RAJSHAHI, Oct 08 (BSS): Standing crops on around 369.52 hectares of land have allegedly been affected by inundation caused by the recent heavy rains in the district. The latest primary data given by the local office of the Department of...
OUR CORRESPONDENTCOX'S BAZAR, Oct 08: The beach town of Cox's Bazar has witnessed an overwhelming flow of tourists from different parts of the country, marking the weekend, tourism fair and beach carnivals.About six 0.6 million tourists flocked to Cox's Bazar...
CHENNAI, India, Oct 08 (Agencies): Australia opener David Warner on Sunday snatched Sachin Tendulkar's record for the fastest to reach 1,000 World Cup runs during the clash against India.Warner achieved the landmark in 19 innings in Chennai to better Tendulkar...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct 08 (AP): Lionel Messi's first season in Major League Soccer will end without a trip to the playoffs following Inter Miami's 1-0 loss to FC Cincinnati on Saturday night.Messi entered in the 55th minute and went...
BEIJING, Oct 08 (AFP): Iga Swiatek delivered a dominant performance to win the China Open on Sunday, crowning a resurgent run of form with a straight-sets win over Liudmila Samsonova in Beijing.The world number two triumphed 6-2, 6-2 to take...
HYDERABAD, India, Oct 08 (AFP): New Zealand captain Kane Williamson will miss Monday's World Cup clash against the Netherlands but is expected to return to the team later in the week, said coach Gary Stead on Sunday.Williamson is still recovering...
ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct 08 (Agencies): South Australia's Jake Fraser-McGurk has scored the fastest century in List A cricket, reaching the milestone in just 29 deliveries in a domestic one-day match against Tasmania on Sunday.Fraser-McGurk reached his hundred in the eighth...
Liam Livingstone has promised England will 'double down' on their attacking instincts as they prepare for tomorrow (Tuesday)'s World Cup clash with Bangladesh - a game that has taken on unexpectedly important proportions after their opening-night mauling by New Zealand,...
Australian PM tries to soothe fearsover Indigenous rights voteSYDNEY, Oct 08: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Sunday kicked off a last-ditch bid to convince sceptical voters to back a referendum on Indigenous rights, telling them they had "nothing to fear"....
CAIRO, Oct 08 (AP): An Egyptian policeman opened fire on Israeli tourists in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least two Israelis and one Egyptian, according to Egypt's Interior Ministry.Extra News television channel, which has close ties to Egyptian...
HONG KONG, Oct 08 (AFP): Hong Kong issued its third-highest storm warning signal-prompting the closure of some transport services and schools-on Sunday as Typhoon Koinu skirted the financial hub, bringing rains and powerful gusts.Koinu comes just a month after the...
GUWAHATI, Oct 08 (AFP): At least 77 people are confirmed dead in the floods that hit India's northeast, authorities said Sunday, with destroyed roads and bridges leaving thousands more still cut off despite waters receding.Violent torrents struck Sikkim state on...
WEST BANK, Oct 08 (BBC/Reuters/AFP): Fifty years on from the Yom Kippur War, which began with a surprise attack on Israel by Egypt and Syria, Palestinian militants have launched a major assault. This too was unexpected, on another Jewish holiday.Tensions...
RIYADH, Oct 08 (AFP): The president of the upcoming COP28 climate talks in Dubai called on Sunday for governments to abandon "fantasies" such as hastily ditching existing energy infrastructure in pursuit of climate goals."We cannot unplug the energy system of...
Donation of blood is an act of solidarity. It can save many people's life. Many youngsters are voluntarily participating in this noble act of blood donation. But still, we have a huge deficit of blood. Those who want to donate...
Tragedies do not seem to end in Afghanistan. The country has recently been hit by a devastating earthquake, second one in two months, killing and injuring hundreds of people. The death toll from the 6.3-magnitude earthquake in western Afghanistan is...
Neil Ray | 2023-10-09 00:00:00
The official formalities have reportedly been completed from the Bangladesh end for import of eggs from India and those are likely to arrive anytime this week. How should the news be received here? The question that should agitate probing minds...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-10-09 00:00:00
Members of the Islamist militant group, Hamas, carried out surprise attack in southern Israel amid a barrage of rocket fires from the Gaza strip. According to reports, the Hamas militants killed about hundred Israelis and injured 500 more. They also...
The latest leakage of the personal information of 55-million Bangladesh citizens in a data breach is highly alarming. It's shocking to learn about the cavalier manner in which the basic data of the country's citizens are stored under the supposedly...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-10-09 00:00:00
After largely failing to provide 0.7 per cent of their Gross National Income (GNI) in aid to developing countries for almost half a century since making the commitment, donor countries then promoted Blended Finance (BF) as a solution to the...
SDEROT (Israel) Oct 7 (AFP): Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a large-scale surprise attack against Israel on Saturday, firing thousands of rockets from Gaza and sending ground units to kill or abduct people as Israel retaliated with air strikes.At least...
NEW DELHI, Oct 07 (AFP): South Africa rewrote the record books on Saturday as they posted the highest ever World Cup total of 428 as Aiden Markram clubbed the fastest tournament century in just 49 balls against shell-shocked Sri Lanka.The...
Mehidy Hasan Miraz celebrates after scoring a half-century (50 runs) during the 2023 ICC Men's Cricket World Cup ODI match between Bangladesh and Afghanistan at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamsala on Saturday. He was adjudged player of...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-10-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 07: The test commissioning of Single Point Mooring (SPM) is likely to be held in the next month (November). Officials at the Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL) said the test transportation of crude petroleum will be held on November...
FE REPORTAt least 15 people were reported dead from dengue and 2,158 more hospitalised with the mosquito-borne diseases during the last 24 hours until Saturday morning.Of the total, eight fatalities were reported in Dhaka city while the remaining seven deaths...
Public dependency on the open market for US dollars has increased, where per dollar is being sold at Tk 120-121, reports UNB.The dollar crisis in the kerb market became more acute after Bangladesh Bank and law enforcers raided money changers...
The Ministry of Agriculture gave an opinion opposing the plan of importing potatoes aiming to control price in the domestic market, reports UNB.As a result, the Ministry of Commerce could not allow businessman to import potatoes.A senior official of the...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-10-08 00:00:00
The home textile of Bangladesh has suddenly lost momentum as its shipment has dropped significantly in the first quarter (Q1) of the current fiscal year, 2023-24, analysts said on Saturday.Despite a stirring performance in export earnings over the years, the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2023-10-08 00:00:00
The revenue board is set to offer tax benefits, including investment rebate and exemption, on contributions and incomes contributed to and derived from Universal Pension Scheme (UPS). The income tax wing of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) would issue...
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