JERUSALEM, Mar 25 (AFP): Israel said it will host a "historic summit" from Sunday of top diplomats from the United States and three Arab states with which it has normalised ties."At the invitation of Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, this upcoming...
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 25 (AFP/Reuters): The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted by an overwhelming majority a new non-binding resolution that demands an "immediate" halt to Russia's war in Ukraine.At UN headquarters in New York, 140 countries voted in favor,...
SEOUL, Mar 25 (Agencies): North Korea's latest launch was a big, new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media reported on Friday, in a test leader Kim Jong Un said was designed to demonstrate the might of its nuclear force and...
Hussain Muhammad Walid | 2022-03-26 00:00:00
Reading is not a kind of habit that all of us want to perform but rather we avoid it as much as we can. The same held true for me until the middle of 2021 when I read something for...
Syed Md. Aminul Karim and Md. Ariful Islam | 2022-03-26 00:00:00
The role of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) has become an emerging function. The goal is to strike a balance between serving both shareholders and other stakeholders. The contribution of CEOs of banks is no different, except for the industry in...
DOHA, Mar 25 (AFP): Qatar's top World Cup organiser has hit back at Louis van Gaal for criticising the decision to hold the event in the Gulf state, saying the Netherlands coach has failed to understand the Arab world's passion...
COLOMBO, Mar 25 (AFP): Sri Lanka will play an all-format series at home against Australia from early June, the first in six years, the cricket board announced Friday.They will play two Tests, five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches starting...
SYDNEY, Mar 25 (AFP): Substitute Kaoru Mitoma scored twice in the dying minutes as Japan beat Australia 2-0 on Thursday to book their place at a seventh straight World Cup and in doing so also helped Saudi Arabia qualify.It was...
Former skipper of Bangladesh women's cricket team Salma Khatun snapped three wickets but that wasn't enough to prevent Australia from snatching Friday's match in the ongoing ICC Women's World Cup in Wellington, reports UNB.The match was reduced to 43-over a...
Bangladesh suffered a 0-2 goal defeat to the Maldives in their first FIFA tier-1 international friendly match held on Thursday night at the Maldives National Stadium in Male, reports BSS.In the day's match, Hasaan Raif and Ibrahim Mahudhee Hassan scored...
South Korea's Son Heung-min (C) celebrates his goal against Iran during the Qatar World Cup 2022 Asian zone qualification football match between South Korea and Iran in Seoul on Thursday — AFP
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has given a grant of Tk 200 million (20 crore) to make the activities of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) more dynamic, reports BSS.A meeting of the executive committee of the BOA was held at the...
LAHORE, Mar 25 (AFP): Australia claimed a historic victory against Pakistan on Friday, taking the three-Test series 1-0 with a 115-run win on the fifth day of the last match in Lahore.Australia are in Pakistan for the first time since...
A Qayyum Khan | 2022-03-26 00:00:00
In the second week of March, 1971, Yahya Khan arrived in Dhaka for discussions with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. A few days later Bhutto joined them but the talks were not making progress. They would not. Yahya, Bhutto and the military...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2022-03-26 00:00:00
'Operation Searchlight' was a brutal campaign waged by the Pakistani military personnel stationed in Bangladesh territory against the unarmed Bangalis from the night of March 25, 1971. While the Pakistani President General Yahya Khan had ordered this fortnight-long operation (up...
In recent years a number of environmentalists are vehemently opposing traditional brick making in brick kilns. They even lodge cases in court arguing that brick kilns are harming environment. The Brick Kiln Establishment (Control) Act, 2013 states that brick fields...
Tanim Asjad | 2022-03-26 00:00:00
After five decades of independence, Bangladesh is now a strong vibrant country in terms of various socio-economic indicators. The continuous struggle of the country's people to reduce poverty and hunger and improve the quality of health and education has paid...
March 26, 1971 marks the culmination of the quest for the distinctive identity of the people of this land now known as Bangladesh. A new nation was born. But the birth pang was most excruciating only a handful of the...
Khawaza Main Uddin | 2022-03-26 00:00:00
The global energy market volatility during the Russia-Ukraine war has exposed at least two things: (i) dependence on fossil fuel supplied far away from national boundaries; and (ii) a lack of or inadequate energy cooperation among the closed neighbours, especially...
New Delhi, Mar 24 (UNB): Popular Bengali actor Abhishek Chatterjee passed away at his residence in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Thursday morning. He was 57.Local media reported that the actor complained of chest discomfort during the shoot...
Thusitha Hadaragama stood at a corner store near his home in Sri Lanka's Minuwangoda town this week and surveyed groceries to buy for his family of five, including two school-age children, who live on his monthly salary of 50,000 rupees...
Scientists have detected microplastic pollution in human blood for the first time, with the particles found in almost 80 percent of the people tested, reports the Guardian, reports bdnews24.com.The new Dutch-funded research published in the journal Environment International shows the...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
The Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments (DIFE) will introduce online licensing system for factories, shops, and other establishments to simplify the procedure, according to a statement.The owners and authorities of factories, shops and establishments would then be able...
Bangladesh Cricket Board has announced Tk 30 million in bonus for the national men's team that earned their first historic series win in South Africa in a sensational style, reports bdnews24.com.The Tigers sealed the series 2-1 with a dominating nine-wicket...
Singapore will lift restrictions for all vaccinated travellers from next week, with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Thursday hailing it as a "major milestone" in the aviation hub's efforts to live with Covid-19, report agencies.The city-state is the latest...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
Beef and potato have become pricier in the past one week, further battering the consumers who are already hit hard by the spiralling prices of other essentials.The price of beef reached Tk 650-700 a kg in Dhaka city last week,...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
National flag-carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines will start operating direct flights on the Dhaka-Toronto route tomorrow (Saturday).The first commercial flight will be on test basis while the regular flights will begin in June and three flights will be operated in a...
Bangladesh will observe 'Genocide Day' today (Friday), to commemorate the brutalities of Pakistan army during the Operation Searchlight they had launched on the night of March 25 in 1971, as a last resort to try and suppress the will of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that Bangladesh's development forged ahead despite the Covid pandemic that affected the global economy and created food shortage even in many developed countries, reports UNB."We've been able to continue the development trend of...
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