SYDNEY, Dec 13 (Reuters): Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios thinks his well-documented mental health issues have taken a couple of seasons off his career and he will play on for only one or two more years after he finally gets...
Chief of General Staff of Bangladesh Army Lieutenant General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan delivering his speech at the concluding and prize-giving ceremony of Army Assault Course Compitition-2023 at Cumilla Cantonment in Cumilla on Wednesday — ISPR
Bangladesh will take on New Zealand XI for their only warm-up game today (Thursday) at Lincoln, reports BSS.The 50-over match will start at 4am Bangladesh time.The game will give Bangladesh a match practice ahead of their three-match ODI series against...
PERTH, Australia, Dec 13 (AFP): David Warner will take centre stage when the three-match series against Pakistan begins on Thursday ahead of what is expected to be the Australian opener's farewell to Test cricket.The 37-year-old has indicated that he plans...
A brilliant century by opener Ashiqur Rahman Shibli guided Bangladesh to the semifinal of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) U-19s Asia Cup with an all-win record, eliminating Sri Lanka by six wickets with 55 balls remaining at the ACC Academy...
Social Islami Bank’s Gulshan Branch arranged a client get-together at a hotel in the city. Zafar Alam, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, was present as chief guest at the event.
Meghna Bank inked deal with Bangladesh Bank recently to facilitate USD long-term loans for its clients under the Bangladesh Bank- Long-term Financing Facility (BB - LTFF) scheme. Bangladesh Bank's Deputy Governor Nurun Nahar chaired the signing ceremony at the Head...
Bank Asia Limited has recently signed an early wage access (EWA) agreement with AGAM International, an AI-based fintech firm, says a press release. ANM Mahfuz, Additional Managing Director of Bank Asia, and Masudur Rahman, Operation Director of AGAM International, signed...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
Half of the country's plastic goods manufacturing factories are not compliant with fire and health-related safety standards, according in findings of a latest audit report.Moreover, 49 per cent factories are non-compliant with electrical safety standards and 40 per cent fall...
BENAPOLE, Jashore, Dec 13 (UNB): In Jhikargacha upazila of Jashore district, mustard farmers are facing the threat of significant losses due to recent heavy rainfall induced by cyclonic storm Michaung. Much of the mustard fields have been submerged, causing widespread...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Dec 13: The vegetable farmers in Jashore are bearing the brunt of the ongoing political unrest in the country.Market insiders said traders are not giving fair price of vegetables to the growers on various pretexts including hartal and blockade.As...
BERLIN, Dec 13 (AFP): Two German men will go on trial Wednesday in Berlin charged with high treason for allegedly stealing intelligence secrets and passing them to Russia's security services during the war in Ukraine.The pair, named by prosecutors as...
BANGKOK, Dec 13 (AP): A court in Thailand convicted and sentenced Wednesday a recently elected lawmaker to six years in prison for defaming the monarchy under a controversial law that guards the royal institution.Rukchanok Srinork arrived at the court building...
NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (BBC): India's parliament witnessed chaotic scenes after at least two men intruded into the chamber, shouting slogans and spraying coloured gas. Images show MPs and security officials trying to catch one of the intruders, who was...
NEW YORK, Dec 13 (Reuters/BBC/AP): The United Nations on Tuesday demanded an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip as US President Joe Biden warned Israel it was losing international support because of its "indiscriminate" bombing of civilians in its...
Weather may remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Thursday), according to the Met Office. Moderate to thick fog may occur over the country during midnight to...
Marking 15 years of the State Partnership Programme between USA Oregon National Guard and Armed Forces Division (AFD), a memento was presented to AFD Principal Staff Officer Lieutenant General Waker-uz-Zaman on behalf of the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC), USA,...
Dhaka has once again topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, reports UNB. Dhaka's air was classified as 'very unhealthy', with an AQI score of 262 at 08:51 am on Wednesday morning.An AQI score between 151...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 13 (UNB): Members of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) arrested a man along with 70,000 Yaba pills and a private car in two separate drives in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar on Wednesday.Tipped off that a consignment of...
Indian High Commiss-ioner to Bangladesh Pranay Verma has said that Bangladesh is India's most trustworthy partner which was reflected through Bangladesh's participation in the G20 Summit in New Delhi in September 2023, reports UNB.He sounded optimistic that the existing friendly...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
BNP Vice Chairman retired Major Hafizuddin Ahmed on Wednesday filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of government action that prevented him from travelling to India for treatment. In the petition, he appealed to the HC...
Many Spanish entrepreneurs are keen to visit Bangladesh to make investments here in different sectors, said the country's outgoing envoy on Wednesday, reports UNB.Francisco de Asis Benitez Salas said this during a farewell call on Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina...
BOGURA, Dec 13 (UNB): A case was filed accusing 42 persons including BNP-backed former lawmaker Mosharraf Hossain and some unidentified people on charge of attack on a motorcade of former lawmaker and current independent candidate for Bogura-4 (Kahaloo and Nandigram...
The Home Ministry has asked police to ban political rallies or other such activities from December 18 until the end of the January 7 elections in line with the Election Commission (EC) directives, reports BSS. "The Election Commission (EC), within...
FE REPORT | 2023-12-14 00:00:00
The eleventh phase of the 36-hour blockade called by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) ended on Wednesday evening amid processions.The BNP, its affiliates and like-minded political camps took out processions in different parts of Dhaka city, including Badda, Mirpur, Banglamotor...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the sabotage on a train in Gazipur is the part of an anti-polls conspiracy, reports BSS."This is an anti-polls conspiracy. The target of this sabotage was the country's January 7 national...
A Pakistani court on Wednesday indicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan on charges of leaking state secrets, several media channels reported, delivering a fresh blow to the jailed leader's chances of contesting next year's federal elections, reports reuters.The lawyer for...
The United States is providing an additional $87 million in humanitarian assistance through the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to support Rohingyas and host communities in Cox's Bazar, reports BSS.With this new funding, USAID will work with the United...
Seven more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Wednesday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,674 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 349 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
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The government has drafted in principle the rules for the Land Crime Prevention and Redress Act 2023 to bring the law under proper enforcement, according to a press release.Land Secretary Md Khalilur Rahman confirmed this while speaking as the chief...
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