TAHITI, Aug 06 (Xinhua): French surfer and Tahiti native Kauli Vaast surfed to victory in the Olympic surfing men's finals on Monday, while Caroline Marks continued the US monopoly on the women's Olympic title.The Olympic surfing competition reached its final...
LONDON, Aug 06 (AFP): Argentina international midfielder Guido Rodriguez became West Ham's sixth summer signing on Tuesday.The 30-year-old, who was part of the Argentina squad which won the World Cup in 2022 and the 2021 and 2024 Copa America titles,...
GENEVA, Aug 06 (AFP): More than 40 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics have tested positive for Covid-19 highlighting a new global rise in cases, the World Health Organization said Tuesday.The WHO said the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic was...
The UAE, India and Sri Lanka are in the shortlist to be back-up venues in case the International Cricket Council (ICC) is forced to shift the women's T20 World Cup later this year out of Bangladesh, report agencies.Bangladesh has been...
The Dhaka-Sylhet Highway is now extremely busy, with a rapidly increasing number of passenger vehicles and goods-laden trucks. Narsingdi is known for its nationwide cloth market, textile industry, and spinning mills. With a significant export-oriented textile industry located here, there...
The people in general are deeply concerned and anguished over the recent reports of widespread attacks on Hindu houses and business establishments across at least 29 districts in the country. Reportedly, in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, the house of Pradip Chandra...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
After the tumultuous protests that ended with the exit of the prime minister, it is time to pick up the pieces. The economic fallout has been devastating to the economy and it is too early to put a figure on...
Wasi Ahmed | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
Globalisation as was known more than two decades back is now believed to have taken a tilt with geopolitics shaping things in a way quite different from what it was before. Economists consider this a transition of global order, especially...
The unprecedented bloody encounters between students and government forces of the past weeks that left a trail of devastation and deaths have finally put an end to the more than 15 years long authoritarian rule of Sheikh Hasina with her...
KHARTOUM, Aug 06 (AFP): Heavy rains have triggered building collapses that have killed nine people in northern Sudan, as the country reels from almost 16 months of fighting between rival security forces, a medic told AFP Tuesday."Nine people have died...
BAGHDAD, Aug 06 (AFP): A rocket attack on a base in Iraq wounded multiple US personnel, officials said, adding to already heightened regional tensions over an expected Iranian counterattack on Israel.The rocket fire on Monday was the latest in a...
COPENHAGEN, Aug 06 (AFP): A Polish man accused of drunkenly punching Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen goes on trial in Copenhagen on Tuesday, risking prison time and deportation if convicted.The suspect, whom Danish authorities have ruled cannot be named in...
MAIFADOUN, Aug 06 (BBC): Israel says it has carried out an air strike against what it said was a "military structure" used by the armed group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.The Lebanese health ministry said four people were killed in the...
LONDON, Aug 06 (BBC): The wave of violent unrest and disorder across parts of the UK continued on Monday night as police came under attack in Belfast, Darlington and Plymouth.Six people were arrested in Plymouth while several officers suffered minor...
MIAMI, Aug 06 (AFP): At least four people were killed as Tropical Storm Debby drenched Florida on Monday, threatening southeastern US states with heavy rainfall and catastrophic flooding.A 13-year-old boy died when a tree was blown onto a mobile home...
WASHINGTON, Aug 06 (AFP): Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate Tuesday, opting for the Minnesota governor as the partner most likely to complement her in a historic -- and bruising -- bid for the White House.Walz had...
NEW YORK, Aug 06 (Reuters/BBC): The United States has been urging other countries through diplomatic channels to tell Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday, at what Secretary...
MANIKGANJ, Aug 06 (BSS): Harvesting of jute is going on in full swing in all the seven upazilas of the district this season.Sources at the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) said a total of 4,765 hectares of land was brought...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Aug 06: Water lily, the national flower of the country, is usually seen during the rainy season when beels and haors, paddy fields, canals, ponds and lakes are full to the brim with water.During the rainy days, water lily...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Aug 06: The overall flood situation in the district has improved somewhat as the water levels of local rivers have started to decline.Sources said the water levels of Bakkhali and Matamuhuri rivers and Rejukhal have started to come...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2024-08-07 00:00:00
Bangladesh has implemented the Employment Injury Scheme Pilot (EIS-PILOT) to help compensate workers in the readymade garment (RMG) industry who sustain workplace injuries or lose their lives. This programme aims to give RMG employees and their families some measure of...
BENGALURU, Aug 05 (Reuters): India's Bharti Airtel reported first-quarter profit above expectations on Monday as more users paid for faster and higher margin 4G and 5G services.Consolidated net profit for the first quarter rose more than two fold to 41.60...
The final victory will be announced from the street, said Asif Mahmud, one of the coordinators of Anti-discrimination student movement, report agencies.He came up with the announcement while visiting the Channel 24 office on Monday evening.Meanwhile, amid the unfolding situation...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-06 12:00:00
Following the resignation of Sheikh Hasina as prime minister and her departure from Bangladesh, President Mohammed Shahabuddin has announced holding early elections by dissolving the Jatiya Sangdad (JS) and forming an interim government.After meeting with various political parties and representatives...
Chief of Army Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman in an address to the country's people said on Monday an interim government would be formed to run the country as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned from her post, reports BSS. "We have...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-06 00:00:00
An angry crowd set fire to Jabir International Residential Hotel in Jashore after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation on Monday, leaving 18 people dead and 30 injured. Among the deceased are Chaion, 20, and Sejan Hossain, 19. The identities of...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-06 00:00:00
BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Monday urged everyone to "remain calm and be patient" after her arch-rival Sheikh Hasina resigned as the prime minister in the face of nationwide protests. "Be patient and calm to protect your country, life...
RIYADH: Fruit, clothes and carpet exports helped Egypt reduce its trade balance deficit by 10.3 percent in May as imports also dropped, according to official data.Figures released by the north African country’s Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics showed...
MUMBAI, Aug 05 (Reuters): GooglePay, Walmart-backed PhonePe and AmazonPay are among five payment firms seeking to join the Indian central bank's digital currency pilot by offering transactions via the e-rupee, three sources directly involved in the discussions said.Indian fintech firms...
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