Bangladesh captain Jaker Ali decides to bowl first after winning the toss against Afghanistan in the second T20I in Sharjah on Friday. — Afghanistan Cricket Board
LIVERPOOL, Oct 3 (AFP): Liverpool have no time to lick their wounds after back-to-back defeats as they prepare for a trip to Chelsea on Saturday while Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim is under severe pressure to beat in-form Sunderland.Arsenal can...
MADRID, Oct 3 (AFP): Real Madrid host Villarreal on Saturday aiming to get their La Liga campaign back on track after a punishing derby defeat last weekend.Xabi Alonso's side's perfect start to the campaign came to a juddering halt with...
NEW YORK, Oct 3 (AFP): FIFA has unveiled the official match ball for the 2026 World Cup, combining high-tech refinements and design details celebrating the three co-host countries -- the United States, Mexico and Canada.The ball, called Trionda, was again...
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) President Tabith Awal on Friday said that the development of football had been stalled for a long time due to the entry of dirty politics into the sport, reports BSS."There is still significant work to be...
GUWAHATI, India, Oct 3 (AFP): England flexed their muscles in their Women's World Cup opener with a ruthless 10-wicket demolition of South Africa in Guwahati on Friday.After bowling out the Proteas for a paltry 69 in just 20.4 overs, England's...
Md. Touhidul Alam Khan | 2025-10-04 00:00:00
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have persisted as vital engines of economic diversification and employment creation for the last few years. However, the rapid growth of this sector has accelerated remarkably with dedicated support of international institutions like the Islamic...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-10-04 00:00:00
Loneliness and being alone are not synonymous. One can feel lonely in a crowd while someone else can seek solitude and enjoy being alone away from the known social circle. Loneliness is marked by emotional and social detachment or withdrawal....
The World Health Organization (WHO), in 2017, called upon at least 75 per cent of its member states to prioritise dementia as a public health issue by 2025 and to formulate national policies and action plans on dementia prevention and...
The ongoing move by the Bangladesh Bank to purchase US dollars from commercial banks at higher exchange rates has sparked considerable debate. To many observers, paying more than necessary for foreign currency appears counterintuitive. Yet this policy is not a...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-10-04 00:00:00
A news report, carried in a vernacular daily, revealed that approximately 60 per cent of the seats in the country's state-owned technical schools and colleges remain vacant each year. This situation, while disappointing, also presents an opportunity for improvement in...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-10-04 00:00:00
Audit reports are powerful documents in the world of finance. They are meant to be pillars of trust that help investors, banks, donors and regulators make sense of the often-complex world of corporate activity. As independent watchdogs, auditors provide a...
Admittedly, in the post-autocracy dispensation, the volume of inward remittance has been demonstrating a steady rise as the expatriate workers are turning in greater numbers to official money transfer channels including banks and authorised digital platforms. The highest ever remittance...
Abdullah A Dewan | 2025-10-04 00:00:00
Every country pays for its debt — but not every country pays with its dignity, institutions, and future. In the United States (US), the headlines scream of fiscal disaster as the national debt crosses US$36 trillion, with nearly $950 billion...
Light to moderate rain is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Dhaka, Mymensingh, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with heavy falls at places until 6:00 pm today (Friday). The highest temperature on Thursday was 33.5 degrees...
A prisoner died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Thursday, hours after being admitted there. The deceased was identified as Md Amir Hossain, 38, reports UNB.Amir fell sick at Dhaka Central Jail on Wednesday night, leading to his admission...
Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui delivering speech to the Durga Puja organisers and Hindu devotees, as he visited the Dhakeshwari Mandir and the Ramna Kali Mandir (temples) in the capital on Wednesday.
Director General of Bangladesh Ansar and Village Defence Party (Ansar-VDP) Major General Abdul Motaleb Sazzad Mahmud along with other high officials visited two major temples in Gazipur and Tangail on Wednesday to observe the security measures on the occasion of...
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 2 (UNB): Some low-lying areas in the port city of Chattogram were submerged due to heavy overnight rainfall on Thursday, causing immense suffering of residents and commuters, particularly the office-bound people. Many commuters were forced to wade through...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Locals formed on Thursday a human chain blocking the Purbachal's 300 Feet Road demanding the construction of footbridges, zebra crossings and proper traffic management.The demonstration was held at Mastul near the Balu Bridge in Purbachal in the morning.Local residents in...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Oct 02: A fire broke out in a container loaded with computer and mobile accessories at the Chittagong sea port's New-mooring Container Terminal (NCT) on Wednesday.The blaze, suspected to have been caused by mobile batteries, started at around 8...
MUNIMA SULTANA | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh has set a fresh target of green house gas (GHG) emission reduction, 26.74 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2eq), by 2035 in its latest Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC 3.0), a national plan to show global commitment to the...
Amid crowd, two persons holding a banner displaying messages of peace - 'Greetings of Bijoya Dashami' and 'Free Palestine' - during the emersion of the idols on Cox's Bazar beach on Thursday, the last day of the Durga Puja. —...
Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home on Thursday wrapping up his nine-day New York tour to attend the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, reports BSS.A commercial flight of Emirates airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourages...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Vegetable prices rose again last week, with green chilli selling at up to Tk 350 a kg and brinjal reaching Tk 200 a kg, as heavy rains damage crops and push up prices of other vegetables.Meanwhile, prices of rice, beef,...
CUMILLA, Oct 2 (BSS): Jasim Uddin, former senior vice president of Cumilla Metropolitan BNP, and ex-general secretary of the City BNP, passed away at a hospital in capital on Thursday. He was 56.BNP leader Advocate Sabera Alauddin confirmed the news...
Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum said no one can disrupt the communal harmony in Bangladesh, reports UNB."No one can destroy communal harmony in Bangladesh. Humanity and service are respected like religion. It is important for us to remember...
Poet and political thinker Farhad Mazhar has demanded that nurses be granted equal professional status to doctors, alongside the immediate formation of a 'National Nurse Commission' to ensure health services for the people, reports bdnews24.com.Speaking at the Zahur Hossain Chowdhury...
RU CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
"Oikkoboddho Notun Projonmo" panel candidates, nominated by Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) for RUCSU polls, have stepped forward to feed the cats and dogs residing at campus as its closure has curtailed the availability of food they consume.Residential hall dining facilities,...
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