COLOMBO, Feb 13 (AFP): Zimbabwe beat a depleted Australia by 23 runs on Friday in Colombo to pull off the biggest shock of the T20 World Cup so far.After posting 169-2 in their 20 overs, thanks mainly to Brian Bennett's...
COLOMBO, Feb 13 (AFP): Excitement was hitting fever pitch in Colombo and across South Asia on Friday after Pakistan relented and decided to play against India in the T20 World Cup, reigniting the most lucrative match in cricket.The hottest tickets...
DUBAI, Feb 12 (Reuters): Saudi Arabia appointed a senior executive at its sovereign wealth fund, Fahd bin Abduljalil bin Ali al Saif, as its new investment minister on Thursday as part of a shift in the Gulf state's far-reaching economic...
The capital city's Motijheel Commercial Area gives almost a deserted look on Friday following the 13th parliamentary election held on Thursday. The country saw a four-day holiday including the weekend.
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 13 (Reuters): Argentina's Senate approved President Javier Milei's flagship labor reform bill early on Thursday, marking a key advance for the libertarian leader's sweeping economic agenda.After debating the measure for more than 13 hours, lawmakers voted 42...
LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters): Ukraine expects its new $8.2 billion programme with the International Monetary Fund to be formally approved in weeks, its debt chief has told Reuters, a telegraphed but symbolic step, with the war with Russia about to...
REZAUL KARIM | 2026-02-14 00:00:00
Local refiners have sought an upward adjustment of edible oil prices amid forecast of decline in prices of the item in the international market, sources said.In a letter sent to Ministry of Commerce (MoC), the Bangladesh Vegetable Oil Refiners' and...
SM Najmus Sakib | 2026-02-14 00:00:00
People in Bangladesh are growingly infected with fatal diseases like cancer as food adulteration and environment pollution go uncontrolled and create a situation of living steeped in cancer-causing elements, experts say. They find a toxic chain developed from agriculture to...
Foreign direct investment plays a pivotal role in growing a nation's economy, especially in the case of emerging countries like Bangladesh. A rapidly growing economy with a vast number of workers, FDI is the fuel for the nation's industries, technological...
Developing Bangladesh's bond market requires clear policy guidelines to facilitate investment and ensure market confidence. Currently, financial institutions such as banks and NBFIs must seek pre-approval from the SEC, while bond issuance-even private placements-requires Bangladesh Bank's permission. Establishing a framework...
Tanim Asjad | 2026-02-14 00:00:00
Spring, Basanta, starts today in Bangladesh as winter recedes, leaving a modest touch of Nature, reminding poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay's famous stanzas: "Phool Phutuk, Na Phutuk/Aj Bosonto" ( It is spring today, no matter if flowers bloom or not). In the...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2026-02-14 00:00:00
Why is the price of gold swinging so sharply in Bangladesh? The most common explanation is both simple and unsatisfying. Prices move because the global market moves. Since Bangladesh neither sets nor significantly influences international prices, its domestic market ends...
The people of Bangladesh, who practically remained disenfranchised for more than one and a half decades under the ruthlessly autocratic regime of Sheikh Hasina, could finally cast their ballots last Thursday (February 12, 2026) to elect the 13th Jatiya Sangsad...
Anita Gazi Rahman | 2026-02-14 00:00:00
Directors are indispensable to modern capital markets, yet in Bangladesh their office too often becomes a mix of confused duties, open-ended liability and regulatory arbitrariness. Directors – sponsor directors, nominee directors and independent director – are commonly accepted concepts in...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2026-02-14 00:00:00
The Thirteenth Jatiya Sangsad (JS) Election has been held alongside a referendum on the question of reforming the governance framework. The election was held in a festive atmosphere across the country with spontaneous participation of people irrespective of their age,...
The National Citizen Party (NCP) says voting in the parliamentary election and referendum was "satisfactory" until 12pm, alleging that complaints have since emerged from across the country, reports bdnews24.com.Monira Sharmin, secretary of the party's electioneering committee, said NCP polling agents...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-13 12:00:00
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman has alleged that results of a number of constituencies were not being declared."We are certain as we have signed papers that show that we (Jamaat alliance candidates) are leading. But the outcome of the...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-13 12:00:00
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday expressed confidence that it would form the government by securing more than two-thirds of the seats in the 13th parliamentary election.Dr Mahdi Amin, spokesperson for the party's central election management committee, made the...
FE REPORT | 2026-02-13 12:00:00
An unprecedented journey for a "new Bangladesh" begins with the holding of parliamentary election and a landmark constitutional referendum in a "peaceful, orderly and festive atmosphere", says Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus.The head of the post-uprising interim government made the...
MIR MOSTAFIZUR RAHAMAN | 2026-02-13 12:00:00
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) -led coalition was poised for winning Thursday's general election by a landslide majority to lead Bangladesh's post-uprising democratic transition. According to available unofficial results from 234 constituencies of the 300-seat parliament on stake, the BNP coalition...
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 12 (Reuters): Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the skeleton competition at the Winter Games on Thursday over his "helmet of remembrance" depicting athletes killed since Russia's invasion despite a personal appeal from a tearful IOC...
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 12 (BSS): Celebrity cricketer Tamim Iqbal cast his vote for the first time on Thursday at Regional Public Administration Training Center (RPATC) in the port city at around 11 am."For the first time I have cast my vote...
Mohammad Nabi, the Afghanistan all-rounder, has been fined 15 percent of his match fees for disobeying the umpire's decision during his team's match against South Africa on Wednesday, reports Cricbuzz.The incident took place in the 14th over of Afghanistan's innings...
MUMBAI, India, Feb 12 (AFP): Spinners Crishan Kalugamage and Ben Manenti helped debutants Italy to a historic first win at the cricket T20 World Cup with a 10-wicket hammering of Nepal on Thursday.Kalugamage (3-18) and Manenti (2-9) combined to bowl...
BENGALURU, Feb 12 (Reuters): Oman's Aamir Kaleem has become the oldest player ever to play in a Twenty20 World Cup, but the 44-year-old veteran insists he's far from finished and is determined to keep pushing for his country's success.Kaleem achieved...
KANDY, Sri Lanka, Feb 12 (Agencies): Dasun Shanaka hammered the fastest half-century by a Sri Lankan in T20Is as the co-hosts thrashed Oman by 105 runs at the World Cup on Thursday in Pallekele for their second win in Group...
The 13th parliamentary election was held amid popular enthusiasm throughout the country on Thursday. People cast their ballots for their preferred candidates without any hindrance. The following are some of the snapshots taken during the polls. (Anti-clockwise from top right)...
CUMILLA, Feb 12 (BSS): Demonstrating remarkable determination and civic commitment, 110-year-old Hafizur Rahman cast his vote in the national election on Thursday morning at the Chawara Madrasa polling centre in Cumilla Sadar Dakshin upazila.Despite his advanced age and physical frailty,...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Sona Shrestha as Director General of its South Asia Department (SARD), where she will lead the development and implementation of ADB's strategy and operations in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka,...
The Department of Psychology at Jagannath University (JnU) organised a seminar titled "Student-Parent Motivation: A Community Outreach Programme" on the university campus in the city recently. The event was held as part of the University Grants Commission (UGC)-funded HEAT (Higher...
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