To integrate underprivileged children into cultural life and to give them hope for the future, Summit has pledged grants to Music for Development (MfD) programme of Shurer Dhara, says a press release. Mozammel Hossain, Managing Director of Summit Power Ltd...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex trade body of the country, opened its branch office at Gulshan in the capital on Monday, says a press release.Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman F...
The UK and Republic of Ireland are set to be announced as hosts of the 2028 European Championships at a UEFA meeting in Switzerland today (Tuesday), according to BBC Sport.The five-nation bid is now running unopposed after Turkey withdrew from...
NEW DELHI, Oct 09 (AFP): India batsman Shubman Gill has not recovered from dengue fever and will miss his team's second World Cup match against Afghanistan, officials said Monday.Gill sat out the hosts' six-wicket victory against Australia in Chennai on...
Cricket fans enjoying a World Cup match live on the giant screen on the Dhaka University (DU) campus in the city. Nagad, a Bangladeshi Digital Financial Service, has set up the giant LED screen at the TSC. The university authorities...
Players of Royal Oranje FC, a specialised 7-a side football club of the country, posing with the trophy after winning the Hua Hin 7's International Club Cup tournament in Thailand. The 7-a side international football tournament supported by Thai Football...
LONDON, Oct 09 (Reuters): Arsenal substitute Gabriel Martinelli fired a deflected last-gasp winner to earn a 1-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday, a result that moved Mikel Arteta's side level on points with North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur atop...
HYDERABAD, Oct 09 (PTI) The win against the Netherlands wasn't the most convincing but an inconsistent and mercurial Pakistan will still fancy their chances against a bruised and battered Sri Lanka in the World Cup match here on Tuesday.If their...
DHARAMSALA, India, Oct 09 (AFP): England captain Jos Buttler has his "fingers crossed" that players avoid serious injury in their World Cup clash against Bangladesh on a Dharamsala surface he described as "poor".The notoriously sandy and bare outfield at the...
Ahead of their second ICC World Cup 2023 clash against England, Bangladesh's spin bowling coach, Rangana Herath, underlined their aim for another victory akin to their performance against Afghanistan, report agencies. Herath stressed the team's intent to replicate the brand...
MOSCOW, Oct 9 (Reuters): Russia, the world's top seaborne exporter of diesel just ahead of the United States, resumed exports of the fuel on Monday after it lifted its ban on most fuel exports following a decline in domestic wholesale...
Gold prices rose more than 1.0 per cent on Monday as the military conflict between Israeli forces and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas raised political uncertainty in the Middle East, prompting safe-haven buying of investments like bullion, reports Reuters.Israel pounded the...
HAMBURG, Oct 9 (Reuters): Chicago wheat, corn and soybean futures rose on Monday on geo-political tensions as military clashes between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas generated fears of a wider conflict in the Middle East.Rises in corn and...
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters): Oil prices surged more than 3 per cent on Monday as military clashes between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas ignited fears that a wider conflict could impact oil supply from the Middle East.Brent crude...
MYMENSINGH, Oct 09 (BSS): Two female workers of a readymade garment factory were killed in a road accident near Kanhor Model School on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway under Trishal upazila of the district on Monday morning. The deceased were identified as...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 09 (BSS): Ensuring free flow of information can be the best way of establishing accountability and good governance everywhere in the society.Unhindered flow of information by all government and non-government organisations concerned needs to be ensured for expediting...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-10-10 00:00:00
BOGURA, Oct 09: The people of northern region including Bogura and Sirajganj districts have now started to see the ray of hope as the construction of Bangabandhu Railway Bridge is now progressing at a rapid pace. Meanwhile, about 80 per...
PHNOM PENH, Oct 09 (AFP): A 50-year-old man has died from bird flu in Cambodia, the health ministry said on Sunday, the second death from the virus recorded in the country this year.The World Health Organization has called for vigilance...
MANAUS, Oct 09 (AP): Communities dependent on the Amazon rainforest's waterways are stranded without supply of fuel, food or filtered water. Dozens of river dolphins perished and washed up on shore. And thousands of lifeless fish float on the water's...
NEW DELHI, Oct 09 (BBC): Last week, Sarah Sunny made history after she became India's first deaf lawyer to argue in the country's Supreme Court. A resident of the southern city of Bengaluru (formerly Bangalore), Ms Sunny has been practising...
BERLIN, Oct 09 (BBC): After key regional elections on Sunday in Germany conservatives and right-wing populists are celebrating. But the results are a blow for all three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz' left-wing-led national coalition. The ramifications will be felt...
KASHKAK, Oct 09 (AFP): Rescue workers were digging Monday for families still trapped in the rubble of their ruined homes, two days after a series of earthquakes that killed more than 2,000 people in rural western Afghanistan."People are trying to...
MOSCOW, Oct 09 (AFP/Reuters): Russia said Monday that creating a Palestinian state is the "most reliable" solution for peace and that fighting terrorism alone would not ensure security.Creating a "Palestinian state that would live side by side with Israel.. is...
YAOUNDE, Oct 09 (BBC): At least 27 people have been killed in landslides caused by heavy rains in Cameroon's capital Yaoundé, the emergency services have said. A local radio station put the death toll at 40, saying that many people...
The world is at a tipping point. The pandemic left a toxic legacy of spiralling poverty, debt distress, and inequality, all amid a worsening cost-of-living crisis. Even more alarming is climate change, a long-term existential threat that is already wrecking...
Today is the World Mental Health Day, a day for global mental health education, awareness and advocacy. This day is celebrated amid events to raise awareness about mental health across the world. This year's theme of the day is 'mental...
Onion is an essential cooking ingredient in Bangladesh. However, it often gets pricier since we are largely dependent on imported onions. Currently, the price of onion has increased again at an unbearable rate. The government has meanwhile fixed the price...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-10-10 00:00:00
The government, to stabilise the volatile egg market, first fixed the price of egg at Tk 12 apiece on September 14. The Directorate of National Consumers' Right Protection (DNCRP) and the administration were given the task of monitoring and enforcing...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-10-10 00:00:00
Every time an over 5 magnitude earthquake jolts Bangladesh, panicky people discover themselves in the grip of fright. However, this state of insidious anxieties is eventually replaced by a spell of oblivion. After yet another mild earthquake (5.2) was felt...
The Universal Pension Scheme (UPS) is certainly a bold and highly useful saving instrument ---one that guarantees financial security particularly for the small savers who are not covered by any effective contributory scheme allowing them any such benefit in their...
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