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Sri Lanka to tour England for three Tests

2024-08-06 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Aug 05 (Agencies): Sri Lanka will tour England in August and September for a three-match Test series, the cricket board announced Monday.The 1st Test will be from August 21 in Manchester, with the 2nd at Lord's from August 29....

Former England batsman Thorpe dies aged 55

2024-08-06 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 05 (AFP): Former England batsman and coach Graham Thorpe has died at the age of 55, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Monday.Thorpe won 100 Test caps beteen 1993 and 2005 and scored 16 centuries...

Germany win triathlon mixed relay gold

2024-08-06 00:00:00

PARIS, Aug 05 (Reuters): Laura Lindemann won a thrilling sprint finish to give Germany gold in the Olympic triathlon mixed relay on Monday, outkicking the United States and Britain after highly-fancied France were scuppered by a bike crash on the...

How is a photo finish decided in Olympics?

2024-08-06 00:00:00

World champion Noah Lyles roared to victory in 9.79 seconds to claim gold in a dramatic men's Olympic 100m final in Paris on Sunday.Lyles won in the closest Olympic 100m finish in modern history as just five thousandths of a...

Dramatic fall costs Biles Olympics medal

2024-08-06 00:00:00

PARIS, Aug 05 (AP): No medal for Simone Biles on the balance beam this time.The American gymnastics star slipped and fell off the apparatus at the end of her acrobatic series during the Paris Games' beam finals Monday, denying her...

China's Zou Jingyuan retains parallel bars title

2024-08-06 00:00:00

PARIS, Aug 05 (Xinhua): Defending champion Zou Jingyuan overcame a shoulder injury to capture the men's parallel bars title on Monday for China's second gymnastics gold medal at Paris Olympics.Zou was only the third man to win two gold medals...

Average temperatures in 1960- 2024 rise by 2.5 degrees in Greece

2024-08-06 00:00:00

ATHENS, Aug 05 (AFP): Greece's national observatory on Monday said the country had recorded its warmest July on record, weeks after setting a similar milestone for June.Average temperatures between 1960 and 2024 have increased by 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.5 Fahrenheit)...

US military completes withdrawal from final base in Niger

2024-08-06 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Aug 05 (AFP): The US military has withdrawn its forces from its final base in Niger, the Pentagon said Monday, more than a year after military coup leaders in the African country told them to leave.The "withdrawal of US...

Philippines, Germany agree to broaden defence ties

2024-08-06 00:00:00

MANILA, Aug 05 (AFP): The Philippines and Germany have agreed to deepen military cooperation, their defence ministers said on Sunday, as Manila pushes back after a series of confrontations with China.German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Philippine counterpart Gilberto...

Two persons die in Israeli strike on Lebanon

2024-08-06 00:00:00

BEIRUT, Aug 05 (AFP): Lebanon's health ministry said two people were killed Monday in an Israeli strike on the country's south, where Hezbollah has been trading near-daily fire with Israel since the start of the Gaza war in October.Since last...

Cambodia links river to sea via canal

2024-08-06 00:00:00

PREK TAKEO, Aug 05 (AFP): Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday launched a controversial $1.7 billion canal project that aims to provide a new link from the Mekong River to the sea.Manet called the 180-kilometre (110-mile) project "historic" and...

Harris set to name VP pick

2024-08-06 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Aug 05 (AFP): Kamala Harris will name her running mate as soon as Monday, as she prepares for a tour of US battleground states aimed at turning excitement over her presidential bid into durable support that can power her...

Moves in Middle East defensive: US

2024-08-06 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Aug 05 (Reuters): The United States is deploying additional military might in the Middle East as a defensive measure with a goal of de-escalating tensions in the region, a White House official said on Sunday.Regional tensions have increased...

Kim calls for ceaseless expansion of N programme

2024-08-06 00:00:00

SEOUL, Aug 05 (AP): North Korea marked the delivery of 250 nuclear-capable missile launchers to frontline military units at a ceremony where leader Kim Jong Un called for a ceaseless expansion of his military's nuclear program to counter perceived U.S....

Hiroshima tragedy: a firsthand narrative by a survivor

Masud Karim | 2024-08-06 00:00:00

On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber rumbled in and dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 per cent of the Japanese city and immediately killed 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more...

Ensuring environmental sustainability

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Environmental sustainability is the practice of preserving natural resources and minimising environmental impact to ensure the well-being of current and future generations. It encompasses various aspects, including reducing carbon emissions, conserving water and energy, protecting biodiversity, and promoting renewable energy...

Youth must develop 21st century skills

2024-08-06 00:00:00

In Bangladesh, an increasing number of students are pursuing higher education without considering their future prospects. According to a survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), over 12 per cent of highly educated individuals are officially unemployed, with unofficial...

Plastic pollution - a silent scourge

2024-08-06 00:00:00

Polythene and plastic goods have become a daily necessity, and are widely used due to their affordability. However, its extensive use poses significant environmental and health risks. Polythene contributes to environmental degradation through river pollution, waterlogging, air pollution, and soil...

People resorting to panic buying

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-08-06 00:00:00

Far from easing off, the events surrounding the students' quota protests which have taken the new name with broader connotation, 'anti-discrimination students' movement, have been getting more violent. The encounters of the demonstrating students with the law-enforcers and the pro-government...

The economy needs lots of rebuilding

Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2024-08-06 00:00:00

The protests centring the anti-quota movement of the students have so far left more than 300 people dead and thousands injured in just 20 days across the country. The massiveness of the students' protests and the response to them by...

Supply chain disruption

2024-08-06 00:00:00

The proverbial 'last straw on the camel's back' could not be more apt for today's Bangladesh. Every aspect of life was adversely impacted by the turmoil the country found itself in over the non-political quota reform movement turning violent for...

Join movement to oust govt, says Fakhrul

FE REPORT | 2024-08-05 12:00:00

Extending complete support to the students' 'one-point demand' for the resignation of the government, Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( BNP) has fervently called upon the countrymen to join the ongoing movement and topple the government. "Today we extend our full support...

Chattogram port starts new FY with slight container drop

FE REPORT | 2024-08-05 12:00:00

The Chattogram port has begun the new financial year with a slight decline in container handling due to disruptions caused by nationwide unrest.The prime seaport of the country handled 235,811 Twenty-foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) of containers in July, a 1.33...

Traffic thin on Dhaka streets

2024-08-05 00:00:00

The 'all-out non-cooperation' called by Anti-Discrimination Student Movement got underway in the country, including capital Dhaka, since Sunday morning, paralysing normal life, reports UNB.The disruption of traffic movement caused immense sufferings to commuters on the first working day of the...

Courts closed sine die

2024-08-05 00:00:00

In response to the current curfew related to ongoing protests, Chief Justice (CJ) Obaidul Hasan has declared that all courts across the country will remain closed indefinitely, reports UNB.On August 4, the Supreme Court administration issued a separate notification under...

100 hurt in clash with police near National Press Club

2024-08-05 00:00:00

At least 100 people were injured in a clash between the Sommilito Peshajibi Parishad and police in front of the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Sunday, as the 'all-out non-cooperation' programme called by the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement was...

JU students, teachers demonstrate, block highway

JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-05 00:00:00

As part of the 'Non-Cooperation Movement' initiated by the Anti-discrimination Student Movement, several thousand students, teachers, guardians, and members of the civil society staged a demonstration on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in front of Jahangirnagar University's (JU) main gate on Sunday.They...

OUST-GOVT PROTEST & RETALIATION - IN THE CAPITAL ON SUNDAY

2024-08-05 00:00:00

(Clockwise, from left-top): A procession of students and guardians crossing the road in front of Notre Dame College at Arambag; an armed group chasing some protesters (not in the frame) at Purana Paltan intersection; a group of protesters on vigil...

Live ammunition only for riots as last resort: HC

FE REPORT | 2024-08-05 00:00:00

The High Court (HC) on Sunday said police can only use live ammunition as a last resort to control riots that cannot be quelled by other means, such as rubber bullets or tear gas.The court said police must act within...

Rizvi, Parwar, four others sent to jail

2024-08-05 00:00:00

A court here on Sunday sent six leaders of BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami to jail in a case lodged over vandalising and setting Setu Bhaban in the capital's Banani area on fire on July 18, reports BSS.The six accused are BNP...