HARARE, June 20 (AP): Zimbabwe Cricket said Wednesday it had appointed South African Justin Sammons as its new men's head coach.Sammons was a former batting coach with his home country's national team, the Proteas.Dave Houghton resigned as Zimbabwe's head coach...
SEOUL, June 20 (AFP): English coach Colin Bell has left his post as South Korea women's football boss after nearly five years in charge, the football association said Thursday.The 62-year-old was the first foreign coach of the South Korea women's...
LONDON, June 20 (AFP): Andy Murray's hopes of bowing out from tennis at this year's Wimbledon were left in severe doubt after a back injury forced him to retire from a second-round match at Queen's on Wednesday.The British tennis great...
Germany's supporters cheer for their team in the fan zone in front of the Brandenburg Gate ahead of the start of the public viewing for the match between Germany and Hungary on Wednesday in Berlin during the UEFA Euro 2024...
Bangladesh Men's Hockey team emerged Pool A champions to reach the semifinal of the Junior AHF Cup (U-21) Hockey Tournament with an all-win record, crushing Indonesia by 7-0 goals in the last pool match at the Sengkang Sports Centre in...
South Africa survived a scare before beating USA by 18 runs in the first game of the Super 8s at the T20 World Cup in Antigua. After slipping to 76-5 in pursuit of 195, a superb partnership worth 91 between...
Brandon King is a doubt for the rest of the T20 World Cup after suffering a side strain in West Indies' match against England in St Lucia on Wednesday night, reports www.espncricinfo.com.King raced to 23 off 12 balls to get...
The seven-member PCB selection committee is likely to undergo changes in the wake of Pakistan's dismal T20 World Cup campaign, reports www.espncricinfo.com. While the PCB will undertake a review to assess what went wrong for Pakistan, it is understood streamlining...
GROS-ISLET, Saint Lucia, June 20 (AFP): Phil Salt thrashed a brilliant 87 not out off just 47 balls as defending champions England romped to an eight-wicket victory over the West Indies in their T20 World Cup Super Eight clash on...
BEIRUT, June 20 (AFP): Fears of a regional war rose Thursday after Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement said none of Israel would be spared in a full-blown conflict, and Israel said it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive.Experts are divided...
NEW YORK, June 20 (Reuters): The United States and China were set to hold high-level talks on anti-narcotics cooperation on Thursday, following a breakthrough in bilateral work this week that saw them jointly go after a major drug-linked money laundering...
HANOI, June 20 (Reuters): Russian President Vladimir Putin was welcomed in Vietnam with a 21-gun salute during a military ceremony on Thursday, as one of the Communist-run country's top leaders hailed a comprehensive strategic partnership with Moscow and vowed to...
UNITED NATIONS, June 20 (AFP/BBC): Four in every five people want their country to strengthen its commitments to addressing climate change, according to a global poll of 75,000 participants published on Thursday.The survey by the UN Development Program, Oxford University...
PARIS/SINGAPORE, June 20 (Reuters): Chicago wheat futures fell further to two-month lows on Thursday as traders remained focused on U.S. harvest progress and improved production prospects among other major exporters.Corn and soybean futures also dipped as a heatwave in the...
LONDON, June 20 (Reuters): The Bank of England (BoE) kept its main interest rate unchanged at a 16-year high of 5.25% on Thursday ahead of a July 4 election, but some policymakers said their decision not to cut rates was...
Gold prices hit a two-week high on Thursday after recent weak U.S. economic data raised market expectations of interest rate cuts from the Federal Reserve later this year, while uncertainty around multiple elections globally also lent support, reports Reuters.Spot gold...
Malaysia has expressed its interest in increasing investment in Bangladesh's telecommunication and ICT sectors, according to State Minister for Posts, Telecommunications, and Information Technology, Zunaid Ahmed Palak.During a courtesy meeting with the state minister at the Secretariat on Thursday morning,...
LONDON, June 20 (Reuters): Urgent action must be taken in the Red Sea to stop attacks on merchant shipping by Yemen's Houthis, leading industry groups said on Wednesday, after the sinking of a second ship.Iran-aligned Houthi militants first launched drone...
28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Meghna Insurance Company Limited was held recently using a hybrid system that also involved physical presence at Golf Garden, Army Golf Club and Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka. The meeting was attended by Musfiq Rahman (nominated...
LONDON, June 20 (Reuters): Banks across the European Union experienced a jump in souring loans to small and medium sized companies in the first quarter of the year, though their profitability held up, the bloc's banking watchdog said on Thursday.The...
Dhaka Bank has teamed up with SME Foundation for providing loans to cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs) under their revolving loan facility amounting to Tk 450 crore. The fund was generated from the government's stimulus package and the...
Midland Bank, a 4th generation private commercial bank in the country, completed 11th year of its commercial operation on Thursday (June 20, 2024). On this occasion, Md. Ahsan-uz Zaman, managing director & CEO, along with senior management members and divisional...
BEIJING, June 20 (Reuters): China's banking regulator has given small banks a 2026 deadline to stop selling wealth management products unless they have a separate wealth subsidiary in a bid to curb financial risks, three people with knowledge of the...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Stocks extended the rally on Thursday, with the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSEX) exceeding the 5,200-mark, as buoyant investors made fresh bets on lucrative blue-chip shares in anticipation of quick gains.Many fundamentally-strong shares became cheap after sharp...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) will consider the plea of the state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) for a loan of Tk 50 billion only if the government gives sovereign guarantee for the fund.The central bank said this in a letter...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Linde Bangladesh's stock surged more than 43 per cent to Tk 1409.4 per share on the Dhaka bourse on Thursday after the disclosure of record 1,540 per cent cash dividends for the first 10 months of 2023. The return on...
In the age of digital shopping, product reviews play a critical role in influencing consumer decisions. There has been a rising tendency among the current generation to explore reviews before making any decision. Reviews can be written in various ways....
Since 1991, Bangladesh's Directorate of Women Affairs, operating under the Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, has established daycare centres to empower low and middle-income working women. Ministry data reveal a total of 119 daycare centres are operational, funded both...
Shiabur Rahman | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
Human rights have long been a buzzword globally. Most of the countries have committed to the protection of human rights through the adoption and ratification of different international statutes. However, how a state or society accepts human rights in its...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-06-21 00:00:00
In the Oscar-winning US movie "Her", a heart-broken man falls in love with the voice of an artificial intelligence (AI) character, a girl. In China, the opposite is happening right now. It is, however, not a single case of a...
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