Standard Chartered Bangladesh has unveiled seven new agricultural research initiatives aimed at driving innovation and fostering community engagement in the country's agricultural sector. These research projects are part of the bank's ongoing efforts to support and enhance research in agriculture,...
The government will import 200,000 tonnes of rice and 400,000 tonnes of wheat within 15 days, reports UNB.The Advisory Committee on Economic Affairs (ACEA), in a meeting with Finance Advisor of the interim government Dr Salehuddin Ahmed in the chair,...
Cristiano Ronaldo's home country Portugal continues to find unique ways to honour the football legend who is known to be its greatest goal machine with no signs of slowing down anytime soon, report agencies.With over 130 goals for his national...
GALLE, Sri Lanka, Sept 18 (AFP): Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis scored a courageous century against New Zealand Wednesday as the hosts wrestled back the initiative to reach 302 for seven at stumps on the first day of the first Test.Sri...
Bangladesh have left out veteran all-rounder Rumana Ahmed from their squad for the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup. The Bangladesh Cricket Board has also named the uncapped duo of Taj Nehar and Disha Biswas in the 15-player squad announced on...
CHENNAI, India, Sept 18 (Agencies): A series sweep against Bangladesh will cement India's place atop the World Test Championship (WTC) standings but the team under Rohit Sharma are guarding against any complacency in the two-match home series beginning in Chennai...
Bangladesh are set to take on India in the 1st Test match at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai from today (Thursday) onwards. The weather forecast for the Test match, however, doesn't look too good at the moment, with rain...
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters): Copper prices ticked higher on Wednesday ahead of a widely expected rate cut by the US Federal Reserve, which investors bet will support metals demand.Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange CMCU3 was up 0.6 per...
NEW DELHI, Sept 18 (Reuters): India's cabinet has approved spending more than $4 billion to support farm incomes and blunt food price volatility until the fiscal year 2025/26, the information minister said on Wednesday.The cabinet also approved fertiliser subsidy of...
Gold prices gained on Wednesday, as investors awaited for the Federal Reserve to start its US monetary easing cycle for the first time in over four years, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 0.3 per cent to $2,577.75 per ounce as of...
LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters): Oil prices fell on Wednesday after two sessions of gains after an industry report showed increasing US crude and fuel inventories, offsetting rising tension in the Middle East and the potentially bullish impact of a US...
Storm toll rises to 23 in EuropePRAGUE, Sept 18: The toll from the extreme weather unleashed by Storm Boris in central and eastern Europe rose to at least 23 people, as Czech police said Wednesday they had found a fourth...
BEIJING, Sept 18 (AP): China on Wednesday announced sanctions on American companies selling arms to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory and threatens to annex by force.Chinese state media made the announcement, citing the...
WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (AFP): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for Sudan's warring parties to "re-engage" in peace talks and facilitate humanitarian access, in some of his most direct comments yet on the country's deadly conflict."I call on the...
GLASGOW, Sept 18 (AFP): When the Taliban banned women from attending university in Afghanistan, Zahra Hussaini thought her dream of becoming a doctor was over. Now, she is continuing her medical degree in Britain. "Coming to Scotland, it changed everything....
SRINAGAR, Sept 18 (AFP): Indian-administered Kashmir voted Wednesday in the first local elections since the cancellation of its special semi-autonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan.Many in the disputed Muslim-majority territory of...
AMMAN, Sept 18 (Reuters/AFP): Israel's Mossad spy agency planted explosives inside 5,000 pagers imported by Lebanese group Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.The operation was an unprecedented Hezbollah security breach that...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 18(AP/AFP): The U.N. General Assembly is considering a Palestinian resolution Tuesday demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year and calling for sanctions and an arms embargo against...
JASHORE, Sept 18 (UNB): Incessant rains for the last couple of days have flooded homesteads, cropland and fish enclosures, rendering around 8,500 people of 26 villages in Abhay-nagar upazila marooned.School grounds and house courtyards are flooded, with water levels reaching...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 18 (bdnews24.com): A man has died while trying to stop a clash between two families at a village in Gopal-ganj's Muksudpur. Five other people were injured in the clash.The incident occurred in Mohishtoli village in Nanikhir Union, said...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-19 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Sept 18: Shahrasti upazila of the district is witnessing an overwhelming crisis of pure drinking water in the flood aftermath, which has brought in unbearable suffering for a large number of residents.Local people are finding it very difficult to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-09-19 00:00:00
SYLHET, Sept 15: Four back-to-back spells of flood within a span of only four months from late May have caused damage to standing crops valued Tk8,183.3 million (Tk818.33 crore) in Sylhet division.Excessive rainfall and runoff from the upstream in Indian...
Recent events have placed Bangladesh in a delicate position between two of its major neighbours, India and China. China, one of the world's superpowers, has historically had a complicated relationship with Bangladesh. In August 1972, when Bangladesh sought membership in...
Bangladesh's financial sector stands on the brink of significant transformation as the newly formed interim government strives to restore stability. Due to mismanagement, unresolved debts, and widespread corruption, public confidence in the banking sector has been severely undermined. To tackle...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2024-09-19 00:00:00
The formation of six reform commissions by the present interim government, including one for public administration, is a step in the right direction. In fact, it was long overdue. However, scepticism is there about the success of these efforts, given...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2024-09-19 00:00:00
Much like the arteries and veins of the human body that carry essential blood to and from the heart, Bangladesh was once blessed with numerous rivers and canals that sustained the life of the nation, but not anymore. To say...
That the interim government's adviser for power, energy and mineral resources has sought the Swiss government's and business people's investment and technological assistance in Bangladesh's development, particularly in the area of transition to renewable energy is a focus more on...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-09-19 00:00:00
It is exhilarating to travel back to history. It is important for an individual to have a sense of history, for history defines our social and political attitudes to events around us. Not all of us have been around the...
To improve access to areas such as Mugda, Manda, Maya Kanon, Banasree, Meradia, Sipahi Bag, and Madartek from the business hub of Motijheel and adjacent areas a new railgate is needed halfway between Kamalapur Station and Khilgaon railgate. A large...
President of Bangladesh Workers Party and former civil aviation and tourism minister Rashed Khan Menon has been placed on a three-day remand for attacking Mirza Abbas, national standing committee member of BNP, during an election campaign in the city's Shegun...
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