CAIRO, Aug 08 (AFP): War-torn Sudan is at risk of major disease outbreaks, with thousands of unburied corpses remaining out in the open and the country's health and sanitation infrastructure destroyed, Save the Children warned Tuesday.Residents say Khartoum is littered...
KYIV, Aug 08 (AFP): Ukraine on Monday said it was "satisfied" with a summit held in Saudi Arabia over the weekend on a peace settlement to end fighting, to which Moscow was not invited.Representatives from around 40 countries including China,...
NIAMEY, Aug 08 (BBC): The Niger junta has appointed the country's former finance minister, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, as the country's new prime minister following the coup. Mr Zeine replaces Mahamadou Ouhoumoudou, who was in Europe during the coup.Russia's Wagner...
JAKARTA, Aug 08 (AFP): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday said a resolution to the Myanmar crisis that has dragged into its third year needed "political will" from all sides of the conflict, as divided Southeast Asian nations step up...
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) forward Neymar has told his Qatari-owned club he wishes to leave this summer according to L'Equipe, in a development that facilitates a potential move to FC Barcelona, according to American global media Forbes.The French daily newspaper reports...
MELBOURNE, Aug 08 (Reuters): A second-half goal by Catalina Usme fired Colombia to a 1-0 win over Jamaica on Tuesday and carried the South Americans to their first Women's World Cup quarter-final.The captain's 51st-minute strike sent Colombian fans into delirium...
Pakistan skipper Babar Azam achieved a rare feat by scoring the 10th century of his T20 career at Lanka Premier League (LPL) on Monday, becoming the second in the world to hit 10 tons in this format of the game...
ADELAIDE, Australia, Aug 08 (AFP): Eugenie Le Sommer scored twice as France eased to a 4-0 win over Morocco at the Women's World Cup on Tuesday and set up a quarter-final with co-hosts Australia.Morocco had upset the odds to qualify...
A radiant smile adorned Mushfiqur Rahim's face as he proudly presented the ICC World Cup trophy on a makeshift stage, exuding sheer joy, reports UNB.As part of the global tour leading up to the upcoming ICC World Cup, set to...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) convened an emergency board meeting on Tuesday to deliberate upon the selection of the next captain for the Bangladesh ODI team. However, the meeting concluded without a final decision being reached, reports UNB. The conundrum...
PABNA, Aug 08 (UNB): Two children died as a sand pile collapsed on them at Jhaudia village in Pabna's Ishwardi on Monday.The dead are Himel Rana (9), son of Md Ashraful Islam of Blockpara area of the village, and Jihad...
OUR CORRESPONDENTLalmonirhat, Aug 08: The century-old railway bridge over the Teesta River has turned vulnerable as its life expectancy expired more than two decades ago.Consequently, several hundred people have to cross the bridge daily, risking their lives.Four intercity trains including...
At least 20 villages in Phulgazi and Parshuram upazilas of Feni district have been flooded as the flood control embankment along the Muhuri River collapsed due to the onrush of water from upstream and heavy rainfall, report agencies.The local Weather...
Local residents shifting their dwelling houses to safer places as erosion by the Jamuna River has taken a severe turn at Munshiganj Bazar in Shaghata upazila of Gaibandha district. The picture was snapped on Tuesday — Focus Bangla
MAHMUD HASAN | 2023-08-09 00:00:00
Being the 7th least livable city in the world by the Global Livability Index 2022, Dhaka has tons of problems that essentially make the living standard of its residents terrible.If you breathe in its air, you will be seriously exposed...
NISHAT MUNIA | 2023-08-09 00:00:00
Dengue fever, the mosquito-borne viral illness, has hit Bangladesh hard. The situation is considered to be in the worst state compared to any other time. While thousands of patients are being hospitalized every day, 313 people have died of Dengue...
MUHAMMAD A. BASHED | 2023-08-09 00:00:00
When Sakib Hasan was a child, his family atmosphere would turn festive whenever there would be news of a relative coming to visit them. His mother would send him to the barber for a haircut, wash the walls and floors...
Several species of primates are native to Bangladesh. Of them, Phayre's leaf monkey, also known as Phayre's langur, is a spectacular one. The monkey is spectacle-faced. Its grey coat with blue-rimmed white patches around its eyes readily separates it from...
Providing quality health services for the people of both rural and urban areas is the responsibility of the government. But many physicians in the country do not want to work in district-level hospitals. This problem has been persisting for long....
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-08-09 00:00:00
Chattogram city has been experiencing flooding during the monsoon for years together. But this year the problem has taken a turn for the worse with the city going underwater 10 times in the last seven months. This is a big...
Wasi Ahmed | 2023-08-09 00:00:00
As a development partner, Japan has for decades been a country Bangladesh relied on not only for development projects but also for facilitating a host of economic activities with the prospect of Japanese investment in the country in a big...
To make expeditious out-of-court settlement of tax-related disputes happen, the National Board of Revenue (NBR), the country's highest tax authority, introduced the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system in the fiscal year 2011-12. Quick disposal of a number of such long-pending...
Bishakha Devnath | 2023-08-09 00:00:00
Whatever faith investors had in the market before the imposition of the floor price is now more or less diminished. In the beginning, they might have felt that their investment would not deplete, but assets are not just numbers on...
Haradhan Sarker | 2023-08-09 00:00:00
Is our debt sustainability out of danger? Widely used and pronounced International Monetary Fund or IMF-dictated ratio of debt to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is considered to be the single major determinant of debt carrying capacity of a country. But...
Chief Executive Officer (CC) of Takaful Islami Insurance Limited Abul Kalam Azad hands over a cheque for Tk 69,173,522 to Managing Director of Zam Zam Spinning & Textile Mills Ltd. Md Kamrul Hasan against a fire insurance claim recently.
Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) launched the country's first-ever virtual debit card, a groundbreaking digital solution under Visa Network. Seamlessly blending innovation, security and convenience, this cutting-edge offering is set to revolutionise day-to-day transactions for users nationwide, according to a...
As the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa get ready to meet for the 15th BRICS summit, on August 22-24, observers have high hopes for what will come out of the meeting, reports UNB.It will be the...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-08-08 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM Aug 07: The waterlogging is some parts of the port city improved this afternoon following cessation of rain. Low-lying areas are, however, still under ankle-to-waist deep water.The authorities closed all educational institutions in Chattogram on Tuesday after a college...
FE REPORT | 2023-08-08 00:00:00
The country's central bank has now made taking thumb impression on loan documents mandatory for non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) to ensure smooth recovery of depositors' credit.The Department of Financial Institutions and Market (DFIM) of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over 22,101 more houses under Ashrayan -2 project to landless and homeless families tomorrow (Wednesday) as 12 more districts are set to be declared homeless and landless-free, reports BSS.A total of 123 more upazilas...
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