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Prime Bank Cardholders to Enjoy Discounts on Chaldal.com

2024-11-07 00:00:00

Prime Bank PLC and Chaldal.com signed a partnership agreement at the bank's corporate office recently. Under this collaboration, Prime Bank credit and debit cardholders will receive exclusive discounts on purchases made through chaldal.com, both on their mobile app and website....

HC stays BAIRA election schedule

FE REPORT | 2024-11-07 00:00:00

The High Court has stayed the election schedule of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA), an association of manpower exporters. The bench of Justice Fahmida Quader and Justice Mubina Asaf passed the order on Tuesday (November 5) after...

Legal notice seeks review of BPDB, Adani PPA

FE REPORT | 2024-11-07 00:00:00

A has been sent to the Chairman of the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has been served with a legal notice asking it to invite Adani (Jharkhand) Ltd. within three days to renegotiate the power purchase agreement (PPA).Supreme Court lawyer...

Eighth ATCO AGM held

FE REPORT | 2024-11-07 00:00:00

The eighth Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Executive Committee Election of the Association of Television Channel Owners (ATCO) was held at a city hotel on Wednesday. No president, however, was elected as both the presidential candidates -- Chairman of NTV...

CA urges Brazil to enhance trade ties with Bangladesh

FE REPORT | 2024-11-07 00:00:00

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus urged Brazil to work more closely with Bangladesh to enhance bilateral cooperation in various fields, including trade.The Chief Adviser made the call when Brazilian Ambassador to Bangladesh Paulo Feres called on him at his office...

Boeing strike ends as workers accept new contract

2024-11-07 00:00:00

SEATTLE, Nov 6 (Reuters): Boeing's US West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer on Monday, ending a bitter seven-week strike that halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis at the troubled planemaker.The union said members voted...

Trump return will slow US clean energy boom

2024-11-07 00:00:00

Donald Trump's return to the White House will refocus the nation's energy policy onto maximizing oil and gas production and away from fighting climate change, but the Republican win in Tuesday's presidential elections is unlikely to dramatically slow the US...

Commodity prices fall as Trump victory pushes dollar higher

2024-11-07 00:00:00

SINGAPORE/LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters): Commodities from oil and gas to metals and grains dropped on Wednesday as the dollar rallied and victory for Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential election stoked concerns about tariffs and economic growth.Trump recaptured the...

Russia captures 2 Ukrainian villages

2024-11-07 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Nov 06 (AFP): Russia said Wednesday it had captured two Ukrainian villages near the town of Kurakhove, in southeast Ukraine, where Moscow has quickly advanced since seizing the city of Vugledar last month.Moscow's forces took the villages of Maksymivka...

Protests erupt in Israel as defence minister fired

2024-11-07 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, Nov 06 (BBC): Protests have erupted in Israel after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.Netanyahu said a "crisis of trust" between the two leaders led to his decision, adding that his trust in Gallant...

Kashmir legislature asks India to restore its partial autonomy

2024-11-07 00:00:00

SRINAGAR, Nov 06 (AP): Indian-controlled Kashmir 's regional legislature passed a resolution on Wednesday demanding the federal government restore the disputed region's semi-autonomy that was scrapped by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration in 2019.The assembly passed the nonbinding resolution by...

Trump's climate denial, green rollbacks poised to fuel global warming

2024-11-07 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Nov 06 (AFP): Donald Trump's election victory puts a climate change denier back in the White House, poised to dismantle his predecessor's green policies and jeopardize global efforts to curb human-caused warming.During his campaign, the Republican revived his "drill,...

20 dead in Israeli strike on Beirut

2024-11-07 00:00:00

BEIRUT, Nov 06 (AFP/AP): An Israeli strike targeting a residential building in a town south of Beirut on Tuesday killed at least 20 people, Lebanon's health ministry said."The raid by the Israeli enemy on Barja left 20 dead,", the ministry...

World leaders pledge to work with Trump

2024-11-07 00:00:00

HONG KONG, Nov 06 (AFP): World leaders raced to congratulate Donald Trump on Wednesday as he triumphed in a stunning US election victory over Kamala Harris.Here are the first reactions, with many being expressed even before his election win was...

13 B'deshi cricketers register for IPL auction

2024-11-07 00:00:00

As many as 13 Bangladeshi cricketers put their name for the mega auction of Indian Premier League (IPL), scheduled to be held in Jeddah, Saudi Arab on November 24 and 25, reports BSS.A total of 1,574 players registered for this...

Salahuddin appointed Tigers' senior assistant coach

2024-11-07 00:00:00

Mohammad Salahuddin has been appointed as the senior assistant coach of the national men's cricket team with his contract set to run until March 15, 2025, reports Cricbuzz.BCB president Faruque Ahmed said that Salahuddin's inclusion in the national set-up will...

Pakistan, India cricketers likely to play in same team as Afro-Asia Cup talks revived

2024-11-07 00:00:00

The revival of Afro-Asia Cup - a series of white-ball matches between Asia XI and Africa XI - is on the cards, the Africa Cricket Association (ACA) confirmed.There have been only two editions of the tournament, held in 2005 and...

Inglis to lead Australia in 3rd ODI, T20I series against Pakistan

2024-11-07 00:00:00

MELBOURNE, Nov 06 (Reuters): Josh Inglis will stand in as captain for Pat Cummins and Mitchell Marsh in Australia's third one-day international against Pakistan and the following T20 series.Selectors promoted wicketkeeper-batsman Inglis ahead of senior players including Glenn Maxwell, Adam...

Sabalenka clinches WTA yr-end No. 1 ranking for 1st time

2024-11-07 00:00:00

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov 06 (AP): Aryna Sabalenka clinched the year-end No. 1 spot in the women's rankings for the first time when Iga Swiatek lost at the WTA Finals on Tuesday.Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus, was assured of finishing...

BKSP athlete Tamim wins gold in Taiwan

2024-11-07 00:00:00

Tamim Hossain of Bangladesh, Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP), clinched the gold medal in the National School Athletics Championship of Taiwan on Wednesday, reports UNB.Tamim won the gold medal in the triple jump of the meet, jumping 14.77 meters.Leading athletes from...

Madrid heading for crisis with Kroos gone, Mbappe floundering

2024-11-07 00:00:00

MADRID, Nov 06 (AFP): Just six months on from their Champions League triumph, Real Madrid are sinking into a state of crisis.Hammered 4-0 by rivals Barcelona in the Clasico at the end of October, Los Blancos slumped to a second...

Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman celebrates after taking a wicket

2024-11-07 00:00:00

Bangladesh's Mustafizur Rahman celebrates after taking a wicket against Afghanistan during their first ODI at Sharjah Cricket Stadium in UAE on Wednesday — bdnews24.com

Two college students killed in Moulvibazar road accident

2024-11-07 00:00:00

MOULVIBAZAR, Nov 06 (UNB): Two college students were killed and three others, including a child, were injured when an auto-rickshaw overturned after losing control in the Bottola area of Kamolganj upazila of Moulvibazar district on Wednesday morning.Syed Ifthekhar Hossain, officer-in-charge...

Elderly man killed over land dispute in Natore

2024-11-07 00:00:00

NATORE, Nov 06 (UNB): A 70-year-old man was killed allegedly by his nephews over a disputed piece of land in Singra upazila of Natore district on Wednesday.The deceased was Arshab Ali, a resident of Choupu-kudia village under the upazila.Locals said...

Malta farming turns profitable in Magura

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-11-07 00:00:00

MAGURA, Nov 06: Malta cultivation is turning the fortune wheel of Magura farmers for lucrative profits.Official sources said malta farming is increasing in the district on a large scale every year.Both weather and soil are suitable for malta farming in...

Farmers elated at bumper output of pointed gourd

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-11-07 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Nov 06: Bumper harvest of pointed gourd (potol) along with higher profit at relatively low production cost has come as a great delight for the farmers in Keshabpur upazila of Jashore district in the current season. By using the...

Bangladesh's stakes in Trump's trade policy

Manzur Ahmed | 2024-11-07 00:00:00

The winning of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States of America on Wednesday appears to be a big blow to the world economy and trade. The Republican Party leader has yet to be formally declared as...

Developing positive habits among students

2024-11-07 00:00:00

We live in society; in other words, society cannot be conceived without people. Society is comprised of every human being. In the broadest sense, the entire state constitutes a society. Together with everyone in the world, we have built a...

Impacts of digital banking

2024-11-07 00:00:00

The financial landscape in Bangladesh has undergone significant changes recently with fintech and digital banking transforming how consumers access and use financial services. The emergence of mobile financial services (MFS) such as bKash, Nagad, and Rocket has made banking facilities...

Punishing perpetrators of 'Enforced Disappearance'

Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2024-11-07 00:00:00

Since the inception of civilisation, enforced disappearance has been a dark tool wielded by oppressive rulers to silence dissent. From ancient regimes to modern authoritarian governments, it has served as a weapon to eliminate opposition voices without due process. While...