Afghanistan national football team arrived in Dhaka on Saturday night to play two FIFA Tier-1 International Friendly football matches against Bangladesh national team during FIFA window, reports UNB.Hosts Bangladesh will play two FIFA International Friendlies against touring Afghanistan on September...
Fast bowler Taskin Ahmed believes Bangladesh are able to win the Asia Cup if they can bring up their best cricket, reports BSS.Despite being a giant in the ODI format and winning against the top guns at regular basis, Bangladesh's...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 27 (BSS): Setting a target to produce 27,920 tonnes of crops annually, Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA) will ensure irrigation to 3,490 hectares of farming fields using surface water in the drought-prone region.Requisite number of pumps, pontoons and...
KHAGRACHHARI, Aug 27 (UNB): Vehicular movement on Mahalchhari-Sindukchhari road remained suspended since Sunday morning due to landslides at Pankhimura in Guimara upazila of Khagrachari district.Memong Marma, Guimara upazila chairman, heavy rains triggered landslides in the area in the morning, halting...
River devours 50 houses in Kurigram | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
KURIGRAM, Aug 27 (UNB): Around 30 metres of the flood control spur dam in the Teesta River at Burirhat in Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram have been washed away as flood situation worsened in the district. Rivers in the district including...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Aug 27: The boat traders and boat carpenters of Matlab Uttar and Matlab Dakhshin Upazilas of the district are awfully busy as the demand for country boats has increased due to incessant rainfall and sharp rise in water level...
Bangladesh was once highly dependent on Indian cattle. But now, we are almost self-reliant in meeting our own demand. Even millions of cattle are slaughtered across the country during Eid-ul-Azha. A recent survey of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has...
Nutrient-rich food should be included in daily meals of children to ensure that they eat a balanced diet from a young age. Many young children nowadays prefer snacks and fast-food items over healthier options. Perhaps, food and beverage manufacturers should...
Jagannath University (JnU), one of the most reputed public universities in Dhaka city, has only one canteen for its 20,000 students. What is more worrying is the quality of food served. The food served here can in no way be...
Neil Ray | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
There is full flow of rhetoric in policymakers' speeches when it comes to reaping demographic dividends, particularly when about one-fourth of the population is in the 15-30 age group. But in practice, the youths are the ones who are made...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
The Human Rights Watch, the New York-based international non-profit NGO that conducts research and advocacy on human rights published a report recently under the headline, "Future Bleak for Rohingya in Bangladesh, MyanmarNo Justice, Freedom Since 2017 Atrocities." The headline of...
The crisis currently besetting the country's small and medium industries has not come all of a sudden. It has been in the making since the breakout of the Ukrainian conflict. Currently, the industrial sector of Bangladesh finds itself stuck in...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-08-28 00:00:00
Since the second half of July, extreme heat waves, fire and heavy rain have seen residents in North West Canada, parts of the mainland United States around Texas, Maui, an island in Hawaii, parts of Spain, parts of Africa, South...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-27 12:00:00
Business leaders and experts here on Saturday sought Japan's support to enhance Bangladesh's competitiveness in manufacturing and international trade to materialise the strategic relation between the two countries.Hailing the long-term bilateral relations, they also stressed the need for a better...
ARAFAT ARA | 2023-08-27 12:00:00
Prices of Bangladeshi shrimp have declined by an estimated 24 per cent recently due to the impact of the long-running Russia-Ukraine war on international markets, according to exporters.They analysed that the demand for other fishes, including shrimp, has decreased significantly...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Aug 26 (AP): Four astronauts from four countries rocketed toward the International Space Station on Saturday. They should reach the orbiting lab in their SpaceX capsule Sunday, replacing four astronauts living up there since March. A NASA...
This videograb shows a body being brought to hospital in Antananarivo on Friday. At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed in a crowd stampede at a stadium in the Madagascar capital — AFP
TEHRAN, Aug 26, 2023 (AFP): A court in Tehran has ordered the US government to pay $330 million in damages for "planning a coup" against the newly established Islamic republic in 1980, the judiciary said Saturday.A year after the 1979...
A Bangladeshi restaurateur has been killed in a violent assault outside his eatery at Owen Sound in Canada's Ontario. Sharif Rahman, 44, succumbed to his injuries in a hospital on Thursday, 10 days after the attack, bdnews24.com reports quoting Canadian...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Johannesburg for Dhaka on Saturday afternoon, wrapping up her South Africa trip. She is due to arrive in Dhaka this (Sunday) morning, reports UNB.She attended the 15th BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg on August 22-24...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
Annual budgetary support from the foreign lenders rose nearly four times in the last fiscal year (FY) than that of the amount Bangladesh received four FYs ago, widening the spending scope for the government, officials said on Saturday. The country...
Individuals in search of employment opportunities in Qatar gather outside the Qatar Medical Centre's office located at Banglamotor in the city on Saturday. They come here for their mandatory medical tests from different districts and start waiting in lines from...
Familytex: A company meant to rip off retail investorsAmong the listed companies of the textile sector on the website of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), one will come across Familytex (BD). Except for the company's name and some sporadic financial...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
The death toll from dengue fever rose by nine, including five from Dhaka, in 24 hours to Saturday morning, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).With the additional deaths, the casualties rose to 537, including 396 from Dhaka.Meanwhile,...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
Taxes will be imposed on the entire income of a taxpayer without any exclusion, if the return is submitted after the Tax Day, the deadline for return filing.A provision in this connection has been incorporated in the new tax law...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
Bangladesh stands out as the fourth-biggest recipient of assistance from an unfolding Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) credit line with over US$3.67 billion received from the new bank's committed finance between 2016 and March 2023.This accounts for more than 8.41...
MUMBAI, Aug 26 (Reuters) - India has imposed a 20 per cent duty on exports of parboiled rice with immediate effect, a move that could further reduce shipments from the world's largest exporter and lift global rice prices, which are...
Vehicles seized by the police have been dumped on a portion of a playground at Darussalam in Mirpur of the city. This has led to a reduction in available space, causing disruption to sports activities. Even nature has taken over...
REZAUL KARIM AND YASIR WARDAD | 2023-08-27 00:00:00
Over a 27-percent decline in export of agricultural goods in the last fiscal nudged the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) into action and detected 15 hurdles needing a remedy for the sector to perform better through a rebound. An interministerial meeting...
Chattogram City BNP Unit brought out a mass procession as part of one point movement of the party at Kazir Dewri in Chattogram on Saturday — Photo: Collected
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