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Gareth Southgate resigns as England boss after Euros final defeat

2024-07-17 00:00:00

Gareth Southgate resigned from his role as England manager on Tuesday after yet another heartbreaking final loss at the European Championship, their second straight failure in the title decider of the continental tournament, report agencies.England lost 2-1 to Spain in...

Tigresses aim for a semifinal spot

2024-07-17 00:00:00

Bangladesh captain Nigar Sultana said that they are aiming for a semifinal spot in the ACC Women's Asia Cup T20, reports UNB.Bangladesh, the former champions, have experienced a mixed bag of results over the last couple of years. Last year,...

Rishad not ready for Test: Shanto

2024-07-17 00:00:00

Nazmul Hossain Shanto, Bangladesh's all-format captain, on Tuesday said that young leg-spinner Rishad Hossain is not ready for Test cricket yet, reports Cricbuzz.Rishad's name had come up in discussion for the upcoming two-match Test series against Pakistan following his remarkable...

Woman turns self-reliant thru flower gardening

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-17 00:00:00

PABNA, July 16: A housewife has become a successful entrepreneur who earns a good sum of money every month from her flower garden she made on the rooftop of their house in Ishwardi municipality of the district.Jannatul Ferdous Juthi, wife...

Six get life-term for killing woman

2024-07-17 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, July 16 (BSS): A court here today sentenced six people to life-term imprisonment for killing a woman in Sadar upazila of the district in 2008.Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-1 Judge Md. Nurul Islam pronounced the verdict this afternoon.The...

Mother, child hit by train die in Joypurhat

2024-07-17 00:00:00

JOYPURHAT, July 16 (bdnews24.com): A woman and her five-year-old son have died after being rammed by a train in the Pachbibi upazila in Joypurhat.The accident occurred on Monday evening, said Faisal Bin Ahsan, chief of Pachbibi Police Station. However, detailed...

1,200 families become homeless in Rajshahi

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-07-17 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 16: As many as 6,000 people from 1,200 families at Chakrajapur Union of Bagha Upazila of the district have become homeless as the Padma riverbank erosion has turned alarming.Locals said three government primary schools have been relocated to...

News in Brief -2024-07-17

2024-07-17 00:00:00

Four killed in shooting near Oman mosqueMUSCAT, July 16: Four people were killed and multiple others wounded in a shooting near a Shiite mosque in the Omani capital Muscat, police said Tuesday, a rare attack in the otherwise stable Gulf...

Trump named Republican candidate, picks right-wing Vance as VP

2024-07-17 00:00:00

MILWAUKEE, July 16 (Agencies): Donald Trump won the formal nomination Monday as the Republican presidential candidate and picked a right-wing loyalist for his running mate, kicking off a triumphalist party convention in the wake of the weekend's failed assassination attempt.The...

More than 10m people displaced by Sudan war: IOM

2024-07-17 00:00:00

CAIRO, July 16 (Reuters): More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20 per cent of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday, as the world's largest...

28 killed in Pakistan two militant attacks

2024-07-17 00:00:00

KARACHI, July 16 (Reuters): Two separate attacks by militants on an army base and a health centre in northwest Pakistan killed 28 people, including 10 soldiers as well as female health workers and children, the military said on Tuesday.The attacks,...

Children among 50 killed in Israeli air attacks on Gaza IDP site, school

2024-07-17 00:00:00

CAIRO/GAZA July 16 (Reuters): Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and Palestinian health officials said at least 50 people were killed in Israeli bombardments of southern and central areas.The Palestinian Islamist militant...

Splash of colours in a grey city life

KHALID SAIFULLAH KHAN | 2024-07-17 00:00:00

Once upon a time…, no, not a king story, but there were melas, i.e., local fairs, even in big cities of Bangladesh, including Dhaka. The cities had a festive image year-round, from Baishakhi mela to Eid mela to Durga puja...

How often do you clean these household counters?

AFRA NAWMI | 2024-07-17 00:00:00

The thought of cleaning every day can be exhausting, especially after a long day at work. While most household cleaning tasks are saved for the weekends, a few things need more attention. What comes first? Of course, bedsheets.We spend at...

Being 'there' amidst the busyness of life

TAHSEEN NOWER PRACHI | 2024-07-17 00:00:00

Family and friendships are part of the things that define the individual as people. These connections are necessary to make sense if other mortal things would make sense. Success is a sure sport, and the race demands every effort and...

YouTube: A breeding ground of misinformation

2024-07-17 00:00:00

YouTube, a platform ostensibly dedicated to free speech and information sharing, has morphed into a breeding ground for misinformation, with alarming consequences for both users and advertisers. A recent study by Dismislab has exposed the platform's role in amplifying false...

Silent epidemic of online gambling

2024-07-17 00:00:00

We are living in a time when almost everyone has a smartphone in hand. Some foreign companies have set up online gambling sessions through various apps, tempting people and taking away their money. Although online gambling was not common in...

The bane of out-of-pocket health expenditure

Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-07-17 00:00:00

A study carried out recently by a researcher at the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) shows that "Out-of-Pocket (OOP) expenditure is one of the most noteworthy payment strategies for healthcare in Bangladesh and the share of the same has...

Recovering grabbed forest lands

Wasi Ahmed | 2024-07-17 00:00:00

Although it has been a wild guess that vast swathes of forest lands of the country are being grabbed every year, no statistics of the lost lands was available until an official statement weeks ago said that the government was...

Meeting post-graduation challenges facing the country

2024-07-17 00:00:00

As Bangladesh is all set for LDC graduation, it is imperative that it accelerated its efforts to meet the post-graduation challenges such as continued access to the various trade benefits including duty-free ones against its exports to the markets of...

Healthcare accessibility in rural BD

Matiur Rahman | 2024-07-17 00:00:00

Healthcare accessibility remains one of rural Bangladesh's most pressing and complex challenges. The country's rural population, which constitutes most of its populace, faces significant barriers to obtaining adequate healthcare services. These barriers stem from many factors, including geographical isolation, inadequate...

CPB expels Manzurul Ahsan Khan

2024-07-16 00:00:00

Former Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) president Manzurul Ahsan Khan, who was removed from the post of adviser and whose party membership was suspended for six months for violating party discipline, has been expelled from the party.Ruhin Hossain Prince, general...

BNP denounces BCL's attack on protestors

2024-07-16 00:00:00

BNP has strongly condemned the alleged attack by Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on common students protesting the quota system in government jobs at different parts of the country, including on the Dhaka University campus, reports UNB."They (students) have been successfully...

PM breaches oath thru comment on quota abolition: Rizvi

FE REPORT | 2024-07-16 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) said on Monday that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has breached her oath through her comments on the annulment of quota in government services in 2018.Earlier on Sunday, the Prime Minister told a press briefing at her...

PM urges Muslim community to be united against genocide in Gaza

2024-07-16 00:00:00

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has called on the Muslim community to be united against the genocide in Gaza, carried out by Israel, reports BSS."This (Genocide in Gaza) is not expected. We all should be united against the genocide in...

Hasina's imprisonment day today

2024-07-16 00:00:00

The imprisonment day of Awami League (AL) President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be observed in the country today (Tuesday), reports BSS.Sheikh Hasina was arrested from her Sudha Sadan residence at Dhanmondi in the city on July 16, 2007...

Won't allow anyone to create instability in country: Hasan

2024-07-16 00:00:00

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has said the government will not allow anyone to cause instability in the country, reports UNB.He said there is an effort to turn the anti-quota movement into an anti-state and anti-government movement by exploiting the...

Govt won't tolerate audacity of anti-liberation forces

2024-07-16 00:00:00

Awami League (AL) General Secretary has Obaidul Quader said the uproar of the defeated quarter of the Liberation War would not be accepted, reports BSS."The demand of expunging Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's comment is tantamount to audacity. The government won't...

Weather (2024-07-16)

2024-07-16 00:00:00

Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at a few places over Rangpur, Mymensingh, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions in the next 24:00 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office.It...

Six to die, seven get life for double murder in Cumilla

2024-07-16 00:00:00

CUMILLA, July 15 (UNB): A Cumilla court on Monday sentenced six people to death and seven others to life imprisonment for killing two people in 2016 over a land dispute.Cumilla Additional District and Session Judge Md Jahangir Hossain handed down...