KABUL, Aug 27 (Reuters): Flooding in Afghanistan this month killed more than 180 people, the Taliban said on Thursday, appealing to the international community for help.Flooding has wrought widespread devastation in central and eastern Afghan provinces in recent weeks, washing...
KYIV, Aug 27 (AP): Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe.The move came a...
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (AP): Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the cornerstone of nuclear disarmament which criticized its military takeover of Europe's largest nuclear plant soon after...
COX'S BAZAR, Aug 27 (bdnews2.com): At least four people were killed and another was injured after a truck ploughed into an autorickshaw at Ukhia in Cox's Bazar district.The accident occurred on the Shaheed ATM Zafar Alam Arakan Road along the...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 27 (BSS): Substantial and sustainable promotion of balanced fertilisation can be the best way of protecting soil health from further degradation besides boosting crop production to ensure food security.Utmost emphasis should be given on habituating the grassroots farmers...
MYMENSINGH, Aug 27 (bdnews24.com): Shakhawat Hossain had been doing well since opening a layer poultry farm in Mymensingh's Tarakanda upazila six years ago. But his fortunes took a turn for the worse when the Covid-19 pandemic struck in 2020.And now,...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-08-28 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Aug 27: Crab has come out as a potential export earner for Bangladesh. Currently, the country exports around 28,000 tonnes of crab every year to more than 20 countries.By exporting crab, Bangladesh earned about US$ 750 million in...
Muhammad Mahmood | 2022-08-28 00:00:00
In early January 2003, Robert Lucas, President of the American Economic Association in his Presidential address on the occasion of the one hundred fifteenth meeting held in Washington D.C. said " The central problem of depression prevention has been solved,...
Once we used to rely heavily on letters and post offices for communication. In the past, post offices were always crowded with people. Now-a-days, our post offices give an opposite picture. Not many people are there. Only a few visit...
It is now difficult for common people to survive due to the skyrocketing prices of essentials. One wonders how a tea worker can keep body and soul together with the wage of only Tk 120 per day. Yes, they can...
Public health services across the country are being severely hampered due to the shortage of health professionals. Hundreds of posts of physicians, nurses, paramedics, medical assistants and other staff have been lying vacant in the government hospitals and upazila health...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-08-28 00:00:00
With the very mention of the term 'accidents', the view which flashes on the minds of the general people is that of a road mishap. It has been defined for long as one of the common trends of people in...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-08-28 00:00:00
After a strong rebound last year, there was an expectation that global trade would be on the path of steady growth in the current year. However, the Russia-Ukraine war, starting in late February, dimmed the optimism to some extent. Though...
The importance of producing sufficient volumes of cereals and other food crops locally is now being felt more than at any time before. The Russia-Ukraine war has not only disrupted the supply of fuel and edible oils, but the availability...
Cement-laden vessels stay anchored at a terminal adjacent to Aminbazar Bridge over the river Turag. The sacks of cement are ferried here through the river route from outside Dhaka. Later, the construction ingredient is sent to Dhaka and neighbouring areas...
Kids are enjoying a ride at the Shaheed Matiur Park at Gulistan of the capital on Friday - the weekly holiday. Once neglected, the public place has attracted a lot of visitors these days after the authorities concerned gave the...
COLOMBO, Aug 26 (AFP): Children in Sri Lanka are "going to bed hungry" because of the island nation's economic crisis, the UN said Friday, warning other South Asian countries could be approaching similar shortages.Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst...
SHERPUR, Aug 26, (UNB) -The body of an 8th grader was recovered from an open toilet of his school in Bhimganj Bazar area of the district town on Friday morning, said police.Identified as Mohammad Rimon, the 16-year-old boy was son...
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has said the recent ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to dismiss the preliminary objections of Myanmar would contribute to mobilizing the necessary momentum for effective international action, reports UNB.The organization, collective...
LIVERPOOL, Aug 26 (AFP): British police on Friday said they had arrested a 36-year-old man for shooting dead a nine-year-old girl in the crossfire of a suspected gang war.The young girl's death-the third fatal shooting in the city in a...
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (AFP): Taming high US inflation will inflict "pain" on American families and businesses, but failure to wrestle prices down from their current 40-year high would be even more harmful, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday in...
SUKKUR (Pakistan), Aug 26 (AFP): Heavy rain pounded much of Pakistan Friday after the government declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding it said had affected more than 30 million people.The annual monsoon is essential for irrigating crops and...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-27 00:00:00
Grameen Telecom, an organisation owned by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, recently paid Tk 4.37 billion to its 176 former employees as their dues through an out-of-court settlement. The employees got the money as they were entitled to get 5...
MOULVIBAZAR, Aug 26 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hold talks with tea estate owners Saturday as the workers at the country's 167 tea plantations continued their indefinite strike for the 18th day Friday for raising their wages to Tk...
The two-day '9th Annual Banking Conference-2022' will begin today (Saturday) in the city, reports BSS.Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) is organising the conference aiming at bringing together experts, academicians and researchers from all over the region to exchange and...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-27 00:00:00
Domestic ceramic makers exhort the government to impose an additional duty on ceramic imports with an eye to discouraging bringing in such costly items from abroad.The Bangladesh Ceramic Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BCMEA) have sought quick steps to help protect...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-27 00:00:00
The embattled BRT is hopeful about the completion of major infrastructure for the dedicated bus corridor from Joydevpur to Airport by December.Uncertainty looms large ahead of the resumption of construction shortly as the work was suspended following a recent fatal...
Stocks advance for second week Stocks notched a second week of gains, as investors started coming off the sidelines to join the market rally, optimistic about improved economic outlook in coming days. Out of the five trading days this week,...
This physically challenged woman, unlike others, has taken a profession that few women dare - driving a battery-run rickshaw to eke out a living. Despite social odds, the disability simply could not stop her from being a self-reliant person. The...
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