Top Asian hubs saw some selling of physical gold this week as people cashed in on relatively high prices, with lacklustre demand during the wedding season in India prompting dealers to offer steeper discounts, reports Reuters.The bullion industry was hoping...
MOSCOW/LONDON, Nov 26 (Reuters): Three major Greek shipping firms have stopped transporting Russian oil in recent weeks in order to avoid US sanctions now being imposed on some shipping firms carrying Russian oil, four traders told Reuters and shipping data...
Stampede during music festival at Keralauniversity kills at least 4 studentsNEW DELHI, Nov 26: A stampede during a music festival at a university in southern India on Saturday killed at least four students and injured 60 others, according to news...
PRISTINA, Nov 26 (Reuters): Workers at a bear sanctuary in Pristina are working hard to look after a lion that wants to play in the snow and bears who were removed from their natural habitat when they were cubs and...
MOSCOW, Nov 26 (Reuters): Russia said on Sunday that it had thwarted a major Ukrainian drone attack with at least 20 drones shot down over Russian regions, including Moscow.Russia's defence ministry said Ukrainian drones were shot down over regions including...
TEL AVIV, Nov 26 (AP): Israeli forces operating in the occupied West Bank killed at least eight Palestinians in a 24-hour period, Palestinian health officials said Sunday, as a fragile pause in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza...
SEOUL, Nov 26 (AP): The top diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China met Sunday to discuss when to resume their leaders' trilateral summit after a four-year hiatus and how to strengthen cooperation among the three Northeast Asian neighbours.Closely linked...
NEW DELHI, Nov 26 (AFP): England batsman Joe Root has pulled out of next year's Indian Premier League, joining his red-ball skipper Ben Stokes in sitting out the glitzy Twenty20 tournament.Root, who had made his IPL debut for Rajasthan Royals...
NEWCASTLE, England, Nov 23 (AP): Newcastle produced a stunning second-half display as the Magpies halted Chelsea's Premier League momentum with a 4-1 win at St James' Park on Saturday.Influential Chelsea defender Reece James was also sent off in the match...
The Maldives champions Maziya Sports and Recreation Club arrived in Dhaka on Friday to play Bangladesh champions Bashundhara Kings in their Group D away match of the AFC Cup Football, reports UNB.The vital match between Bangladesh and the Maldives giants...
Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan was placed in Platinum category, the highest category for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) draft which is scheduled to be held on December 14, reports BSS.The tournament will be held from February 13 to March...
Players of Youth Group posing with the champions trophy after winning the 'Standard Chartered Cup 2023' recently. They beat United Group by 3-1
SYLHET, Nov 26 (AFP): New Zealand coach Luke Ronchi said Sunday that his side's Cricket World Cup experience in India would help end their barren run in Bangladesh, as they prepare to face the hosts for a two-Test series.New Zealand...
After a forgettable World Cup campaign, Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusingha said on Sunday that his team was looking to turn over a new leaf with the two-match Test series against New Zealand, reports Cricbuzz.Both Bangladesh and New Zealand will...
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md Shahab Uddin has urged all concerned to work together to improve and protect the country's natural environment and biodiversity, reports BSS."If everyone works together, quality of the country's environment will improve.Time-befitting projects should...
CHANDPUR, Nov 26 (UNB): Police rescued a giant 71 kg sea turtle, believed to be around 200 years old, and with the assistance of the Forest Department, later released it into the Meghna River on Saturday afternoon.Officials from the Forest...
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 26 (UNB): Chattogram district administration has formed a seven-member committee to investigate the incident of a four-storey building tilting in Raufabad area in the port city.Chattogram Deputy Commissioner (DC) Abul Bashar Mohammad Fakh-ruzzaman confirmed the development on Saturday...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-11-27 00:00:00
On November 15, 2023 a Joint Statement was issued by Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It was in the form of a joint declaration of intervention in Gambia's case against Myanmar at the International Court...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-11-27 00:00:00
Covid, conflict and climate changes have been disproportionately affecting South Asia and so it is time for combined actions to overcome the challenges. Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri, Executive Director of Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), made the observation while talking...
As winter approaches, cold and influenza may not be far away. It is crucial not to overlook the impact of these common respiratory illnesses. With the drop in temperatures, we often witness an uptick in the cases of cold and...
Our constitution recognises equal rights to every citizen irrespective of race, religion, caste, clan or gender. However, it is unfortunate to learn that a recently-conducted study has found that marginalised people in the country are facing discriminatory behaviour in many...
Food waste is a severe problem all across the world, where the number of people affected by hunger has been slowly on the rise. But tons of edible foods are wasted every day. According to the United Nations, around 14...
Neil Ray | 2023-11-27 00:00:00
The day Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Shirin Sharmin eulogised the people's movement ahead courtesy of information technology towards building a smart Bangladesh, the Bangladesh Submarine Cable PLC (BSCPLC) shut down bandwidth of 19 of the country's 34 International Internet...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-11-27 00:00:00
Amid the welcome 'humanitarian pause' of Israel's relentless air and ground assaults on the Gaza strip, termed Hamas-Israel war in the media, the exchange of Palestinian and Israeli prisoners has been taking place from Friday, November 24. Notably, such an...
That antibiotics are increasingly becoming ineffective against bacterial infection is now a global problem. Widespread abuse has resulted in the emergence of superbugs that are found immune to all sorts of anti-microbial drugs. The situation in Bangladesh is particularly worrying...
Bishakha Devnath | 2023-11-26 12:00:00
A child upon stepping into a cathedral comes across his name on a plaque pinned to the entrance wall. He wondered who that man was with the same name as his and had been honoured for his contribution to the...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2023-11-26 12:00:00
Global geopolitical tensions often play a very pivotal role in shaping people’s general perception of economic outlook. The current Israeli aggression against Gaza leading to more than 13,000 Palestinians death including over 5,500 children by the 3rd week of November...
Over the past five decades, Bangladesh has made significant progress in a number of important health sector areas. Maternal mortality rate has come down by almost two-thirds, and infant and child mortality rates were reduced by 44 per cent and...
Faria Mridha Nitisha and Syed Imtiaz Nadvee | 2023-11-26 12:00:00
Women entrepreneurs are transforming the global economic, social, and gender landscapes, and Bangladesh is no exception in this case where they are contributing substantially to economic growth, job creation, and groundbreaking innovation. They constitute 24.6 per cent of small and...
Shahrukh Ikhtear | 2023-11-26 12:00:00
Product Management has seen a meteoric rise in Bangladesh as a profession of choice for many, but how many companies are pursuing the right things instead of chasing trends in an unstructured way remains a moot question. A product manager's...
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