LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters): Oil prices rose more than 2 per cent in the first session of the New Year, boosted by potential disruption to Middle East supply after the latest attack on a container ship in the Red Sea...
CAPE TOWN, Jan 02 (AFP): Dean Elgar will bid to bring the curtain down on his Test career by skippering South Africa to victory in the second and final Test against India on Wednesday.The tourists hopes of achieving their first...
SYDNEY, Jan 02 (AFP): Australia opted Tuesday against playing a second spinner in the final Test against Pakistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday, naming an unchanged line-up for David Warner's farewell match.Skipper Pat Cummins confirmed Australia's fast-bowling trio...
BRISBANE, Australia, Jan 2, 2024 (AFP): Rafael Nadal won his first match back from a year-long injury layoff when he defeated former US Open champion Dominic Thiem at the Brisbane International on Tuesday, calling it an "emotional and important day".The...
The newly formed Argentine club "Club Deportive Bangladesh," named after Bangladesh, started a good journey in Argentina, beating the All-Haz team by 3-2 goals in their first ever international friendly football match last Saturday (December 31), reports UNB.In the maiden...
SIRAJGANJ, Jan 02 (UNB): A Sirajganj court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the possession of 100 grammes of heroin.The court also fined him Tk 10,000, in default of which he has to suffer three months more in...
A total of six persons were killed in separate road accidents in Sylhet and Jamalpur districts on Tuesday, report agencies.In Sunamganj, three fish traders were killed and two were injured as a pickup van carrying them and fish crashed into...
KURIGRAM, Jan 02 (UNB): The northern district of Kurigram has been grappling with severe cold and dense fog over the past three days, significantly disrupting daily life and activities.The extreme weather conditions have particularly affected children, the elderly, day laborers,...
Chinese student found alive in USafter 'cyber kidnapping'UTAH, Jan 02: A Chinese foreign exchange student has been found freezing but alive in the US after his parents were extorted out of tens of thousands of dollars in a "cyber kidnapping"...
LONDON, Jan 02 (AFP): Nearly 30,000 migrants crossed the Channel from mainland Europe to Britain in small boats in 2023, an annual drop of more than a third, according to government figures released on Monday.But the unauthorised arrival of 29,437...
SEOUL, Jan 02 (Reuters): South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern city of Busan on Tuesday and was airlifted to a university hospital for treatment, party and fire...
GAZA, Jan 02 (Reuters/AFP): Israel said on Tuesday its troops had killed dozens of militants in the north of the Gaza Strip in the past day, while its aircraft and tanks stepped up strikes in the south of the Palestinian...
IPSHITA MALIAT RAHMAN | 2024-01-03 00:00:00
Imagine waking up to the sharp wails of an unfamiliar rectangular box. For a moment, you remember falling into a peaceful slumber on a rainy afternoon in the early 2000's. You hurriedly wake up thinking you missed your favourite TV...
DR IMTIAZ AHMED | 2024-01-03 00:00:00
According to a study published in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (2019), about 30 per cent of people suffer from dry skin at a given time. This is a very common condition. While usually not...
ANINDETA CHOWDHURY | 2024-01-03 00:00:00
Festivals can be of any form, such as cultural or personal, and every festival opens the door to boredom-free enjoyment. Besides it being a childhood habit, grown-up people can have an escape from the hurdles of life. It gives a...
Fahmida Khatun, Mustafizur Rahman, Khondaker Golam Moazzem, Towfiqul Islam Khan, Muntaseer Kamal, and Syed Yusuf Saadat | 2024-01-03 00:00:00
As a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), the country’s major public finance correlates were lower than the previous year. According to data from the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the revenue-GDP ratio of 8.2 per cent in FY2023 fell short...
The plastic industry in Bangladesh is not very large. The sector, however, has huge potential for growth in sales both in local and global markets. The current size of the global plastic market is $570 billion and is growing at...
One of the worst kinds of nuisance in today's Bangladesh is noise pollution. It is an irritant we begin and end our day with. Yet, hardly anyone seems to care how much it is affecting our life and health. A...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-01-03 00:00:00
Market dynamics in Bangladesh are stranger than fiction. Whereas in most countries, demand and supply dictate what prices of goods will be, that universal law does not apply in Bangladesh, at least when it comes to fixing the price of...
M. Rokonuzzaman | 2024-01-03 00:00:00
Import substitution refers to making products to replace those being imported, notably by the less developed countries from advanced counterparts. It is a theory of economics of developing industries in less-developed countries. Notably, import substitution became a preferred approach for...
Members of a community are food insecure if there is not enough food or they cannot afford to buy the food available in the market. It is not always the unavailability of food that constitutes food insecurity. In fact, people...
Farzal Muyid | 2024-01-02 12:00:00
Dengue, a vector-borne disease that usually appears in wet monsoon, especially during the months from June to September has evidently changed its behaviour in Bangladesh. For it is still raging during the unlikely season of winter with reports of hospitalisation...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Tuesday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning....
As the January 07, 2024, national parliamentary election approaches, Dhaka University's usually bustling campus is witnessing a mass exodus, reports UNB. Ahead of the election, the university expedited final examinations across various departments. Consequently, a majority of students have vacated...
Another pair of trains named 'Tourist Express' will run on the Dhaka-Cox's Bazar route from January 10, said the Bangladesh Railway on Monday, reports UNB.The train will leave Dhaka at 6:15 am and reach Cox's Bazar at 3:00 pm. It...
Three teenagers received burn injuries while flying lanterns on the roof of a neighboring house to celebrate 31st night (Sunday night) in the capital's Kamrangichar area, reports UNB.The burn victims were identified as Md. Siam, 14, son of Swapan Bepari,...
Centre for Higher Studies and Research (CHSR) under Bangladesh University of Professionals (BUP) organised a 'Supervisor-Researcher Meet' on the university campus in the city recently to introduce newly enrolled MPhil and PhD fellows to their supervisors. BUP Vice Chancellor Major...
Newly appointed Army Chief of General Staff (CGS) Lieutenant General Waker-Uz-Zaman and Principal Staff Officer (PSO) of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) Lt Gen Mizanur Rahman Shamim on Monday paid a courtesy call on President Mohammed Shahabuddin at Bangabhaban in...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Jan 01: The Mohiuddin Chowdhury Elevated Expressway, the longest elevated expressway in the country, is set to be partially opened for traffic this month (January) after being officially inaugurated in November 2023 by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina via video...
FE REPORT | 2024-01-02 00:00:00
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Monday inaugurated its first bone marrow transplantation and stem cell therapy centre; a big leap in healthcare facilities."With the new facility, it will worth Tk 0.3-0.5 million for a bone marrow transplant (BMT)...
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