LONDON, Nov 21 (AFP): Arsenal are expected to be without defensive lynchpin Gabriel Magalhaes when they host London rivals Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday as Manchester City seek to keep up the pressure on the Premier League leaders.Pep Guardiola's City could...
Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid Saikat, Bangladesh's first ICC Elite Panel umpire, now has become the first Bangladeshi umpire to officiate in the Ashes too, reports UNB.Sharfuddoula served as the television umpire during the opening test in Perth on Friday. He is...
PERTH, Australia, Nov 21 (AFP): Nineteen wickets fell on an opening day of carnage in the first Ashes Test on Friday, with England's attack led by skipper Ben Stokes bowling them into a position of strength after Australia dismissed the...
Openers Shadman Islam and Mahmudul Hasan Joy struck fluent half-centuries as Bangladesh tightened their grip on the second and final Test against Ireland at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Friday, reports BSS.Shadman remained unbeaten on 69 while Joy, who...
MAHMUDUL ISLAM | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
On a sunny July morning, with white clouds scattered across the light blue sky, I take an autorickshaw from the busy Tiger Pass Circle in the heart of Chattogram. My destination is the Pahartali Carriage and Wagon Repair Workshop of...
Rezina Sultana | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
Beyond "Til Death Do Us Part" Imagine a couple in their late 50s in a tranquil neighbourhood of Dhaka, let's call them Rina and Kamal. They have successfully raised their children, who are now pursuing careers abroad. For twenty-five years,...
Asia-Pacific markets fell Friday, after US tech stocks lost ground and investors' hopes of a December rate cut by the Federal Reserve faded, reports CNBC.Japan's Nikkei 225 tumbled 2.4 per cent to close at 48,625.88, while the Topix index ended...
Global equity funds attracted inflows for a ninth straight week as fund investors, encouraged by an overall strong third-quarter earnings season, brushed off concerns about lofty tech valuations, reports Reuters.LSEG Lipper data showed that investors bought a net $4.43 billion...
BRAC Bank has entered into a partnership with SMC Enterprise Ltd. to streamline its nationwide receivable operations through a modern cash management solution. Through this arrangement, SMC Enterprise will utilise BRAC Bank's virtual account system to collect payments from distributors...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
Eastern Lubricants Blenders saw its profit jump 74 per cent year-on-year to Tk 68.53 million for FY'25, driven by higher sales of base oil and a significant boost in non-operating income.The state-run company's earnings per share (EPS) for FY'25 stood...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
The benchmark equity index rebounded this week, paring more than half of the sharp losses suffered in the previous week and snapping a three-week losing streak, as bargain hunters showed renewed buying interest in beaten-down stocks.Analysts noted that the market...
SINGAPORE, Nov 21 (AFP) : Germany's finance minister said Thursday Beijing had made a "clear" commitment on ensuring rare earth supplies, following the first visit to China by a minister from Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government.Germany and China have long had...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 21 (AFP): The European Union and South Africa said Thursday they have agreed to boost exploration, extraction and refining of minerals and metals in the resource-rich African nation to secure supplies for the green transition.A deal laying the...
The Bangladesh High Commission in London has said preparations are in full swing for the highly anticipated SME Fair, set to take place during Heritage Week in Tower Hamlets on 13-14 December, reports UNB.This exciting event promises to be a...
LOS ANGELES, (United States), Nov 21, (AFP): President Donald Trump's administration is planning to open up millions of square miles (kilometers) of US coastal waters to oil and gas drilling, it said Thursday, in a step that could lead to...
FE REPORT | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
The Techtextil and Texprocess-2026, one of leading technical textiles and machinery exhibitions, will kick off on April 21 next year in Frankfurt, Germany creating an opportunity for value-added garment producers including Bangladesh. With changes in global demand toward specialised, high-performance...
NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Nov 21: The energy ministry now seeks to appoint an operations and maintenance (O&M) contractor on a G2G basis instead of the Open Tender Method (OTM) for operating the Single Point Mooring (SPM) with double pipeline.And to this effect,...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters): Global coffee prices plunged on Friday after US President Donald Trump removed 40 per cent tariffs on imports of Brazilian agricultural products.US retail coffee prices rose an annual 40 per cent in September, due in part...
SANTIAGO, Nov 21 (Reuters): Chilean miner Codelco and India's Adani Group have signed an agreement for a copper project exploration in Chile, Codelco said in a statement on Friday. The agreement includes the review of three copper projects and sets...
Physical gold demand across major Asian markets remained weak this week, as volatility in rates deterred potential buyers from making purchases, reports Reuters.This week, Indian dealers were offering a discount of up to $21 per ounce compared with official domestic...
LONDON, Nov 21 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas prices rose slightly this week, but remained around the $11 area on well-stocked inventories and weak demand.The average LNG price for January delivery into north-east Asia was $11.66 per million British...
NEW DELHI/DUBAI, Nov 21 (Reuters): An Indian Tejas fighter jet crashed in a ball of fire in front of horrified spectators during an aerial display at the Dubai Airshow on Friday, and the Indian Air Force said it was setting...
NAYPYIDAW, Nov 21 (Reuters): A day after Myanmar's junta leader visited the southeastern city of Hpa-An last week, two sources said army officers met members of a powerful local militia with a directive: they had to suppress burgeoning scam centres...
CARACAS, Nov 21 (AFP): Venezuela's attorney general told AFP Thursday that Nobel laureate and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado will be considered a "fugitive" if she travels to Norway to accept the peace prize.Machado, who says she is in hiding...
JERUSALEM, Nov 21 (Agencies): Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers during an overnight raid on a town near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, residents said, as violence surges in the territory with a growing number of dead.Forces shot Sami...
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (Reuters): A federal judge on Thursday moved to halt President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., a temporary legal setback to Trump's efforts to send the military to American cities over objections of...
LAHORE, Nov 21 (Arab News): A boiler at a glue-making factory in eastern Pakistan exploded on Friday, killing at least 15 workers and injuring seven others, police said.The explosion took place at the industrial facility in Faisalabad, a city in...
BEIJING, Nov 21 (Arab News): Chinese diplomats airing hawkish views, or "wolf warriors" as they are known, have returned to the global stage, drumming up criticism of Japan's prime minister in countries that suffered from its military actions during World...
BELÉM, Brazil, Nov 21 (AFP): More than 30 countries have co-signed a letter opposing Brazil's draft proposal at the UN climate conference because it fails to include a roadmap phasing out fossil fuels, the Colombian delegation told AFP on Thursday.COP30...
Serajul I Bhuiyan | 2025-11-22 00:00:00
In South Asia, more specifically in Bangladesh, the most significant financial innovation of this decade has neither been an opening of bank branches, an expansion in banks, nor an increased governmental regulation of finance. Rather, innovation has been brought by...
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