American Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone obliterated her own 400 metres hurdles world record with a time of 50.37 seconds to retain her Olympic title on Thursday, reports Reuters.Anna Cockrell made it a US 1-2 in a time of 51.87 and Dutchwoman Femke...
PARIS, Aug 09 (AFP): Germany's Lea Friedrich smashed the women's sprint world record on Friday, just minutes after New Zealand's Ellesse Andrews did the same.The 24-year-old blasted round the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome in 10.029secs during qualifying to lay down a marker...
LE BOURGET, France, Aug 09 (AFP): British teenager Toby Roberts claimed gold in the boulder and lead climbing event at the Paris Olympics on Friday after Japan's Sorato Anraku fell.Roberts, 19, scored 92.1 points on the lead wall, taking his...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) senior vice president Abdus Salam Murshedy has steppeddown from his post citing personal ground, a BFF press release said.The former star footballer Murshedy, had been the BFF's senior vice president since 2008.He has also resigned from...
Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan has been made the adviser of Youth and Sports Ministry of the Interim government headed by Nobel Laureate Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus, reports BSS.He was given this responsibility through a gazette notification that was published in...
BEIJING, Aug 9 (AFP): Chinese consumer inflation rose more than expected in July to hit a five-month high, data showed Friday, providing some much-needed positive news on the world's number-two economy.The reading comes as authorities struggle to kickstart activity among...
MOSCOW, Aug 9 (TASS): The price of Bitcoin ticked up by 10.3 per cent during the trading session on Friday and reached $61,128, according to Binance platform trading data.The cryptocurrency slowed down later to $60,708, up 9.56 per cent.Bitcoin is...
Gold prices held steady on Friday after a sharp rise in the previous session, buoyed by a dip in U.S. Treasury yields, as investors grew confident the Federal Reserve will lower interest rates in September, reports Reuters.Spot gold was down...
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) corn futures fell on Thursday, and soybean futures set new life-of-contract lows, as U.S. farmers scramble to sell their bins of old-crop grain and oilseeds into a global market awash in supplies, traders said, reports...
LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters): Cocoa prices are expected to continue heading higher this year due to persistent supply shortages that will leave them at more than double last year's levels by the end of 2024, a Reuters poll of 12...
LONDON, Aug 9 (Reuters): Global oil demand growth needs to accelerate in coming months or the market will struggle to absorb an increase in oil supply that OPEC+ is planning to make from October, according to data, analysts and industry...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-08-10 00:00:00
All great revolutions in human history have sought to redefine the nature of political power and transform society in favour of the governed, so has this latest student movement in Bangladesh. The uniqueness of this movement is that the original...
US may use conflict in Middle East to start World War III: LukashenkoMINSK, Aug 09: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warns that the United States may use the conflict in the Middle East to start a new world war. "God forbid,...
COLOMBO, Aug 09 (AFP): Two government ministers who defected from Sri Lanka's main opposition were sacked from the cabinet Friday, after the Supreme Court upheld disciplinary action against them.The decision came ahead of presidential elections next month, the first vote...
MOSCOW, Aug 09 (Reuters): A Russian missile strike hit a supermarket in the Ukrainian town of Kostiantynivka in the front-line Donetsk region on Friday, killing at least ten people and injuring 35 others, Ukrainian officials said.The strike caused a fire...
YANGON, Aug 09 (AFP): China's special envoy met Myanmar's junta chief for talks on "peace and stability" along their shared border, Myanmar state media reported Friday, days after ethnic rebels seized a regional military command.Myanmar's northern Shan state has been...
PARIS, Aug 09 (Arab News): France on Friday urged the Kosovo authorities to end "unilateral actions" that could contribute to increasing tensions with Serbs.Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has called for the opening of a flashpoint bridge, prompting protests, and...
REHOBOTH BEACH (United States), Aug 09 (AFP/Reuters): Kamala Harris and Joe Biden will next week make their first joint campaign trip since the US president's shock decision to drop out of the 2024 White House race against Donald Trump.Seeking to...
GAZA, Aug 09 (Agencies): Israeli forces stepped up airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, Palestinian medics said, in further battle with Hamas-led militants as Israel braced for potential wider war in the region.Israeli airstrikes...
While there are established rules and procedures for legal immigration, some individuals opt to cross dangerous routes to enter developed countries without adhering to these regulations, in the hope of securing a better life. This is a legally punishable offence....
It is frustrating that, amidst serious financial hardships faced by ordinary people due to the skyrocketing prices of essential commodities, drug companies are arbitrarily raising prices of life-saving drugs. This is like adding insult to injury when consumers are paying...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-08-10 00:00:00
One of the key events in the history of Dhaka is the beginning of the local government system, and this year marks 160 years of Dhaka Municipality, which is now Dhaka City Corporation in two separate units - North and...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-08-10 00:00:00
The Quick Enhancement of Electricity and Energy Supply (Special Provision) Act 2010 came into force when the country was facing severe crisis of electricity. The newly-elected government back then had to cut through the red-tape of the complicated process of...
The banking sector of the country has been in a difficult situation for a long time, primarily due to an ever increasing volume of classified loans. By the end of March this calendar year, for instance, the total loan disbursed...
M Rokonuzzaman | 2024-08-10 00:00:00
Although there has been growing enrollment in the education system, the country has a feeble capacity to create wealth from the hidden potential of students. It's worth noting that to drive prosperity by unlocking the latent potential of the students,...
In his first speech after arrival in Dhaka, Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus on Thursday recalled Begum Rokeya University Student Abu Sayed and said he would remain in the hearts of all in Bangladesh forever, reports UNB. "…Abu Sayed's image...
NEW DELHI, Aug 08 (Reuters): Indian consumer products' sales slowed sharply to a more-than-one-year low from April to June due to softening demand for personal care products and packaged wheat flour, especially in urban areas, market researcher NielsenIQ said on...
NEW YORK, Aug 08 (Reuters): Eli Lilly raised its annual sales forecast by $3 billion on Thursday, driven by surging demand and ramped up manufacturing capacity for its popular weight-loss drug Zepbound, lifting its shares more than 10 per cent...
FRANKFURT, Aug 08 (AFP): Germany industrial giant Siemens said Thursday its profits rose sharply in the third quarter due to a strong performance from its software and infrastructure businesses, and confirmed its full-year outlook.From April to June, net profit came...
TORENTO, Aug 08 (Reuters): Shopify beat analysts' estimates for second-quarter revenue and forecast an upbeat current quarter as its e-commerce services attracted more merchants following the launch of AI-enabled tools, sending its US shares up 17 per cent before the...
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