Iran were one of the first nations to qualify for the finals but their participation has been in doubt since the US-Israeli conflict with the Islamic Republic broke out at the end of February, reports Reuters.Team Melli are scheduled to...
LILLEHAMMER, Norway, Mar 25 (AFP): US ski star Mikaela Shiffrin held off Emma Aicher to wrap up the overall World Cup title for a sixth time after Wednesday's season-ending giant slalom.Shiffrin, who previously won the big crystal globe in 2017,...
LIVERPOOL, Mar 25 (AFP): Mohamed Salah's long goodbye from Liverpool signals the end of a glorious era and leaves the Premier League giants facing another expensive rebuild.The Egyptian superstar announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving Anfield at the...
Bangladesh will begin their 2026 campaign as they face higher-ranked Vietnam in a FIFA international friendly match scheduled to be held at Hang Day Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam today (Thursday), reports BSS. The match will kick off at 6 pm...
JAMALPUR, Mar 25 (bdnews24.com): Police have arrested seven people in Jamalpur with 3,053 litres of petrol stockpiled for illegal sale, after locals intervened to stop black-market activities.The arrests took place in the early hours of Wednesday at Kendua Kalibari in...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-03-26 00:00:00
MAGURA, Mar 25: After sustaining heavy losses in betel leaf cultivation last year, the farmers of Magura have turned their fortunes around this year as the crop brings handsome profit for them.Some 139 hectares of land have been brought under...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-03-26 00:00:00
RANGPUR, Mar 25: Mosquito attacks have surged alarmingly in Rangpur city in recent time, causing unbearable sufferings to the city-dwellers. The city inhabitants have become helpless as they are quite unable to get rid of the menace of mosquitoes, which...
BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters): Shares of Pop Mart International Group, the Hong Kong-listed maker of collectible "blind box" toys - including the viral, toothy-grinned Labubu - experienced their biggest drop in nearly a year on Wednesday after the company reported...
China's chip industry is showing strong growth momentum as a global sprint to build AI infrastructure creates an explosion in demand, sparking higher capital spending and capacity expansion as chipmakers race to keep up, executives said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.Growth...
On Monday evening, Walt Disney Co and OpenAI teams were working together on a project linked to Sora, OpenAI's AI video tool. Just 30 minutes after that meeting, the Disney team was blindsided with word that OpenAI was dropping the...
Countries across Asia are weighing up work-from-home policies and stimulus measures enforced during the COVID pandemic, as they scramble to respond to global fuel shortages triggered by the Iran war, reports Reutres.Asia is at the frontline of the fuel crisis,...
SEOUL, March 25 (Reuters): General Motors, which received a South Korea government rescue package in 2018 to stay in the Asian country, said on Wednesday it plans to invest $600 million in its local unit to upgrade manufacturing facilities and...
BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters): China said on Wednesday that Mexico's trade measures against it, including tariff increases, constitute trade and investment barriers and that it had the right to take countermeasures.The import duty hikes affect more than $30 billion worth...
U.S. President Donald Trump appointed Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle Executive Chairman Larry Ellison and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to a council that will weigh in on AI policy and other issues, the White House said on Wednesday, reports...
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters): US corporate finance chiefs' outlook for the economy improved over the first months of the year, at least until the outbreak of the US-Israeli war on Iran, with executives expecting to increase employment amid solid revenue...
MANHATTAN, Mar 25 (Reuters): Inside a locked chamber the size of a walk-in freezer in Manhattan, Kansas, a few dozen wheat plants growing under bright LED lights are being genetically modified with a sunflower gene to resist drought.Some 20 miles...
RIYADH, Mar 25 (Arab News): Saudi Ports Authority has launched a new maritime link with Bahrain via MSC's Gulf Shuttle service, as regional shipping routes come under strain from escalating conflict between the US, Israel and Iran. The service connects...
LONDON, Mar 25 (Arab News): Egypt's The Waterway Developments plans to establish a real estate investment fund worth 10 billion Egyptian pounds ($190.2 million) in the first half of this year to help finance its project spending, CEO Hossam Hassan...
RIYADH, Mar 25 (Arab News): Kingdom Holding Co., the developer behind what is set to become the world's tallest building - Jeddah Tower - reported a 73 per cent jump in annual profit driven by investment gains and rising portfolio...
WASHINGTON, Mar 25 (Reuters): US import prices increased by the most in nearly four years in February as energy costs surged in anticipation of conflict in the Middle East, adding to signs that inflation is poised to accelerate in the...
NEW YORK, Mar 25 (Reuters): BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said oil prices could reach $150 a barrel and cause a "global recession" if Iran "remains a threat" even after the war ends."If there is a cessation of war, and yet...
NEW DELHI, Mar 25 (Reuters): India has bought its first cargo of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas in years after the US temporarily removed sanctions on Tehran's oil and refined fuels, LSG trade flows and three industry sources said.India had shunned...
Islami Bank Foundation (IBF) has celebrated Independence Day by holding various programmes. To mark the day, a discussion and a prayer session were held at the auditorium of the IBF's head office on Wednesday. Mohammad Ali, Executive Director (Acting) of...
The Western allies trying to negotiate a way to protect the Strait of Hormuz for energy shipping face a stark reality: a similar effort in the Red Sea that started years earlier cost billions of dollars and ultimately failed against...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2026-03-26 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 25: A total of 54,898 TEUs of containers were handled at Chittagong port during the Eid holidays from March 17 to 23. Of these, 28,961 TEUs were imported and 25,937 were exported. The highest number of 11,861 containers...
FE REPORT | 2026-03-26 00:00:00
Ridesharing app Uber on Wednesday announced the launch of a hybrid subscription model for its Uber Bike drivers in Bangladesh, offering greater flexibility in how they access trips and earn on the platform. The new model provides drivers with the...
MONIRA MUNNI | 2026-03-26 00:00:00
High production costs in China and trade redirection driven by US high tariffs have encouraged American buyers to increasingly diversify their sourcing of travel goods to other destinations like Bangladesh, insiders said. They added that a couple of companies are...
Syed Ali Ahsan | 2026-03-26 00:00:00
What is freedom? This question has been asked for ages by the people of different countries. Immediately before the French revolution, the French philosopher Rousseau had said: "Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains". That means, the...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2026-03-26 00:00:00
A parliamentary election was held for the first time in Pakistan's 23-year-old history on December 7 1970. Initially, the election was set for October, but was postponed due to floods in the eastern province. Meanwhile, a catastrophic cyclone hit East...
RIYADH, Mar 25 (Arab News): Egypt is targeting gross domestic product growth of 5.4 per cent, inflation stabilization, and a primary surplus of 1.2 trillion Egyptian pounds ($22.7 billion) during the 2026/27 fiscal year, a top official revealed.Speaking during a...
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