NEW DELHI, July 24 (Reuters): India's economy will grow at a solid pace for the rest of this fiscal year and next but well below its potential rate, according to a Reuters poll of economists who also said the employment...
Bengal Commercial Bank organised its Half-Yearly Business Review Meeting at the bank's head office in Gulshan, Dhaka, recently. Tarik Morshed, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, presided over the meeting. At the end of the meeting, the bank awarded...
ICC Bangladesh organised a daylong workshop on 'Managing Trade Payment and Trade Finance Risk: Operations, Compliance & Legal Analysis' held in Dhaka on Saturday. Participants of the workshop were seen with ICCB Banking Commission Chairman Muhammad A (Rumee) Ali (2nd...
Japan's Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry Nishimura Yasutoshi said his country would extend full cooperation to Bangladesh in its endeavor to become a high income country by 2041.The Japanese minister said this as he discussed areas of cooperation with...
Gold prices edged up on Monday after data showed a deeper downturn in euro zone business activity, but moves were limited as investors look ahead to a widely anticipated interest rate hike from the US Federal Reserve this week.Spot gold...
HOUSTON, July 24 (Reuters): Chevron Corp's second-quarter earnings topped Wall Street estimates, the company said on Sunday, and Chief Executive Michael Wirth also signaled the number two US oil company remains open to more acquisitions and to increasing shareholder distributions...
HAMBURG, Germany, July 24 (Reuters): Chicago wheat and corn rose on Monday on fears about intensifying fighting in Ukraine involving Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and grain infrastructure, including the first attack on Danube River grain warehouses.Traders were concerned the...
JAKARTA, July 24 (Reuters): Indonesia has increased its social welfare budget by 8 trillion rupiah to distribute more rice to lower-income households and help control food prices, the finance minister said on Monday.The decision came after the country's weather agency...
LONDON, July 24 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Monday as tightening supply and hopes for Chinese stimulus underpinned Brent at well above $80 a barrel, even as traders expected more rate hikes from US and European central banks.Brent crude futures...
KURIGRAM, July 24 (UNB): Nine students of Chakirpasha Islamia Dakhil Madrasa were injured by lightning strike in Rajarhat upazila of Kurigram district on Monday.The injured are Abdur Razzaque, Nazmin Nahar, Sumaiya, Roksana, Afroza, Nirma, Ali Raz, Farzana and Sanzida.Quoting Manik...
Russia to host an Africa summitNAIROBI, July 24: As Russia seeks more allies during its invasion of Ukraine, longtime U.S. security partner Kenya might not be an obvious choice. But hours after Russia terminated a deal to keep grain flowing...
LOS ANGELES, July 24 (Xinhua): Nine mass shootings occurred across the United States over the weekend, bringing the total to more than 400 this year, according to a national website that tracks firearm deaths and injuries.The nine mass shootings led...
MADRID, July 24 (AFP): Despite polls predicting victory for Spain's right-wing Popular Party, Sunday's election resulted in a hung parliament, offering a lifeline to Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez who could cling on to power through a jigsaw of alliances.The closely-watched...
PHNOM PENH, July 24 (AP): Cambodia's longtime ruling party on Monday lauded its landslide victory in weekend elections as a clear mandate for the next five years, but the United States said its stifling of the opposition meant the vote...
ISLAMABAD, 24 (Reuters): One of the main parties in Pakistan's ruling coalition has proposed that Finance Minister Ishaq Dar lead the incoming caretaker government, party sources said, a move aimed at helping with continuity of economic reforms under an IMF...
Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal have permission to speak to Kylian Mbappe after making a world record £259 million (300-million-euro) bid for the Paris St-Germain (PSG) forward, according to BBC sport.The 24-year-old France captain, who has a year left on his...
COLOMBO, July 24 (AFP): Abdullah Shafique and Shan Masood smashed half-centuries to help Pakistan take the opening day honours after they bundled out Sri Lanka for 166 in the second Test on Monday.Pakistan, who lead the two-match series 1-0, reached...
SYDNEY, July 24 (Reuters): There was relief rather than celebration at the news that Australia had kept the Ashes when cricket fans Down Under woke up on Monday morning after Manchester rain saved their side in the fourth Test draw.Australia...
ADELAIDE, Australia, July 24 (AFP): Ary Borges was the star of the show at the Women's World Cup on Monday, hitting a hat-trick for an impressive Brazil, while Germany also won big to begin their campaign.Italy were also victors but...
Former Indian all-rounder and World Cup-winner Madan Lal has called for strict action against Harmanpreet Kaur as he lambasted the captain of the women's national team for her "pathetic behaviour" against Bangladesh, reports bdnews24.com.Harmanpreet's actions and post-match gestures towards the...
JAMALPUR, July 24 (BSS): Two minor children drowned in a pond of a village under Jamalpur Sadar Upazila here on Monday morning.The victims were identified as Sukriya, 7, daughter of Saddam Hossain and Atiya, 7, daughter of Ershad Ali of...
Workers unloading jackfruits from a truck for sale in a local market. The photo was taken from the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in the Ashuganj area of Brahmanbaria district — Focus Bangla
SYLHET, July 24 (UNB): A Syllhet court sentenced on Monday four people to death for killing a man in Gowainghat upazila in the district 22 years ago.The condemned convicts are--Abdur Rab, Abdur Rahman, Fazal Uddin and Rais Ali.Sylhet Divisional Special...
A total of five people were killed in separate road accidents in Feni and Tangail districts early Monday and Sunday, report agencies.In Feni, three people were killed in separate road accidents in Feni's Fulgazi and Sadar upazilas early Monday and...
Against the odds of displacement, fires burning down learning centres, and Cyclone Mocha's wrath, classrooms in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh were filled on Sunday with children, excited on the first day of school. Thanks to expanded education opportunities...
Dhaka is one of the most populous cities in the world. It has numerous problems. However, the violation of traffic rules has recently reached an unprecedented level. On a daily basis, one can see many instances of traffic violations on...
Privately-run television station Channel 24 has recently introduced Bangladesh's first-ever artificial intelligence news presenter, Aparajita. The AI generated presenter made a brief appearance in the prime-time news bulletin of the channel on Wednesday evening for five minutes. In her first...
Ensuring quality treatment without disease diagnosis is impossible. Along with doctors and nurses, medical technologists play a significant role in the task of diagnosis. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), healthcare institutions should have three nurses and five medical...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-07-25 00:00:00
Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea Grain Initiative (BSGI), the deal that allowed shipment of Ukrainian food grains to the rest of the world, is evidently going to leave its negative impact on the world's food grains market. For the...
The prevalence of dengue this year is 15 times higher than that of the previous year, admits Health Minister Zahid Maleque but he does not think the situation calls for declaration of a health emergency. His considered view is that...
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