Nagad, a mobile financial service provider in Bangladesh, has come up with a smart payment option at the cattle haat, offering its customers safe and convenient buying and selling of sacrificial animals, according to a statement.As part of its efforts...
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Foundation Bangladesh has announced the formation of new three-member office-bearers following a selection process at a recent board meeting, says a press release. Members of the Board of Trustees made the decision unanimously. Lubna Choudhury,...
One of the two 660 MW units at Payra thermal power plant, the largest in Bangladesh, has restarted production 20 days after a shortage of coal forced the entire operation to shut down, reports bdnews24.com.Confirming the reopening on Sunday afternoon,...
CHICAGO, June 25 (Reuters): Chicago Board of Trade corn and soybean futures fell to one-week lows on Friday, pressured by forecasts for beneficial rains in the US Midwest, traders said.Wheat futures also were lower, with traders locking in profits from...
SAO PAULO, June 25 (Reuters): The Brazilian coffee industry, the world's second largest coffee user after the United States, is likely to change blends in the 2023/24 season to increase use of mild arabica beans and reduce more stringent robusta,...
LONDON, June 25 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices were down last week but remained 33 per cent up from its lowest level in June, tracking gas prices in Europe where ample inventories keep demand muted.The average LNG...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)'s national lead physiotherapist and rehabilitation manager Julian Calefato has left his permanent position with the BCB on compassionate grounds, reports BSS.Three months ago his fiancé, developed a reoccurrence of a serious disease that would require extensive...
Union Bank Limited organised Mejban in the city to celebrate its unbeaten championship of Sheikh Hasina Interbank Football Tournament 2023. Chairman of Bangladesh Association of Banks (BAB) Md. Nazrul Islam Mazumder, Vice-Chairman Alhaj Abdus Samad Labu, Chairman of Standard Bank...
FE REPORT | 2023-06-26 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court on Sunday upheld partly a High Court order that asked the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to hold an inquiry into whether there has been any fraud, embezzlement or corruption in spending the money that...
Dhaka Mariners Young's Club retained title of the Cute Women's Handball League that concluded on Sunday at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in city's Paltan, reports BSS.They beat Arambagh Krira Sangha by 56-31 goals securing highest nine...
Needing a win to stay alive in the competition, Bangladesh's footballers pulled off a superb comeback win against Maldives in the second group game of the 14th SAFF Championship on Sunday at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore, reports UNB....
Ukraine claims new offensives, advancesKYIV, June 25: Ukrainian forces have launched several new offensives on their eastern front, confronting Russian troops in the Donbas region, and have claimed more ground, a minister said Saturday. Deputy defence minister Ganna Malyar said...
PESHAWAR, June 25 (AP): Gunmen shot and killed a member of Pakistan's minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar, police said Sunday.Gauher Khan, a local officer, said the attack on Manmohan Singh, 35, appeared...
NEW YORK, June 25 (BBC): A British man who hacked high profile Twitter accounts as part of a Bitcoin scam has been jailed in the US. Joseph O'Connor, from Liverpool, hijacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020, including those...
ISLAMABAD, June 25 (AP): The supreme leader of the Taliban released a message Sunday claiming that his government has taken the necessary steps for the betterment of women's lives in Afghanistan, where women are banned from public life and work...
JISR AL-SHUGHUR, June 25 (AFP): Russian air strikes Sunday on Syria's northwest killed at least 11 people including seven civilians, in retaliation for deadly drone attacks blamed on rebel forces, a war monitor said."Six civilians were killed in Jisr al-Shughur...
CAIRO, June 25 (AP): President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi of Egypt met Sunday with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday, the second stop of a two-day trip that focused on elevating ties between the two counties.Egypt and India share deep ties...
Residents under the banner of Zila Nagorik Committee attend a mass sit-in programme in front of the Satkhira Municipality office on Sunday, protesting water price hike by the local government body — Focus Bangla
CHATTOGRAM, June 25 (UNB)-An elderly man was beaten to death and two others were injured in an attack allegedly by his younger brother and others in Hathazari upazila of Chattogram district on Saturday night.The dead is Abu Taher (60) of...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jun 25 (UNB): Trade with India through the Chapainawabganj's Sonamasjid land port will remain suspended from June 27 to July 2 for the Eid-ul-Azha holidays, port authorities said.However, cross border travel will continue through the immigration check post of...
RAJSHAHI, June 25 (BSS): In addition to beef fattening, the venture of goat fattening has become popular as many marginalised families have become self-reliant in the region, including its vast Barind tract.Apart from commercial farming, many of the villagers are...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2023-06-26 00:00:00
SYLHET, June 25: Inhabitants of the remote frontier upazila Madhyanagar of Sunamganj district are deprived of appropriate treatment due to the absence of a upazila-level health complex there. That is why people have to depend on quacks and pharmacists in...
Our everyday meals are incomplete without green chillies. Raw or added to curries, this little spice is not only delicious but also rich in so many vitamins. Alas, with a kilogram of green chilli price hitting Tk 250, it is...
Of all the natural calamities, earthquake is the deadliest. It is unpredictable, too. It can happen in a second. If it is powerful, there is no escape from its destruction. Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to earthquakes. So, preparations for minimising...
Human skeletons are in high demand among medical students for their anatomy courses. Organised gangs of criminals often steal human remains from graves for making a quick buck from the sale of skeletons. Incidents of theft of human remains are...
Neil Ray | 2023-06-26 00:00:00
It takes limitless self-confidence and courage to do what a teenage girl of class IX in Khoksa, Kushtia has done. Within two hours of her marriage to a man of 25 in a neighbouring village, she fled the groom's house...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-06-26 00:00:00
Amid slogan-chanting climate activists' threat to transform the Eiffel Tower into a wind turbine, the two-day Global Climate Finance summit in Paris closed on Friday (June 23) last week. It ended with the usual high hopes of helping the poor...
In the run-up to the submission of a crucial document on the country's climate impact mitigation efforts, Bangladesh has prepared a draft report styled "Bangladesh: First Biennial Update Report", to be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-06-26 00:00:00
Environmental analysts have drawn the world's attention to a new dimension in environmental science. Alison Kentish has urged the world to seriously discuss and try to fully understand the various dimensions related to carbon capture and storage which plays a...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2023-06-25 12:00:00
The guidelines by the securities regulator for general investors to participate in primary auctions of T-bonds would increase their accessibility of such securities but would not help the bond market thrive. In the "process flow" published on Thursday, the Bangladesh...
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