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Putin and Saudi crown prince talk oil

2022-07-23 00:00:00

MOSCOW, July 22 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman spoke about the oil market in a telephone conversation on Thursday, the Kremlin said.The call comes less than a week after Saudi Arabia's de...

ODIs dying a slow death but Tests remain strong: Khawaja

2022-07-23 00:00:00

Usman Khawaja believes ODI cricket is "dying a slow death" and he's not surprised England's Ben Stokes has quit the format.Stokes, 31, brought the demands of international cricket on players into sharp focus when he confirmed his 105th ODI appearance...

Australia, South Africa to tour India for final T20 WC prep

2022-07-23 00:00:00

India will play three T20Is against Australia, and a series of three T20Is and three ODIs against South Africa, all at home, between September 20 and October 11. These will be the last fixtures for all three teams before they...

Mane named African Footballer of Year again

2022-07-23 00:00:00

Sadio Mane was named African Footballer of Year on Thursday after a season in which he kicked the winning penalty for Senegal as they claimed their first Africa Cup of Nations title and repeated the feat when they secured World...

Barcelona sell further 15pc of Liga TV rights to US fund

2022-07-23 00:00:00

BARCELONA, July 22 (AFP): Barcelona on Friday announced they had sold a further 15 percent of their La Liga television rights to US investment group Sixth Street for the next 25 years.The Catalan giants had already sold 10 percent of...

Shikhar Dhawan of India hits 6

2022-07-23 00:00:00

Shikhar Dhawan of India hits 6 during the 1st ODI match between West Indies and India at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Friday — AFP

Asia Cup 2022 shifted from Sri Lanka to UAE: Ganguly

2022-07-23 00:00:00

The Asia Cup 2022 has been shifted from Sri Lanka to the UAE, according to Sourav Ganguly, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), reports UNB.The deepening economic and political crisis in the island nation forced...

Sohan named Tigers' new T20 captain

2022-07-23 00:00:00

Wicketkeeper-batter Nurul Hasan Sohan has been appointed as the new captain of Bangladesh for the T20I format, according to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB), reports UNB. He will lead the team in the upcoming Zimbabwe tour, replacing all-rounder Mahmudullah Riyad,...

Corn futures hit near 8-month low, wheat drops over 2%

2022-07-23 00:00:00

SINGAPORE, July 22 (Reuters): Chicago corn futures slid 1.1% on Friday, with the market falling to its lowest in almost eight months as forecasts of favourable U.S. weather eased global supply worries.Wheat fell more than 2% on expectations of higher...

Gold rises on falling yields, focus shifts to Fed meeting

2022-07-23 00:00:00

Gold prices rose on Friday supported by a decline in U.S. Treasury yields, however prospects for further rate hike from the Federal Reserve and a buoyant dollar limited gains, reports Reuters. Spot gold rose 0.5% to $1,727.09 per ounce by...

Oil prices fall as Libya resumes output

2022-07-23 00:00:00

LONDON July 22 (Reuters): Oil prices fell on Friday on a weakening global demand outlook and the resumption of some Libyan crude oil output.Brent crude futures fell 55 cents to $103.32 a barrel by 1251 GMT, while U.S. West Texas...

N Korea warns of security instability over US-S Korea drills

2022-07-23 00:00:00

SEOUL, (South Korea) (AP): North Korea has warned that the United States and South Korea will face "unprecedented" security challenges if they don't stop their hostile military pressure campaign against the North, including joint military drills.North Korea views any regular...

Italy heatwave peaks with 16 cities on red alert as Tuscany burns

2022-07-23 00:00:00

ROME, July 22 (AFP): Italy faced the hottest day of the current heatwave Friday with red extreme heat warnings issued for 16 cities across the country, as firefighters battled blazes up and down the country.Worst hit is expected to be...

Sunak warns Truss an election risk as UK PM race enters new phase

2022-07-23 00:00:00

LONDON, July 22 (AFP): Rishi Sunak warned Conservatives Thursday that choosing leadership rival Liz Truss to be UK prime minister risks losing the next election to the Labour party, as he bids to overhaul her huge polling lead among Tories.Former...

Rajapaksa ally named PM in Sri Lanka as protest site cleared

2022-07-23 00:00:00

COLOMBO, (Sri Lanka) July 22 (AP): An ally of the Rajapaksa political family was appointed Friday as Sri Lanka's prime minister, hours after security forces cleared the main protest site occupied for months by demonstrators angry at the Rajapaksas over...

The miracle baby deserves all the cares she needs

Nilratan Halder | 2022-07-23 00:00:00

If her birth could not be in a more unnatural situation, her survival is perhaps the miracle of a century. Her mother along with her father and six-year-old sister was run over by a speeding truck. The impact of the...

Improving public buses for women and children

2022-07-23 00:00:00

Thousands of women and children have to commute daily in Dhaka. They go to workplaces and educational institutions. Most of them cannot afford private cars, CNG-driven auto rickshaws or Uber taxi services. Some go by rickshaws. So, many have to...

Narail incident is disgraceful

2022-07-23 00:00:00

Another unfortunate and disgraceful incident took place in the country. A frantic mob vandalised several shops and set a house on fire at Dighalia Bazar of Lohagara Upazila in Naralil district. These were all Hindu property. Miscreants also vandalised a...

Heat wave and our responsibility

2022-07-23 00:00:00

Heat waves have struck Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and Asia since the last month. Day temperatures climbed above 40 degree Celsius in many places and broke previous records. Due to such heat waves, Portugal, France, Spain and Turkey...

Attacks on teachers reflect social rot

Tanim Asjad | 2022-07-23 00:00:00

Humiliation of teachers has become a new normal in this country. Over the last couple of months, such incidents have occurred in different parts of the country. Last month, a college teacher named Utpal Kumar Sarkar in Ashulia was beaten...

Need is to leave the comfort zone

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-07-23 00:00:00

The south-western and western Europe is in the grip of a deadly heat wave. Wildfires in Spain, Portugal and France and Greece have caused deaths and devastations. Thousands have been evacuated to safer locations. England saw its highest temperatures last...

Expediting implementation of Labour Road Map

2022-07-23 00:00:00

The visiting EU parliamentary delegation has stressed that full implementation of the Labour Roadmap was a precondition for Bangladesh's getting trade facilities under the Generalised System of Preference (GSP) from the economic bloc. Notably, the EU has long been for...

Economy is turning around the high growth trajectory

A H M Mustafa Kamal | 2022-07-23 00:00:00

Global economy was strongly recovering from Covid-19 shock but the war in Ukraine is posing adverse impacts on the recovery. International organisations revised their growth prospects for 2022 and 2023 downward. Bangladesh economy has been growing consistently high before Covid-19....

Maintaining power cut schedule

2022-07-22 12:00:00

A new era of area-wise planned power cuts across Bangladesh has begun recently to tackle the ongoing gas and power crises. However, the plan for one to two hours of load-shedding has failed in many places on the first day....

Eden College ex-student dies as battery-run rickshaw overturns in city

2022-07-22 00:00:00

A former student of Eden College has died after a battery-powered rickshaw overturned in Old Dhaka's North South Road, reports bdnews24.com.The victim, identified as 24-year-old Umme Salma, was heading to her dormitory when the accident occurred around 4 am on...

Tribal woman elected India's president

2022-07-22 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, July 21 (UNB): A 64-year-old former school teacher in India scripted history on Thursday by being the youngest and first tribal politician to win the presidency. Droupadi Murmu, a former state governor who was fielded by India's ruling...

Wickremesinghe sworn in

2022-07-22 00:00:00

COLOMBO, July 21 (Reuters) : New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said on Thursday, a day after urging unity to find a way out of the...

Biden tests positive for Covid

2022-07-22 00:00:00

NEW YORK, July 21 (BBC): US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is isolating at the White House.The 79-year-old, who is fully-vaccinated and has twice received booster jabs, is experiencing "very mild symptoms" and will continue to...

Covid cases cross 2m

FE REPORT | 2022-07-22 00:00:00

The number of positive Covid-19 cases in the country crossed 2.0 million with 884 new infections on Thursday.Meanwhile, another six fatalities caused by the viral disease were reported on the day, according to the daily update by Directorate General of...

Infrastructure sharing in telecoms to ensure better service

FE REPORT | 2022-07-22 00:00:00

Infrastructure sharing in telecommunications should be made mandatory to ensure better service on less investment in this sector, speakers said at a seminar in the city on Thursday. They said mobile network operators' (MNOs) services are hampered due to non-compliance...