OKLAHOMA CITY, Mar 24 (AP): Six teenage girls on a high school lunch break were killed when their small car with only four seats collided with a large truck hauling rocks, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Wednesday.The crash occurred shortly...
KYIV, Mar 24 (BBC/Reuters/AFP/AP): Ukrainian officials said that a Russian landing ship has been destroyed and two other boats damaged in the occupied Ukrainian port city of Berdyansk.Video posted by the navy and on social media showed explosions and a...
SEOUL, Mar 24 (BBC): North Korea has tested a banned intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time since 2017, South Korea and Japan say.Japanese officials estimated it flew 1,100 km (684 miles). It fell in Japanese waters after flying...
The farmers of Joypurhat and Rajshahi districts are expecting a bumper production of wheat during the current season amid suitable weather conditions, reports BSSIn Joypurhat, farmers are eyeing a bumper production of wheat during the current season.Department of Agriculture Extension...
CHATTOGRAM, Mar 24 (UNB): Police recovered the body of a person from the Khiran area of Chattogram's Fatikchhari on Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Md Suman, 30, a carpenter and resident of Dharmapur.Police sources said that Sumon was found in...
A total of six people were killed in separate road accidents in Naogaon and Meherpur districts on Wednesday night and Thursday, reports UNB.In Naogaon, four people, including a two-year-old child, were killed and 15 others injured in a head-on collision...
It is a historic win. It is a great achievement. It is another prize for Bangladesh cricket. For the first time, the Tigers have clinched a series win against the Proteas in one-day international (ODI) cricket. On Wednesday last, Bangladesh...
Price fluctuation of crude oil is the talk of the world but it has alternative renewable energy. What about groundwater in our country, the level of which is depleting fast. Reports have it that by 2050, five billion people will...
There is hardly any area left in Dhaka city, which does not have a fitness centre. Gyms are also available in almost every urban area in the country. The number of such centres is increasing day by day to cater...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
The United Nations (UN) is apparently unbalanced in terms of the population of the world since the Security Council of the world body is dominated by the United States, China, Russia and the France Republic and the United Kingdom while...
Nilratan Halder | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
Once again, Bangladesh has earned the dubious distinction of topping the list of countries in the world with the worst air quality. To make the matter particularly shocking and painful, the country has held the undesirable spot for the fourth...
No doubt demand for local steel and iron is being increasingly met from ship scraps at various shipyards of the country. Suffice it to say, the local supply source has, to some extent, contained price spiral besides helping a number...
Shihab Sarkar | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
The International Day of Forests was observed on March 21 in Bangladesh and elsewhere in the world. With little notice being given to these Days, the mindless and indiscriminate swoops on the Sundarbans in Bangladesh continue to replicate in newer...
Golam Rasul | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
The price of edible oil has recently increased in Bangladesh and causing worry among both consumers and the government. The edible oil price increase in the international market, the Ukraine war, and speculation about price increase during Ramadan have caused...
Mahmudur Rahman | 2022-03-25 00:00:00
The coming month will bring with it one of the biggest challenges for small business. Strewn all over Bangladesh are an estimated 5.6 million shops and markets that depend on sales uptake centring Bangla New Year and the two Eid...
DOULOT AKTER MALA | 2022-03-24 12:00:00
Half of the corporate taxpayers across Bangladesh couldn't submit their returns by the deadline after the government made verified audit report on their financials mandatory for the 2021-22 fiscal, officials say. The fault on return submission unveils, by default, a...
Shadique Mahbub Islam | 2022-03-24 12:00:00
In a post-Covid neo-normal world, a life without an internet connection is unthinkable. Internet dependency before Covid is barely a fraction of what it is at present. However, internet penetration is only about 31 per cent in our country, leaving...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2022-03-24 12:00:00
The war in Ukraine did not start on February 24, 2022 but on April 04, 1949 when 12 countries -- Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherland, Norway, Portugal, United States of America (USA) and United Kingdom(UK) -- representing...
People stand in queues to get Covid jabs at the Institute of Child and Mother Health in Matuail of Dhaka on Wednesday without maintaining physical distance. Though Covid cases are on the decline these days, carelessness like this may help...
The overall number of Covid cases is rapidly approaching 474 million as the pandemic enters into its third year.According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total case count mounted to 473,942,775 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,098,277...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
A flag hoisting ceremony to mark the National Day of Pakistan (March 23) was held at the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka on Wednesday.Pakistani High Commissioner Imran Ahmed Siddiqui hoisted the national flag at the chancery to the tune of...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Bangladesh tells the OIC that it cannot bear the immense socio-economic and environmental costs by hosting millions of refugees for an indefinite period, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.Addressing the meeting of the OIC Ad Hoc Ministerial Committee on Accountability...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
The Supreme Court (SC) administration asks subordinate courts to form committees to receive complaints of sexual harassment of their own institutions, investigate and make necessary recommendations.Md Badrul Alam Bhuiyan, registrar of the Appellate Division and member of the Supreme Court...
Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to attend the next G20 summit in Indonesia later this year and received valuable backing from Beijing on Wednesday in a pushback to suggestions by some members that Russia could be barred from the group,...
Myanmar has again refused to accept the Rohingyas as an ethnicity, describing them as "Bengali Community" while responding to the latest US decision which announced that the Myanmar military is responsible for committing genocide against the Rohingya people in Rakhine...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has deferred until next November its decision on taking further action against Bangladesh's non-observance of three core conventions.The ILO in its draft decision also urged the Bangladesh government to report on further progress made in...
FE REPORT | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will urge members of the BIMSTEC to enhance collective efforts for the development of the Bay of Bengal.Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen said this on Wednesday while briefing the press on the upcoming BIMSTEC summit...
The government has extended the suspension of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's jail sentence, allowing her to stay out of prison for another six months, reports bdnews24.com.The home ministry maintained the same conditions on her release - that she will not...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina distributed on Wednesday the National Film Award-2020 among the winners at a gala ceremony at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in the city, reports BSS.She conferred the awards, the highest recognition of the contribution of artistes...
YASIR WARDAD | 2022-03-24 00:00:00
Farmers cheer as maize prices also hit an all-time high attuned to the overheated global market amid war in the world's grain and-fuel hub. On the flipside of the buoyancy, however, are animal feed mills and a vast sector in...
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