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One year in, EU turning up heat in big tech fight

If 2024 already looks like an annus horribilis for big tech in the EU, the months ahead could prove a winter of discontent as the bloc wields a fortified new legal armoury to bring online titans to heel...

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TSMC breaks ground on first European plant

Taiwanese semiconductor giant TSMC broke ground Tuesday on its first European factory in the eastern German city of Dresden as the EU looks to shift key supply chains onto the continent...

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Bangladesh’s RMG export to EU drops in Jan-June

Bangladesh’s apparel exports to the European Union in the first half of 2024 declined by 4.98 per cent to 8.72 billion euros compared with those of 9.18 billion euros in in the same period of 2023, according to data from the Eurostat, statistical office of the European Union, released on Saturday...

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From word to deeds

THE recognition of Palestine by Ireland, Norway, Slovenia and Spain shows how European diplomacy can go from words to deeds. Coupled with concrete steps to affect domestic change on both the Israeli and Palestinian sides, this could help mobilise international diplomacy behind the EU’s longstanding foreign policy goal of securing...

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EU suspends negotiation talks with Bangladesh after deadly protests

The European Union on Wednesday said that it postponed negotiation talks with Bangladesh on a new cooperation agreement amid  widespread criticism at home and abroad over killings of more than 200 people during student protests for government job quota reform...

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14 foreign missions in Dhaka seek sustainable solution to current unrest

Though a number of countries expressed their concern over the recent violence in Bangladesh, 14 foreign missions stationed in Dhaka have jointly written to foreign minister Hasan Mahmud seeking a sustainable solution to the issue to ensure a lasting peace in the country...

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EU chief von der Leyen wins second term

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday won a second five-year term that she promised would see the EU bolstering its defence capability, strengthening its...

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‘Strict observance of international law’

ISRAEL’S war on Gaza has gone on for more than nine months, following the Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023. A Palestinian territory that has been under Israeli occupation since 1967, Gaza, along with Israel and the Palestinian territories of East Jerusalem and the West Bank, it is about the same distance away from Europe...

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Fascism at the gates

TWO recent events have shattered complacency about the specter of a fascist takeover globally that a number of us have been warning about for some time now. In Europe, far-right parties scored impressive gains in the elections to the European Parliament in June. In Germany, the Alternative for Germany and other like-minded parties...

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Monodrama ‘Wolfed Down’ staged at BSA

German theatre artiste Laurie Cannac performed a monodrama based a European fairy tale titled Wolfed Down at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital on Tuesday...

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EU slaps Chinese EVs with tariffs of up to 38pc

The European Union on Thursday slapped extra provisional duties of up to 38 per cent on Chinese electric car imports because of ‘unfair’ state subsidies, despite Beijing’s warnings the move would unleash a trade war...

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Investment in education should be steadfast, more boosted: EU envoy

The European Union has transferred a grant of €60.125 million (around Tk 760.58 crore) to the government of Bangladesh, following its successful implementation of some key ongoing education reforms, in line with the 2010 National Education Policy and the related Sustainable Development Goals...

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European stocks jump on French election hopes

Eurozone stock markets rallied Wednesday and the euro rose on hopes France could avoid a far-right majority in looming polls, while London also gained ground on the eve of its general election...

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Bangladeshis seeking asylum in EU up by 17pc

The number of first-time asylum applicants from Bangladesh seeking international protection in the European Union increased by 17.63 per cent in March this year to 4,135, compared with 3,885 in the same month of 2023...

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EU, China open talks over EV tariffs

EU and China trade chiefs held ‘candid and constructive’ talks on Saturday over plans from Brussels to ramp up tariffs on Chinese electric cars, and the two sides will hold further consultations, the EU said...

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