HAMBURG, Dec 18 (Reuters): Chicago soybeans and crop fell on Monday with more rain forecast for dry crops in Brazil, although robust demand for US soy supplies limited falls.Wheat dropped with US export prospects looking difficult against competition from cheap...
Carew & Co (Bangladesh) Ltd. has kicked off the sugarcane crushing programme at its sugar mill at Darshana in Chuadanga recently. Chairman of Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) Sheikh Shoebul Alam inaugurated the sugarcane crushing season on the...
LONDON, Dec 18 (Reuters): Oil rose more than 1 per cent on Monday as attacks by the Houthis on ships in the Red Sea raised concerns of oil supply disruptions, although ample supply and scepticism around Russia's plan to cut...
PARIS, Dec 18 (AFP): Holders Manchester City were handed a tie against FC Copenhagen in Monday's draw for the Champions League last 16, from which the meeting of last season's runners-up Inter Milan and Atletico Madrid appears the standout tie.Pep...
Kyle Jamieson will sit out the second and third ODIs against Bangladesh "and will instead have a period of rest" ahead of the three-match T20 series. Meanwhile, Finn Allen has also been taken out of the squad for the second...
Harry Kane continued his superb scoring form by breaking yet another record in Bayern Munich's 3-0 win against Stuttgart on Sunday, according t CNN Sports.The 30-year-old Kane scored two goals in the game, his second making him the quickest player...
Chief of Army Staff of the Bangladesh Army and KGC President General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed SBP (BAR), OSP, ndu, psc, PhD posing with the winners of the ABG Bashundhara Bijoy Dibosh Golf Tournament 2023 during a closing and prize giving...
Coming from behind, a 10-man Bashundhara Kings clinched the Independence Cup trophy for the 2nd consecutive time beating Federation Cup champions Dhaka Mohammedan SC by 2-1 goal in the final al the Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani Stadium in Gopalganj on...
SYLHET, Dec 17 (UNB): Two men were killed in a head-on collision between their motorcycles on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway on Saturday night.The deceased were identified as Al-Amin, 25, resident of Shantinagar village of Gowainghat upazila, and Shakil Ahmed Imon, 30,...
SIRAJGANJ, Dec 18 (UNB): The north-western district of Sirajganj is experiencing an alarming rise in cold and fever cases amidst a cold wave and dense fog. This increase is particularly noted in the district's clinics and hospitals.Remarkably, the influx of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 18: The local administration has imposed a ban on all forms of gathering and celebrations outdoors in Cox's Bazar marking the Holy Christmas and on the eve of the Happy New Year (2024). Security will be tightened...
Iraqis vote in provincial elections BAGHDAD, Dec 18: Iraqis voted Monday in the first provincial council elections in a decade, which are expected to strengthen powerful pro-Iran Shiite Muslim groups. The vote comes at a time of widespread public disillusionment...
JERUSALEM, Dec 18 (AFP/AP): The group Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday accused the Israeli government of intentionally starving civilians in Gaza as part of its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory."The Israeli government is using starvation of civilians as...
HONG KONG, Dec 18 (BBC): Pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has gone on trial in Hong Kong on charges of breaching national security and colluding with foreign forces.Mr Lai, 76, denies all the charges. Jailed since December 2020, he faces...
NEW YORK, Dec 18 (Reuters): President Joe Biden was safe on Sunday night after a car collided with a motorcade SUV that was part of the president's security detail, a Reuters witness said.Biden had just left his campaign headquarters with...
PYONGYANG, Dec 18 (Reuters): North Korea fired an ICBM-class missile on Monday with a range capable of reaching anywhere in the United States, a Japanese official said, marking its second missile launch in hours as Pyongyang condemned a US-led show...
KOCHI, Dec 18 (BBC): India's Kerala state has asked people to stay cautious but urged them not to panic after an increase in Covid cases. The southern state has witnessed the increase after the detection of JN.1, a sub-variant of...
An acute accommodation crisis has been prevailing in the country's public universities. The housing problem is deepening day by day mainly for the new entrants. Only 43.25 per cent of the students of the public universities are getting accommodation facility,...
Delivering school textbooks on time is no doubt a success for the government. But in recent years, it has failed to deliver all new textbooks to the students on the first day of January. A similar situation is likely to...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
Role of trees in protecting environment, helping animals to survive by releasing oxygen into the air and providing shade to keep earth surface cooler is well-known. These are too familiar truths to repeat. But humans often forget some familiar truths...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
A good example of change relating to culture may seem funny or ironic but nowadays when people go to the Shaheed Minar, they think as much about when they will be able to push the jam and return home and...
That migrant workers after years of hard labour abroad have to face difficulty reintegrating into society after returning home is, sadly, a cruel irony. For it is to be better off financially that those people go abroad, but often find...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2023-12-19 00:00:00
A recent World Bank report (October 4, 2023) says, "Bangladesh has strong track record of growth and development, even in times of elevated global uncertainty. A robust demographic dividend, strong ready-made garment (RMG) exports, resilient remittance inflows, and a stable...
BEIJING, Dec 17 (Reuters): Nissan Motor said on Sunday it would sell China-developed electric vehicles (EVs) globally as it struck a deal with the country's top university to leverage local resources to accelerate research and development on electrification.The Japanese automaker...
SHANGHAI, Dec 17 (Reuters): More Chinese agencies and state-backed companies across the country have asked their staff to not bring Apple iPhones and other foreign devices to work, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. For...
SYDNEY, Dec 17 (Reuters): Bankers in Asian equity capital markets are hopeful of a better year in 2024 after a dismal showing for IPOs this year, noting that interest rates have stabilised globally but they add that elections across the...
Bank Asia Limited recently organised the annual 'AML & CFT Conference 2023' to enhance anti-money laundering and ant-terror financing knowledge and raise awareness among the employees. Shafiuzzaman, president and managing director (current charge), was present as the chief guest, while...
Modhumoti Bank Limited inaugurated its 49th branch at Jhikargacha in Jashore on Sunday. A Mannan Khan, director of Modhumoti Bank, inaugurated the branch as the chief guest. Md Shafiul Azam, managing director and CEO of the bank, presided over the...
Different banks, government agencies and other entities placed wreaths at the National Memorial at Savar, at the portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Dhanmondi in Dhaka and at their head offices and other places, and at other memorials to...
MOHAMMAD MUFAZZAL | 2023-12-18 00:00:00
Diversifying its offerings to cater to the varying appetite for risks and returns, Prime Bank Investment Ltd (PBIL) unveiled five new discretionary products in October.The leading investment bank says these products allow them to meet the diverse needs of investors...
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