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IU issues open notice to seek info on ragging incident

2023-09-13 00:00:00

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, Sept 12 (UNB): The authorities of Islamic University (IU) in Kushtia have issued an 'open notice' for all of its students with a view to gathering information regarding the recent ragging incident allegedly by a group of students...

'Good aquaculture practices vital to boost fish exports'

2023-09-13 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 12 (BSS): Speakers at a function in Rajshahi have stressed the need for proper aquaculture practices to boost safe and export quality freshwater fish production in the region. They said fish growers, traders, feed manufactures, sellers and others...

Country's second largest Novo Theatre awaits inauguration in Rajshahi

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-09-13 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, Sept 12: Newly-constructed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Novo Theatre, the country's second largest one, is awaiting inauguration in Rajshahi. Public Works Department (PWD) has completed the work of the project with modern technology in July.The officials concerned are expecting...

Babar Azam crowned ICC Men's Player of the Month

2023-09-13 00:00:00

DUBAI, Sept 12 (Geo Tv): Pakistan skipper Babar Azam was declared on Tuesday the ICC Men's Player of the Month for the third time, winning the award for the month of August 2023. Holding the top spot in the MRF...

Portugal enjoy record win over Luxembourg

2023-09-13 00:00:00

BARCELONA, Sept 12 (AFP): Bruno Fernandes ran the show for Portugal as they romped to a record 9-0 win over Luxembourg Monday without suspended talisman and all-time top goalscorer Cristiano Ronaldo.Roberto Martinez's side have now won all six of their...

Everton close to being sold to American investment firm

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Premier League strugglers Everton are close to being sold to Miami-based investment firm 777 Partners, according to BBC Sport.The financially-stricken Toffees resumed discussions with the American company after talks with MSP Sports Capital collapsed in August.The takeover will bring to...

Kohli-Sharma fastest pair to complete 5000 runs in ODIs

2023-09-13 00:00:00

India's star duo of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma became the fastest pair to complete 5000 runs in One Day Internationals (ODIs) during the Asia Cup Super Four's match against Sri Lanka at Colombo's R. Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday, according...

Pogba likely to face ban of up to four years after failing drug test

2023-09-13 00:00:00

MILAN, Sept 12 (Agencies): Once the most expensive footballer in the world, France star Paul Pogba could be banned from football for up to four years after testing positive for testosterone.The Juventus midfielder has been provisionally suspended following a random...

Bangladesh lose to Philippines

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Bangladesh completed their assignments in the four-team Group H of the AFC U-23 Asian Cup Qualifiers in empty hand losing to the Philippines by O-1 goal in the last match at the Chonburi Stadium in Thailand on Tuesday, reports UNB.With...

News in Brief-(2023-09-13)

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Election conspiracy case: Trumpasks for recusal of judgeWASHINGTON, Sept 12: Former US president Donald Trump filed a motion on Monday seeking the recusal of the judge who is to preside over his historic trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020...

Storms claim seven lives in southern China

2023-09-13 00:00:00

BEIJING, Sept 12 (AP): Rainstorms battering southern China have killed at least seven people and allowed dozens of crocodiles to escape from a farm.Nearby residents were advised to stay at home after more than 70 crocodiles escaped in Maoming, a...

Hundreds of trucks, travellers stranded

2023-09-13 00:00:00

TORKHAM, Sept 12 (AFP): Hundreds of trucks and travellers were stranded Tuesday on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, a week into the closure of the nations' busiest crossing after a gunfight erupted across the frontier.Islamabad and Kabul have been in diplomatic deadlock...

Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating

2023-09-13 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 12 (BBC): Female surgeons say they are being sexually harassed, assaulted and in some cases raped by colleagues, a major analysis of NHS staff has found. BBC News has spoken to women who were sexually assaulted in the...

US, Iran swap prisoners, $66 frozen funds

2023-09-13 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Sept 12 (AFP): The United States confirmed Monday it had signed off on the transfer of $6 billion in frozen Iranian funds from South Korea, paving the way for five US citizens to leave Tehran.The archenemies announced last month,...

Kim in Russia for Putin talks

2023-09-13 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Sept 12 (AFP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia Tuesday ahead of a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that the United States has warned could see an arms deal to support Moscow's assault on Ukraine.Making a...

A letter to Dhaka's endeared coffee shops

TAHSEEN NOWER PRACHI | 2023-09-13 00:00:00

A coffee shop - the place of endless stories, solo or groups. A place that comes into one's mind for first dates or the last minute data entry, brewing a new business or rapidly drafting the pending presentation, or just...

Skin cycling: A change in traditional skincare ideals

SOFIA NOOR RAFA | 2023-09-13 00:00:00

Less is truly the essence of appropriate. The pandemic sure brought a shift to the primordial regulations, even in beauty routines that drove us to go maximalist to serve our skin, with skin cycling being a solid example of that....

Lifestyle habits that impact kidney health

DR IMTIAZ AHMED | 2023-09-13 00:00:00

Kidneys are crucial to keep our body healthy. They are the primary organs to filter out waste products. They also play a key role in producing red blood cells, regulating the mineral level and keeping the blood pressure within physiological...

Setting up more swimming pools

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Swimming is an effective physical exercise. But unfortunately Dhaka city does not have facilities that can allow people to stretch themselves in water and have the benefit of this physical exercise regularly. Swimming is a total body workout. When we...

Promoting Bangla Moti

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Scented rice has been grown in Bangladesh for a long time. But the problem is that most of our farmers are reluctant to grow these rice varieties as they have low-yield potentiality than other varieties. To resolve this, Bangladesh Rice...

Functional CETP a crying need for leather industry

2023-09-13 00:00:00

Bangladesh's leather sector has the potential of becoming the second largest foreign currency earner after ready-made garments. But it is still struggling on account of the absence of a properly functional central effluent-treatment plant (CETP) in its hub in Savar....

High food inflation defies rational explanation

Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-09-13 00:00:00

The month of August has been exceptionally painful for consumers in Bangladesh. The one thing one can't live without is food. Inflation has been especially hard in August where it is estimated that cost of food went up by 12.52...

In the face of global rice price hike

Wasi Ahmed | 2023-09-13 00:00:00

A 15-year high global rice price poses a threat to food security that, according to experts, may take its toll causing extreme misery to impoverished millions across the globe with manifold economic and social ramifications. A FAO (Food and Agricultural...

Containing food inflation

2023-09-13 00:00:00

The high rate of inflation at over 9.0 per cent the economy has been witnessing during the past six months has not shown any sign of easing of late. The latest official data on the overall inflation and the consumer...

Life and living: assessing people's perceptions

Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2023-09-13 00:00:00

Opinion polls and market surveys are quite dated tools that are still in use for assessment of real life situations of the present and the near future. Their reliability varies on the issues or subjects for which opinions are garnered...

510 SC lawyers protest statement on Yunus

FE REPORT | 2023-09-12 00:00:00

A total of 510 lawyers of the Supreme Court (SC) issued a statement on Monday, protesting the global leaders' open letter - sent to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina - about the trial proceedings of Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus....

Waterlogged road in New Market area

2023-09-12 00:00:00

Vehicles navigate a waterlogged road in New Market area of the city following a heavy rainfall on Monday. — FE photo

Bill on Biman passed in JS

2023-09-12 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Biman Corporation (Repeal) Bill 2023 was passed Monday in Parliament with a view to bringing amendment and reinstating Bangladesh Biman Order-1972 enacted by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports BSS.State Minister for Civil Aviation and...

Ex-banker gets 24 yrs in jail in graft case

2023-09-12 00:00:00

A Dhaka court sentenced on Monday Zahid Sarwar, former Assistant Vice President of Mutual Trust Bank (MTB), to 24 years' imprisonment and his wife Farhana Habib to seven years in jail in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission...

Forex reserves below $22b

2023-09-12 00:00:00

The foreign-exchange reserves of Bangladesh Bank (BB) decreased to $21.5 billion after paying $1.31-billion import bills of the Asian Clearing Union (ACU), reports UNB.The foreign exchange reserves of Bangladesh have fallen in stress and continually decreased since easing the COVID-19...