Pep Guardiola questioned whether it was only a two-horse Premier League title race, but his Manchester City side can ill-afford many slip-ups in their quest to hunt down leaders Arsenal, reports BBC.Mikel Arteta's Gunners have struck the latest blow in...
SYDNEY, Jan 2 (AFP): Seamer Matthew Potts and spinner Shoaib Bashir were included in a 12-man England squad Friday for the fifth Ashes Test against Australia as the tourists look to finish the series on a high.Potts is the only...
SYDNEY, Jan 2, (AFP): Australia's Usman Khawaja said Friday he will retire from international cricket after the fifth and final Ashes Test in Sydney, drawing the curtain on an illustrious 15-year career.The 39-year-old will pad up for the last time,...
Venus Williams is set to become the oldest female player to compete in the Australian Open main draw at the age of 45, reports BBC.The seven-time Grand Slam champion has received the final women's wildcard for the tournament, which begins...
Bangladesh Kabaddi Federation (BKF) has expressed profound shock and sorrow at the death of Zakir Hossain, advisor of Bogura Kabaddi Academy and former member of Bogura District Sports Association, reports BSS.BKF in a condolence message mourned the Zakir Hossain's demise,...
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 2 (AFP): Injury-prone fast bowler Anrich Nortje was on Friday named in South Africa's 15-man squad for next month's T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka.The 32-year-old has had a long battle with injuries but returned to...
India's postponed six match whiteball cricket tour of Bangladesh will take place in September, Bangladesh's Cricket Board said Friday, reports AFP.The series, including three one-day and three T20 matches, originally due to be played in August 2025, was delayed after...
Opener Adam Rossington and Md Naim's half centuries took Chattogram Royals to an easy 10 wicket victory against Dhaka Capitals on Friday, report agencies.Winning the toss, Chattogram opted to field and chased down the 122 run target with 44 balls...
LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters): The US dollar made a positive start to 2026 on Friday after struggling against most currencies last year, while the yen inched back towards a 10-month low as traders awaited US economic data to predict interest...
LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters): London's blue-chip FTSE 100 index hit the symbolic 10,000 points mark for the first time on Friday, reflecting a wider surge in global equities and providing a strong start to 2026 for a stock market that...
Global equity funds saw strong inflows in the final week of 2025 as optimism over AI-driven market gains over the past year and a solid corporate earnings outlook lifted risk appetite, reports Reuters.According to LSEG Lipper data, global equity funds...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
The benchmark index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued its upward trajectory this week, buoyed by an optimistic start to the first session of the New Year.Market analysts attributed the market's optimism to growing hopes for improved political clarity...
FE REPORT | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
The Minimum Wage Board has proposed a new minimum monthly wage of Tk 12,600 for workers in the iron foundry and engineering workshop sector, marking the first wage revision in over 15 years since the last adjustment in 2010.Under the...
BENGALURU/SINGAPORE, Jan 2 (Reuters): Euro zone manufacturing activity shrank further in December but Asia's factory powerhouses closed 2025 on a firmer footing backed by a rebound in export orders and growing demand for artificial intelligence, private surveys showed.Factory activity in...
Sunamganj, Jan 2 (UNB) : In a transformative move for agriculture in Bangladesh's haor regions, the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation (BADC) has launched a comprehensive initiative to construct causeways, threshing floors, and sunning platforms, aimed at easing the harvesting, processing...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Transactions through mobile financial services (MFS) continued their upward trajectory in October 2025, buoyed mainly by strong person-to-person (P2P), cash-in, and cash-out activities, reflecting sustained consumer reliance on digital platforms for daily financial needs.The number of MFS transactions rose by...
NEW DELHI, Jan 02 (Arab News): At least nine people have died and more than 200 have been hospitalized in the central Indian city of Indore after a diarrhea outbreak that officials said was linked to contaminated drinking water, according...
Somalia’s forces kill 29 al-Shabaab militantsSomalia's armed forces have eliminated 29 al-Shabaab militants in the town of Jabad Godane in southeastern Somalia, in coordination with international partners, the Defence Ministry said in a statement on Thursday, reports Reuters. Al-Shabaab has...
Rafah (Egypt): US actress Angelina Jolie (left) speaks to the press at the Egyptian Rafah border crossing, part of her visit to the North Sinai Governorate to inspect aid entering the Palestinian Gaza Strip, on Friday following a two year...
ISLAMABAD, Jan 02 (Agencies): Pakistan experienced its deadliest year in over a decade in 2025 as combat-related deaths surged 74 per cent, with militants accounting for more than half the death toll, according to a new report released by an...
MOSCOW, Jan 02 (AFP): Russia on Thursday said Kyiv was behind a drone strike on a hotel in the Moscow-held part of Ukraine's southern Kherson region that killed at least 20 people celebrating the New Year, accusing it of "torpedoing"...
TEHRAN, Jan 02 (Agencies): Donald Trump has threatened to intervene in Iran if its government kills demonstrators, prompting warnings from senior Iranian officials that any American interference would cross a “red line”.In a social media post on Friday, Trump said...
Md Shafiul Alam | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
Political division is a universal reality. No country in the world is free from differences in ideology, beliefs, or political allegiance. Even in the most established democracies, allegations of vote rigging, manipulation, and misinformation surface from time to time.Yet, despite...
Sohel Miah | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
As Bangladesh's national elections draw closer, political pressures increase -- and their wave effects are also felt in industrial areas. Especially in industry-dense zones such as Ashulia, Savar, Gazipur, and Narayanganj, a latent instability often emerges before and after elections....
Nilratan Halder | 2026-01-03 00:00:00
At a time when the Generation Z or popularly known as Gen Z is making media splashes all across the globe, there are reasons to be inquisitive about what its preceding or post-generations stood for. Its immediately preceding generation is...
MUMBAI, Jan 2 (Reuters): India is set to see below-average maximum and minimum temperatures in January, the weather office said on Thursday, raising the prospect of higher yields for key winter-sown crops such as wheat, rapeseed and chickpeas.The country is...
JAKARTA, Jan 2 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures fell and booked a weekly drop on Friday, their first trading session of 2026, as traders digested sluggish export data from cargo surveyors and awaited December production figures for further price guidance....
NEW YORK, Jan 2 (Reuters): Drugmakers plan to raise US prices on at least 350 branded medications including vaccines against COVID, RSV and shingles and blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance, even as the Trump administration pressures them for cuts, according to...
LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters): Oil prices steadied on the first day of trade in 2026 after registering their biggest annual loss since 2020 as investors weighed oversupply concerns against geopolitical risks including the war in Ukraine and Venezuela exports.Brent crude...
DUBAI/LONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters): OPEC+ will likely maintain steady oil output at its meeting on Sunday, three OPEC+ delegates said on Friday, despite political tensions running high between key members Saudi Arabia and the UAE over Yemen.Sunday's meeting of eight...
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