CHATTOGRAM, Aug 21, (BSS): The first-ever regional cricket tournament is set to take place in Chattogram on August 28, reports BSS.Eleven district teams from Chattogram division will compete in this T-20 format tournament.The announcement was made during a press conference...
TOKYO, Aug 22 (AFP): Rice prices in Japan soared 90.7 percent in July year-on-year, official data showed Friday, but the rate of increase slowed from previous months offering some relief for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.Ishiba's future is uncertain after his...
TALATAN, China, Aug 22 (AP) - Chinese government officials last month showed off what they say will be the world's largest solar farm when completed high on a Tibetan plateau. It will cover 610 square kilometers (235 square miles), which...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Over 80 per cent households in southwestern coastal districts of Khulna and Satkhira face income losses due to climate shocks like crop failure, shrimp-farming losses, and lack of alternative jobs.While youth employment opportunities remain scarce, migration to urban areas is...
BENAPOLE, Aug 22 (UNB): After a four-month pause, Bangladesh has resumed rice imports from India through Benapole Land Port.On Thursday night, nine trucks carrying a total of 315 metric tonnes (MTs) of rice entered yard No-31 of the port at...
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters): Oil prices rose by nearly a dollar a barrel on Thursday as Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for a stalled peace process, and as earlier U.S. data showed signs of strong demand in the top oil...
HONG KONG, Aug 22 (Reuters): China Evergrande Group, for the most part, lived true to its name -- it was once the country's premier developer, its listing in Hong Kong in 2009 was the biggest by a Chinese private developer,...
LONDON, Aug 22 (Reuters): Wall Street's main indexes climbed more than 1% on Friday and the dollar fell on Friday after Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell pointed to a possible rate cut at the central bank's September meeting.Powell stopped short...
Global equity fund inflows dropped sharply in the week through August 20 on caution over a sell-off in leading technology stocks, with the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's upcoming speech at the annual Jackson Hole symposium this weekend, also adding...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
The equity benchmark index rebounded this week, snapping a two-week losing streak, as bargain hunters showed their buying interest in select lucrative stocks amid renewed optimism.Analysts said the market witnessed major corrections in the past two consecutive weeks and many...
12 dead, 4 missing after bridge collapses in ChinaBEIJING, Aug 22: Twelve people were killed and four are missing after part of a bridge under construction collapsed Friday in northwest China, state media reported. A video published by state broadcaster...
PARIS, Aug 22 (AFP): "Time is running out" to negotiate a solution on Iran's nuclear programme, France's foreign minister said on Friday, following telephone talks alongside European counterparts with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi."We have just made an important call...
NAIROBI, Aug 22, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - At least five bodies, including two children, exhumed on Kenya's coast are linked to an infamous starvation cult that came to light in 2023, police told AFP on Friday.More than 400 people died in...
RIYADH, Aug 22 (Arab News): Saudi Arabia on Thursday condemned an attack the previous day on a World Food Program aid convoy in the North Darfur region of Sudan.Three trucks caught fire when the 16-vehicle convoy was targeted on Wednesday...
LONDON, Aug 22 (AFP): The UK government said Friday it would appeal a court ruling blocking it from housing asylum seekers in a flashpoint hotel, as public discontent grows over accommodation for migrants.The announcement came before a wave of protests...
An appeals court in New York has thrown out a civil fraud penalty that would have cost United States President Donald Trump and his business associates nearly half a billion dollars, calling the fine "excessive", reports Al Jazeera.On Thursday, a...
QADIR NAGAR (Pakistan), Aug 22 (Reuters): Two days before his wedding, Noor Muhammad had a long phone call with his mother, just hours before devastating floods in Pakistan killed her along with 23 family members and relatives."I cannot explain how...
Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, police have said, reports BBC.He faces three charges related to trips he took abroad while serving as president.Wickremesinghe arrived at magistrates court in...
MOSCOW, Aug 22 (Agencies): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday there was "no meeting planned" between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents, despite US attempts to organise the summit."There is no meeting planned," Lavrov said in an interview with NBC's...
Rabeya Basri, Faizah Tasnim, and Muhammad Shafiullah | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh has witnessed a remarkable transformation over the past seventy years. Once primarily rural, the nation is rapidly urbanising. Bangladesh's urban population has surged from less than 5 million in 1950 to nearly 60 million today, according to the United...
Md. Iqbal Mohasin, Mohammad Mohidul Islam, Salahuddin Mahmud, and Saila Sarmin Rapti | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Financial inclusion has emerged as a cornerstone of development policy, not only as a means of economic empowerment but also as a pathway toward social equity and sustainable growth. In developing economies, expanding access to formal financial services is increasingly...
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Kanni Wignaraja and Fatima Yasmin | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Asia and the Pacific is navigating multiple disruptions, both positive and negative. Economic restructuring, green transitions, intensifying climate change, demographic shifts and digital transformations are posing a critical question: how do we ensure that large numbers of people are not...
Matiur Rahman | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
As the Earth's climate warms and ecological systems become increasingly unstable, Bangladesh emerges as one of the most critically endangered nations in the intersection of environmental fragility and public health. The silent but insidious advance of vector-borne and waterborne diseases...
Bangladesh's banking sector is under severe pressure due to the alarming rise of non-performing loans (NPLs). A large share of these defaults is tied to projects that looked profitable on paper but failed in practice. One key reason is the...
The ongoing Palestinian crisis is not just a regional tragedy; it's a test of the legitimacy of the international system. The UN was created after WWII to prevent aggression, promote self-determination and ensure full protection of civilians. Years of displacement,...
Tanim Asjad | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
Shoudamini, a student at the primary level of a renowned school in Dhaka, struggles hard to carry on her tender shoulder an overloaded bag daily. Sometimes she almost cries when it becomes too painful to carry the heavy bag and...
Syed Muhammed Showaib | 2025-08-23 00:00:00
By now, we have all seen the sickening images coming out of various tourist attractions in Sylhet and are appalled at the wholesale plunder of Nature. The once-beautiful white stones, sand dunes and green hills in the iconic Shadapathor and...
The question of women's empowerment in society is critically linked to their inclusivity in the formal financial sector. That means, they are able to make decisions both in family and workplaces about the use of finance. From that point of...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2025-08-22 12:00:00
The volume of lending to the country's Cottage, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise (CMSME) saw a substantial fall during the January-March quarter of FY25 (Q3).Disbursement of loan among CMSMEs declined by 9.97 per cent (year-on-year) during January-March period of fiscal...
SEOUL, Aug 21 (AFP): North Korea has built a secret military base near its border with China which may house Pyongyang's newest long-range ballistic missiles, according to new research.The "undeclared" Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base lies about 27 kilometres (17 miles)...
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