CAIRNS, Australia, Sept 11 (AFP): A Steve Smith century helped give retiring Australia skipper Aaron Finch a winning send-off Sunday with a 25-run victory in the final one-day international against New Zealand at Cairns.Chasing the home team's 267-5, built on...
Bangladesh, the unbeaten champions of Group A, will play defending champions India in the first semifinal of the six-nation SAFF U-17 Championship in Colombo today (Monday), reports UNB.The match will kick-off at 4pm Bangladesh time at Racecourse International Stadium in...
ISTANBUL, Sept 11 (AFP): A group of Syrian refugees in Turkey is planning to form a caravan to reach the European Union, organisers said Saturday.Plans are being drawn up online via a Telegram channel, set up six days ago and...
SAINT JOHN'S, Sept 11 (BBC): Antigua and Barbuda will vote on whether to become a republic following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the country's prime minister has said.Gaston Browne said a referendum could take place within three years -...
GENEVA, Sept 11 (AFP): Swiss authorities have selected a site in northern Switzerland, not far from the German border, to host a deep geological storage repository for radioactive waste, they said Saturday.After nearly 50 years of searching for the best...
KYIV, Sept 11 (AP): Ukrainian forces on Sunday pushed its counteroffensive in the country's east, exploiting quick gains they made in a week of fighting that has sharply changed the course of the conflict.Ukraine's quick action to reclaim Russia-occupied areas...
LONDON, Sept 11 (AP/BBC): Queen Elizabeth II's coffin left her beloved Scottish estate Balmoral Castle on Sunday as the monarch who died after 70 years on the throne begins her last journey back to London for a state funeral.Gamekeepers from...
WELLINGTON, Sept 11 (AP): At least three people are dead after a powerful earthquake hit a remote part of Papua New Guinea (PNG) Sunday morning, authorities say. Others were injured and infrastructure damaged in the magnitude 7.6 jolt that was...
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico, Sept 11 (AFP): At least 18 people died Saturday when the bus they were traveling in collided with a fuel truck in northern Mexico, authorities said.The accident occurred early in the day at a point where a...
RANGPUR, Sep 11 (UNB): Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Saturday said Indian businesses have expressed their interest in investing in some sectors like fuel, transport and agro processing in Bangladesh.He said this while responding to queries from journalists at his...
RIYADH, Sept 11 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia's main index gained ground in the first session of the week following a rise in oil prices on Friday.TASI gained 1.01 per cent to reach 11,953, while the parallel market Nomu started 0.26...
MOSCOW, Sept 11 (Reuters): Investment banks are set to make a record-breaking $20 billion trading and financing commodities like oil, gas and metals in 2022, more than triple what they earned in the years before Covid-19, analytics firm Coalition Greenwich...
Although it is illegal, corporal punishment is still being practised in the classrooms of our educational institutions. Just a few months ago, a schoolgirl in Sirajganj was beaten so hard that she had her hand fractured. Besides physical punishment, teachers...
Electronic waste includes anything like plugs, cords and electronic components. Common sources of e-waste include televisions, computers, mobile phones and any type of home appliance, from air conditioners to children's toys. With the development of technologies, Bangladesh is currently producing...
In today's times, we hear a lot about child abuse and molestation. There are many cases around us, where young children, both boys and girls below 6-7 years of age, are sexually abused by adults. The problem is that they...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-09-12 00:00:00
When 364 students commit suicide in just eight months, it unfolds a nightmarish spectre before the country ---one that is on way to graduating for a developing nation. Is not it a mind-boggling reality that apart from 45 students committing...
The enterprising rubber plantation owners, long dejected, must be feeling upbeat over the prospects for full-scale revival of the sector. An initiative in this regard has been hinted at a Chattogram event. Started in the 1980s in select areas across...
Muhammad Zamir | 2022-09-12 00:00:00
Humanitarian agencies have warned that Pakistan is in need of long-term aid as the death toll from its catastrophic flooding continues to climb. The two worst-affected provinces are Balochistan and Sindh in southern Pakistan, where infrastructure and water systems have...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 10 (BSS): Farmers in Rajshahi division are now passing their busiest time in transplanting seedlings amid suitable climate conditions everywhere in the region with the hope of expected outputs.Prospect of summer onion production is very bright in the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government and concerned stakeholders' collective and timely efforts helped avoid possible disasters saving many lives from the Covid-19 pandemic, reports BSS."Bangladesh has successfully managed the Covid-19 pandemic and has been able to save...
The unified admission test for eight public universities providing agriculture-related degrees was held on Saturday. The entrance exam took place at a total of 10 centres across the country. The photo was taken on Dhaka University campus. — Focus Bangla
PARIS, Sept 10 (AFP): Scientists said Saturday they had identified the mechanism through which air pollution triggers lung cancer in non-smokers, a discovery one expert hailed as "an important step for science.The research illustrated the health risk posed by the...
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen will be accompanying Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during her upcoming visits to London, New York and Washington, said an official of the foreign ministry, reports UNB.Momen was not part of the PM's entourage during...
FE REPORTThe country reported a new death from dengue fever in the last 24 hours until Saturday morning with 294 more dengue patients hospitalised during the period.With the latest casualty, total fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease reached 32 and the...
The authorities will investigate the allegations made by Babul Akter, a former superintendent of police suspected of masterminding his wife's murder, who accused six police officers, including the chief of the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), of torturing him to...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-11 00:00:00
The government introduces a drive today (Sunday) to sell some key essential items at subsidized prices among 10 million low-income families across the country.The programme will be run by the state-owned Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB).Only cardholders will be able...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-11 00:00:00
State-run Bangladesh Petroleum Exploration and Production Company Ltd (BAPEX) started drilling a workover well in Biyanibazar gas field on Saturday to reinitiate gas production from the well after five years."We have initiated drilling of Biyanibazar-1 well today (Saturday) in search...
FE REPORT | 2022-09-11 00:00:00
The water transport authority on Saturday launched a speedboat service on two routes from Tongi as part of reviving its circular waterway around the capital.Initially, the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) dep-loyed five speedboats-three on the Tongi-Kadda route and...
This footbridge in front of Dhaka New Market is meant for helping pedestrians and shoppers move from one side of the busy Mirpur Road to the other. However, hawkers have set up makeshift shops occupying a significant portion of the...
FE REPORTStaying almost static for nearly two weeks, egg prices witnessed a hike again last week by Tk 15-20 a dozen, raising woes of the consumers further.A dozen of brown farm egg sold at Tk 135-140 on Friday and Saturday,...
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