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Lionel Messi scores two as Inter Miami win again

2023-08-04 00:00:00

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug 03 (AP): Lionel Messi continues to add goals in bunches while still adapting to a new team.Messi scored in his third straight game and had his second consecutive multi-goal performance for Inter Miami in a 3-1...

Broad considered retiring last year, Stokes talked him out: Anderson

2023-08-04 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 03 (IANS): Veteran England fast-bowler James Anderson revealed that recently-retired pacer Stuart Broad had thoughts of taking retirement from all forms of cricket last season but was stopped from doing so by Test skipper Ben Stokes and head...

Himalayan conqueror Shakil visits Nagad after expedition

2023-08-04 00:00:00

Ikramul Hasan Shakil, the first Bangladeshi mountaineer who climbed the Great Himalayan Trail, met Nagad Founder and Managing Director Tanvir A Mishu at the Nagad's head office in the city after completing his expedition in Nepal, reports UNB.The mountaineer could...

Germany suffer earliest exit

2023-08-04 00:00:00

BRISBANE, Australia, Aug 03 (AFP): A Women's World Cup full of shocks had its biggest yet when Germany were dumped out in the group phase on Thursday following a stalemate with South Korea, with debutants Morocco progressing instead.Germany's 1-1 draw...

10 sports personalities, two organisations named for Sheikh Kamal NSC Award

2023-08-04 00:00:00

The Ministry of Youth and Sports named on Thursday 10 sports personalities and two organisations in eight categories for the prestigious Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council (NSC) Award-2023 in recognition of outstanding contribution to sports, reports BSS.State Minister for Youth...

Two drug traders get life in Ctg

2023-08-04 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Aug 03 (BSS): A Chattogram court has sentenced life term imprisonment to two drug traders in 2020.The court of Chattogram 4th Additional Metropolitan Sessions Judge Md Shariful Alam Bhuiyan awarded the verdict on Thursday.The convicts are Md Refat (20)...

Two teens get bail in anti-terrorism case

2023-08-04 00:00:00

SUNAMGANJ, Aug 03 (UNB): A Sunamganj court has granted bail to two teenagers arrested along with 32 other people in a case filed under the Anti-Terrorism Act while they were on a visit to Tunguar Haor in Tahirpur upazila of...

Road crashes claim seven lives in four districts

2023-08-04 00:00:00

Seven were killed in separate road accidents in Narsingdi, Bhola, Panchagarh and Cumilla on Wednesday and Thursday, report agencies.In Narsingdi, three people, including an autorickshaw driver, have been killed after an unidentified car slammed into the vehicle on the Dhaka-Sylhet...

Six to die for killing FF in M'singh

2023-08-04 00:00:00

A Mymensingh court has sentenced six people to death and two others to life in prison for killing freedom (FF) fighter Abdul Matin over a land dispute in the district's Trishal upazila five years ago, reports bdnews24.com. Second Additional District...

More green spaces crucial for sustainable development

2023-08-04 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, August 03 (BSS): More green spaces can be the crucial means of minimising the adverse impact of climate change together with promoting a healthy environment, securing urban food systems and affordability.Transforming the Rajshahi city into a sustainable and resilient...

Group theatre movement: Dhaka Theatre at fifty

Shihab Sarkar | 2023-08-04 00:00:00

In the very early years of the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the youths involved in the greater arts became impatient to start doing something new. Their goal was to create something fresh --- and completely free of the vestiges...

Equipping varsity students with AI knowledge

2023-08-04 00:00:00

We are currently seeing the emerging dominance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a shift towards integrating AI into various industries. However, in Bangladesh, particularly public universities are facing a significant challenge in equipping students with modern technological skills. Thousands of...

Ensuring free and rapid dengue test

2023-08-04 00:00:00

The dengue situation in Bangladesh has already taken an alarming turn. It is feared to worsen further in the days to come. According to the latest official data, the death toll from dengue fever has risen to 273 nationwide as...

When public hospitals are sick

Zahid Huq | 2023-08-04 00:00:00

It is very natural that the state of the public health facilities would come under public scrutiny from time to time, as millions of patients visit those every year seeking treatment.The results of such scrutiny in most cases are found...

Far-reaching impacts of NPL

Nilratan Halder | 2023-08-04 00:00:00

A three-member bench of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court (SC), headed by Chief Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, pointed accusing fingers at the loan defaulting culture that smacks of outrageously discriminatory treatment. While failure to repay interests regularly on...

RCEP membership to advance business interests

2023-08-04 00:00:00

Bangladesh's eagerness to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), as reported in the media, has come up on a positive note in terms of boosting exports to the Asia-Pacific region. However, benefiting from such a mega regional bloc depends...

Takeaways from corporation rankings

Imtiaz A Hussain | 2023-08-04 00:00:00

Ranking corporations in Bangladesh is too new a game to attract attention. Compounding the exercise is the orientation typically associated with it. After all, rankings represent results of what corporations have done, the number of steps they have climbed or...

BNP to hold protest rally in city Friday on verdict against Tarique, Zubaida

2023-08-03 00:00:00

BNP will hold a rally in the capital on Friday to protest against a lower court verdict against party acting chairman Tarique Rahman and his wife Zubaida Rahman in a graft case, reports UNB.BNP's Dhaka south city unit convener Abdus...

Work on new bus terminal underway in port city

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM Aug 02: At last the port city of Chattogram is getting a new bus terminal as per master plan. The Chattogram City Bus Terminal is being constructed at Kulgaon in Hathazari of the city. The Chattogram City Corporation (CCC)...

HC orders finishing probe into anomalies of Tk 4.77b in Essential Drugs

FE REPORT | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

The High Court on Wednesday asked the ACC to complete its inquiry into the financial anomalies amounting Tk 4.77 billion at Essential Drug Company Ltd as per law.The court also ordered the anti-corruption commission (ACC) to submit its report on...

Tarique gets 9 years' jail, Zubaida 3 years

FE REPORT | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman to nine years' rigorous imprisonment and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three years' imprisonment in a case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on charge of amassing assets through...

127,198 can perform Hajj in 2024

FE REPORT | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

The Saudi government approved a quota of 1 27,198 people from Bangladesh to perform hajj for 2024.Secretary of the Ministry of Religious Affairs Md Abdul Hamid Jamaddar said this during a meeting in the meeting room of the ministry on...

Thumb impression must on loan docs

FE REPORT | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has made providing thumb impression on loan documents mandatory. The central bank said loan borrowers and guarantors would give thumb impressions of their both hands along with signatures for obtaining loans. The banks would verify these...

Speakers for investment to handle climate change

FE REPORT | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

Climate-change impact is posing a severe threat to the country's agriculture as well as overall economy, as annual GDP might shrink by 1.0-2.0 per cent for its consequences. So, required investment (to handle climate-change impact) is crucial, as a funding...

Give AL another chance to serve

2023-08-03 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Aug 2 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday repeated her call to the people to vote for 'boat' - the election symbol of her ruling Awami League -and give the party another chance to serve the country. "By...

Briefing 2023-08-03

2023-08-03 00:00:00

Prayer Timings (2023-08-03)

2023-08-03 00:00:00

US Rockwell partners with local firm to serve BD manufacturing sector

ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

Top US firm Rockwell Automation has partnered with a local leading company in industrial automation and digital transformation to combine advanced technologies with the local workforce in the country's manufacturing and industries.Rockwell Automation has strategically partnered with Reverie Automation recently...

Export sees double-digit growth in July

FE REPORT | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

Bangladesh's new fiscal year commences on a positive note in external trade with July merchandise shipments registering a double-digit growth of 15.26 per cent to US$4.59 billion.In July 2022, the export earnings were worth US$3.98 billion, according to Export Promotion...

Interbank exchange rate all-time high at Tk 109

JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-08-03 00:00:00

Local-currency taka slipped to its record low Wednesday in exchange with the US dollar as the rate in banks rose to Tk 109.50, signifying that imports will be more expensive.The taka depreciated nearly 16 per cent on a year-on-year basis...