PARIS, June 18 (AP): Erling Haaland scored on his return to Norway and it wasn't enough as Scotland came back to win 2-1 on Saturday and keep a perfect record in qualifying for next year's European Championship.Elsewhere, Bruno Fernandes scored...
Afif Hossain and Ebadot Hossain returned as Bangladesh named their 15-man squad on Sunday for next month's two-match Twenty20 international series against Afghanistan, reports agencies.Afif was dropped from Bangladesh's T20 set-up during their recent home series against Ireland, but forced...
According to a report of the World Health Organisation (WHO), there are around 1.5 million cancer patients in Bangladesh. Many of these patients die because they were not diagnosed on time. They were unaware of having cancer. Moreover, the lack...
Freelancing has now become a new sector for many people to market their skills. It is now an exciting and growing career path. It is gaining more and more popularity with time. Many students now do freelancing jobs and manage...
As many as 400,000 people are bitten by snakes every year in Bangladesh, and 7,511 of them die of the injury, according to a recent study conducted by the Directorate General of Health Services' Non Communicable Disease Control unit. This...
Neil Ray | 2023-06-19 00:00:00
That 11 people out of each 1,000 left cities and towns for villages in 2022 against only six in 2021 could be a piece of great news but for two reasons. The reverse migration was not by choice but out...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-06-19 00:00:00
The drive to look for an alternative source of energy to keep industrial society running was not prompted by any altruistic motive of protecting environment or arresting global warming as many would like to believe nowadays. In fact, it was...
With fossil fuels becoming hard to procure for running the country's power plants, the government's plan to construct a set-up that uses municipal wastes for generation of power couldn't have come at a more appropriate time. By putting the waste-to-energy...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-06-19 00:00:00
Human rights can generally be defined as those rights which are inherent in our nature and without which we cannot live as human beings. Fundamental freedoms and human rights allow us to develop fully and use our human qualities, our...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina on Saturday surprised passengers of a regular commercial flight of the state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines, reports UNB.On her way back home from Geneva, she roamed around the fight and exchanged pleasantries with the passengers.Passengers on...
Sakif Shamim, managing director of LabAid Cancer Hospital and Super Speciality Centre, inaugurating four new healthcare centres- Breast Centre, Hepatobiliary/Liver Transplant Centre, Gastro/Hepato/Pancreas Centre, and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre- at LabAid Cancer Hospital in the city recently. Dr Ali Nafisa,...
An army soldier was killed and another injured in an explosion of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Ruma upazila of Bandarban on Friday, ISPR said in a media statement on Saturday.The deceased is Monnaf Hossain Raju, 21, and injured Md...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the controversial Sadurpara union chairman Mahmudul Alam Babu on Saturday for his alleged complicity in the killing of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadeem.RAB director (media wing) Cdr Khandakar Al Moin disclosed this to the media during...
FE Report | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
The commerce ministry has asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to cut the existing source tax and income tax on jute as the sector is now in a tight corner, sources said.The ministry has recently written to the board...
Former governor of Bangladesh Bank, Dr Salehuddin Ahmed, on Saturday said Islamic banks can work to encourage youth-led startups for employment by providing investment in nominal profit margin, which is the broader perspective of Islamic finance, reports UNB.He said this...
The stage was set for Bangladesh to register their biggest-ever Test win by a huge margin of runs, and they did not make any mistake in seizing the opportunity against Afghanistan.Heading into the fourth day of the Dhaka Test, only...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh may strike its fourth long-term LNG import deal this week in a desperate move to ramp up import reliance in order to meet the future energy security.The state-run Petrobangla has finalised talks with OQ Trading, formerly known as Oman...
FE Report | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
The country's top seven districts, including Dhaka and Chattagram, are getting 50 per cent allocation of the annual development programmes (ADP) while the bottom 25 districts are getting only 13 per cent, indicating major discrepancy in the ADP distributions, a...
Companies moving up floor price: How much it matters for market recoveryAs many as 59 companies have moved above the floor price on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) since the first week of March, but their gains have hardly made...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
The Income Tax Bill-2023 is likely to be passed by Parliament today with major changes including a relief for the bank depositors having current or savings accounts.Under the law, if enacted, bank depositors having only fixed deposit above Tk 1.0...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh's impressive agro products export has made a significant fall in the outgoing fiscal from its billion-dollar-export-earning club due to the government's policy intervention and the decline in global demand.Business insiders and regulators said the global economic turmoil and the...
Arafat Ara | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
Inward remittance from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has been on a downturn for the last two fiscal years from its recent peak registered in FY 2020-21 despite a substantial rise in the labour migration to the major job...
JUBAIR HASAN | 2023-06-18 00:00:00
A more 'cautious' monetary policy statement (MPS) is likely to be announced today (Sunday), introducing three major regulatory stances believed to be pressure-easing panacea for the under-stress money market and overheated consumer prices. Official sources said the MPS the Bangladesh...
Shipping and Communication Reporters Forum (SCRF) has demanded exemplary punishment for those involved in the murder of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim in Jamalpur, reports UNB. President Ashish Kumar Dey and general secretary Lion Jahangir Alam made this demand in a...
NETRAKONA June 17 (BSS): A peace procession was brought out here today by Netrakona district Awami League (AL) in protest against anti-state activities byBNP-Jamaat in the name of political movement.A large number of workers and leaders of AL and its...
FE REPORT BNP standing committee member Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain has been admitted to hospital on Friday night as he felt unwell.He is now undergoing treatment at Evercare Hospital in the capital's Bashundhara area.Member of BNP media cell Sairul Kabir Khan...
CHATTOGRAM, June 17 (BSS): Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League (AL) Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud on Saturday said BNP's demand for a polls-time caretaker government had died in the field."BNP's demand for a caretaker government had died...
BNP Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan termed on Saturday Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader's assertion that many BNP leaders are preparing to join the next election under a partisan government a 'sheer lie', reports UNB."Why are only many...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to her Gulshan residence on Saturday evening after receiving treatment for four days at Evercare Hospital in the city, reports UNB."Madam was discharged from the hospital as per the decision of the medical board. The...
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Saturday said Bangladesh is not concerned about the new US visa policy, reports UNB."We can have our own visa policy as well. We are capable of implementing...
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