Persistent rain allowed no play, not even the toss, on the first day of the second Test between Pakistan and Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. The umpires had an inspection at noon, even though the rain had not stopped, and called it...
Bangladesh National Football team reached Bhutanese capital Thimphu on Friday to play two FIFA International Friendlies against hosts Bhutan on September 05 and 08, reports UNB.Earlier, Bangladesh Football team left Dhaka for Thimphu.The Spanish Head Coach of Bangladesh National Football...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) director and chairman of the Women's Cricket Committee Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel resigned from the post during the board meeting on Thursday, reports UNB. The newly elected BCB President, Faruque Ahmed, chaired the board meeting.Nadel is...
Russian attack kills two, injures 11 in Ukraine's SumyKYIV, Aug 30: A Russian attack overnight damaged a factory in Ukraine's northern city of Sumy, killed two women and injured at least 11 people, Ukrainian authorities said on Friday. Ukraine's Prosecutor...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 30 (Reuters): Israel's military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for the first round of vaccination of 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO...
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (Reuters/BBC): Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the US southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee...
SYDNEY, Aug 30 (Reuters): The Pacific Islands Forum has endorsed a plan to boost police numbers among its members, cutting the need to rely on external forces in a crisis, with China security ally Solomon Islands supporting the Australian-funded initiative...
The recent clamour in Bangladesh over India causing floods by releasing water from its dams has been debunked by credible fact-checking sources, including DW. It confirmed that many of the videos allegedly showing water releases from the Dumbur Dam were,...
The interim government is currently focused on overhauling the entire system. As time progresses, the extent of the irregularities plaguing our state-owned institutions is becoming increasingly apparent. Addressing these issues is a lengthy process. Recently, people from various sectors have...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
It is heartening to find that hundreds and thousands of people, especially younger ones, have joined their hands to mobilise relief materials for the flood-affected people in the country's south-eastern part. People enthusiastically donate money, clothes, dry foods, bottled water,...
Life expectancy at birth predicts how long a newborn baby is expected to live. Obviously, such predictability in large measure depends on the overall health condition of the population in question. Admittedly, the healthier a population is the greater the...
Washim Ahmed from Toronto, Canada | 2024-08-31 00:00:00
In early 2020, Bangladesh was thrust into the global spotlight as several high-profile financial crimes came to light, igniting widespread outrage across the nation and among the Bangladeshi diaspora abroad, particularly in Canada. While money laundering and illicit money transfers...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-08-30 12:00:00
It was the time of explosion in British India and anti-British movements were getting in high gear across the sub-continent. Bengal was no exception. As series of events like the Jalianwallah Bag massacre in 1919, Khilafat Movement in 1920 and...
RIYADH, Aug 29 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia witnessed a 38 per cent rise in real estate transactions during the first half of the year, reaching 106,700 deals with a total value of around SR127.3 billion ($33.9 billion), according to Knight...
FRANKFURT, Aug 29 (AFP): German inflation fell to its lowest level in more than three years in August, official data showed Thursday, strengthening the case for another interest rate cut by the European Central Bank next month.The annual inflation rate...
COLOMBO, Aug 29 (AFP): Sri Lanka had no option but to agree to an International Monetary Fund bailout that required tough austerity measures, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said Thursday as he launched his re-election campaign.An unprecedented economic crisis two years ago...
WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters): The US Defence Department, NASA and other government agencies funded research that led to more than 1,000 US patents for China-based inventors since 2010, including in sensitive fields such as biotechnology and semiconductors, data from the...
Directors and employees of ABC Group, a renowned organisation of construction industry, have recently donated their one day's salary to the Chief Adviser’s Relief and Welfare Fund for flood victims and also distributed Emergency Relief Supplies through the armed forces.
In order to help and rehabilitate the people affected by the flood, the employees of ICB have donated their one-day salary to the relief and welfare fund of the Chief Advisor. Md. Anwar Shamim, General Manager of ICB, handed over...
A meeting of the Board of Directors of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC was held on Thursday at Islami Bank Tower. Md. Obayed Ullah Al Masud, Chairman of the bank, presided over the meeting. Mohammad Khurshid Wahab, Md. Abdul Jalil, Professor...
MADRID, Aug 29 (AFP) : Spain's inflation rate fell in August for the third consecutive month as fuel and food prices eased, preliminary official data showed Thursday.Consumer prices rose 2.2 percent on an annual basis, down from 2.8 percent in...
A total of 416 mobile towers out of 14,551 in eleven flood affected district have remained out of order due to flood, according to the Bangladesh Telecommunications and Regulatory Commission (BTRC).The districts are Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria, Chattogram, Khagrachhari,...
Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) employees have donated their one day's salary to the Chief Adviser's Relief and Welfare Fund for distribution among the flood victims, reports BSS.Considering the severity of the ongoing devastating floods in the country, BEPZA...
The Association of Bankers Bangladesh Limited (ABB) has announced the contribution of Tk 20 million (2.0 crore) for flood relief and medical treatment of students and other individuals wounded during the recent movement, says a press release. ABB, in its...
Dhaka Bank donated Tk 20 million (2.0 crore) to Chief Adviser's Relief & Welfare Fund part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR), says a press release. Dhaka Bank PLC's this substantial contribution underscores its deep commitment to community welfare and...
Salahuddin Alamgir CIP, Chairman & CEO of Labib Group, was unanimously elected as Chairman of the Executive Committee of Modhumoti Bank PLC by the Board of Directors in its 79th meeting held on Wednesday at its headquarters. Mr. Alamgir is...
The construction of the third terminal at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka is set to be completed by October this year, with flight operations expected to begin in early 2025, officials from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB)...
Bangladesh Bank will donate Tk 50 million (5 crore) to the foundation formed for those injured and killed in the recent student movement for quota reform and the fall of the autocratic government, reports UNB.Besides, the central bank will also...
Prime Bank PLC, a leading financial institution committed to innovation and customer-centric financial solutions, has signed a partnership with Toyota-Navana Limited, an authorised distributor of brand new Toyota vehicles in Bangladesh. Recently a signing ceremony was held between these two...
FE REPORT | 2024-08-30 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) will conduct a thorough study to see whether the farm credit goes to actual farmers, central bank governor Dr Ahsan H. Mansur has said.The chief of the banking regulator said they often received allegations that the real...
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