ISLAMABAD, Aug 30 (AP): Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan will remain in a high-security prison for at least another two weeks despite being granted bail the previous day, as a court extended his detention Wednesday in a case involving...
DAKAR, Aug 30 (AP/AFP): Mutinous soldiers in Gabon said Wednesday they were overturning the results of a presidential election that was to extend the Bongo family's 55-year hold on power.The central African country's election committee announced that President Ali Bongo...
LONDON, Aug 30 (AFP): Manchester City striker Erling Haaland scooped the PFA Players' Player of the Year award on Tuesday after his stellar first season with the treble winners.England and Aston Villa star Rachel Daly won the women's prize, voted...
NEW YORK, Aug 30 (AFP): Former US Open champion Stan Wawrinka on Tuesday became the oldest man to win a match at the tournament since 40-year-old Jimmy Connors in 1992.Wawrinka, 38, earned his first win in New York in four...
Captain of Bangladesh National Football team Jamal Bhuyan arrived Dhaka from Argentina on Wednesday to play two FIFA Tier-1 International Friendly matches against Afghanistan in the city, reports UNB.Bangladesh national team will play two FIFA Tier-1 International Friendlies against Afghanistan...
Bangladesh is poised to commence their Asia Cup journey with a face off against Sri Lanka in Kandy today (Thursday).They have made the Asia Cup final three times but are still searching for their first trophy. However, they want to...
Members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in several anti-drug campaigns arrested 47 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours till 6am on Wednesday, reports BSS.The DB in association with...
BENAPOLE, Aug 30 (UNB): Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested three suspected smugglers along with 4 gold bars weighing 2.9 kg from Daulatpur border of Benapole in Jessore district on Wednesday morning,The arrestees were Saidur Rahman Majed, 33, son of Mohiuddin...
KHULNA, Aug 30 (UNB): Patients at Khulna Medical College and Hospital (KMCH) have been struggling to receive proper treatment due to overcrowding and manpower shortage.The authorities of KMCH have been scrambling to provide treatment due to bed shortage as the...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 30 (BSS): The water level of the Brahmaputra, one of the mighty rivers in the country, crossed its danger mark in the district on Wednesday morning inundating the river basin areas.The Teesta, another major river of northern region...
FAWZIYAH FARIHA | 2023-08-31 00:00:00
A Dhaka University Moot Court Society (DUMCS) team comprising Oishe Rahman, Rafid Azad Saumik, Fiaz Rabbani, and Tanha Tanzia emerged as champions in the Asia Cup 2023, held at the United Nations University, Japan recently. Earlier, the team had qualified...
SABIT IBTISAM ANAN | 2023-08-31 00:00:00
"One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time," said Carl Sagan, an American astronomer.Books have the ability to defy time and space...
TAHSIN TASNIA SIMI | 2023-08-31 00:00:00
The word "emotion" is usually assigned a negative connotation in regular conversations in Bangladesh, especially when used as an adjective. "She's very emotional", indicates that a person is perceived to be weak, irrational, and immature. "Don't act emotionally", "Don't think...
A wide range of products is now offered through telemarketing. However, in most cases, it causes nothing but a disturbance to mobile phone users. These calls are made at any time of the day caring little about our privacy. It...
Genetically modified (GM) crops are getting popular nowadays. These crops possess many properties including herbicide and virus tolerance, resistance to drought and salinity. The use of GM crops is often considered as a solution to several food and agricultural problems....
Dementia is a disease with the symptom that the patients cannot remember anything. Because of this disease, many people forget the work done a little earlier. This disease can make a person's normal daily activities miserable. The condition can turn...
Imam Hossain | 2023-08-31 00:00:00
The transition from college to university is an important step in a student's life. After taking very competitive admission tests, one secures a seat in a university that offers them the opportunity to engage in scholarly pursuits. But unfortunately, the...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2023-08-31 00:00:00
The Islamabad High Court has suspended the Toshakhana case against former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and has ordered his immediate release. Whether he will in fact walk free, given that scores upon scores of cases are yet stacked against...
Abdoulaye Sec, the World Bank's country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan in his speech at the third quarterly luncheon meeting of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the capital reminded Bangladesh of the overriding need for adapting itself...
Imtiaz A Hussain | 2023-08-31 00:00:00
Within weeks of displacing China as the world's most populated country, India has just out-done Russia in a no-conflict race to become the first to land on the moon's south side. Given how the south side holds promise of sustaining...
With no barricade installed at this level crossing located at Boroitala in the city's Shyampur area, the gateman uses a rope tied to a bamboo pole to restrict the movement of traffic before a train passes by. However, without caring...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the US Businesses to come with more investments in Bangladesh in potential and productive sectors for mutual benefits, reports UNB."Now is our time - and you are here to make it yours, taking...
ISLAMABAD, Aug 29 (Reuters): A Pakistani court on Tuesday suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent conviction on corruption charges, his lawyer Naeem Panjutha said, but it will not lead to his release as a judge has ordered his detention...
GENEVA, Aug 29 (AP): The UN human rights office says criminal gangs have forced hundreds of thousands of people in Southeast Asia into participating in unlawful online scam operations, including false romantic ploys, bogus investment pitches, and illegal gambling schemes.The...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-30 00:00:00
The High Court has directed Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Borak Real Estate Ltd to settle in a month their possessions and shares of a 28-storey building constructed on DNCC land at Banani.Borak built the structure in accordance with...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Tuesday people and countries expressing concern over the labour law case against microcredit guru and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to look into the allegations while stating that her government has no influence over the legal...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-30 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 29: The master plan for the construction of the bay terminal of Chattogram seaport will be finalised within the next month (September).According to sources, the groundbreaking work for the terminal is likely to be done in October.Chattogram Port...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-30 00:00:00
The government has announced a Tk 160-million allocation for input assistance and cash support to farmers to boost late-summer onion cultivation and bolster domestic spice supplies.For the late-summer onion variety, registered farmers will receive a package that includes 1 kilogram...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-30 00:00:00
Seoul and Dhaka are currently advancing negotiations for a bilateral Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), said Park Young-sik, ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Bangladesh on Tuesday. The agreement, if reached, would greatly increase bilateral trade in a mutually beneficial...
A total of 183 global figures including 104 Nobel Laureates in an open letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Monday expressed concern about the safety and freedom of Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, report agencies.Addressed directly to Prime Minister Sheikh...
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