ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct 02 (Reuters): FIFA President Gianni Infantino said on Thursday that football could not solve conflicts, but it must carry a message of peace and unity as Israel's military operation in Gaza and other global tensions fuel calls...
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Oct 02 (AFP): JJ Smit starred with bat and ball as Namibia beat Tanzania by 63 runs in Harare on Thursday to qualify for a fourth consecutive T20 World Cup.The 29-year-old struck an unbeaten 61 and took 3-16...
AHMEDABAD, India, Oct 02 (AFP): Red-hot Mohammed Siraj returned figures of 4-40 as India dismissed the West Indies for 162 and then turned the screw with the bat on day one of the first Test on Thursday.The hosts were 121-2...
BEIJING, Oct 02 (Reuters): Coco Gauff put down a spirited challenge from 66th-ranked Eva Lys to earn a 6-3 6-4 victory in Beijing on Thursday and reach the China Open semi-finals for a second successive year.Gauff, who is bidding to...
Bangladesh's Shorna Akter (left) celebrates with teammate Fahima Khatun after taking the wicket of Pakistan's Nashra Sandhu during the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 ODI match against Pakistan at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo on Thursday-AFP
ADDIS ABABA, Oct 02 (AFP): Makeshift scaffolding set up at a church in Ethiopia collapsed Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 55, state media said.The incident occurred at around 7:45 am in the town of Arerti town, roughly...
WASHINGTON, Oct 02 (AP): President Donald Trump has seized on the government shutdown as an opportunity to reshape the federal workforce and punish detractors, by threatening mass firings of workers and suggesting "irreversible" cuts to programs important to Democrats.Rather than...
BAGHDAD, Oct 02 (AP): The United States has begun reducing its military presence in Iraq under a deal signed with Baghdad last year, with troop levels set to be cut by about 20 percent as responsibility for countering the Islamic...
JERUSALEM, Oct 02 (Reuters): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's support for Donald Trump's Gaza plan is a gamble that may win back estranged allies abroad and repair his political base at home but risks a battle with coalition partners opposed...
BEIRUT, Oct 02 (AFP): Lebanon said two people were killed in an Israeli strike on the country's south on Thursday, the latest deadly attack despite a November ceasefire between Israel and militant group Hezbollah."The Israeli enemy strike that targeted a...
BOGO, Oct 02 (AFP): The death toll from a powerful earthquake in the central Philippines rose to 72 on Thursday, rescuers said, as officials turned their efforts to the hundreds injured and thousands left homeless.Firefighters and rescuers pulled a woman...
JAKARTA, Oct 02 (BBC/AFP): There are "no signs of life" under the wreckage of a collapsed Indonesian school where 59 people are still missing, rescuers have said.Hundreds of students, most of them teenage boys, were inside the two-storey Islamic boarding...
Open manholes on roads in the capital and other cities have become a grave threat to public safety. Every day, pedestrians and commuters risk their lives while travelling to workplaces, markets, or educational institutions. During the rainy season, these manholes...
In today's fast-paced world, multitasking is often celebrated as a sign of capability. Students handle classes, side projects and club work simultaneously, while professionals hop between emails, meetings and deadlines without pause. At a first glance, this seems admirable, being...
Shiabur Rahman | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Residents in Dhaka woke up to find the city under water on October 1 when there was a staggering 132 millimetres of rainfall in just six hours between midnight and 6:00 am. By the end of the day, the total...
Nilratan Halder | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
Loss and waste of foods have ever remained a cause for serious concern. This has prompted the United Nations (UN) to observe the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (IDAFLW) since 2020. Clearly, the global attention to...
The introduction of the Public Procurement Rules (PPR)-2025, in place of the earlier 2008 framework, represents a major policy shift in management of one of the largest channels of public expenditure in Bangladesh. With government procurement estimated at around $30...
Aminul Haque Russel and Sanjay Pal | 2025-10-03 00:00:00
With the proliferation of smartphones, mobile apps, and online platforms, peoples have countless options at their fingertips for conducting payments, transfers, and purchases. This transformation in the payment landscape has not only modernised transaction processes but also impacted consumer behaviours,...
Light to moderate rain/thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Dhaka, Khulna, Barishal, Chattogram and Sylhet divisions with heavy to very heavy falls at places over the country until...
Education Adviser Prof Dr Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar has said the ground of Government Madrasah-e-Alia in capital's Bakshibazar area, previously occupied during the tenure of the former government, will be returned to the madrasah authorities, reports BSS."The process of returning the...
The National Pay Commission has prepared four questionnaires for online feedback with the aim of formulating recommendations for an effective and fair pay structure, reports BSS.Anyone concerned in these four categories -- government employees, general public, government institutions and associations...
New York (USA), Oct 1 (UNB): The United States and the United Kingdom announced fresh aid commitment of 96 million dollars in the first ever high-level conference on the Rohingya and other Myanmar minorities at the UN headquarters on Tuesday,...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Health assistants across the country on Wednesday went on an indefinite strike with a six-point demand including revision of employment rules, elimination of salary discrimination and provision of technical ranks.Under the banner of the Bangladesh Health Assistant Association, they had...
Bangladesh has reported two more dengue deaths in the past 24 hours, raising the tally of deaths to 200 this year, reports bdnews24.comThis marks the fourth-highest annual death toll from dengue. In previous years, 179 people died in 2019, 105...
Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan left Dhaka on Wednesday for a five-day official visit to Turkey at the invitation of the Commander of the Turkish Air Force, says a press release.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Leaders of the road safety movement Nirapad Sarak Chai (We Demand Safe Road) on Wednesday called upon the political parties to include road safety issue in their election manifestos. They also urged the government to enact a separate road safety...
JAHIDUL ISLAM | 2025-10-02 00:00:00
Rajshahi Medical University (RMU) has made little progress on its Tk22.58 billion development project, with only a portion of the boundary wall completed in the last three years since land acquisition and project approval in July 2022, leaving a majority...
As in other neighbourhoods, severe traffic jam occurred with a significant number of vehicles slowing down or stopping on the road beside the Jatrabari end of Mayor Hanif Flyover in the capital on Wednesday as public holiday for the Durga...
KHULNA, Oct 1 (UNB): A 29-year-old youth has allegedly been shot dead while asleep in his Maheshwar Pasha residence under Daulatpur Police Station of Khulna city.The deceased is Tanvir Hasan Shuvo, general manager of an international marketing company. Shuvo was...
A fisherman has been killed in a crocodile attack while catching crabs in the Sundarbans. His body was recovered nearly seven hours later, reports bdnews24.com.The victim, 32-year-old Subrata Mondal, from Dhangmari village in Khulna's Dacope upazila, was dragged underwater by...
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