The two-day warm-up match between visiting Sri Lanka and BCB XI ended in a draw after rain allowed only 18.2 overs over the two days at BKSP-3 ground in Savar, reports BSS.The Lankan side however reached 50-1 when umpires finally...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president Nazmul Hassan Papon felt that they are unlucky enough not to get Shakib Al Hasan when the all rounder's service is badly needed, report agencies.As Bangladesh prepared for the two-match Test series against Sri Lanka,...
Bangladesh will play lowly Singapore in their 3rd and last Pool B match of the nine-nation Men's Asian Games Hockey Qualifier at Queen Sirkit Commemorative Stadium in Thai capital Bangkok today (Thursday), reports UNB. The match will kick-off at 2...
2020 (eight athletes/ organisers): Freedom Fighter Shaheed Lieutenant Sheikh Jamal (posthumous) - Players and Organizers, Freedom Fighter Afzalur Rahman Sinha (posthumous) - Organizer (Cricket), Nazmul Abedin Fahim - organizer (cricket coach), Mohammad Mohsin - players (Football) , Mahabubul Ehsan Rana...
TEHRAN, May 11 (AFP): The European Union's coordinator for nuclear talks with Iran, Enrique Mora, held talks in Tehran on Wednesday with the Islamic republic's chief negotiator, state media reported.The meeting between Mora and Iranian Deputy Vice President Ali Bagheri...
ASUNCIÓN, May 11 (BBC): A high-profile Paraguayan prosecutor who fought against organised crime in his home country has been shot dead during his honeymoon in Colombia.Marcelo Pecci was on a beach on the idyllic tourist island of Baru when he...
NEW DELHI, May 11 (BBC): India's Supreme Court has put a controversial colonial-era sedition law on hold that critics say is used to stifle dissent.The judges asked the government to refrain from registering any new cases which invoke sedition until...
WEST BANK, May 11 (BBC): A Palestinian-American journalist has been shot dead while reporting for Al Jazeera on a raid by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin.The Qatar-based network said Sherine Abu Aqla, 51, was shot...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, May 11 (AP): Ukraine's natural gas pipeline operator said Wednesday it would stop Russian shipments through a key hub in the east of the country, while its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Kyiv's military had made small gains, pushing Russian...
CHUADANGA, May 11 (UNB): A woman was electrocuted to death in Kedarnagar village of Chuadanga's Alamdanga upazila on Tuesday night, police said.The deceased was identified as Rowshon Ara, wife of Asabul Haque of the village.Family sources said that Rowshon got...
TANGAIL, May 11 (UNB): Two workers were killed and three others injured in a landslide that occurred while they were digging a septic tank in Tangail's Ashekpur.The deceased were Ananda Pal, 55, of Kashil village under Basail upazila of Tangail...
MUNSHIGANJ, May 11 (BSS): Two people, including an Ansar member, were killed and three others injured in separate road accidents at Dakbanglo intersection of Chawkbazar and Mashurgaon Old Ferry Ghat areas of the district on Wednesday.The deceased were identified as...
RAJSHAHI, May 11 (BSS): Over 1.45 million (14.53 lakh) bales of jute are expected to be produced from 0.22 million (2.22 lakh) hectares of land in all eight districts in Rajshahi division during the current season.Target has been set to...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-05-12 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, May 11: A bridge over Rotnairiver, which is supposed to connect two villages of Sadar upazila in the district, has been lying unused for more than five years as the approach roads on both sides of it are yet...
Mohiuddin Babar | 2022-05-12 00:00:00
For over two decades, a three decked boat hospital has been traversing the waterways of Bangladesh outreaching specialised healthcare services to people in remote regions. Jibontari, as it is named, has so far treated over seven lakh people at thirty...
Battery-run auto rickshaws have become a vital transport in the rural areas of Bangladesh. They can also be found in the alleys of Dhaka city. However, unregulated use of these vehicles is often responsible for road accidents. Some autorickshaw drivers...
The number of deaths in lightning strikes has been rising alarmingly in Bangladesh. It seems lightning has become deadlier than ever before, especially as we continue to destroy most of our forests. Had we preserved our tall trees, they would...
Train journey is popular because it is safe, comfortable and affordable. But for rampant black marketing of tickets, many travellers nowadays are avoiding trains. Passengers do not find tickets at the ticket counters, but they can be bought from shops...
Jehangir Hussain | 2022-05-12 00:00:00
It's deemed imperative to restart the exploration for new gas reserves and overhaul the existing wells to increase domestic production and reduce dependence on costly liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. The urgency is felt especially as fuel prices are fuelled...
Hasnat M Alamgir | 2022-05-12 00:00:00
Workplace violence against medical doctors is an unfortunate reality of medical practice in Bangladesh as well as in other countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines workplace violence as "incidents where staff is abused, threatened, or assaulted in circumstances related...
The country's soaring current account deficit triggered by robust import growth in the current fiscal has reasons to warrant unease. Although, as of now, economists do not consider it too worrisome given the need for import of primary, intermediate and...
Asjadul Kibria | 2022-05-12 00:00:00
Abul Mal Abdul Muhith, the longest-serving finance minister of Bangladesh who placed 12 national budgets, passed on April 30 at the age of 88. With his passing, a vibrant chapter of the country's economic and development policymaking comes to an...
BABUL BARMAN | 2022-05-11 12:00:00
The government revenue earnings from Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) jumped 41 per cent in 10 months of the current fiscal year compared to the same period last fiscal backed by rising trading volume.Market analysts said in line with the rising...
These two boys float in a boat on the Buriganga River while collecting plastic bottles that eventually ended up in the river. Selling those bottles means a livelihood for this section of people. The photo was taken near Sadarghat launch...
ZAPORIZHZHIA, (Ukraine), May 10 (AP): Russian forces pounded away at the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, as part of an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and weapons shipments. On the other end of the southern coast,...
FE Report | 2022-05-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh reported no death from coronavirus along with 26 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours until Tuesday morning.With no new Covid-19 death reported for the 20th straight day, the total fatalities from the pandemic remained same at 29,127.With...
Law enforcers have seized 152,674 litres of edible oil illegally stored in warehouses in Kushtia, Pabna, Gazipur and Rajshahi districts on Tuesday, report agencies.Earlier in the week authorities in Dhaka and Chattogram seized nearly 50,000 litres of soybean and palm...
The Election Commis-sion still lacks the capacity to hold the entire national election through electronic voting machines (EVMs), Chief Election Commissio-ner Kazi Habibul Awal said on Tuesday, reports UNB."We still don't have the capacity to hold elections to all the...
FE REPORT | 2022-05-11 00:00:00
The government has revised the single- point mooring (SPM) double pipeline-installation project for a third time, extending the cost by 53 per cent to Tk 71.24 billion from the original estimation.The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) approved...
The world faces a 50 per cent chance of warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, if only briefly, by 2026, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Monday.That does not mean the world would be crossing the long-term...
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