BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan said on Friday said they were hurt by the comments of the Jamaat-e-Islami chief, who claimed that the army and his party are the only tested patriotic forces in Bangladesh, reports UNB.Speaking to reporters...
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (AP) : The world economy resisted battering by conflicts and inflation last year and is expected to grow a subdued 2.8% in 2025, the United Nations said Thursday.In "World Economic Situation and Prospects 2025," U.N. economists...
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (AFP) : The US Supreme Court is to hear TikTok's appeal on Friday of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the wildly popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down.The top court is...
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A move is underway to enhance ekpay services as the national payment aggregator aims to facilitate digital financial services and ensure financial inclusion at grass-roots level in the country.The digital payment platform will allow citizens to pay different types of...
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The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Information and Communication Technology Division (ICTD) of Bangladesh formally signed a minutes of meeting (MoM) on Thursday to initiate a $28.5-million grant project titled "Fostering Innovative Technology Experts with a Focus on...
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The Bangladesh Tea Board (BTB) wants to have tea recognised as an agricultural item to help boost the industry and overcome the existing crises, sources say.In a letter, it recently requested the commerce ministry to discuss this at a cabinet...
NEW YORK, Jan 10 (AFP): Donald Trump will be sentenced Friday for covering up hush money payments to a porn star despite the US President-elect's last-ditch efforts to frustrate a process that would make him the first felon in the...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (AFP): Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend an international summit on girls' education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly killed by militants as a schoolgirl.Yousafzai was evacuated from the country in 2012...
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 10 (AFP): South African police said Friday that they had rescued 26 undocumented Ethiopian nationals who were being held captive without clothes in a suburban house in Johannesburg by suspected human traffickers.Up to 30 other men may have...
Jimmy Carter, the late US president who served only one term in office and was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral on Thursday as a man who put honesty...
PARIS, Jan 10 (AFP): Research published in The Lancet medical journal on Friday estimates that the death toll in Gaza during the first nine months of the Israel-Hamas war was around 40 percent higher than recorded by the Palestinian territory's...
ISTANBUL, Jan 10 (AFP): Turkey's top diplomat on Friday said Washington was its only interlocutor in northeastern Syria and urged France to repatriate its jihadist nationals jailed in the country.The remarks by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan came as Washington tried...
Handball referees course beginsHandball referees course has begun on Friday at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the capital. Organised by Bangladesh Handball Referees Association (BHRA), a total of forty trainees from different district, division, Bangladesh Navy,...
AUCKLAND, Jan 10 (AFP): The 38-year-old Gael Monfils swept aside an opponent half his age on Friday to reach the final of the Auckland Classic, setting up a shot at his 13th title.The Frenchman beat American qualifier Nishesh Basavareddy 7-6...
MELBOURNE, Jan 10 (AFP): Andy Murray says he is ready to be on the receiving end of Novak Djokovic's ire in pressure moments at the Australian Open, with the "unique opportunity" to coach him worth it.The Serbian 24-time Grand Slam...
Photo released by Tennis Australia on Friday, shows Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka holds an echidna, a native Australian animal, ahead of the 2025 Australian Open in Melbourne. — AFP
Australia captain Pat Cummins is in doubt for the Champions Trophy after it was revealed that he had been managing an ankle problem during the Test series against India, reports espncricinfo.com.It was confirmed on Thursday that Cummins would miss the...
MIAMI, Jan 10 (AFP): Inter Miami coach Javier Mascherano expects to bring in several new faces to support Lionel Messi in Major League Soccer next season but says it is "impossible to think about" Brazilian Neymar being one of them.Rumours...
Durbar Rajshahi beat Khulna Tigers by 28 runs in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Friday in Sylhet, reports UNB.It was Rajshahi's second win in BPL in five matches, while Khulna's second defeat in three matches.Rajshahi batted first and scored...
Table topper Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited extended their lead as they beat Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society by 3-1 goals in the Bashundhara Group Bangladesh Premier League football held at Birshrestha Flight Lt Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Friday,...
K Sallahuddin | 2025-01-11 00:00:00
I met Justice Murshed in his twilight years when he had become frail and ailing, yet one could notice his greatness and the respect he commanded. Having been introduced by late Shamsur Rahman as a young poet, whenever I went...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-01-11 00:00:00
As the fountainhead of Bangalee ethos, the February 21, 1952 continues to inspire the nation for scaling greater height. It grew into the unstoppable all-pervasive transcendence into the greatest achievement the Bangalees have ever made---an independent land of their own....
LONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters): The dollar rallied, while US stocks fell sharply on Friday after data showed the US economy created far more jobs in December than expected, reinforcing the belief among investors that US interest rates may not fall...
Investors piled into global money market funds in the week through January 8, spurred by concerns over potential tariff increases with the upcoming change in the US administration and caution ahead of a critical jobs report that could reshape expectations...
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The stock price of Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries Ltd has kept soaring on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), despite there being no clear reason for investors to show strong interest in the stock.The company is currently facing a...
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The equity benchmark index ended the first trading week in the new year with losses, as investors grappled with new worries about potential economic setbacks due to proposed VAT hikes, which finally came into effect on the last day of...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 (Reuters): Malaysia wants to leverage its location to become an energy and chip manufacturing hub this year, riding a recent jump in investments and a favourable outlook for the domestic economy, its premier and economic minister...
MOSCOW, Jan 10 (Reuters): Oil producer Saudi Aramco and Algeria's Sonatrach lowered January's official selling prices (OSPs) for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by between 1.6 per cent and 6 per cent from December because of weaker demand for the fuel,...
LITTLETON, Colorado, Jan 10 (Reuters): Texas is dominating the development of renewable energy generation and battery capacity within the United States, and is estimated to have installed nearly 80 per cent more combined solar, wind and battery capacity than the...
Gold prices scaled a four-week peak on Friday and were set for their best week in seven, driven by safe-haven demand amid uncertainty over what policies US President-elect Donald Trump will pursue, while markets awaited jobs data for clues on...
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