THE HAGUE, June 11 (AFP): The Netherlands added Borussia Dortmund defender Ian Maatsen to their Euro 2024 squad on Tuesday, after losing two key players to injury including talismanic midfielder Frenkie de Jong.Maatsen's call-up was as a replacement for Barcelona...
Bangladesh Hockey Federation on Monday announced 18 members. Each Bangladesh men's and women's teams to compete in the Junior AHF Cup (U-21) Hockey Tournament beginning in Singapore on June 14, reports UNB.The tournament will be treated as a qualifying meet...
South Africa beat Bangladesh in the ongoing T20 World Cup 2024 edition at the Nassau County Stadium, on Monday in New York. Notably, the game turned out to be an absolute humdinger as the Proteas narrowly edged out the Bangladesh...
Ahead of the T20 World Cup, Tanzim Hasan Sakib's spot in the squad turned out to be a topic of discussion after he was chosen ahead of Mohammad Saifuddin. The selection panel was at the receiving end considering Saifuddin looked...
The T20 World Cup 2024 clash between Bangladesh and South Africa, held at Nassau County Cricket Stadium in New York on Monday, has sparked a heated debate over the dead-ball rule, report agencies.Bangladesh lost by a narrow margin of four...
The Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) has called for continuation of VAT exemption on tour operator services, saying that removal of such a facility, as proposed by the government in the national budget for FY 2024-25, would impeded the...
FE REPORT | 2024-06-12 00:00:00
The opportunity to legalise undisclosed money with a 15 per cent tax, as proposed in the national budget for FY 2024-25, may discourage new taxpayers, since many taxpayers could opt for this advantage, seeing it as a cheaper option.Moreover, the...
GAIBANDHA, June 11 (UNB): Police arrested a woman for stabbing four schoolgirls in a classroom in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district on Tuesday.The arrestee was identified as Jannati Akter of Goyeshpur village in Sadullapur upazila of the district.Shafiqul Islam Shafik,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-12 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, June 11: The Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken a massive programme to cultivate jute on 23,801 hectares of land in the district with a production target of 51,702 tonnes this year.Farmers cultivated tosa jute on 23,302 hectares...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-12 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI, June 11: The asking price for a pair of goats named 'Tiger and Laltu' 0.2 million (2 lakh) at city market in Rajshahi city, as cattle sales have gained momentum across the country ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.Faridul Islam,...
Russia, Belarus launch a second stage of drills to train troops in tactical N weaponsMOSCOW, June 11: Russia and its ally Belarus on Tuesday launched a second stage of drills intended to train their troops in tactical nuclear weapons, part...
STOCKHOLM, June 11 (AFP): Cases of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases are rising significantly in Europe as climate change creates warmer conditions that help invasive mosquitos spread, the EU's health agency warned on Tuesday.In 2023, 130 locally acquired cases of...
LONDON, June 11 (AFP): British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was set to promise voters "financial security" and tax cuts when he unveils his Conservative party manifesto on Tuesday, following a disastrous week that even led to rumours he might quit."We...
RAMALLAH, June 11 (AFP): Israeli forces killed four Palestinians on Monday in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority said, one of whom the military said had started a fire at an Israeli outpost.Hundreds of Palestinians and more than a...
DUBAI, June 11 (BSS/AFP): A boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off Yemen, leaving at least 39 dead in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route from Africa, a UN agency said Tuesday."Tragic incident off #Yemen coast: Boat...
AFRA NAWMI | 2024-06-12 00:00:00
Bandarban in Bangladesh is best known for its hills and mountains, including the country's highest peaks. Last month, this writer, with a friend of her, travelled to Lama Upazila in Bandarban on the occasion of Buddha Purnima to enjoy the...
NOWSHABA ACHAL | 2024-06-12 00:00:00
A beloved Islamic celebration, Eid ul-Adha is marked by pleasure, thankfulness, and an abundance of sacrificed meat. Although the celebration unites communities and families, it frequently results in a food dilemma. There is an excess of meat dishes, especially the...
The word 'marketing' is familiar to everyone, from small businesses to large corporations. In simple terms, marketing is an exchange process through which the needs and desires of consumers are fulfilled with satisfaction. The concept of marketing emerged around the...
Gazipur district is the second-largest industrial region in Bangladesh, home to thousands of mills and industries. Hundreds of thousands of people in service live here. Maintaining these mills and industries requires a substantial amount of fuel, yet they avoid disruptions...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-06-12 00:00:00
In the midst of all the doom and gloom surrounding the economy, it is good to know that Bangladesh now occupies the 2nd place in global freshwater fish production. According to a FAO report titled, 'The State of World Fisheries...
Wasi Ahmed | 2024-06-12 00:00:00
It is time to seriously examine the link between the returns from the country's industrial sector and the huge sums of money dished out every year in the form of duty exemptions and a host of other fiscal benefits by...
The country's dream of LDC graduation is hopefully going to be fulfilled by November 2026. To that end, Bangladesh has already met all the criteria to qualify for LDC graduation under the two consecutive triennial reviews conducted by the Committee...
Matiur Rahman | 2024-06-12 00:00:00
Over the past few decades, remittances have become vital to Bangladesh's economy and significantly reshaped its socio-economic landscape. These financial transfers from migrant workers to their families back home have a profound and transformative impact on family dynamics, bringing economic...
Mercantile Bank organised a day-long training course titled "Awareness Training on Information & Cyber Security" at its Training Institute in Dhaka recently. A total of 53 officials participated the training. Mati Ul Hasan, additional managing director & CRO of the...
LONDON, June 10 (AFP): Harry Kane says England's shock 1-0 defeat against Iceland could be a "nice wake-up call", showing the scale of the task ahead of them at Euro 2024.Gareth Southgate's men are among the favourites to win the...
MANCHESTER, June 10 (AFP): Decorated former Scotland and Liverpool defender Alan Hansen is seriously ill in hospital, the Premier League club said.After retiring from a hugely successful playing career in 1991, the 68-year-old went on to become a well-known television...
PARIS, June 10 (AFP): Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo described the prospect of French parliamentary elections just weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics as "extremely unsettling", while the International Olympic Committee played down any direct impact on the event."Like...
Ángel Di María scored as Lionel Messi returned to the international stage for the first time in six months, helping Argentina to a 1-0 victory over Ecuador in a Copa América warmup match on Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago.Messi...
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