A near doubling in benchmark cotton futures to 11-year highs, hard on the heels of a spike in freight and fuel prices, is clobbering Asian apparel makers while their global retail customers are reluctant to soak up the extra costs,...
LONDON, June 02 (AFP): England debutant Matthew Potts and recalled great James Anderson took four wickets apiece as New Zealand were dismissed for just 132 on the opening day of the first Test at Lord's on Thursday.Potts took four for...
SEOUL, June 02 (AFP): Neymar scored two calmly taken penalties as Brazil fired a World Cup warning with a 5-1 thrashing of South Korea in Seoul on Thursday.The Paris Saint-Germain forward scored his 72nd and 73rd goals for his country...
NEW YORK, June 02 (AP): Real Madrid's 1-0 victory over Liverpool in the Champions League final set a record for the largest audience to view the final in the US on English-language television.Nielsen ratings show the game Saturday averaged 2.76...
Players of Sonali Bank Limited receiving prize money of Tk 50,000 as the team became runners-up in the Inter-Bank Chess Tournament- 2022, organised by Bangladesh Chess Federation at the Chess Federation Hall Room of the National Sports Council in the...
LONDON, June 02 (Reuters): Argentina marked the revival of the Cup of Champions in style as they outclassed Italy 3-0 in a heavyweight clash billed as the 'Finalissima' at a raucous Wembley Stadium on Wednesday.First-half goals by Lautaro Martinez and...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) appointed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as Test captain for a third time on Thursday after Mominul Haque quit following a poor run of form, reports AFP.The BCB also named batsman Liton Das the new vice-captain ahead...
SYLHET, June 02 (UNB): A Bangladeshi national was detained with a gold bar weighing 1.16 kg at Sylhet's Osmani International Airport on Thursday morning, Customs officials said.The detainee has been identified as Mainul Islam Shakil, a resident of Jaintapur upazila...
DINAJPUR, June 02 (UNB): Two young men were killed while another was injured when a truck hit their bike in Phulbari upazila of Dinajpur in the early hours of Thursday.The deceased were identified as Nahid Hasan Shabuj, 26, and Tazin...
MANIKGANJ, June 02 (BSS): The harvesting of green chili is going on in full swing and appearing in the local markets. The cultivators are happy with the production and reasonable price of their product.Now per kilogram green pepper is being...
CHATTOGRAM, June 02 (UNB): The shuttle train service on the Chittagong University (CU) route was hit on Thursday morning, as 50-60 admission seekers blocked the track in Sholosohor demanding they be allowed to appear for the entrance test again.The protesters...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
LALMONIRHAT, June 02: Speakers on Thursday said that country's first specialised university on aviation and aerospace would play a significant role in making expertise in aviation sector. They also mentioned that the university will provide international standard education on various...
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen, now in Stockholm on a three-day visit, has said that the plights of displaced coastal people due to sea-level rise may turn into a security issue if the current trend continues, reports UNB. Momen and...
Israeli troops kill one PalestinianTEL AVIV, June 02: Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in the West Bank on Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as troops elsewhere demolished the home of a Palestinian who gunned down Israelis in...
KYIV, June 02 (AFP): Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said Thursday that Russian troops control about one-fifth of his country, including the annexed Crimean peninsula and territory in the east held by Moscow-backed separatists since 2014."Today, about 20 percent of our...
CAIRO, June 02 (AP): For many Libyans, clashes that erupted in the capital of Tripoli last month were all too familiar - a deja vu of street fighting, reverberating gunfire and people cowering inside their homes. A video circulated online...
TULSA, United States, June 02 (AFP): A gunman has killed at least four people at a hospital building in Tulsa, Oklahoma, police said-the latest in a string of mass shootings across the United States in recent weeks.The killings come as...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
Being the most popular fruit of the country, Bangladesh has never felt the need for any international tag for its quality mangoes. Still, the tag of a GI (geographical indication) product for the country's 'Khirshapat' mango has introduced it as...
Learning is a continuous process. It helps individuals reach their true potential. The freelancing marketplace in Bangladesh is full of diverse and talented professionals who stay updated on the latest trends and are constantly trying to sharpen their skills. There...
In our society, beauty standards are judged according to the body images. If a child is obese, people often advise its parents to make the child lose weight. In the same way, a teenager is noticed by relatives and friends....
Lately, commodity prices have been rising uncontrollably. As a result, low-income people and the middle class have been finding it harder to afford some of the most basic commodities. Even though prices have been rising, peoples' incomes have not gone...
Zahid Huq | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
The domestic rice market has been volatile for many months. The volatility has only intensified in recent weeks, with prices of all varieties of rice going up unabatedly. The ministry of food seemed indifferent. It has arranged a few meetings...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
An economic purge of sorts is happening in full sight except by the powers that be. A scythe cutting mercilessly into the entrails of the middle class all over the world has implications that aren't immediately visible. Just because it...
Tax evasion by foreign nationals working legally or illegally in Bangladesh has been an issue of concern for quite some time. Although lack of proper documentation, monitoring and legal enforcement by relevant agencies is often blamed for not taking effective...
M. Kabir Hasan and Mohammad Dulal Miah | 2022-06-03 00:00:00
South Asian economies are cruising through a tough time in terms of macroeconomic stability. Sri Lanka is already on the verge of economic collapse; the economic strength and stability of Pakistan have been gradually turning from bad to worse. India,...
Mr. K.M. Mohiuddin Ahmed and Syed Mizanur Rahman were recently promoted to Deputy Managing Directors (DMDs) of AB Bank Limited. Mr. Ahmed joined AB Bank in 2003. Having more than 19 years' experience in the Bank, Mr. Ahmed worked in...
FE Report | 2022-06-02 12:00:00
IFIC Bank will raise a capital worth Tk 5.0 billion issuing subordinated bond to strengthen its tier-II capital base.The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) on Wednesday approved the company's proposal of bond offer.At the meeting, the securities regulator has...
Narayan Das | 2022-06-02 12:00:00
According to the provisional data of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Bangladesh's economy has grown 7.25 per cent in the outgoing fiscal year of 2021-22. This is a remarkable achievement indeed considering the fact that the economy was hit...
MOSCOW, June 1 (AFP): The planned delivery of new US weapons to Ukraine, including advanced missile systems, increases the risk of drawing the United States into direct conflict with Russia, Moscow said Wednesday."Any arms supplies that continue, are on the...
Bangladesh has registered 34 cases of COVID-19 in a day, taking the overall tally of infections to 1,953,541, report agencies.No new fatalities were reported in the 24-hour count, keeping the death toll from the disease unchanged at 29,131, according to...
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