PUNE, India, Nov 11 (Agencies): Mitchell Marsh's career-best 177 not out sent Australia into next week's World Cup semi-finals with a convincing eight-wicket win over Bangladesh in Pune on Saturday.Bangladesh's only solace will come from the fact they avoided damage...
123 migrants found trapped in trailer MEXICO CITY, Nov 11: Authorities found 123 Central and South American migrants trapped in a trailer in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico's immigration agency said Thursday. Officials from the state...
BEIJING, Nov 11 (AP): A government official from China's Tibetan region on Friday rejected allegations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom, while stressing that Tibetan Buddhism should adapt to the Chinese context.Xu Zhitao, vice chairman of the Tibet...
LONDON, Nov 11 (BBC): An iconic leather jacket worn by Michael Jackson in the 1980s has been bought for £250,000 ($306,000). The black-and-white garment, worn by the late singer in a Pepsi advert, had been expected to sell for between...
BANGKOK, Nov 11 (AP): A military court in Myanmar has sentenced a general who until recently was a senior member of the country's ruling council to five years in prison for abusing his authority and taking bribes, state-run media reported...
PARIS, Nov 11 (AFP): President Emmanuel Macron said Friday France will build an ice-capable vessel as part of a billion-euro plan to boost polar research.Addressing a conference on the polar regions and glaciers, he urged world powers to act in...
MEXICO CITY, Nov 11 (AP): Mexican officials imposed severe, monthslong cuts to Mexico City's water supply at midnight Friday, acting just a month after initial restrictions were ordered as drought dries the capital's reservoirs.The Mexican National Water Commission and mayor...
KYIV, Nov 11 (Reuters): Ukraine's capital Kyiv came under air attack on Saturday and big explosions were heard, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said, but there was no immediate information on if there were any casualties. It was the first attack...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 11 (AFP/Reuters/BBC): The health care system in the Gaza Strip is "on its knees," the head of the World Health Organization warned Friday, noting that half of the territory's 36 hospitals are no longer functioning.Speaking to the...
US energy firms this week cut the number of oil rigs operating for a second week in a row to the lowest since January 2022, energy services firm Baker Hughes said in its closely followed report on Friday, reports Reuters.The...
CHICAGO, Nov 11 (Reuters): The United States is importing record amounts of beef this year and exporting less after ranchers slashed the nation's cattle herd to its lowest level in decades, tightening margins for meat companies like Tyson Foods.The decline...
Jin Air is keen to enhance its flight operation with regular direct scheduled flights between Bangladesh and South Korea as the carrier has already operated 126 direct chartered flights between Dhaka and Incheon in last three years, reports BSS.The Airline...
SINGAPORE/LONDON, Nov 11 (Reuters): China, the world's top importer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), is increasingly re-selling some of the super-chilled fuel to other Asian buyers as it looks to profit from price swings.Armed with a growing portfolio of long-term...
The dust around Poirtola bus stand in Brahmanbaria district causing trouble to pedestrians as well as passengers — Focus Bangla
Twins drown in Sitakunda pondCHATTOGRAM, Nov 11: Two sisters drowned in a pond while playing near their house in the Barowalia area of Chattogram's Sitakunda upazila on Friday. The deceased were identified as Samia Sultana Sneha and Safia Sultana Synthia,...
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 11 (UNB): An eye-catching railway station built in the shape of an oyster stands just three kilometers away from Cox's Bazar sea beach, which is expected to become also a recreation destination.The impressive station was also unveiled...
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SYLHET, Nov 12: The harvesting of early and short-duration varieties like Bina evolved Bina-7 and Bina-17 as well as Bridhan-71, Bridhan-74, Bridhan-75 and Bridhan-87 has begun in Sylhet region.Rahim Uddin, a farmer at a village in Golapganj upazila, said, "Bina...
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BOGURA, Nov 12: Advanced variety of potatoes has appeared at different markets in the northern region including Bogura, Sirajganj, Rangpur, Dinajpur and Rajshahi districts.The traders assume that the prices will come down soon with the sufficient supply. During a visit...
Nasim Ahmed | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
The Light Engineering (LE) sector makes a remarkable contribution to the economy of Bangladesh. The sector has innumerable prospects in poverty alleviation through employment generation; increasing contribution to GDP; growth of the local industries, reduction in import of LE products,...
Mymensingh city is historically renowned for its educational institutions. However, this city is nowadays known for horrific traffic congestion too. Traffic jam has now become an everyday experience for Mymensingh city dwellers, as battery-run auto-rickshaws, mostly unregistered, occupy almost all...
The University of Dhaka is one of the most renowned universities in the country, where more than 40 thousand students study. It is a dream university for most of our HSC (higher secondary certificate)-passed students. The university has a big...
Bishakha Devnath | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Omar climbed up and down the stairs of a footbridge to go across the road at the Science Lab intersection for years. But with ageing, his knees began protesting. He slowed down his pace first, then moved to the railings...
Asjadul Kibria | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
It was 40 years ago when the foreign ministers of the seven South Asian countries met in New Delhi to adopt the declaration of 'South Asian Regional Cooperation' (SARC). At the meeting held in August 1983, they also adopted the...
That pneumonia is a widely prevalent disease among children is more or less known in Bangladesh. But not many people are aware of its severity. At least 24,000 children, one of the highest in the world, dies of pneumonia every...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Hamas (Harakah al-Mukawamah al-Islamiya), an Arabic phrase meaning Islamic Resistance Movement, on October 7, 2023, launched a surprise attack on Israel by surging through Israel’s heavily fortified separation fence and crossing into the country from Gaza. In the wake of...
Mustafa K Mujeri | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
As the 170 million people of Bangladesh wake up every morning to face another day, they do so under very different circumstances. Some live in comfortable homes, have more than enough to eat, are well-clothed and healthy, and have a...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
The people of the Indian subcontinent faced a new situation following the 1947 Partition along religious lines. Achieving freedom after almost 200 years of the British colonial rule, the people of East and West Bengal thereafter became entangled in two...
Syed Raiyan Amir | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Over the recent decades, Bangladesh has experienced a profound shift in its energy acquisition and utilisation methods, demonstrating a marked move towards a more varied and sustainable energy panorama. Traditionally reliant on Middle Eastern nations for its oil and gas...
M Azizur Rahman | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Bangladesh increasingly relies on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to feed mounting energy demand in households, automotives, commercial entities and industries as private firms are building the alternative fuel empire countrywide amid piped-gas freeze.The private sector itself is developing necessary infrastructure...
Salehuddin Ahmed | 2023-11-12 00:00:00
Nobel laureate Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, in his poem nearly 89 years ago, lamented about the ill effects of environmental degradation on human beings.In his poem 'Prashna', Tagore wrote:['Today, my voice is choked, my flute is tuneless,/The prison of moonless...
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