AUSTRALIA, Oct 22 (Reuters): Australia's Grace Harris not only broke records in the Women's Big Bash League on Sunday with a scintillating century but the all-rounder also broke her bat into two pieces when smashing one delivery for six.Harris opened...
MUMBAI, Oct 22 (AFP): Reigning champions England have lost three of their opening four World Cup matches, with Saturday's 229-run thrashing by South Africa in Mumbai their heaviest one-day international defeat.AFP Sport looks at where things have been going wrong...
NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (Agencies): A desperate Pakistan will be wary of a competent group of Afghanistan spinners' ability to strike hard on an often-gripping Chepauk pitch during the World Cup match on Monday.In a crucial World Cup match-up, Pakistan...
Australian PM to visit China early Nov:Leaves for US to meet BidenCANBERRA, Oct 22: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping, making the announcement Sunday hours before he departed...
COPENHAGEN, Oct 22 (AP): A storm battered Britain, northern Germany and southern Scandinavia early Saturday, for a third day, with powerful winds, heavy rain and storm surges that caused floods, power outages, evacuations and disrupted flights, railway service and ferry...
TEHRAN, Oct 22 (AFP/AP): Iran's foreign minster on Sunday warned Israel and its ally the United States that the Middle East risks spiralling out of control as a result of Israel's war on Hamas."I warn the US and its proxy...
HANOI, Oct 22 (Reuters): Vietnam is seeking investment from oil giant Saudi Aramco in its petrochemical and oil refinery projects, the Southeast Asian country's government said.Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Thursday met with Aramco's Yasser M. Mufti, its...
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) conducted a mobile court in an area under Savar Thana on Sunday. The mobile court found that Imperial Electrical and Gas Appliance Company was marketing storage water heaters (Geyser) without any BSTI licence....
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices rose more than $3 last week to a near nine-month high, supported by increased demand from northeast Asian buyers and amid tensions in the Middle East.The average LNG...
Human trafficking is rising alarmingly around the world. It is truly horrifying to know that international organisations have reported at least 6,781 trafficking victims so far this year, including 961 for sex trafficking, 3,764 for labour trafficking and 2,056 for...
Everyone, these days, seems to lead a life full of modern facilities. For this, they have come a long way from their conventional extended family life to flat-bound city life. Development projects are occupying open spaces and water bodies to...
Neil Ray | 2023-10-23 00:00:00
The news of heating up of the rice market could not come at a worse time. Food inflation last month was 12.37 per cent ---slightly less than the 12.54 per cent in August, a record rise in 12 years. Within...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-10-23 00:00:00
In the wake of the war in Ukraine, oil price skyrocketed to more than US$120 per barrel. However, the release of the Strategic Petroleum Reserves of the US and the European Union (EU)'s embargo followed by the imposition of a...
After the partial opening of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway (just 11.5 km of 46.73 km) on the HSIA-Kutubkhali route via Mohakhali, the construction work of the country's second 24-km elevated expressway has run into a snag. The hurdles, linked to...
Mohammad Aminul Hoque Sarwar | 2023-10-23 00:00:00
In today's rapidly evolving financial services industry, the art of negotiation has taken on a whole new level of complexity, especially in technology procurement. As technology continues to redefine traditional financial models, organisations must adeptly navigate the procurement process to...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-10-23 00:00:00
The horrific events over the last two weeks have seen clashes in the disputed region of the Middle East. Observation of human rights appears to have been kicked out of the window thanks to Hamas and Israel. Hamas's recent unexpected...
Our Correspondent | 2023-10-22 12:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 21: The chief of Bangladesh's apex chamber pinned on Saturday his hope of a turnaround in business on the tunnel being built under the river Karnaphuli.The president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI)...
MUMBAI, Oct 21 (AFP): Heinrich Klaasen made a brilliant World Cup century as South Africa thrashed England by a mammoth 229 runs in Mumbai on Saturday to leave the champions' title defence hanging by a thread as they suffered a...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2023-10-22 00:00:00
A small fraction of the trade finance provided by banks reached Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), indicating limited accessibility for these vital economic contributors.Although the contributions of SMEs to the country's GDP and employment generation are widely recognized, data regarding...
Twenty more deaths were reported from dengue in 24 hours till Saturday morning, raising the fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease in Bangladesh to 1,246 this year, reports UNB.During the period, 1,889 more patients were hospitalised with the viral fever, according...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is likely to visit Jeddah, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the International Conference on Women in Islam which will be held on November 6-8, reports UNB.Saudi Arabia and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)...
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (AFP) : President Joe Biden requested urgent military aid for Ukraine and Israel in a massive $106 billion security package Friday, but he faces a tough battle to get it through a paralyzed US Congress.Biden's demand came...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-22 00:00:00
The board of directors of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to review and take a decision today (Sunday) on the appeals made by the senior treasury officials of 10 private commercial banks seeking waiver of the fines imposed on...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday warned against any sort of anarchy and vandalism in the name of movement, saying her government will not tolerate destructive activities, reports UNB.Referring to the street protests by BNP-Jamaat and their allies the premier...
When hope for capital expansion lures investors into small-cap stocksLibra Infusions was the number one gainer last week with an appreciation of 27.53 per cent on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). Apart from this company, many small-cap companies having weak...
FHM HUMAYAN KABIR | 2023-10-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh's higher export to non-traditional regions and blocs has ushered in a new hope of market diversification, analysts said on Friday.Shipments to non-traditional markets, including Africa, Asia, ASEAN, CIS, IORA, Eurasian, East and the Eurozone, LDC, D-8, Oceania and OIC,...
REZAUL KARIM | 2023-10-22 00:00:00
Dhaka and Delhi are set to sit in a consultation on October 30 for argument and counter-argument on the proposed Indian imposition of countervailing duty (CVD) on jute goods.In the meeting, both parties will hammer home their own strong points...
RAFAH, Oct 21 (Agencies): The first aid trucks arrived in the war-torn Gaza Strip from Egypt on Saturday, bringing humanitarian relief to the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave suffering what the UN chief labelled a "godawful nightmare". Israel has vowed to destroy...
FE REPORT | 2023-10-22 00:00:00
Multi-pronged global stakeholder pressures built up on Bangladesh authorities for a 'significant and reasonable' pay hike for the country's garment workers as wage negotiations peak with claim submissions today, industry sources said.Both owners and workers' representatives on the minimum wage...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. The highest temperature in the country on Saturday was recorded at 35.0 degrees...
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