OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-11 00:00:00
SYLHET, June 10: The life-saving project for setting up 370 lightning arrester poles on the lightning-prone region in Sylhet division has not seen any light yet due to bureaucratic tangles.The Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) has undertaken the project involving...
A CORRESPONDENT | 2024-06-11 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, June 10: Rajshahi University (RU) killing field (Boddhobhumi), located on the eastern side of the university, is a witness to the brutal torture unleashed on the Bengalis by the Pakistani occupation forces during the 1971 Liberation War.The monument...
Entrepreneurs and businessmen are both essential parts of the business world, each with a different thought process. They create two distinct but significant values in the market. Entrepreneurs are more likely involved in innovation by creating new business ideas. They...
Investments in Bangladeshi startups fell substantially in the first quarter of 2024, down 70 per cent from the previous quarter and 82 per cent from the same period last year. Only four startups received venture capital funding, marking a considerable...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-06-11 00:00:00
After witnessing the destructive power of nuclear bombs that the USA dropped on Japanese cities of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) at the end of the World War II, the world came up with a deadly...
Zahid Huq | 2024-06-11 00:00:00
The main index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) shed 66 points to reach its 39-month low last Sunday, the first day after the presentation of the national budget for fiscal 2024-25 by Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali. Such...
It is common knowledge that street food is risky but few people are aware of the risks posed by salad restaurants, including even 3-star or 5-star, serve. Also how much risky these food items are is little known. A research...
Air pollution linked to 135mpremature deaths worldwideSINGAPORE, June 10: Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday. Weather phenomena like...
ISLAMABAD, June 10 (AFP): Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday offered a brief congratulations to his counterpart Narendra Modi on his re-election in rival India, almost a week after the results came in.Born out of the partition of British-ruled...
PARIS, June 10 (BBC): President Emmanuel Macron has called snap parliamentary elections later this month in the wake of a big victory for his rival Marine Le Pen's National Rally in the European Parliament vote.The far-right party is on course...
GAZA, June 10 (Reuters/AFP): A senior Hamas official urged the United States on Monday to pressure Israel to end the war in Gaza, ahead of the planned visit on Monday by the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the...
REASI, June 10 (BBC): Nine people have died and 33 injured after suspected militants fired on a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in the Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir, police officials said.Officials had initially said after the incident on...
LONDON, June 10 (Reuters): Copper recovered from five-week lows on Monday, bouncing from initial declines as market focus shifted to improving fundamentals.Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 0.6 per cent at $9,819 a metric ton by...
Gold prices regained some ground on Monday, after dropping the most in three-and-a-half years in the previous session, as data out of China and the US disappointed speculators betting on Chinese demand and an interest rate cut by the Federal...
BRUSSELS, June 10 (Reuters): The EU will sign a contract on Tuesday to secure over 40 million doses of a preventative avian flu vaccine for 15 countries with the first shipments heading to Finland, EU officials said on Monday.The deal...
LONDON, June 10 (Reuters): Robusta coffee futures on ICE were marginally lower on Monday as the market consolidated below last week's record high with slow exports from Vietnam ensuring supplies remained tight.September robusta coffee fell 0.1 per cent to $4,123...
LONDON, June 10 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Monday, buoyed by hopes of rising fuel demand this summer, though gains were capped by a strengthening of the dollar on receding expectations of imminent cuts to US interest rates.Goldman Sachs analysts...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2024-06-11 00:00:00
Except reduction in the rate of duty on chocolate there is a very little in the draft budget for the fiscal year 2024-2025 (FY25) that can be said to be a surprise. It was a foregone conclusion that the proposed...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2024-06-10 12:00:00
Block trades in assets in the portfolios of all mutual funds (MFs) managed by the country's largest private asset management company RACE will remain suspended until the regulatory body issues an order upon completing an investigation. The suspension order was...
WEMBLEY STADIUM, June 09 (BBC): The enduring image of Roberto Mancini and Gianluca Vialli embracing as Italy celebrated victory at Wembley Stadium on 11 July, 2021 will forever be etched in the minds of the nation.It was the culmination of...
ROME, June 09 (AFP): Yemaneberhan Crippa bagged Italy's sixth gold medal of the European championships when he won the half-marathon around the streets of Rome on Sunday in a home 1-2.The Ethiopian-born runner, who was adopted by an Italian couple...
OEIRAS, Portugal, Junr 09 (Reuters): Goals in each half by Luka Modric and Ante Budimir got Croatia a historic first win over Portugal in eight matches when they beat the hosts 2-1 in an international friendly on Saturday, as Cristiano...
TEXAS, June 09 (BBC): Teenage forward Endrick scored a stoppage-time winner as Brazil beat Mexico 3-2 in a Copa America warm-up match in Texas.The 17-year-old netted his third goal in as many appearances for Brazil as he headed in a...
England's T20 World Cup defence is already in danger after a damaging 36-run defeat by Australia in Barbados on Saturday, report agencies.England now will likely have to win their final two games against Oman and Namibia to have a chance...
PROVIDENCE, Guyana, June 09 (Agencies): Left-arm spinner Akeal Hosein's career-best figures of five for 11 decimated an inept Ugandan batting line-up as the West Indies romped to a 134-run victory in a Group C match of the T20 World Cup...
NEW YORK, June 09 (Agencies): Bangladesh hope that they will be able to put up a tough fight when they will take on South Africa in their second game of the T20 World Cup at the scenic Nassau County International...
GAZA, June 09 (BBC/Xinhua): The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says an Israeli raid on a refugee camp - which led to the rescue of four hostages - killed 274 people including children and other civilians.On Saturday Israel's forces, backed...
Neil Ray | 2024-06-10 12:00:00
Very good looking and suave, he made a favourable impression on all who watched him speaking softly, never betraying impatience and anger. The high positions he graced and the personality he cultivated seemed to be made for each other. He...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at many places over Rangpur, Sylhet, Rajshahi, Dhaka and Chattogram divisions in the 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Monday), according to the Met Office. The...
A Dhaka court on Sunday placed Kawsar Ali, who allegedly shot his colleague Monirul Islam to death while on duty in Baridhara diplomatic zone, on a seven-day remand, reports UNB.Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Shakil Ahmed passed the order when sub-inspector Md...
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