Shiabur Rahman | 2024-08-02 00:00:00
Flouting the building construction regulations and ignoring the city development authorities' approval have become so rampant in Bangladesh that it will be nearly impossible to find any fully compliant building. One of the main reasons for Dhaka being an unliveable...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-08-02 00:00:00
Called the greatest show on earth, the Olympics showcases the soaring human spirit at its summit in multidisciplinary games and sports. The beauty of the competition unfolds in myriad forms of physical ability, skills, tactics, resourcefulness of mind, endurance or...
The countrywide turmoil and the overall depressing scenario prevailing for well over a fortnight are highly likely to leave an adverse impact on exports, especially that of apparel. This is particularly because the country's number one export product is largely...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-08-02 00:00:00
For quite some time, meaning years in contemporary history, there has been a tidal wave of resentment against immigration in countries on both sides of north Atlantic. Popular anti-immigration sentiments building up over the years have been co-opted by politicians...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-08-01 12:00:00
The recent unrest sparked by the students' Quota Reform Movement and subsequent curfew and Internet shutdown, have cast a long shadow of grief and uncertainty over Bangladesh severely damaging the economy and disrupting daily life. Although the government has taken...
India landslide tolls hit 160WAYANAD, July 31: The death toll from the massive landslides that have hit the southern Indian state of Kerala has now crossed 158, with officials saying more than 220 people are still missing. Rescue workers say...
ROME, July 31 (AFP): Italian researchers have noted the first case of "virgin birth", or reproduction without fertilisation, in an endangered shark species, a scientific journal reported this week.The findings published in Scientific Reports concern the first case of the...
BEIRUT, July 31 (AP): Israel on Tuesday carried out a rare strike on Beirut, which it said killed a top Hezbollah commander who was allegedly behind a weekend rocket attack that killed 12 young people in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights....
TEHRAN, July 31 (Reuters/BBC/AP): Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the early hours of the morning in Iran, the Palestinian militant group said on Wednesday, drawing fears of wider escalation in a region shaken by Israel's war in Gaza...
PARIS, July 31 (AFP): Canada's six-point deduction over a spying scandal at the women's Olympic football has been upheld after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport failed on Wednesday.The Swiss-based body was asked to review the punishment...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed that former Pakistani leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed will be available as the spin bowling coach for Bangladesh's upcoming series against Pakistan, reports UNB.Mushtaq, who signed a short-term contract with BCB in April, had impressed the...
PARIS, July 31 (Reuters): Having seen their men win gold a few minutes earlier, the Netherlands' female quadruple scullers looked all set to make it double Dutch on Wednesday, only for Britain to snatch gold from their grasp on the...
Anamul Haque Bijoy will lead the Bangladesh A side in the two-match four-day series against Pakistan A team while Tawhid Hridoy has been named as Bangladesh A team captain for the one-day series, reports UNB. The 2nd string Bangladesh side...
The object weighs 529 grams, but only six grams are gold - around 1.3 per cent of the total medal's total weight - while the rest is pure silver. The gold part consists only of a plate laid over the...
PARIS, July 31 (Reuters): France's Cassandre Beaugrand, inspired by thousands of home fans lining the streets of Paris, delivered a textbook run to claim an emotional win in the women's triathlon on Wednesday and earn France a first individual Olympic...
NARAYANGANJ, July 31 (bdnews24.com): Two and a half months ago, Sumaiya Akhter gave birth to a baby daughter. The stitches on her stomach from the C-section had not yet healed when she was shot to death on Jul 21 amid...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-01 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, July 31: A few thousand jhau (tamarisk- scientific name Casuarina equisetifolia) trees along the Cox's Bazar sea coastline are disappearing into the Bay water getting splashed by strong tidal waves.The destruction is prominently wrought by coastal erosion under...
MUMBAI, July 31 (Reuters): India's sugar production could fall 2 per cent from a year ago to 33.3 million metric tons in the 2024/25 marketing year, a leading trade body said on Tuesday, citing reduced planting areas in some states...
JAKARTA, July 31 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures fell and posted a second straight monthly drop on Wednesday despite strong July export as a stronger ringgit weighed down the price.The benchmark palm oil contract for October delivery on the Bursa...
Procter & Gamble posted a surprise drop in fourth-quarter sales, as the company's efforts to reel in years of steep price hikes failed to win over price-conscious consumers who snubbed the company's pricier Charmin toilet paper and Pampers diapers, reports...
The 13th review meeting between the Board of Directors and Senior Management Team (SMT) of Sonali Bank PLC was held at the bank's head office conference room on Wednesday. Chairman of Board of Directors Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui presided over the...
The Bangladesh Infra-structure Finance Fund Limited (BIFFL) hosted its 13th Annual General Meeting (AGM) virtually on Monday, says a press release. In the meeting, the shareholders approved the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 and approved...
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the carrier would take a $500 million hit related to the CrowdStrike outage, CNBC reported on Wednesday.The airline has been the slowest among major US carriers to recover following the tech failure that...
TOKYO, July 31 (Reuters): Toyota's global production tumbled in June, down for a fifth straight month with the automaker hit hard by a certification scandal in its home market and a fierce price war in China.Output worldwide for Japan's biggest...
Citizens Bank organised a Foundation Training Course for officers of the bank. A total number of 30 officers from different branches & divisions participated in the training held at its head office recently. Mohammad Masoom, Managing Director & CEO of...
Asian University for Women (AUW) celebrated the successful conclusion of its 2024 Summer School program with a closing ceremony held on the AUW campus in Chattogram on Tuesday, says a press release. The event was attended by distinguished guests, students,...
The 37th annual general meeting (AGM) of Delta Life Insurance Company Ltd was held virtually on Wednesday. Chairman of the Board of Directors Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder presided over the meeting. Shareholders of the company approved the audited accounts for the...
IFIC Bank PLC, the largest banking network in the country with more than 1,400 branches and sub-branches, organised a daylong workshop on 'Fake Note Detection and Prevention of its Circulation'. The workshop was held recently at a local auditorium in...
Sponsor Director of Mercantile Bank PLC A. S. M. Feroz Alam was elected the chairman of Mercantile Bank securities Limited at the 70th meeting of the Board of Directors of the company held on Tuesday, says a press release. Feroz...
Al-Arafah Islami Bank (AIB) PLC has appointed eminent banker Shabbir Ahmed as Additional Managing Director (AMD). He has been serving as the Deputy Managing Director (DMD) of the bank since April 08, 2019. Prior to joining AIB PLC, he was...
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