Bangladesh's top-order failed to prove its sustainability against the Sri Lankan pace attack when they lost four wickets once again under 25 runs and slipped into a situation from where they cannot hope to win the Dhaka Test, reports UNB.Tamim...
UK readies for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum JubileeLONDON, May 26: Britain brings out the bunting next week for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, with four days of public events to mark her 70 years on the throne. Across the country,...
KABUL, May 26 (Reuters): The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces "severe" human rights challenges and called on Taliban authorities to reverse growing restrictions on women and investigate attacks against religious minorities.Richard Bennett, UN...
NIAMEY, May 26 (AFP): The Niger government said Wednesday that the army had killed around 40 Boko Haram jihadists in overnight fighting on islets in Lake Chad."Some 100 Boko Haram fighters arrived in four large wooden canoes and an armed...
KHARKIV (Ukraine), May 26 (AFP): Four people were killed in fresh Russian shelling of Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, a regional official said Thursday, where many people have returned after Russia's attempts to capture the city were repelled."The occupiers are again...
TUNIS, May 26 (AFP): Tunisia will hold a constitutional referendum for a "new republic" on July 25, President Kais Saied has announced, in defiance of critics who warn he wants to establish an autocracy.The vote will come exactly a year...
WASHINGTON, May 26 (AFP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will call for China to abide by international rules as he delivers a major speech Thursday on America's relationship with its rival.Days after President Joe Biden visited Japan and South...
SRINAGAR, May 26 (Reuters/ AP): Indian security forces have killed six militants in Kashmir in the past 24 hours while militants shot dead a female TV performer and a police officer, officials said on Thursday, following the conviction of the...
DAVOS (Switzerland), May 26 (AFP): Iran's foreign minister urged US President Joe Biden on Thursday to lift economic sanctions and abandon his predecessor Donald Trump's "maximum pressure" campaign in order to revive a nuclear deal.Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's comments came...
MADRID, May 26 (Reuters/AP): Russia's expanding influence and activity in Africa pose a "worrying" threat to the security of NATO countries along with its invasion of Ukraine and must be addressed by the military alliance, the Spanish and British defence...
HABIGANJ, May 26 (BSS): A woman was killed in a lightning strike at Dudpatil village under Chunarughat upazila of the district today.The deceased was identified as Ful Banu, 55, hailed from the village.Local people said a thunderbolt hit her around...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, May 26 (UNB): Police have recovered the body of a union worker from Nachol upazila social service office in Chapainawabganj. The deceased was identified as Shamim Hossain, 33, of the upazila. Unable to contact Shamim, one of his friends...
RAJSHAHI, May 26 (BSS): Concerted efforts of all the government, non-government and other stakeholders can be the vital means of safe production, harvesting, ripening, transporting and marketing of the mango.Mango farming can be made safely and easily by practising some...
KHULNA, May 26 (BSS): Speakers at a journalists orientation workshop here today underscored the need for making the National Vitamin A plus Campaign-2022 scheduled to be held from June 4 to 7, a total success.'They were addressing the workshop held...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-05-27 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, May 26: Police arrested driver and helper of a bus for trying to rape a RMG worker Wednesday night. The arrested persons are identified as driver Mohammed Tipu and helper Jony Das. Additional Deputy Commissioner of Chattogram Metropolitan Police...
SYLHET, May 25 (UNB): Due to continuous erosion of the Nayagang and Saburi rivers, roads, houses and crop lands in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet have gone into the gorge of the rivers. Thousands of acres of arable lands, including hundreds...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-05-27 00:00:00
SYLHET. MAY 26: The recent floods have caused damage to many roads in Sylhet and Sunamganj districts, disrupting communication.Additional Chief Engineer of the R&H, Sylhet zone, Fazle Rabbi, informed the divisional disaster management committee meeting that 10 roads in Sylhet...
As we are witnessing rains, it is learnt that cases of dengue are reportedly increasing at an alarming rate in Dhaka city. According to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), at least 37 dengue patients are now undergoing treatment...
Our Test cricketers' performance graph is not at all stable. Sometimes, it goes up. Sometimes, it goes down. One of the main reasons behind their wavering performance is a lack of strong leadership. Mominul Haque, who has been captaining Bangladesh...
During our liberation war of 1971, many people just could not believe that we would be able to defeat the then Pakistani army, one of the well-trained militaries in the world that time. We made the impossible, possible. The same...
Zahid Huq | 2022-05-27 00:00:00
A section of government officials, particularly those in the upper echelon of the administration, are ready to go to any extent to secure foreign trips at the cost of the public exchequer. There are stories galore about how these officials...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-05-27 00:00:00
Passionately called the lungs of an ailing Dhaka City, Hatirjheel outwardly looks smart and healthy. But it is so more like those of a cancer patient. Without the best of cares, revival of its health is a distant dream. The...
It is still not certain whether excessive siltation in the major rivers of greater Sylhet is responsible for the unprecedented flooding of the vast swathes of farm and non-farm lands in the district. Although the onrushing waters from the upper...
It happened 165 years ago, in May. Some Bengali soldiers of the British-Indian army in Meerut refused to use the new breech-loading Enfield rifle. The cartridge of the rifle was greased with pork and beef fat and had to be...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-05-27 00:00:00
The least he could think that destiny would make him an integral part of the blood drenched 21st February Language Movement of 1952. In his early youth, Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury was still a student of Dhaka College, located then in...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2022-05-27 00:00:00
The Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) leaders opposed the recommendation of the technical evaluation committee of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) for increasing bulk electricity price by 58 per cent. BERC made the recommendation during...
Farzana Nahid and Nahin Sultana | 2022-05-26 12:00:00
Startups are never about ultimate perfection, rather are an interactive process of continual development. The founders do not know it all from the beginning but learn in the process as they grow. While innovation is the soul of startups, scalability...
With hills, hillocks, tea gardens, waterfalls, wetlands, swamps, marshes called haors and beels in this part of the world, Sylhet has a unique and contrasting topography. Although haors experience flash floods of varying intensity almost every year, the highlands there...
The family of Hadisur Rahman, the naval engineer who was killed after a projectile hit the ship in Ukraine amid Russia's invasion, will get $500,000 in compensation.The Board of Directors of Bangladesh Shipping Corporation learned about the development in a...
FE Report | 2022-05-26 00:00:00
Thirty-six per cent of the female domestic helps who use personal mobile phones including feature phones do not avail digital financial service, despite having accounts, reveals a survey.The baseline survey conducted by Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) under a project 'Shuchona'...
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