MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug 25 (AP): Twenty20 World Cup organizers have had to release standing-room-only tickets for the India-Pakistan group-stage encounter after all seats at the Melbourne Cricket Ground were sold out within five minutes.Organizers said an additional 4,000 tickets would...
DUBAI, Aug 25 (AFP): Hong Kong reached the Asia Cup on Wednesday where they will face India and Pakistan after defeating the United Arab Emirates by eight wickets in the final qualifying round.The Asia Cup gets underway on Saturday with...
MANCHESTER, England, Aug 25 (AP): James Anderson and Stuart Broad, England's experienced fast bowlers, took three wickets each to help dismiss South Africa for 151 after tea on Day 1 of the second test at Old Trafford on Thursday.It could...
Bangladesh allrounder Shakib Al Hasan is set to play the T10 tournament for the first time in his career after Abu Dhabi T10 League team Bangla Tigers named him the Icon of their team, reports BSS."The wait is over, the...
After a few chaotic hours of speculated resignation of the head coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team, Russel Domingo, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has confirmed that he is very much on the job, reports UNB.Nizam Uddin Chowdhury, the...
YANGON, Aug 25 (AFP): Myanmar authorities have detained the United Kingdom's former ambassador to the country, a diplomatic source said on Thursday.Vicky Bowman, who served as envoy from 2002 to 2006 was arrested on Wednesday in the commercial hub Yangon,...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 (AP): Jailed Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak returned to court Thursday for a second corruption trial over the pilfering of the 1MDB state fund, two days after he began a 12-year prison term for graft.Najib, 69,...
KABUL, Aug 25 (Reuters): The Taliban have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said they killed the al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in...
UVALDE, Aug 25 (AP): The Uvalde school district fired police chief Pete Arredondo on Wednesday under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers over letting a gunman at Robb Elementary School remain in a fourth-grade classroom for...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Aug 25 (AP): Years late and billions over budget, NASA's new moon rocket makes its debut next week in a high-stakes test flight before astronauts get on top.The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket will attempt to send an empty crew...
KYIV, Aug 25 (BBC): A Russian rocket strike on a train station killed 25 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow's invasion began.Five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt...
SATKHIRA, Aug 25 (BSS): Boarder Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in a drive seized 19 gold bars from Choigharia frontier in Sadar upazila of the district on Thursday.Commander of BGB-33 Lieutenant Colonel Mohammad Al Mahmud said tipped-off, a team of the force...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 25 (UNB): Two children drowned while another went missing in a pond in the Chawkbazar area of the port city on Wednesday night, police said. The identities of the deceased could not be known immediately. Ferdous Hasan, officer-in-charge...
SYLHET, August 25, (UNB): Police has arrested a man after recovering the body of his wife from a locked room in Sylhet city a day before.The arrestee is Ismail Niaz Khan, son of Ismat Khan of the area."The body of...
KHULNA, Aug 25 (UNB): A Khulna tribunal has sentenced four people to life in jail for selling a woman to a brothel in India on the pretext of giving her a job in 2011.Khulna Woman and Child Repression Prevention Tribunal...
Tea workers continued their demonstration for a daily wage of Tk 300. The photo was taken from Lakkatura Tea Garden in Sylhet on Thursday — Focus Bangla
RAJSHAHI, Aug 25 (BSS): Farmers are overjoyed as they are getting good yield of jute and the higher prices of the golden fiber everywhere in the region during the current season.Rafiqul Islam (45), a resident of Devipur village under Durgapur...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-08-26 00:00:00
The global environment protection campaigners have been advocating greenhouse gas cut for the last 40/50 years. Of late, repeated climate summits and expert-level conferences have fixed the reduction of the co2 emission at 1.5C above the pre-Industrial levels. Cutting the...
The research culture in Bangladesh is generally inadequate among graduate and postgraduate students. Many students do not know how to think critically and analyse things. Students mainly concentrate on reading materials and textbooks only. Most do not try to construct...
Bangladesh has achieved a lot when it comes to women's empowerment. Various government initiatives are behind the achievement. However, two real sectors that recently contributed to women's empowerment are rides sharing and food delivery services. Before all these services came...
The Rajshahi Division is rich in history, culture and archaeology. There are also some excellent natural sites. The top districts in the division with popular tourist destinations are Rajshahi, Naogaon, Bogra, Chapainawabganj and Natore. The landmarks and museums attract tourists....
Nilratan Halder | 2022-08-26 00:00:00
Few people are aware that August 24 is observed as the Nari Nirjaton Protirodh Dibas (the Day of Resistance to Oppression of Women) in this country. Even the media --- both print and electronic --- seem to have forgotten the...
The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) in a letter to the Prime Minister has appealed for a review of the fuel price hike for readjustment through waiver on existing duties and taxes of petroleum products. Considering...
Leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League (AL) paid rich tributes at the mausoleum of former president of Bangladesh Mahila Awami League Ivy Rahman, on her 18th death anniversary on Wednesday, reports BSS.A group of AL leaders and activists...
Moazzem Hossain Khan | 2022-08-25 12:00:00
With a broad goal of making a positive impact to change people's lives and thinking beyond borders to create a sustainable future, business competitions came into being. This also came with a unique opportunity to familiarise students with real-life business...
Golam Rasul | 2022-08-25 12:00:00
Bangladesh had been performing exceptionally well before the Covid-19 pandemic. The economy expanded, the per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) increased, reserve of dollar grew, inflation was low and poverty levels were decreasing. Bangladesh's economy also started to recover well...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
A massive fire broke out at an electronics warehouse at Bijoynagar in the city on Wednesday evening.Some 13 fire-fighting units fought for nearly two hours and were able to douse the flame at Hamim Electronics at around 8:27 pm. Assistant...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-25 00:00:00
The High Court on Wednesday observed that it is one kind of immunity to add provision in the law making it mandatory for police to take permission from higher authorities before arresting any civil servant on charges related to their...
Petrol pump owners in the country have threatened to go on strike on August 31 if their 5-point demands, including raising their sales' commissions, are not met within next 7 days, reports UNB.Addressing a press conference at Dhaka Reporters Unity...
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