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Khulna woman missing for 18 days, six held

2022-09-14 00:00:00

KHULNA, Sept 13 (UNB): Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested six people in connection with the disappearance of a 55-year-old woman in Khulna on August 27.Rahima Khatun went missing after she had stepped out of her home to fetch...

KUET student sued under DSA

2022-09-14 00:00:00

KHULNA, Sept 13, (UNB): A student of Khulna Engineering and Technology University (KUET) was sued in a case filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for his alleged anti-state posts through Telegram App.The varsity's Security Officer Md Sadek Hossain Promanik...

'Genuine landless people in Jungle Salimpur slums to be rehabilitated'

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-09-14 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 13: A number of taskforce committees have been formed to create a master plan focused on eco-friendly development in the slums of Jungle Salimpur at Sitakunda in Chattogram. The committees held a high-level meeting at the Prime Minister's...

Commuters suffer for transport workers' strike in Sylhet

2022-09-14 00:00:00

SYLHET, Sept 13 (UNB): Thousands of commuters in Sylhet suffered immensely as buses stayed off the roads since Tuesday morning in the wake of an indefinite strike called by Sylhet district transport workers.Sylhet district road transport workers coordination council called...

Real Madrid closed financial year with $13.19m profit

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Real Madrid closed the 2021-22 financial year with a 13 million euros ($13.19 million) profit, the Spanish club said, with the Covid-19 pandemic still having an impact on revenues, reports Reuters.The club had managed to remain in profit over the...

Sri Lankan cricket team get heroes' welcome back home

2022-09-14 00:00:00

COLOMBO, Sept 13 (Agencies): Battered by the ongoing economic crisis, Sri Lankans gathered on the streets to welcome the Asia Cup-winning cricket team, who were paraded from the airport to capital Colombo on Tuesday.People flocked to the airport on Tuesday...

BCB ponders over Mahmudullah's selection for T20 WC

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Bangladesh selectors are in two minds regarding the inclusion of Mahmudullah Riyad in the T20 squad for the World Cup to be played in Australia in October-November, reports Cricbuzz.Mahmudullah, the former national skipper, and with the most number of caps...

BD eliminated with defeat against India

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Bangladesh U-17 team were eliminated from the six-nation SAFF U-17 Championship losing to defending champions India 2-1 in the first semifinal at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Monday, reports UNB.India will play the final today (Wednesday).After...

Hamza open to play for Bangladesh

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Bangladeshi-origin English footballer Hamza Choudhury is open to playing for Bangladesh, admitting he would be "more than proud" and "honoured" to represent the nation, according to British sports channels' website Sky Sports.In a wide-ranging interview with the first British-Bangladeshi to...

Bangladesh take solo lead beating Bhutan by 2-1

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Bangladesh took a solo lead in the five-nation Group B of the AFC U-20 Asian Cup Qualifiers beating Bhutan by 2-1 goal in their 2nd match at the Sheikh Ali Bin Mohammed Bin Khalifa Stadium in Bahrain on Monday night,...

Gold price remains flat, silver price inches up

2022-09-14 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Business Today): Gold and silver prices today inched up in the international market to $1,735.14 an ounce, near a two-week high hit in the previous session, helped by a subdued dollar.Gold prices remained flat in the...

Oil prices rise amid worries about tight fuel supplies

2022-09-14 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters): Oil prices rose on Tuesday as worries about tight fuel supplies ahead of winter offset investor concerns about falling demand in China, the world's biggest crude importer.Brent crude gained 78 cents, or 0.8 per cent, to...

Three layers of monitoring to curb rice prices: Minister

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder reveals that the government is planning to launch a website that discloses price information on the rice market at three stages to regulate prices, reports bdnews24.com.Millers will use the site to announce the rice price...

Russia, Myanmar not invited to Queen's funeral

2022-09-14 00:00:00

LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters): Britain has not invited representatives from Russia, Belarus and Myanmar to attend Queen Elizabeth's state funeral due to be held next Monday, a Whitehall source said on Tuesday.Britain, along with its Western allies, has sought to...

Police officer shot dead in Canada

2022-09-14 00:00:00

OTTAWA, Sept 13 (AFP): A police officer was killed when a shooter opened fire west of Toronto on Monday, an official said.One other person also died, according to local media, and at least three people were wounded in the violence."I'm...

Over 0.5m Somali children face acute malnutrition

2022-09-14 00:00:00

MOGADISHU, Sept 13 (Reuters): The number of young children in Somalia facing severe acute malnutrition (SAM) has increased to over half a million - a level higher than a 2011 famine in which tens of thousands of children died, UN...

Ukraine downs Russia’s drone

2022-09-14 00:00:00

KYIV, Sept 13 (AP): Ukraine's military claimed Tuesday for the first time that it encountered an Iranian-supplied suicide drone used by Russia on the battlefield, showing the deepening ties between Moscow and Tehran as the Islamic Republic's tattered nuclear deal...

Fresh hostilities on border of Azerbaijan, Armenia

2022-09-14 00:00:00

BAKU, Sept 13 (Reuters/AP): Armenia said on Tuesday that at least 49 of its soldiers had been killed in clashes along the border with Azerbaijan after a sharp escalation in hostilities that prompted big powers to call for restraint.Armenia said...

Best places to learn swimming in Dhaka

Morium Kulsum | 2022-09-14 00:00:00

Swimming is an excellent full-body exercise that has many physical and mental health benefits. Doctors recommend this exercise because it works your entire body and builds muscle strength and cardiovascular fitness. Besides burning calories, swimming is also becoming popular among...

Spotify: Good for music as a company?

Bashiir Ahammed | 2022-09-14 00:00:00

Standing in lines to buy a music album was a familiar scene in the '80s, '90s, and even in the early 2000s. International artists sell a substantial number of physical albums, vinyl, when they release a record, even today. But...

Avoiding gadgets while driving

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Several studies have shown that using a phone while driving can be dangerous. However, many people prefer using their gadgets while driving. It is certainly wrong as one cannot concentrate on driving while using something else. This act puts the...

Addressing dengue threat

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Every year, Bangladesh experiences dengue outbreak. With four more people having died of the mosquito-borne disease on Monday, the dengue menace seems to take a heavier toll in the coming days if the authorities concerned do not take immediate preventive...

Implementing Road Safety Act

2022-09-14 00:00:00

The Road Safety Foundation in its recent report said that as many as 632 road accidents had occurred in Bangladesh only in last July, killing 739 and leaving 2,042 injured. Students of different educational institutions took to the streets recently...

Third-country transit via India

Khawaza Main Uddin | 2022-09-14 00:00:00

The offer comes apparently unexpectedly as India promises Bangladesh free transit facility through her territory for exports to third countries. This is the opportunity land-locked Nepal and Bhutan have been looking for, for years, to use Bangladesh's seaports for their...

Strategising export diversification

Wasi Ahmed | 2022-09-14 00:00:00

For decades 'export diversification' has been a buzzword whenever the issue of the country's exports comes up for deliberations. Clearly, it is the overwhelming reliance on readymade garment (RMG) which accounts for more than 76 per cent of the country's...

Going all out to address plastic menace

2022-09-14 00:00:00

Plastic, a substance made from the waste products found while processing crude oil and natural gas in the early 1930s, is now a global threat to the environment and life. Once admired for its durability, this universal packaging material has...

Industry-academia gap in high-tech

M Rokonuzzaman | 2022-09-14 00:00:00

A problem that has been persisting for more than 50 years and perhaps getting worse is impossible to address. Industry-academia gap is such a problem, primarily in less developed countries. More or less every nation has been increasing its education...

India's rice export curbs paralyse trade in Asia as prices rise

2022-09-13 00:00:00

India's restrictions on rice exports have paralysed trading in Asia, with buyers scouring for alternative supplies from Vietnam, Thailand and Myanmar where seller are holding off on deals as prices rise, industry officials said, reports Reuters.India, the world's biggest exporter...

HSC, equivalent exams from November 6

2022-09-13 00:00:00

The schedule for this year's Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent exams has been published, reports UNB.Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board released the schedule for all educational boards Sunday.According to the schedule, written HSC exams will begin on November 6...

Travel ban imposed on five businessmen

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-09-13 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Sept 12: A court in the port city imposed Sunday a ban on travelling abroad for five owners of Regent Textile, a concern of Habib group of Chattogram, on charges of loan default. The judge of Chattogram Financial Debt...