TOKYO, Mar 31 (Reuters): Health authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in western Japan on Sunday after the company reported five deaths possibly tied to dietary supplements, an official said.The inspection in Wakayama prefecture follows one on Saturday in...
LONDON, Mar 31 (Reuters): Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse could cost insurers several billions of dollars in claims, sources say, but it is too early to calculate the likely full financial losses of the tragedy that has shuttered one...
TOKYO, Mar 31 (Reuters): Japanese banks have become less reluctant to finance hostile acquisitions because the government's new takeover guidelines have shaken off the taboo on such deals, Japan's new banking lobby chief said.The comments from Akihiro Fukutome, the head...
SHENZHEN, China, Mar 31 (Reuters): China's manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in six months in March, an official factory survey showed on Sunday, offering relief to policymakers even as a crisis in the property sector remains a drag...
LONDON, Mar 31 (Reuters): Asian spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices were little moved last week, holding on to a six-week high amid emerging spot demand in both southeast Asia and Europe.The average LNG price for May delivery into northeast...
National Finance Ltd (NFL) and Ananta Terraces have collaborated to provide exclusive benefits to Ananta Terraces's apartment buyers and employees. A campaign regarding this benefit was held on the Ananta Terraces head office premises at Gulshan in Dhaka recently. This...
Le Reve, a premier fashion and lifestyle brand, teams up with digital finance innovator TallyPay to introduce a streamlined cashless payment method across its nationwide stores. This initiative enables millions of app users affiliated with 34 banks and major mobile...
Banglalink, the country's leading innovative digital service provider, has signed an agreement with BRAC, the world's largest non-government organization. Under this new partnership, BRAC employees will enjoy a series of digital services offered by Banglalink including corporate connections, SMS broadcast...
The branches of banks in the industrial areas will remain open from April 5 to 7 to allow owners to collect export proceeds, withdraw money, and pay workers, reports bdnews24.com. April 5 and 6 are weekends and April 7 is...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-01 00:00:00
After six months of continuous decline, the number of mobile internet subscribers in the country increased by 1.17 million at the end of February. With this new addition, the total number of mobile internet subscribers stands at 117.47 million in...
FE REPORT | 2024-04-01 00:00:00
The government is set to sell Indian onions at Tk 40 per kg under a special sales drive of the Trading Corporation Bangladesh (TCB), State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu said on Sunday.He said local traders have also assured...
Despite a valiant 63-run from skipper Nigar Sultana, Bangladesh Women's team tasted a thumping 10-wicket defeat to Australia in the three-match T20 International series opener at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city on Sunday, reports BSS.Thanks to Nigar's solo...
AHMEDABAD, India, Mar 31 (AFP): Mohit Sharma's bowling figures of 3-25 and an unbeaten 44 by David Miller powered Gujarat Titans to their second IPL win with a thrashing of Sunrisers Hyderabad on Sunday.Gujarat restricted Hyderabad to 162-8, a total...
LONDON, Mar 31 (Reuters): Manchester United were held to a 1-1 draw at lowly Brentford after Kristoffer Ajer's 99th-minute equaliser in their Premier League clash on Saturday, denting the visitors' hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League.Substitute Mason Mount...
MIAMI GARDENS, Florida, Mar 31 (AP): Danielle Collins had the perfect send-off at her final Miami Open, beating Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 on Saturday to capture the title in her home state before an adoring crowd that included Andre Agassi...
KARACHI, Mar 31 (AFP): The Pakistan Cricket Board reappointed Babar Azam as white-ball captain on Sunday, the latest in a series of changes to get the team back on track for this year's Twenty20 World Cup.Azam stepped down as skipper...
PESHAWAR, Mar 31 (AP): Heavy rains killed eight people, mostly children, and injured 12 in Pakistan's northwest, an official said Saturday.Downpours in different districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province caused rooms to collapse, crushing the people inside, according to Anwar Shahzad,...
NEW DELHI, Mar 31 (Reuters): Indian opposition parties united on Sunday to protest against the arrest of a prominent leader weeks before a national election, accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party of rigging the vote and harassing them...
KYIV, Mar 31 (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed a longtime aide and several advisers on Saturday in a continuing reshuffle while Russia unleashed fresh attacks overnight.Zelenskyy dismissed top aide Serhiy Shefir from his post of first assistant, where he...
ADAMASCUS, Mar 31 (BBC): At least eight people have been killed in a car bombing which targeted a busy market in northern Syria. Several more were injured in the attack in the town of Azaz in Aleppo province, near the...
DIYARBAKIR, Mar 31 (AFP/Reuters): Clashes between two groups in Turkey's Kurdish-majority southeast during Sunday's local elections left one dead and 12 people wounded, a local official told AFP.The incident that took place in Agaclidere village 30 kilometres (18 miles) from...
GAZA STRIP, Mar 31 (AFP/BBC): Deadly airstrikes pounded the Gaza Strip as talks towards a truce between Israel and Hamas were set to resume in Cairo on Sunday, according to Egyptian state television.Heavy fighting raged on in the besieged Palestinian...
A teenager and her toddler brother were killed and their parents were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus on Mymensingh-Sherpur Highway in Tarakanda upazila on Sunday morning, report agencies.The dead are Mashura Nokasddes Tanas (16)...
COX'S Bazar Mar 31 (UNB): A forest official was crushed under the wheels of a mini truck(dumper) during a drive against hill cutting at Harinmara in Cox's Bazar in the early hours of early Sunday.The dead is Md Sajjaduzzaman (30),...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-04-01 00:00:00
CHANDPUR, Mar 31: Thousands of people of 15 villages in Matlab Dakhshin Upazila of the district have been suffering much for a long time as there is no bridge over the Khirai river.The river has bifurcated Matlab Dakhshin Upazila in...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-04-01 00:00:00
SYLHET, Mar 31: The authorities have kept suspended work on the Manu riverbank protection covering three areas in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar district for about a year following objection from the Indian side. However, the Indian authorities in a letter...
As Eid approaches, the streets resonate with the warmth of joy. Amidst the laughter and excitement, a worrisome trend is the escalating use of reckless biking on the roads by the youth. Despite the season's essence of reflection and harmony,...
Groundwater could be an important common asset, particularly in a country like Bangladesh where surface water sources are limited and largely polluted. However, despite its importance, groundwater is under serious stress due to reckless human activities, resulting in wastage and...
Neil Ray | 2024-04-01 00:00:00
Reverse migration could be a most welcome demographic trend but unfortunately this homecoming from urban settlements is not out of choice but forced. The situation is so dire that more people are now leaving the major cities for their ancestral...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-04-01 00:00:00
A report prepared by the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCAD) in collaboration with the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and published this year (2024) says that Bangladesh's geography and low-lying delta topography make it particularly...
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