CAPE TOWN, Mar 29 (Al Jazeera): A bus has plunged off a bridge into a ravine in South Africa, killing 45 of the 46 passengers on board, according to the Department of Transport.The only survivor, an eight-year-old girl, was airlifted...
MUMBAI, Mar 29 (Reuters): India's main opposition party said on Friday it had been asked to pay an additional 18.2 billion rupees ($218 million) in taxes, which it called an attempt by the tax department to financially cripple it weeks...
MOSCOW, Mar 29 (Reuters): Russia said on Friday that major powers needed a new approach to North Korea, accusing the United States and its allies of ratchetting up military tensions in Asia and seeking to "strangle" the reclusive state.Russia vetoed...
BEIRUT, Mar 29 (AFP): A war monitor said Israeli air strikes Friday on Syria's north killed 36 soldiers and six Hezbollah fighters, the latest deadly raid on Iran-backed forces in the country since the Israel-Hamas war began.Israel has launched hundreds...
Carlota Ciganda of Spain putts on the ninth green during the first round of the Ford Championship presented by KCC at Seville Golf and Country Club on Thursday in Phoenix, Arizona — AFP
Netherlands will host Ireland and Scotland in a T20 tri-series as part of the three teams' preparations for the T20 World Cup, which begins on June 02. The tri-series will take place in Amstelveen from May 18 to 24, with...
Dhaka Wanderers Club beat Uttara Football Club by 2-1 goals in a match of the ABG Bangladesh Championship League football held at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city's Kamalapur on Friday, reports BSS.In the day's match,...
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced May 10, 12 and 14 for Pakistan's three-match T20 tour of Ireland, with the matches slotted for Castle Avenue in Dublin, reports www.espncricinfo.com.The series forms part of a 12-match run-in Pakistan have ahead...
MIAMI, Mar 29 (AFP): Danielle Collins, in her final year on the WTA Tour before retirement, booked her first ever 1000 series final in Miami on Thursday with a dominant 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ekaterina Alexandrova.The 30-year-old Collins, will face...
Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) blanked Fortis Sporting Club by 4-0 goals in the second phase of ABG Bangladesh Premier League football that resumed at Rafiq Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh on Friday, reports BSS.In the day's match, Uzbek midfielder Muzaffar...
Bangladesh's young batters are in the early stages of their Test careers and those watching them will need to be patient, says assistant coach Nic Pothas who is standing in for the team's head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe in the second...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 29 (Agencies): Bangladesh were counting on the return of veteran all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan for a much-needed energy lift ahead of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka, stand-in coach Nic Pothas said Friday.Sri Lanka thrashed Bangladesh...
Shahidul Islam | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
This is a memoir of the author's life covering the later part of twentieth century as he grew up, from being a student to engagement in business in various roles from executive to consultant to retirement as Professor at the...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
If Ramadan is a time for self-abnegation or asceticism, it is also an occasion for sharing and caring. Unfortunately, self-control and self-denial are not matched by the reaching out to others in need. Yet, the fact remains that this period...
Matin Saad Abdullah | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Last year's COP marked a significant milestone for the global community. For the first time, all countries acknowledged the need to move away from fossil fuels to meet the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement. Considering the politics surrounding...
As time progresses, technology evolves, and so do human needs and demands. Businesses face increasing competition, requiring them to constantly innovate for maintaining their presence. Adapting to changing trends and incorporating new values to keep customers satisfied is crucial. For...
BRAC one of the largest global development organisations, has embraced artificial intelligence (AI) to improve its strategic management practices. It has improved its decision-making processes, optimised resource allocation, and amplified its impact on poverty alleviation efforts using AI tools and...
The holy month of Ramadan, marked by self-restraint and self-purification, is eagerly awaited by the Muslim world. While Ramadan is often regarded as a time for heightened commercial activity, traders in many countries, including Qatar, Iran, and Saudi Arabia, endeavour...
Tanim Asjad | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Paratransit plays a critical role in improving mobility in urban areas across Asia. Instead of being efficient, it is rather chaotic. This is the case in Bangladesh, where the expansion of paratransit becomes disorderly, making things worse. Paratransit is generally...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
Whether policymakers want to admit it or not, the default on payments to producers of energy and electricity alike--- to go by a report published in this newspaper recently--- has grown to stupendous amounts. The root of all these problems...
The twin shock of corona virus and the post-Covid phenomenon of unrestrained food price spiral has increased poverty, widened income disparity and worsened food insecurity forcing many families to change food habit during the past one year. Two studies carried...
Helal Uddin Ahmed | 2024-03-30 00:00:00
"It is neither wealth nor splendour, but tranquillity and occupation, which give happiness" —Thomas Jefferson, 1788. There may be differences of opinion regarding the definition or concept of happiness, but it has gradually found recognition globally as an indicator of...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza, Mar 28 (AP): An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome impact Israel's war against Hamas is having on Palestinian children still left them stunned.One toddler...
LONDON, Mar 28 (BBC): Climate change is affecting the speed of the Earth's rotation and could impact how we keep time, a study says. Accelerating melt from Greenland and Antarctica is adding extra water to the world's seas, redistributing mass.That...
Intern doctors called off their nationwide strike following an assurance from Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr Samanta Lal Sen on Thursday, reports UNB. The decision to suspend the strike was taken after a meeting with the health minister at...
Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud on Thursday said that there had been progress in the government's efforts to free the Bangladeshi ship MV Abdullah, which was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean along with 23 sailors on board, reports...
DU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Thirty meritorious students of Dhaka University (DU) have been awarded the 'Mustafizur Rahman Khan-Saleha Khanam Memorial Scholarship' and the 'Prof Mahfuza Khanam-Barrister Shafique Ahmed Scholarship'.They got scholarships in recognition of their securing the highest CGPA in BBA, BSS, BS and...
JU CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-29 00:00:00
A delegation from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada held a courtesy meeting with Jahangirnagar University vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md Nurul Alam.The meeting was aimed at enhancing collaboration in education and research, particularly in biotechnology and genetic engineering.Led by Dr...
Dhaka residents crowd a truck selling watermelons at reduced prices at Farmgate area on Thursday. With the slogan "Farmers' produce at farmers' prices", the Bangladesh Agri Farmers Association is offering the fruit at Tk 100-Tk 250, following a surge in...
Chairman of the Dhaka WASA Board Dr Sujit Kumar Bala on Thursday said it is the time to look at the water issues in the coastal areas."There is a lack of fresh water availability in the coastal areas and water...
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