LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters): Aluminium prices stumbled to their lowest in 16 months on Thursday while other based metals also slid on renewed worries about weak demand after downbeat factory and property data in top metals consumer China.Benchmark aluminium CMAL3...
Gold prices briefly slid below $1,700 for the first time in six weeks on Thursday, as major central banks stuck to an aggressive stance to combat inflation, dulling demand, reports Reuters.Spot gold was down 0.5% to $1,701.90 per ounce by...
LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters): Oil prices tumbled on Thursday, as new COVID-19 lockdown measures in China added to worries that high inflation and interest rate hikes are denting fuel demand.Brent crude futures fell $2.10, or 2.2 per cent, to $93.54...
LONDON, Sept 01 (Reuters): Arsenal maintained their perfect start to the Premier League season with a fifth consecutive win but Manchester City's new signing Erling Haaland stole the limelight with his second hat-trick in 6-0 romp over Nottingham Forest on...
MANCHESTER, England, Sept 02 (AP): Manchester United took the cost of its recent rebuild to nearly $240 million by completing the signing of Brazil winger Antony from Ajax on Thursday, the final day of the transfer window.The 22-year-old Antony became...
SYDNEY, Sept 01 (AFP): Singapore-born batting powerhouse Tim David was on Thursday called up by Australia for this year's Twenty20 World Cup on home soil, the only change to the squad that won the tournament last year.David's stunning elevation comes...
Bangladesh will start their campaign in the six-nation SAFF U-17 Championship taking on hosts Sri Lanka in one of the two opening day's matches on September 05 (Monday) at the Racecourse International Stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka, reports UNB.BFF officials...
NEW YORK, Sept 01 (AP): Serena Williams can call it "evolving" or "retiring" or whatever she wants. And she can be coy about whether or not this US Open will actually mark the end of her playing days. Those 23...
The India-Pakistan spectacle isn't over in the Asia Cup just yet. The two teams can face off against each other two more times, including the final of the tournament. India's news-based television channel's website India Tv makes a calculation how...
Pakistan will face Hong Kong in the 6th Match of Asia Cup 2022 in a Group A match at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium in Sharjah today (Friday), report agencies.Having opened their Asia Cup 2022 campaign with a defeat against India...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 01 (Xinhua): At least 27 people were killed and 87 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related accidents in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.According to a...
MOSCOW, Sept 01 (AFP): Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the funeral of the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev due to scheduling issues, his spokesman said on Thursday."The farewell ceremony and funeral will take place on September 3 but...
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Sept 01 (AFP): Two Palestinians were killed early Thursday in separate clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.The ministry said in a statement that Samer Khaled, 25, from Al-Ain...
CASTAIC, Sept 01 (AP): California wildfires erupted Wednesday in rural areas, racing through bone-dry brush and prompting evacuations as the state sweltered under a heat wave that could last through Labor Day.The Route Fire in Castaic in northwestern Los Angeles...
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 01 (Reuters): A Malaysian court on Thursday sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, to a decade in prison for seeking and receiving bribes in exchange for government contracts, just days after her...
PARIS, Sept 01 (AFP/BBC/AP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday defended his policy of keeping up a dialogue with Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, saying that Turkey should not be the only power talking to Moscow and preparations should...
GOPALGANJ, Sept 01 (BSS): Five shops were gutted in a fire at Mansabari Bazar in Kotalipara upazila of the district in the early hours of Thursday.The fire originated from an electric short circuit at a shop of the bazar around...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 01(BSS): Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) celebrated 'University Day amid joy, enthusiasm and fanfare on its campus on Thursday, marking 19th founding anniversary of the institution.The day's programme began in the morning with hoisting of the...
Providing safe water to the homesteads will ensure healthy life and decent living for marginalised women of the Sundarbans and their families, says a press release.Speakers came up with the remarks while speaking at a programme to distribute water tanks...
KHULNA, Sept 01 (UNB): The authorities have reopened the Sundarbans to tourists, fishermen and wood collectors after a three-month closure.The closure was enforced to ensure safe breeding of many wild animals.On the first day of reopening, 75 tourists were allowed...
KHULNA, Sept 01 (UNB): Rupsha rail bridge, part of the Khulna-Mongla port rail line project, will have 100-year longevity and it is a challenging engineering feat as it required specialised base grouting technology for piling work, says its project manager."The...
For a university student, convocation is a much-awaited ceremony. At this programme, a graduating student receives academic degrees in front of the university's chancellor, vice-chancellor, provost, faculty members and family and friends in the audience. The culture of organising convocation...
Loneliness is an abstract concept. It cannot be seen or touched, but its consequences could be deadly. It can make people mentally broken. Those who feel loneliness face a number of psychological issues. There are many people around them, yet...
In this busy world, we have completely forgotten the connection between us and Nature. Although we know that we cannot eat money, we are running after it and destroying our natural environment. Thousands of trees are cut down each day...
Zahid Huq | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
The revenue board is happy as it has been mopping up an increased volume of value-added tax (VAT) from the pharmaceutical sector in recent years. The VAT collection from the sector, according to a report published in this paper on...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
At a time when the government of Bangladesh launched a drive against unlicensed healthcare facilities for four days from Monday to Thursday, a collaborative report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Unicef (United Nations Children's Fund) claims...
Things do not seem to get right for workers' migration to Malaysia. Ever since Malaysia emerged as a destination for employment of Bangladeshi expatriate workers decades ago, there have been hiccups, one after another, seriously affecting the migration process. Flouting...
Khan M R Taufique | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
Integrating environmental sustainability in corporate strategies is now common in many organisations to promote and sustain green behaviour in the workplace. Some key functional areas of integrating environmental sustainability include green accounting, green banking, green marketing, and green supply chain...
Imtiaz A Hussain | 2022-09-02 00:00:00
'Graduation' makes us look better. Countries prefer being dubbed 'developed' over 'undeveloped' or 'developing'. Many dictators legitimise their authoritarian rule by wanting to make the country look 'better'. Yet, without looking great, would Least Developed Country or LDC 'graduation' be...
Vehicles are stuck in a traffic chaos on both sides of the airport road at Kakoli in Dhaka's Banani area on Wednesday noon. With the mild heat wave sweeping the capital and elsewhere, commuting like this is simply a nightmarish...
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