GENEVA, June 23 (Arab News)/ Al Jazeera): The violence in the occupied West Bank "risks spiralling out of control", according to the United Nations human rights chief who condemned Israel's use of deadly force in a raid in the Jenin...
WASHINGTON, June 23 (BBC/REuters): Following a lavish state visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, US President Joe Biden has called his country's partnership with India among the "most consequential in the world". The BBC's Vikas Pandey and...
PARIS, June 23 (Reuters): Multilateral development banks like the World Bank are expected to find $200 billion in extra firepower for low-income economies by taking on more risk, a move that may require wealthy nations to inject more cash, world...
Md. Abdul Jabbar | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
We are currently facing many challenges. As a result of the shortage of foreign exchange reserves, electricity, gas, etc., the life of common people has become miserable, a deadlock-like situation has been created in trade and commerce. The unemployment rate...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
There is hardly any occasion other than the Eid-ul-Adha for which farmers --- cattle raisers to be precise --- take such a long preparation for marketing the saleable. Most varieties of agricultural produce takes a year at best to be...
The parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Food has decided to present a compiled report on a recently placed proposed food act before the parliament, reports BSS.The decision was taken by the committee at its 10th meeting held at...
Sri Lanka is set to start bartering tea to Iran next month in lieu of $250 million owed for oil, a Sri Lankan official told Reuters on Friday, as the crisis-hit country tries to lift sales to a key market...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
MNT Seed Testing Laboratory, a sister concern of Lal Teer Seed Limited (LTSL), has become the country's first entity to get accreditation from International Seed Testing Association (ISTA).The information was revealed at a press conference, organised by LTSL at its...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, June 22: Cost and time of the project to construct the Coastal Road, popularly known as Ring Road, have been extended again.The road construction was almost completed. But, the Chattogram Development Authority (CDA) is going to construct a junction...
Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi visits stalls after inaugurating the three-day Bhutan Trade and Investment Fair at Gulshan Shooting Complex in Dhaka on Friday. — Focus Bangla
The long-awaited single-point mooring-an offshore bouy designed to pump and siphon imported crude oil to a storage facility-is set to partially start operations off the coast of Cox's Bazar's Moheshkhali, reports bdnews24.com.Officials at the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation and Eastern Refinery...
LONDON, June 23 (AFP): UK private-sector growth has slowed to a three-month low as soaring interest rates and stubbornly high inflation fuelled by rising food prices worsens a cost-of-living crisis, data showed Friday.It comes as the UK government announced help...
BANGKOK, June 23 (Reuters): Thai Airways aims to finalise a deal to buy at least 30 new aircraft by the end of the year and could double its fleet of narrow-body jets over the next decade, its chief executive said...
Gold prices were en route to their worst week since early February on Friday as the dollar strengthened after US Federal Reserve Chief Jerome Powell reiterated that more interest rate hikes were in the offing, reports Reuters. Spot gold was...
LONDON, June 23 (Reuters): Oil dropped over 2.0 per cent on Friday and was heading for a weekly decline, as a UK interest rate hike added to concern over economic growth that outweighed lower U.S. crude stocks and other signs...
LONDON, June 23 (AFP): Teenage leg-spinner Rehan Ahmed has been added to England's squad for the second Ashes Test against Australia as cover for Moeen Ali.Ahmed, 18, became the youngest man to play Test cricket for England when he was...
Uruguay and Gremio striker Luis Suarez, who suffers from osteoarthrosis in his right knee, is struggling to extend his playing career, according to his Brazilian club's president Alberto Guerra.The former Barcelona player is considering retirement, Brazilian media reported, as he...
MADRID, June 23 (AFP): Real Madrid have renewed midfielder Dani Ceballos' contract until June 2027, the Spanish side said Friday.The 26-year-old Spain international's previous deal was set to expire next week."Ceballos has defended Madrid's shirt in 120 games across four...
LONDON: Australia's Alex De Minaur stretches to return to France's Adrian Mannarino during their men's quarter-final match at the Cinch ATP tennis Championships at Queen's Club in west London on Friday — AFP
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 23 (AFP): A "major construction" project at Brazilian football star Neymar's mansion in Rio de Janeiro state was halted on Thursday for "environmental infractions," which could result in a fine of some $1 million, authorities said.The...
Bangladesh national football team's captain Jamal Bhuyan sees their crucial group match against Maldives as final one, reports BSS."The match against Maldives is very important for us. This is our final match. One of our vice-presidents also said this and...
Pakistan's foreign ministry said it is "evaluating all aspects" of the country's participation in this year's 50-overs World Cup in India with bilateral cricket stalled between the South Asian neighbours due to soured political relations, reports Reuters.The two countries have...
James Anderson said the lifeless Edgbaston pitch in the Ashes opener was like "kryptonite" to him and fears he will be powerless to help England fight back against Australia if the surfaces in the remainder of the series are flat...
NEW DELHI, June 23 (AFP): Test veteran Cheteshwar Pujara's extended batting slump has seen him left out of India's upcoming trip to the West Indies as selectors announced squads for the tour on Friday.Up-and-coming batsmen Yashasvi Jaiswal and Ruturaj Gaikwad...
The Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) on Friday celebrated the Olympic Day as part of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) global programme to popularise the Olympic movement.The BOA celebrated the Olympic Day in the capital and seven other divisions across the...
Moringa oleifera is a tree native to Bangladesh and India. The fruit of the tree, locally called Shojne, is a common food in our country. However, not many of us know that it is a superfood. Since ancient time, Moringa...
Every year, thousands of students from across Bangladesh join the battle to get admitted to the University of Dhaka for their undergraduate studies. On average, more than 50 students compete for each seat in the first-year admission test of DU....
Anisur Rahman | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
Dhaka has retained the status of the seventh worst liveable city in the world, just two steps down the ranking of even war-torn Ukraine's capital of Kyiv. In the Global Liveability Index 2023 that has ranked 173 cities of the...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-06-24 00:00:00
The recently published 'Global Food Policy Report (GBPR) 2023: Rethinking Food Crisis Responses' tell us, amongst other things that the world hunger has increased by 34.2 per cent over a seven-year period and the number of undernourished people has risen...
As the concern for food security is looming over most parts of the world, one of the regions acutely susceptible to food-related crisis is South Asia. The SAARC region, to be precise, has rarely been in a position of strength...
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