DUBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters): Qatar has further expanded its long-term gas supply to Europe, reaching a supply deal with the Netherlands to provide 3.5 million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) a year for 27 years.Two LNG sale and...
Gold crept higher for a third consecutive session on Thursday as growing tensions in the Middle East sparked safe-haven demand, while investors strapped in for US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech later in the day, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose...
KYIV, Oct 19 (Reuters): Ukraine has increased its road grain shipments in the first half of October, aiming to send abroad as much as possible of its bumper grain and vegetable oil output, brokers said.Spike Brokers said 277,000 metric tons...
LONDON, Oct 19 (Reuters): Oil prices fell about 1 per cent on Thursday as the United States eased sanctions on Venezuela to allow more oil to flow globally, but fears that Israel's military campaign in Gaza may escalate to a...
PARIS, Oct 19 (AFP): No matches organised by UEFA will be played in Israel "until further notice" due to the "current safety and security situation" in the country, European football's governing body said in a statement on Thursday."After a thorough...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct 19 (AP): Lionel Messi says he will play in Inter Miami's season finale on Saturday, although the club hasn't confirmed that is the actual plan.Messi - who scored both goals for Argentina in its 2-0 World...
LONDON, Oct 19 (AFP): Ben Stokes has declared himself ready for action in England's crucial World Cup clash against South Africa after missing the first three games of the campaign through injury.England's title defence in India is in deep trouble...
MANCHESTER, England, Oct 19 (Agencies): Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar is set to have surgery after tearing both his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and meniscus in his left knee, his club Al-Hilal have confirmed. He is a major doubt for Copa...
NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (Agencies): Babar Azam and his men face the five-time champions Australia on Friday, with star fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi struggling for form and opening batter Abdullah Shafique weakened by a fever.Both Shafique and Afridi rejoined...
Former national captain and dependable wicket-keeper cum batsman Mushfiqur Rahim emerged as the 2nd Bangladeshi batsman to score 1000 plus runs in the ICC World Cup Cricket on Thursday, reports UNB.Mushfiqur, who came to bat at number six against the...
Former US officials ask Pakistan not to deportAfghans seeking relocation to United StatesISLAMABAD, Oct 19: A group of former U.S. diplomats and representatives of resettlement organizations asked Pakistan not to deport thousands of Afghans who have been waiting for U.S....
IWAKI, Oct 19 (AFP): UN inspectors took samples from a fish market near the Fukushima nuclear power plant on Thursday following the release of wastewater from the wrecked facility in August.China and Russia have banned Japanese seafood imports since the...
SAO PAULO, Oct 19 (AFP): Brazil's army said Wednesday it is keeping around 160 soldiers on lockdown at a military base as it investigates the theft of 21 heavy machine guns, including some capable of taking down airplanes.The army is...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (Reuters): A Pakistan court on Thursday barred authorities from arresting a former three-time prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, upon his expected return home on Saturday from four years in self exile, his lawyer said.Lawyer Azam Nazeer Tarar told...
BEIRUT, Oct 19 (AFP): The Israeli government struck a Syrian military position in the war-torn country's south, a war monitoring NGO said on Wednesday."Sounds of explosions rang out in the province of Quneitra after an Israeli strike against a Syrian...
KYIV, Oct 19 (AP/AFP): A Russian missile attack killed two civilians in an apartment building in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, local authorities said, as President Vladimir Putin dismissed the importance of a new U.S.-supplied weapon that Kyiv used to execute...
WASHINGTON, Oct 19 (BBC): Republican lawmakers say they have been targeted by intimidation tactics, including death threats, from allies of Jim Jordan as his bid for the US House of Representatives speakership falters.Several Republicans told reporters they had been subject...
BEIJING, Oct 19 (Reuters/AP): China wants the Israel-Hamas war to be stopped as soon as possible, President Xi Jingping was quoted by Chinese state media as saying on Thursday, adding Beijing was willing to work with Arab governments for a...
GOALANDA, Oct 19 (UNB): A 75-year-old man and his 32-year-old nephew died from electrocution at Daulatdia in Goalanda upazila of Rajbari district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Nuru Molla and Shamim Molla, son of Anwar Molla, of the upazila.Quoting...
Police recovered the bodies of two men from Dinajpur and Sylhet districts on Thursday, reports UNBIn Dinajpur, the body of a vegetable trader was recovered from outside his house early Thursday. The incident happened at Chandpur Mohalla of Birampur municipality...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 19 (BSS): community clinics (CC) can be the crucial means of supplying anti-hypertensive drugs among the patients concerned at the grassroots level in the region.Health officials and experts on Thursday came up with the observation while addressing a...
Farmers busy processing betel nuts in Paschim Charmandal village of Laxmipur sadar upazila under Laxmipur district recently — Focus Bangla
RANGPUR, Oct 19 (BSS): Implementation of a surface water conservation scheme of the government is helping farmers to produce 0.1 million (one lakh) tonnes of additional Aman paddy worth Taka 2.58 billion (258 crore) this season in the greater Rangpur...
Shihab Sarkar | 2023-10-20 00:00:00
School textbooks play little role in prompting teenage students to go for pleasure-reading. At school, few Bangla teachers are found going beyond the confines of the syllabus contents fixed in a textbook. Even the students in the higher classes aren't...
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas has already turned into a catastrophe and caused an inhuman situation in Gaza. The freedom-loving civilians in Gaza have been grappling with the incessant attacks from Israeli forces and all types of crises...
Traffic congestion is a persistent problem in Dhaka, a city with a population of more than 150 million. When the two major political parties in the country hold rallies on the same day, the traffic situation in the capital worsens....
Wasi Ahmed | 2023-10-20 00:00:00
The country's grid electricity is often found to be responsible for unwarranted power disruptions. It has been due to the fact that the existing grid is susceptible to such disruptions when power generation reaches close to 16,000MW. Bangladesh has, so...
Is it the fitness of the drivers or the fitness of the vehicles that comes first to contain road accidents? There is no straight and simple answer to this question because one cannot be prioritised over the other. Obviously, both...
Afsan Chowdhury | 2023-10-20 00:00:00
Professional media in most cases is now not about popularity and circulation only given the huge pressure built up by social media but branding as well. Interestingly, this brand is not only about the content of the media outlet but...
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