Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)'s cricket operation chairman Jalal Yunus resigned from his post with immediate effect. Jalal, who is also a director of the board, confirmed the development to Cricbuzz on Monday."I have resigned from the board for the interest...
KARACHI, Aug 19 (Agencies): Bangladesh begin a two-Test series in Pakistan this week with their preparations severely hampered by the political turmoil that has wracked the country.Unrest that led to the overthrow of prime minister Sheikh Hasina kept the team's...
A total of six persons were killed in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Gazipur districts on Monday, report agencies.In Sirajganj, four member of same family were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a private car in...
KHULNA, Aug 19 (UNB): Kitchen markets in Khulna metropolitan area have been unstable for the past one week as prices of essential commodities have gone up several times, causing immense suffering for lower-middle income groups.Again, the same products are being...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Aug 19: Banana cultivation is gaining popularity in Sadar upazila of the district as farmers are getting fair prices from the produce this year.Akkas Ali Mollah, 60, a farmer of village Bowalia, said he cultivated 'Deshi Sarbi' banana on...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Aug 19: Disorderly hurling of wastes on busy roads and footpaths has created a major public nuisance in Jashore town, with the authorities concerned remaining indifferent.Filths scattered on the roads and footpaths of the town spread stomach-turning odour creating...
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (AP): Tropical Storm Ernesto became a hurricane again Sunday as it churned away from Bermuda and headed further out in the northeastern Atlantic, sending powerful swells toward the U.S. East Coast, generating rip currents associated with...
LONDON, Aug 19 (BBC): One man has died and six other people are missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday morning.The 56m (183ft) vessel was carrying 22 people - 10...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AFP): Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has applied to become the next chancellor of Britain's prestigious University of Oxford, his party said.Khan, prime minister from 2018 to 2022, has just marked one year in prison...
CHICAGO, Aug 19 (BBC): The Democratic National Convention kicks off on Monday as Gaza protests threaten to overshadow what is expected to be a show of unity for Vice-President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for president.The Harris campaign is...
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (AP): House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report into President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates.The nearly yearlong...
TAIPEI, Aug 19 (AP): Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two boats, in an encounter early Monday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea.Both blamed the...
JERUSALEM, Aug 19 (AFP): Top US diplomat Antony Blinken on Monday urged Israel and Hamas not to derail negotiations that he said may be a "last opportunity" to secure a Gaza truce and hostage release deal.Blinken, on his ninth regional...
CAIRO, Aug 19 (AP): Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict...
Last month, a student movement began with demands for reform in the government job quota system. In response, the Sheikh Hasina government used excessive force to suppress the movement, resulting in the highest number of casualties in any movement in...
The burgeoning landscape of the franchising business in Bangladesh holds immense potential for economic development and entrepreneurial growth. Over the past decade, franchising has emerged as a dynamic business model, contributing significantly to job creation, economic diversification, and the introduction...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The unarmed student-led mass upsurge that toppled the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 stunned political observers everywhere. Appreciative of such an unprecedented movement by students of universities, colleges and even schools, most such observers are trying to comprehend the...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The interim government headed by Dr Muhammad Yunus has been reviewing the activities of various ministries along with other important issues related to law and order situation and macroeconomic management of the country. Secretaries of the ministries of the government...
When questionable financial negotiations and deals, particularly those involving highly critical matters of national importance, cannot be questioned, there is every reason to smell rat in those undertakings. Such issues may be political or financial in nature but once those...
M Rokonuzzaman | 2024-08-20 00:00:00
The triple helix is a well-established model for building a high-tech industry. It refers to collaboration between industry, academia, and the government. On the other hand, bridging the industry-academia gap has been a growing concern, notable in less developed countries....
X, formerly known as Twitter, has closed its office in Brazil over a censorship row, reports BBC.The social media platform said a Brazilian Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, threatened its legal representative in Brazil with arrest if it did...
RIYADH, Aug 18 (Arab News): Oman's trade with the Americas grew 6.6 per cent year on year in May, reaching 742.9 million Omani rials ($1.9 billion), official data showed. According to preliminary figures from the National Centre for Statistics and...
NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Reuters): India's wholesale price inflation slowed in July mainly due to a fall in vegetable prices, government data released on Wednesday showed.The wholesale price index rose 2.04 per cent in July from a year earlier, compared...
SINGAPORE, Aug 18 (Reuters): Chinese biodiesel producers are seeking new outlets in Asia for their exports and exploring producing other biofuels as supply to the European Union, their biggest buyer, dries up ahead of anti-dumping tariffs, biofuel executives and analysts...
ZURICH, Aug 18 (Reuters): UBS is to liquidate a $2 billion real estate fund it acquired when it bought Credit Suisse, the Swiss bank said on Thursday, in the latest sign of investors selling out of troubled commercial property markets.The...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-19 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 18: A group of businessmen staged a demonstration in front of the World Trade Center (WTC) in the port city on Sunday demanding resignation of the board of directors of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CCCI).Under...
Abdul Karim has been elected the Chairman of the Board of Directors of MIDAS Financing PLC for a period of two years at its 368th Board Meeting held recently, says a press release.Mr. Karim had joined the Board of MIDAS...
Citizens Bank PLC signed an agreement with OneWorld InfoTech for the implementation of Security Operation Centre (SOC) at the bank's Head Office recently. Mohammad Masoom, Managing Director & CEO of Citizens Bank, and Maruf Ahmed, Global Director and CEO of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-19 12:00:00
Finance and Commerce Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed said commodity prices are closely linked to production and supply and the government is aware of the steps needed to control them."We will take necessary measures so that common people do not feel...
BENGALURU, Aug 18 (Reuters): Indian budget carrier SpiceJet reported a drop in first-quarter profit last week, as it flew fewer passengers amid legal and financial troubles.The company reported a standalone profit of 1.50 billion rupees ($17.9 million) for the quarter...
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