PARIS, Sept 20 (AFP): Burning the world's remaining fossil fuel reserves would unleash 3.5 trillion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions-seven times the remaining carbon budget to cap global heating at 1.5C-according to the first public inventory of hydrocarbons released Monday.Human...
Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder Tuesday said that strict legal action would be initiated against anyone trying to create an artificial fertiliser crisis in Bangladesh, reports UNB."Fertiliser supplies in Bangladesh have not declined even by a single tonne over that...
Benjamin Hung, chief executive officer, Asia, Standard Chartered, arrived in Dhaka earlier this week for his first official visit to Bangladesh, says a press release. His visit marks the second recent visit by a member of the bank's global senior...
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has urged World Bank (WB) to expedite its funding to projects in Bangladesh's power and energy sector, reports UNB.He made the request while holding a bilateral meeting on Tuesday with...
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CHATTOGRAM, Sept 20: Chittagong port, the prime seaport of the country, earned a record Tk 35.85 billion in the last fiscal year of 2021-2022 (FY 22). After paying all the expenditure including charges, taxes and salaries of staff, the net...
'Women and E-commerce' Platform (WE) will organise a women entrepreneurs' business summit at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in October, reports UNB.The organizers said the summit will be held on October 14 and 15 as the largest conference in...
Padma Bank organised a workshop on 'Guidelines for Trust Fund Management in payment and settlement services' at its Mirpur Training Institute in Dhaka recently. Employees from different branches of Dhaka and the head office attended the half-day workshop. Syed Towhid...
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The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has instructed its members not to do business with British clothing brand Peacocks. Citing the court restriction, the trade body in a circular on September 12 last said Dhaka's First Joint District...
BARCELONA, Sept 20 (AFP): Barcelona have forecast revenue of 1.255 billion euros ($1.254 billion) for the 2022-23 season, with a predicted profit of 274 million euros.The Spanish side have been under great economic stress in recent years but gained financial...
WELLINGTON, Sept 20 (AFP): Martin Guptill is set to play at a seventh Twenty20 World Cup after New Zealand on Tuesday kept the nucleus of the squad beaten in last year's final.The 35-year-old batsman was in a 15-man squad under...
Cristiano Ronaldo leads Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe as the most influential footballer on Instagram due to play at the 2022 World Cup, reports BBC Sports.Portugal forward Ronaldo had a 48 per cent increase in followers in the past...
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 20 (Reuters): In convenience stores across Argentina, children - and their parents - are getting caught up in a new frenzy: the hunt for World Cup soccer stickers that is sending the already sports-loving country into a...
DUBAI, Sept 20 (AFP): A temporary ban on using saliva to shine cricket balls was on Tuesday made permanent by the International Cricket Council (ICC).And the running out of the non-striker will no longer be classed under "unfair play" after...
Bangladesh star bowler Mustafizur Rahman has been added to the players' draft of the Abu Dhabi T10 league that will commence in the UAE on November 23, reports UNB.The left-arm pacer was roped in by Bangla Tigers in the first...
After defeating Ireland in the first match of the ongoing ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifiers, Bangladesh have triumphed over Scotland as well -- their second successive win, reports UNB. In the last group match, Bangladesh will take on the...
Bangladesh women's football team, which emerged as the new champions in the seven-nation SAFF Women's Championship with an all-win record, will be given a grand reception on arrival at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka from Kathmandu this (Wednesday)...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 20 (BSS): Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-5, in an anti-crime drive, arrested an alleged top-listed firearms trader with two firearms in the district on Tuesday. The arrested person was identified as Abduzzoha Babu, 38, son of Rejaul...
Potholes developed on the Kalapara municipality road of Patuakhali district, causing untold suffering to pedestrians. The photo was taken on Tuesday — Focus Bangla
The members of the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in several anti-drug raids arrested a total of 43 people on charges of selling and consuming drugs during the last 24 hours till 6am on Tuesday, reports...
RANGPUR, Sept 20 (BSS): Despite a drought-like situation due to less rainfall during the seedling transplantation period, farmers have exceeded the fixed target of Aman paddy farming by 0.05 per cent in Rangpur agriculture region.Officials of the Department of Agricultural...
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CHANDPUR, Sept 20: Golam Rabbi, 25-year-old entrepreneur, son of Md Abu Gazi, lives with his family in Chandpur district town's Puranbazar area, where he has started cultivating turf grass commercially. "Selling the grass, I'm now earning between Tk 0.1 million...
NEW DELHI, Sept 20 (Xinhua): India's daily COVID-19 caseload on Tuesday decreased to 4,043, officials said.According to federal health ministry data, 4,043 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the country's total tally to 44,543,089.The...
YANGON, Sept 20 (Reuters): Myanmar's ruling junta on Tuesday warned the public against showing moral support for a "terrorist" resistance movement, threatening jail terms of up to 10 years just for liking or sharing its content on social media.Myanmar has...
NAGUA, Sept 20 (AFP): Hurricane Fiona dumped torrential rain on the Dominican Republic on Monday after triggering major flooding in Puerto Rico and widespread power blackouts in both Caribbean islands.The storm strengthened to a Category Two hurricane late Monday, said...
KYIV, Sept 20 (AP): The Kremlin said Tuesday that there are no prospects for a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine and gave its blessing to efforts to swiftly bring regions already captured under Russia's complete control. Such a...
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (AP): Warning that the world is in "great peril," the head of the United Nations says leaders meeting in person for the first time in three years must tackle conflicts and climate catastrophes, increasing poverty and...
TEHRAN, Sept 20 (Reuters): Five people were killed in Iran's Kurdish region on Monday when security forces opened fire during protests over the death of a woman in police custody, a Kurdish rights group said, on a third day of...
Road accidents take place around the world, but in Bangladesh, it is extremely high and has been rising continuously. The drivers for public buses are usually hired without any training and are not given any instructions to follow. Even when...
We cannot think of a single day without gas. The use of gas for various purposes starting from cooking to industrial production is increasing day by day. However, gas reserves in Bangladesh are not increasing proportionately. One of the main...
We had a glorious past of football in Bangladesh. How popular football was from mid-1970s to early 2000s might sound like a fairy tale to the young generation. The passion was so high that we used to hoist the flags...
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