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Riyadh won't recognise Israel sans path to Palestinian state

2024-01-23 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, Jan 22 (AP): Saudi Arabia's foreign minister says the kingdom will not normalize relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza's reconstruction without a credible pathway to a Palestinian state.Prince Faisal bin Farhan's remarks in an interview with CNN broadcast...

China landslide leaves 47 dead

2024-01-23 00:00:00

BEIJING, Jan 22 (AP): A landslide in southwestern China's mountainous Yunnan province early Monday buried 47 people and forced the evacuation of 200 more amid freezing temperatures and falling snow.The disaster struck just before 6 a.m. in the village of...

Japan 'worry' as Mitoma misses training ahead of Asian Cup clash

2024-01-23 00:00:00

DOHA, Jan 22 (AFP): Kaoru Mitoma did not train with his Japan team-mates on Monday ahead of their Asian Cup group decider against Indonesia, with defender Ko Itakura admitting it was "a worry".The Brighton winger has not played since hurting...

Palestine eye 'historic' win to keep Asian Cup hopes alive

2024-01-23 00:00:00

DOHA, Jan 22 (AFP): Forward Tamer Seyam and his teammates "want to make a historic achievement for Palestine" when they face Hong Kong on Tuesday at the Asian Cup, where a first win ever at the tournament could propel them...

Medvedev 'ready' to make Australian Open title breakthrough

2024-01-23 00:00:00

MELBOURNE, Jan 22 (AFP): Two-time runner-up Daniil Medvedev said Monday he is good enough to take the next step and go all the way to the title at the Australian Open this year.The Russian overcame stubborn resistance from Portugal's Nuno...

Kohli opts out of first two England Tests: BCCI

2024-01-23 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Jan 22 (AFP): India's Virat Kohli will miss the first two Tests against England due to "personal reasons", the country's cricket board said on Monday.The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will name a replacement soon...

DU Shamsun Nahar Hall annual sports contest held

2024-01-23 00:00:00

Juairiya Ferdous of Mass Communication and Journalism Department emerged champion in the Shamsun Nahar Hall Annual Sports Competition of Dhaka University (DU) held at University Central playground on Monday, reports UNB.Nilufa Yesmin of History Department finished runner-up in the day-long...

Ctg Challengers secure second victory in BPL

2024-01-23 00:00:00

Chattogram Challengers secured its second victory in three matches in Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), beating Durdanto Dhaka by six wickets at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Monday, reports BSS.Pace bowler Al-Amin Hossain continued his rich vein of...

Unregistered hospitals fined in Cumilla

2024-01-23 00:00:00

CUMILLA, Jan 22 (BSS) - A mobile court at a drive has realised Tk 1,50,000 as fine from the owners of four unregistered private hospitals and diagnostic centres for various irregularities and not having the approval of the health department...

Two injured in Sylhet CNG pump fire sent to Dhaka

2024-01-23 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jan 22 (UNB): Two of the five people who suffered burn injuries in a fire at Northeast CNG Refuelling Station in Sylhet's Pathantula have been sent to Dhaka as their condition deteriorated.Injured Matiur Rahman (65) and Montaz (35) were...

Mirza Md Iftekhar Ali, executive engineer of LGED, Cumilla,

2024-01-23 00:00:00

Mirza Md Iftekhar Ali, executive engineer of LGED, Cumilla, presides over a progress review meeting of the ongoing 'GOB-Maintenance, IRIDP-3, CCB, GCP-3, CAFDRIRP' project at the regional training centre in Cumilla on Monday. Md Mostafa Hasan, supervising engineer of Cumilla...

Farmers tend mustard plants in a field

2024-01-23 00:00:00

Farmers tend mustard plants in a field which is in full bloom. The cultivation of the winter crop has doubled in all six upazilas of Feni district. The picture was taken from Panchgachhia union of Sadar upazila on Monday —...

Two youths crushed under train in Jamalpur

2024-01-23 00:00:00

JAMALPUR, Jan 22 (BSS): Two young men were killed when a speeding train crushed them in Melandah upazila of the district on Monday. The dead are Majibur Rahman (18), son of Shahid Miah and Md Shakil Miah (20), son of...

Man, his son go missing as trawler sinks in Meghna

2024-01-23 00:00:00

BHOLA, Jan 22 (UNB): A man and his son were missing as a trawler with seven people, including the two, capsized in the Meghna River in the early hours of Monday. The missing are Razzak Sardar and his son Parvez...

Road crashes claim seven lives in three dists

2024-01-23 00:00:00

Seven persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Mymensingh and Sherpur districts on Monday, report agencies.In Chattogram, three motorcyclists were killed after being hit by a truck on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila of Chattogram.The accident occurred...

UGC investigating IU VC's corruption in teacher recruitment

2024-01-23 00:00:00

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Jan 22 (UNB): A three-member probe committee formed by the University Grants Commission (UGC) started investigating the allegations including corruption in teacher recruitment brought against the Islamic University (IU) vice-chancellor Prof Shaikh Abdus Salam on Monday.The probe body...

Madhupur forest is being wiped off the map!

2024-01-23 00:00:00

A healthy environment is crucial for a healthy life, but do we currently possess such an environment? For a country to maintain a healthy environment, it requires a minimum of 25 per cent forest cover. Unfortunately, in Bangladesh, only about...

Protect children from corporal punishment

2024-01-23 00:00:00

My husband and I believe we were truly blessed by Allah when our two children came into our lives. We had been trying unsuccessfully to have children for several years and were about to adopt a child when our doctor...

Keep Ekushey Book Fair ground neat and clean

2024-01-23 00:00:00

The much-awaited Ekushey Book Fair is set to commence on the first day of February. A festive mood permeates the country, especially among book lovers, publication houses and authors, as they converge for the month-long book fair. Typically, the fair...

Will governments listen?

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-01-23 00:00:00

The international charity, Oxfam, made a startling revelation on the eve of the Davos meet of the world's richest in Switzerland. Davos is a mountain resort in the eastern Alps region of Switzerland where the World Economic Forum (WEF) of...

Social media trends in Bangladesh : Great or over expectations?

Afsan Chowdhury | 2024-01-23 00:00:00

Social media is an overwhelming reality in Bangladesh's information world. It reaches about half the population and though there are socio-economic and gender divides, the people who matter and whose voices are heard and listened to are on social media....

Glut of project proposals for inclusion in RADP

2024-01-23 00:00:00

It is quite interesting that ministries and divisions under them in the fresh tenure of the government have approached the Planning Commission (PC) for inclusion of umpteen project proposals in the revised annual development programme (RADP). A staggering number of...

EdTech vs traditional education system

2024-01-22 12:00:00

Traditionally, students in Bangladesh receive their education through formal academic institutions. While the traditional education system remains the mainstream and the only option for students to achieve academic certificates, the growing influence of EdTech is revolutionising current education systems. Compared...

Is the rice public eating healthy?

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-01-22 12:00:00

Rice being the staple food for more than half of humanity, everything about it is of interest and concern for the general public. The rice grains as we find them in the market are generally found in two categories-the brown...

Weather (2024-01-22)

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Monday), according to the Met Office.The highest temperature in the country on Sunday was recorded at 27.6 degrees Celsius in Teknaf of Cox's Bazar...

Man’s throat-slit body recovered in Sylhet

2024-01-22 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jan 21 (UNB): Police recovered the throat-slit body of an autorickshaw driver from Fenchuganj rail station area of Katakhali in Ghilachara union of Sylhet early Sunday.The dead is Lal Miya (35), a resident of Islamnagar village of Vatera union...

Didar Husain new chairman of IUB Trustee Board

2024-01-22 00:00:00

Didar A Husain, a founding trustee, has been elected chairman of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB) Board of Trustees for the year 2024-25, says a press release.Mr. Husain participated in the Liberation War while he was a student University of Dhaka....

HC orders probe into wrong treatment at city hospital

FE REPORT | 2024-01-22 00:00:00

The High Court on Sunday ordered for an investigation into an allegation that wrong treatment at the Lab Aid Specialized Hospital in Dhaka damaged two kidneys of a patient, Md Yousuf Mazumder alias Shakil.The DG of the Directorate General of...

157 foreigners in jails after completion of sentences

FE REPORT | 2024-01-22 00:00:00

A total of 157 foreign prisoners are waiting for repatriation after serving conviction for various crimes in different jails across the country, according to a report submitted in the Attorney General's office. The report prepared by the prison authorities further...

20nd death anniv of Mirza Mehdy Ispahani observed

2024-01-22 00:00:00

The 20nd death anniversary of Mirza Mehdy Ispahani was observed at Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School in Chattogram on Saturday, says a press release. He was the founder of Mirza Ahmed Ispahani High School, former chairman of MM Ispahani Ltd...