Mobile financial service provider Nagad Ltd has long been the target of various conspiracies and smear campaigns, the company stated in a press release on Monday, reports UNB.According to Nagad, certain vested interests are deliberately spreading misleading and false information...
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A group of BGMEA members on Monday demanded resignation of its current president, SM Mannan Kochi, and his board of directors due to their controversial roles during the recent students' quota reforms movement.They also alleged that the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers...
LONDON, Aug 12 (AFP): Graham Thorpe's wife Amanda has revealed the former England cricketer took his own life after battling depression and anxiety for several years.Aged just 55, Thorpe's death in August plunged the cricket world into mourning for the...
Litton Das was in good spirits ahead of Bangladesh's departure to Pakistan for the Test series. The photo was taken from the city on Monday — BCB
PARIS, Aug 12 (AFP): France bid a reluctant farewell on Monday to an "enchanted" fortnight of Olympic sport as athletes headed home from Paris praising a dazzling edition of the Games that has breathed new life into the biggest show...
PORT OF SPAIN, Aug 12 (AFP): Alick Athanaze missed out on a maiden Test century but played the key role in ensuring the safety of a draw for the West Indies against South Africa on the final day of the...
Bangladesh chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain said on Monday that all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan is available for all the Test matches in 2024, reports Cricbuzz. Bangladesh are scheduled to play eight Test matches in the remainder of the year that...
The Bangladesh A team will take on Pakistan A team in the first four-day game at Islamabad today (Tuesday) with the players, called up for the national team, gearing up for match practice ahead of the upcoming Test series against...
Matiur Rahman | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
Child labour is a persistent and complex issue in Bangladesh, rooted in socio-economic factors such as poverty, lack of education, and inadequate social protection systems. Despite efforts by the government and various organisations, millions of children in Bangladesh are still...
The Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams that began on June 30th have been repeatedly disrupted due to the students' quota reform movement and the subsequent unrest and violence across the country. According to various media reports, around 80 HSC candidates...
Under the Sheikh Hasina government, which has remained in power for three consecutive terms, factionalism has seriously vitiated the police force. A faction within the force has extensively used the police to enforce party agendas, including the excessive use of...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
There is nothing wrong in supporting a particular political ideology. And being the activist of a political party is also nothing out of the ordinary. But the problem of present-day politics in Bangladesh is that supporters or activists of one...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
The banking sector has been witnessing ugly events following the ouster of Sheikh Hasina's government. Slogan-chanting processions, the abstention of high officials in the face of protests by employees, and incidents like shootouts are now common events in a section...
It is heartening to know that a move is underway to form a citizen security committee for each police station in the country. When the police's morale is at its lowest, such a step may prove encouraging for lifting the...
PABNA, Aug. 12 (UNB): Two children from the same family drowned on Monday morning while picking water lilies in a pond in Pabna's Sathia upazila.The deceased were identified as Ruhan, 03, and Yamin, 04, were both residents of Dhulauri Purbo...
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RAJSHAHI, Aug 12: Two children were injured in a bomb explosion at Tikapara under Boalia thana in Rajshahi on Monday afternoon.The victims are identified as Md. Abdullah, 07, son of Alamgir Hossain and Md. Saba, 08, son of Md. Shahin...
JAMALPUR, Aug 12 (BSS): Farmers here have continued jute harvesting during this kharip-1 season, agriculture officials said.Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) office sources said jute harvesting is on the last stage as farmers have already harvested jute on 20900 hectares...
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RANGPUR, Aug 12: Arum cultivation has made its cultivators rapturous in different upazilas of the district as they are earning remarkable financial benefits through its farming.This season, growers get huge arum yield and profits, which encourage them to cultivate the...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-13 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Aug 12: Bhavadaho has become known as Jashore's sorrow for the perennial water-logging problem. Bhavadaho sluice gate was constructed in 1961 and soon afterwards, the farmers of Bhavadaho between Jashore's Manirampur, Keshabpur, Abhaynagar upazilas and Phultala and Dumuria upazilas...
TOKYO, Aug 12 (AFP): A report of white smoke coming from a landing Singapore Airlines plane forced a runway at Japan's Narita Airport to close temporarily on Monday, officials said, though responders found no signs of fire and no one...
GAZA, Aug 12 (Reuters): Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday asked mediators to present a plan based upon previous talks instead of engaging in new negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire deal, casting doubt on its participation in a Thursday meeting...
LONDON, Aug 12 (AFP): Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers.Two migrants who attempted the crossing...
ATHENS, Aug 12 (AFP): Greece ordered fresh evacuations near Athens on Monday as wildfires spread despite "superhuman" efforts to contain the flames, firefighters said.At least five more communities were told to flee by civil protection authorities on Monday, after hundreds...
KYIV, Aug 12 (BBC/AFP): Russia is evacuating residents from a second border region, as Ukraine continues its surprise week-long offensive inside the country.Some 11,000 people in the Belgorod region have been moved, Russian state media reported, because of "enemy action"...
NEW YORK, Aug 12 (Reuters): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sunday, as the region braces for possible attacks by Iran and its allies...
BANGKOK, Aug 12 (AFP): Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin could be thrown out of office this week when the country's Constitutional Court rules on his appointment of a cabinet minister with a criminal conviction.The case comes a week after the...
BEIJING/SINGAPORE, Aug 12 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures ended lower on Monday, ending a two-session rise as softening exports in early August and a stronger ringgit outweighed tightening inventories.The benchmark palm oil contract for October delivery on the Bursa Malaysia...
Gold prices inched higher on Monday on US interest rate cut optimism and brewing geopolitical tensions, while traders looked to key US inflation data due later this week for more monetary policy cues, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 0.6 per cent...
CAIRO, Aug 12 (Reuters): Ukrainian wheat has been offered lowest at $244 per tonne at Egypt's largest single tender, a price traders say is at a premium due to delayed payment terms and long shipping periods.Around 102 offers were submitted...
Concerns over a wider conflict in the Middle East have prompted international airlines to suspend flights to the region or to avoid affected air space, reports Reuters.Following are some of the airlines that have adjusted services to and from the...
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