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Lukaku stars on return home

2022-08-22 00:00:00

MILAN, Aug 21 (AP): Romelu Lukaku starred in his first home game for Inter Milan since returning from Chelsea, helping his team beat Spezia 3-0 on Saturday for two wins from two games in Serie A.The Belgium forward was involved...

Warner returns to BBL after nine-year absence

2022-08-22 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Aug 21 (Agencies): David Warner will play in the Big Bash League (BBL) for the first time in 10 seasons around the new year in a major coup for the Australian competition in an increasingly crowded Twenty20 marketplace.The 35-year-old...

Real breeze past Celta

2022-08-22 00:00:00

VIGO, Spain, Aug 21 (Reuters): Champions Real Madrid got their second consecutive win of the new LaLiga season with a comfortable 4-1 victory at Celta Vigo on Saturday.Croatia midfielder Luka Modric, 36, showed his everlasting value on the pitch by...

Tigers preparing for Asia Cup

2022-08-22 00:00:00

The Tigers splitting into two teams played their first warm-up match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Sunday. Afif Hossain-led Green team beat Shakib Al Hasan-led Red team by four wickets, reports BSS.The result, however, was...

Ex-refugee Ramla wins first Saudi women's boxing match in seconds

2022-08-22 00:00:00

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Aug 21 (AFP): Somali-born Briton Ramla Ali won the first professional women's boxing match held in Saudi Arabia with a spectacular first-round knock-out of Crystal Garcia Nova on Saturday.Just seconds into the fight, after already connecting with...

Sriram in stadium, Domingo at hotel

2022-08-22 00:00:00

Sridharan Sriram, Bangladesh's newly appointed Technical Consultant for T20 format, arrived in Bangladesh on Sunday in a bid to take the charge of the team, reports BSS.After landing in Dhaka, he came straight to Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the...

Crashes claim 35 lives in Turkey

2022-08-22 00:00:00

ISTANBUL, Aug 21 (AP): Turkish authorities on Sunday investigated a pair of secondary crashes at emergency sites that killed at least 35 people the previous day. In both cases, first responders tending to earlier collisions were among the dead.Saturday's tragedies...

Japan mulls long-range missile upgrades

2022-08-22 00:00:00

TOKYO, Aug 21 (AFP): Japan is considering the deployment of more than 1,000 long-range cruise missiles to increase its ability to counter growing regional threats from China, local newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Sunday.The country plans to upgrade its existing...

Pak media watchdog bans live telecast of Imran Khan's speeches

2022-08-22 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (AFP): Pakistan's media watchdog has banned television channels from broadcasting live addresses by former prime minister Imran Khan, ahead of his rally on Sunday.Since being ousted from power in a no-confidence vote in April, the former cricketing...

Zelensky warns of 'cruel' Russian action

2022-08-22 00:00:00

MOSCOW, Aug 21 (AP/AFP): Russia could do something particularly "cruel" during the upcoming week as Ukraine marks 31 years of independence, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned."Russia could try to do something particularly disgusting, particularly cruel," Zelensky said in his...

Truss downplays prospect of UK recession

2022-08-22 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 21 (AFP): Tory leadership favourite Liz Truss downplayed Sunday the prospect of a UK recession, while the man tipped to be her finance minister vowed "help is coming" over the soaring cost of living.Truss, the frontrunner in polls...

Gulf e-commerce company Noon to buy fashion venture Namshi

2022-08-22 00:00:00

DUBAI, Aug 21 (Reuters): Dubai's Emaar Properties said on Saturday it is selling fashion e-commerce venture Namshi to Noon, an e-commerce company backed by Dubai billionaire Mohamed Alabbar and Saudi Arabian sovereign fund the Public Investment Fund (PIF).Emaar said in...

China's farmers struggle to save crops

2022-08-22 00:00:00

CHONGQING (China), Aug 21 (Reuters): As the tinder-dry countryside along China's Yangtze river basin withers under a heatwave that has lasted more than two months, veteran farmer Chen Xiaohua recalled the last severe drought to hit his crops more than...

Qantas apologises to customers for operational problems

2022-08-22 00:00:00

SYDNEY, Aug 21 (Reuters): Qantas Airways Ltd will offer A$50 ($34) vouchers, loyalty status extensions and lounge passes to frequent flyers to apologise for a rise in delays, cancellations, lost baggage and staffing issues since travel demand rebounded.Airlines around the...

India not planning to import wheat

2022-08-22 00:00:00

MUMBAI, Aug 21 (Reuters): India has sufficient stocks of wheat and there is no plan to import the grain, the government clarified on Sunday after some media outlets reported New Delhi was planning to import wheat.Local wheat prices jumped to...

Russia continues to be China's top oil supplier for third month

2022-08-22 00:00:00

BEIJING, Aug 21 (Arab News): Russia held its spot as China's top oil supplier for a third month in July, data showed on Saturday, as independent refiners stepped up purchases of discounted supplies while cutting shipments from rival suppliers such...

Rice price hike adds to plight of low earners

2022-08-22 00:00:00

BAGERHAT, Aug 21 (UNB): The prices of all varieties of rice have gone up in the wholesale and retail markets of Bagerhat, creating a suffocating condition for the low-income group people who are already plagued by price hike of essentials.Wholesale...

Culvert collapses three years after construction

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-08-22 00:00:00

CHANDPUR, Aug 21: Nearly 30,000 people of 10 villages in Matlab south upazila have been experiencing untold sufferings as the culvert on a canal in Matlab Municipality collapsed only three years of its construction.No vehicle can now ply the Bordiya-Shobhankordi...

Two-day weekend for schools

2022-08-22 00:00:00

The government has decided to introduce a two-day weekly school holiday from the following year. It is a right decision. In fact, all the educational institutions should come under a two-day weekend. Now, there is a discussion that the two-day...

Bus service for working women

2022-08-22 00:00:00

Sadly, working women in Dhaka do not have many dedicated bus services for them. Though there are a few women-only buses, the number is inadequate. At present, more than a million women commute daily for their livelihoods. Most of them...

Banks' default loans

2022-08-22 00:00:00

Default loans with the country's commercial banks reached Tk 1.25 trillion at the end of June this year. This is not good news. Even three months ago, the amount was Tk 1.13 trillion. Various newspapers' reports suggest that the surge...

The story of a domestic help

Neil Ray | 2022-08-22 00:00:00

She is one of the four million slum dwellers working as a typical part-time domestic help in the capital. She has decided to leave behind the job of a 'bua' forever. In this inhospitable city the majority of them, excepting...

Alternative import payments for easing pressure on forex

Mehdi Rahman | 2022-08-22 00:00:00

Recent media reports indicate that import payments are going to be settled in the currency of a supplier's country, Chinese yuan renminbi (CNY) in particular. It is expected that this will support stabilisation of exchange rates in foreign exchange market....

Negotiation on CEPA with India

2022-08-22 00:00:00

Bangladesh and India have decided to start negotiation on the proposed Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) with a view to strengthening further the bilateral trade and economic relations. A formal announcement is likely to come during the top-level visit of...

Disruptive thinking

Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-08-22 00:00:00

Bright eyed executives are nowadays told to be disruptive. The new term replaces 'out-of-the-box thinking' that has, as with most buzzwords fast become a cliché. The newness comes in the form of, to use another cliché, 'shaking the tree' of...

Climate Change: Are we heading towards extinction?

Muhammad Zamir | 2022-08-22 00:00:00

Due to the increasingly visible consequences of climate change, governments are finding it difficult to downplay the warnings of scientists. Among the consequences of the climate change are worldwide record-breaking high temperatures as well as droughts, floods, wildfires, storms, hurricanes...

Briefing21-08-2022

2022-08-21 00:00:00

DSE cement sector sees highest gainThe cement sector of the stock market saw the highest price appreciation last week following investors' increased participation. The market capitalisation of the sector having seven companies also soared by 6.3 per cent on the...

Now rods fall on car at city BRT site

FE REPORT | 2022-08-21 00:00:00

Another private car narrowly escaped an accident at the BRT project site in the city's Uttara area on Friday only five days after the fatal accident that took lives of five members of a family.Sources said the accident occurred when...

Sampadak Parishad demands issuing draft

FE REPORT | 2022-08-21 00:00:00

Raising concern over an amendment to the Bangladesh Press Council Act-2022, the Sampadak Parishad has demanded that the draft be published on its website.The call comes as a team, led by Sampadak Parishad president and Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam,...

Fuel price hike puts marine fisheries 'in a fix'

2022-08-21 00:00:00

FE REPORTLocal marine fisheries sector is now in deep trouble due to the recent price hike of fuel oils in the country, according to the sector insiders.They requested the government to provide diesel at previous prices for survival of the...