Drawing in the snow with his finger, Mykola Hrechukha sketched out how Ukraine’s new lithium mine might look. It would have a deep central shaft, with a series of side tunnels, he said. “The lithium is good everywhere. The biggest concentration is at a depth of 200-500 metres,” he said. “We should be able to…
Almost 80% of the total volume of money transfers sent abroad through the SDP in January-December 2024 went to just three countries: Uzbekistan (234.1 billion tenge), Russia (231.2 billion tenge), and Turkey (156.2 billion tenge). Significant volumes were also sent to Georgia (54 billion tenge), Kyrgyzstan (29 billion tenge), and China (26.9 billion tenge). Half…
Bangladesh and India have agreed to take effective measures to bring down border killings of Bangladeshi nationals to zero level and conduct joint inspection in case of carrying out any construction within 150 yards of the frontiers. The two countries reached the agreement after a four-day Director General (DG) level conference of the two border…
President Trump said that a US-funded project to strengthen political landscape in Bangladesh worth $29 million had gone to a firm with just two people that nobody had ever heard of. The newly elected US president was speaking to US governors at the White House on Friday, who were in Washington DC for their annual…
Both the previous government (Awami League) and opposition groups recruited, paid, and used children in violence during the July uprising, a United Nations Fact-Finding Mission has reported. The UN report highlights how high school and madrasa students, young workers, and even street children were drawn into the protests, often with tragic consequences. Children accounted for…