TOKYO, Aug 19 (AFP): Japan's core consumer prices for items excluding fresh products rose 2.4 percent on-year in July, the highest in more than seven years and marking four straight monthly gains of more than two percent, government data showed...
Sonali Bank Limited CEO and Managing Director Md. Ataur Rahman Pradhan along with his family members places a wreath at the grave of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Tungipara in Gopalganj on Thursday marking three years...
Prime Minister's Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury has encouraged the US companies for oil and gas exploration in Bangladesh's offshore areas and to look at the prospects of nuclear power modular reactors in Bangladesh, reports...
Organisers have sold 2.45 million tickets for this year's World Cup in Qatar, world football governing body FIFA said on Thursday, with more than half a million of them sold in the last sales period from July 5-16.FIFA said the...
World number one Iga Swiatek and reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu were both knocked out of the Cincinnati Open on Thursday, while second seed Anett Kontaveit also had her preparations for Flushing Meadows cut short in the round of...
Mike Dean, the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) in the Premier League match between Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, said on Thursday he made the wrong call when Spurs' Cristian Romero pulled Marc Cucurella's hair.The foul was not given by on-field referee...
In the second unofficial one-day match, Bangladesh A beat their West Indian counterparts by 44 runs at the Gros Islet on Thursday. Opener Mohammad Naim hit a hundred in the match. He made a great comeback after he was dismissed...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has hired ex-Indian cricketer Sridharan Sriram as the technical consultant to the team for T20Is ahead of the Asia Cup starting on August 27 in the UAE, reports UNB. Nazmul Hasan, the president of BCB,...
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters): Copper prices rose on Friday but were set to end the week slightly lower as traders balanced hopes for solid demand in China with pessimism about the global economy.Inflation data in Germany and Japan on Friday...
PARIS/SINGAPORE, Aug 19 (Reuters): Chicago wheat consolidated on Friday near a six-month low struck a day earlier as the market remained capped by sluggish U.S. exports and scope for increased Black Sea shipments.Corn and soybeans edged lower as forecasts pointing...
Gold slipped to a three-week low on Friday and was en route for its first weekly drop in a month, pressured by a stronger dollar and rising U.S. bond yields, reports Reuters.Spot gold fell for a fifth straight session, down...
LONDON, Aug 19 (Reuters): Oil prices were broadly stable on Friday, retracing earlier losses, but were headed for weekly losses as concerns about a global economic slowdown weighed amid soaring inflation rates.Brent crude futures were down 13 cents, or 0.1...
NAIROBI, Aug 19 (Reuters): The nearly two-year conflict in Ethiopia has left almost half the population of Tigray region without adequate food, as aid groups struggle to reach rural areas because of insufficient fuel supplies, the World Food Programmeme (WFP)...
KASHMIR, Aug 19 (Al Jazeera): India's decision to allow voting rights to any Indian citizen living temporarily in Indian-administered Kashmir has again ignited anger and fears of yet another attempt by the Hindu nationalist government to change the demography of...
SEOUL, Aug 19 (Arab News): The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's "foolish" offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearization steps, accusing Seoul of recycling...
TUBAS, Aug 19 (Reuters): A Palestinian man died of his wounds on Friday after Israeli forces shot him, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, during what Israel's military said was an early morning raid against suspected militants in the occupied West...
BANGKOK, Aug 19 (AP/BBC): China's response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was anything but subtle - dispatching warships and military aircraft to all sides of the self-governing island democracy, and firing ballistic missiles into the waters...
Sonjoy Ghosh | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
It will definitely be very difficult for someone to say whether he or she has ever seen any nest of birds on the branches of Eucalyptus, Acacia, Mahogany, Raintree and Shishu. These exotic hardwood species which absorb huge water have...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
What a contrasting weather Dhaka, one of the world's top unliveable cities, is now going through! Scorching heat today, tomorrow the sky is overcast with clouds and even there may be drizzles. Or, it can happen within a day or...
Matiur Rahman | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
The US dollar is the most potent currency in the world today and is the world's leading reserve currency. About 90 per cent of the world's total economic transactions are conducted through US dollars. According to estimates, there is currently...
Every year more cases of anxiety and depression are reported in children and adolescents across the world. According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, one in eight teenagers suffers from anxiety. Although treatments for anxiety and depression are...
Natural calamities can occur any time and cause a national crisis. For a densely populated country like Bangladesh, such disasters may be catastrophic unless we are prepared. When we will have better preparations and trained people in place, we will...
Battery-run three-wheelers are a cheap form of public transport, commonly used in both urban and rural areas of Bangladesh. According to a gross estimate, more than 1.0 million battery-run rickshaws and easy bikes are plying across the country. They are,...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
Over the years, many people in this county have habitually done almost everything casually. A casual attitude is quite visible in their personal lives or professional works. Though most of them are aware of the negative side of casualness, for...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2022-08-20 00:00:00
How is Bangladesh's economy faring recently? The rampant inflation, essential commodities price spiral and especially, the declining foreign exchange reserve situation has caused a lot of anxiety among economists as well as others concerned within and outside the government. The...
Going by the UN Development Programme (UNDP)'s rankings in terms of its Human Development Index (HDI), Bangladesh's performance has been demonstrating a steady progress over the last decade. As a corollary of this positive HDIs, the status of maternal and...
LONDON, Aug 18 (AFP): Sarel Erwee guided South Africa to within sight of a first-innings lead in the first Test against England at Lord's on Thursday.Erwee's 60 not out was the cornerstone of the Proteas' 158-2 at tea on the...
NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Reuters): India's home ministry said on Wednesday that Rohingya refugees in the capital New Delhi would be held at a detention centre and then deported, contradicting a minister's earlier statement promising flats and security to members...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2022-08-19 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 18: The Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) of Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) could not kick off its operational activities one month after implementation of the project as the authority concerned has not yet selected an operator. Started five years...
FE REPORT | 2022-08-19 00:00:00
The apex court rules that the High Court cannot assume the power and jurisdiction of a particular authority conferred by a specific law or statute in exercising power under article 102 of the Constitution.A three-member bench of the Appellate Division...
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