept mum, the Swede said: “It’s your crop…It’s…

The government’s attempts to block major porn websites have apparently failed, as none of the websites that it listed for blocking is currently blocked. Last December, state minister for post and telecommunications, Tarana Halim, said her ministry had prepared a list of 500 major porn websites…

The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a mosque where a monitor said yesterday…

An Indian farmer's battle for proper compensation for land seized to build a railway reached an unexpected conclusion this week when a court awarded him a train, reports AFP from New Delhi. Sampuran Singh has been fighting for the money since 2015, when he went to court to argue that Indian Railways…