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Tesla sued by former employees over 'mass layoff'

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Former Tesla Inc employees have filed a lawsuit against the US electric car company alleging its decision to carry out a "mass layoff" violated federal law as the company did not provide advance notice of the job cuts, reports Reuters.The...

Bidi workers place four-pt demand

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Pabna Zila Bidi Mojdur Union formed a human chain to press home their four-point demand, including the enactment of a law for protecting the workers employed in bidi factories, says a press release. Around 200 bidi workers took part in...

Keel laying ceremony of Mongla Port vessel held

2022-06-22 00:00:00

KHULNA, June 21 (BSS): The keel laying ceremony of a 'Search and Rescue vessel' for the Mongla Port Authority (MPA) was held on the Khulna Shipyard premises on Tuesday.Speaking as the chief guest, MPA Chairman Rear Admiral Mohammad Musa said...

UAE to build Red Sea port in Sudan

2022-06-22 00:00:00

The United Arab Emirates will build a new Red Sea port in Sudan as part of a $6 billion investment package, DAL group chairman Osama Daoud Abdellatif, a partner in the deal, told Reuters.Abdellatif said the package includes a free...

Three flood-hit dists' telephone link with Dhaka restored

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Dhaka city's telecommunications with three districts of greater Sylhet, including Sylhet city, Habiganj and Sunamganj - has been restored on Tuesday following four days of disruption due to flood-triggered power disconnection to BTCL's telephone exchanges in the three northeastern districts....

MTB Foundation teams up with MSS to provide eye care services

2022-06-22 00:00:00

MTB Foundation has recently signed an agreement with the Eye Care Programme of Manabik Shahajya Sangstha (ECP-MSS) to provide eye care facilities to the underprivileged segment of the country, says a press release. Under the agreement, MTB Foundation and Manabik...

Eastland Insurance stands by flood victims

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Eastland Insurance Company Ltd. distributed cooked food among flood-affected people at the Mirzajangal Girls High School shelter in Sylhet city on Tuesday under instruction from Chairman of the company Mr Mahbubur Rahman and Managing Director Abdul Haque. Officials of the...

Dutch co to invest $10.5m in BEPZA economic zone

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Checkpoint System Bangladesh Limited-Unit 2, a Netherlands-owned company, is going to establish a garments accessories manufacturing industry in the BEPZA Economic Zone, reports BSS. The company will invest US$ 10.52 million to produce 1,319 million units of different types of...

Tata Steel buys coal from Russia after vowing to cut ties

2022-06-22 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, June 21 (Reuters): India's top steelmaker Tata Steel imported about 75,000 tonnes of coal from Russia in the second half of May, two trade sources and one government source said, weeks after pledging to stop doing business with...

Gold dips as rate-hike bets outweigh dollar retreat

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Gold prices eased on Tuesday as headwinds from an uptick in US Treasury yields amid prospects of more interest rate hikes offset support from a retreat in the dollar, reports Reuters.Spot gold fell 0.1 per cent to $1,836.12 per ounce...

Oil prices climb on strong demand

2022-06-22 00:00:00

LONDON, June 21 (Reuters): Oil prices rose almost $2 on Tuesday on high summer fuel demand while supplies remain tight because of sanctions on Russian oil after its invasion of Ukraine.Brent crude rose $1.80, or 1.6 per cent, to $115.93...

Ashwin misses flight to England after testing positive for Covid-19

2022-06-22 00:00:00

MUMBAI, June 21 (ANI): Indian all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin could not board the flight to England after being tested positive for Covid-19. The off-spinner came to Mumbai to travel with the Test team on June 16 but now he is in...

Djokovic to play as top seed with Medvedev out

2022-06-22 00:00:00

LONDON, June 21 (Reuters): Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic will head into next week's tournament as the men's top seed with Russian world number one Daniil Medvedev banned from taking part while Germany's second-ranked Alexander Zverev is out injured.Organisers of the...

Williamson to miss NZ white-ball Europe tours

2022-06-22 00:00:00

WELLINGTON, June 21 (AFP): Kane Williamson and several senior players are missing from the New Zealand squad announced on Tuesday for their limited-overs series against Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands next month.Batsman Tom Latham will lead the Black Caps in...

Rybus dropped from Poland squad after joining Russian club

2022-06-22 00:00:00

WARSAW, Poland, June 21 (AP): Poland won't consider defender Maciej Rybus in its plans for the World Cup in Qatar after he signed a new contract with a Russian club.The Polish soccer federation said on Monday coach Czeslaw Michniewicz told...

England to tour Pakistan in Sept

2022-06-22 00:00:00

LAHORE, June 21 (IANS): The England men's cricket team looks all set to tour Pakistan in the second week of September to play seven T20I matches, according to a media report in Pakistan.According to a report by television channel Samaa,...

Ronaldo's million-dollar car damaged in road crash

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Manchester United forward legend Cristiano Ronaldo's super-car Bugatti Veyron suffered a major accident on Monday in the Spanish city of Majorca. The car, which costs around $2.1 million, was taken away in a blue tarpaulin following the crash.According to United...

Unwell Stokes misses England training ahead of third Test

2022-06-22 00:00:00

LONDON, June 21 (AFP): England captain Ben Stokes missed training after feeling unwell on Tuesday as his side started their preparations for the Headingley Test.Stokes was absent while the rest of the squad trained ahead of Thursday's first day of...

Sri Lanka's Charith Asalanka celebrating

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Sri Lanka's Charith Asalanka celebrating after scoring a century during the fourth ODI match against Australia at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on Tuesday — AFP

Lisa Sthalekar first woman FICA chief

2022-06-22 00:00:00

BRISBANE, Australia, June 21 (AP): Former Australia international Lisa Sthalekar is the first woman appointed president of the Federation of International Cricketers' Associations.Sthalekar, who played for the Australian women's team from 2001 to 2013 before becoming a broadcast commentator, has...

It's unfortunate, says Naimur about Tigers' Test debacle

2022-06-22 00:00:00

The first Test captain of Bangladesh, Naimur Rahman, said the continued failure in Test cricket is an unwanted fate for Bangladesh, reports UNB. Over the last three years, Bangladesh played 19 Tests and lost 14 of them with only three...

Kings extend lead in BPL

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Defending champions Bashundhara Kings extended their lead as they beat Rahmatganj Muslim and Friends Society by 2-0 goals in the TVS Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) football at Bir Flight Lieutenant Matiur Rahman Stadium in Munshiganj on Tuesday, reports BSS.In the...

Erosion by the Dosani River continues

2022-06-22 00:00:00

Erosion by the Dosani River continues to devour homesteads and crop lands. The photo was taken from Shajimara village of Bakshiganj upazila in Jamalpur district on Tuesday — Focus Bangla

Chuadanga, Rangpur road accidents kill three bikers

2022-06-22 00:00:00

A total of three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Chuadanga and Rangpur districts on Tuesday and Monday night, report agencies.UNB from Chuadanga reports, a 26-year-old executive riding his bike to work was killed after being hit by...

Teenager found dead in Khulna

2022-06-22 00:00:00

KHULNA, June 21 (UNB): A teenager who left her home on Saturday was found dead in a jungle in Char village of Khulna's Rupsha upazila on Monday night.The deceased was identified as Meem, 14, daughter of Montu Fakir, a resident...

3.25 million tonnes of Boro rice produced in Rajshahi division

2022-06-22 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, June 21 (BSS): Farmers have produced around 3.25 million (32.50 lakh) tonnes of Boro rice from 0.81 million (8.18 lakh) hectares of land in all eight districts under Rajshahi division during the recent past harvesting season.Currently, the grassroots farmers...

Aus farming may exceed target in Magura

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-06-22 00:00:00

MAGURA, June 21: Farmers have expressed the hope that Aus farming would exceed its target set by the government for thisdistrict during this season.They are now busy Aus cultivation due to adequate rainfall and incentives provided by Department of Agricultural...

Trial of Suu Kyi moved to prison compound

2022-06-22 00:00:00

YANGON, June 21 (AFP): Hearings for the trial of ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be moved to a prison compound in the military-built capital Naypyidaw, a source with knowledge of the case said Tuesday.The Nobel laureate, 77,...

Saudi crown prince in Egypt on 2-day visit

2022-06-22 00:00:00

CAIRO, June 21 (AFP): Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman began a two-day visit to Egypt on Monday evening, the presidency in Cairo said, kicking off a regional tour extending to Jordan and Turkey.The crown prince will meet with Egypt's...

No relief as heat wave in US moves east

2022-06-22 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, June 21 (AFP): A heat wave that baked much of the central United States last week will start to move eastward with dangerously high temperatures, forecasters said Monday.The National Weather Service told Americans to gird for another day of...