Premier League's newly promoted side Burnley have signed 21-year-old Lesley Ugochukwu from Chelsea, reports bdnews24.com.The French midfielder has penned a five-year deal with the Clarets for a fee of more than £20 million ($26.7 million), close to the £23.2 million...
CINCINNATI, Aug 8 (AFP): Venus Williams rallied from 4-1 down in the first set but could not maintain momentum, the seven-time Grand Slam champion falling 6-4, 6-4 to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro in the first round of the ATP-WTA Cincinnati Open...
MONTREAL, Aug 8 (AFP): Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko conquered four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Friday (BST), capping a fairytale run at the WTA Canadian Open with her first WTA title.Mboko, 18 and playing in her...
Bangladesh's three senior cricketers-Mushfiqur Rahim, Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah Riyad are highly expected to take part in the upcoming NCL T20 tournament for their respective divisions, reports BSS.Akram Khan, the chairman of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Tournament Committee confirmed...
A hat-trick from striker Trishna Rani Sarkar powered Bangladesh to 8-0 demolition of Timor-Leste, sending them to the top of Group H in the AFC U20 Women's Asian Cup Qualifiers, reports bdnews24.com.Peter James Butler's team started with caution at the...
KARACHI, Aug 08 (Reuters): Pakistani security forces killed 33 militants trying to cross from Afghanistan overnight, the military said on Friday, describing them as "Indian-sponsored".The fighters were intercepted and engaged with "precise" fire, the military's public relations wing said, adding...
FRANKFURT, Aug 08 (AFP): American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech will pay Britain's GSK and Germany's CureVac $740 million plus royalties to settle US legal disputes over Covid-19 vaccines, CureVac said Friday.The royalties would amount to a...
SLOVIANSK, Aug 08 (AFP): College sweethearts Mykyta and Sofia Lamekhov had simple dreams: safety for their family and a fresh start at life, away from the war they thought they had left behind in east Ukraine.Mykyta, 23, and Sofia, 22,...
BEIJING, Aug 08 (Reuters): China is pleased to see Russia and the United States maintaining contact and improving ties to advance a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis, President Xi Jinping said in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir...
NEW DELHI, Aug 08 (Reuters): New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new US weapons and aircraft, according to three Indian officials familiar with the matter, in India's first concrete sign of discontent after tariffs imposed on...
WASHINGTON, Aug 08 (AFP): US President Donald Trump will host the leaders of sworn enemies Armenia and Azerbaijan on Friday, touting the prospect of sealing a long-sought peace deal between the two regional rivals after decades of conflict.Armenian Prime Minister...
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 08 (Arab News): Malaysia will lead a regional delegation to Myanmar next month after the junta scrapped its state of emergency, Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan announced on Friday.Mohamad told reporters the trip will "most likely" take place...
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Aug 8 (Agencies): Nations around the world expressed concern Friday over Israel's plan to wrest control of Gaza City, saying it would only worsen the conflict and lead to more bloodshed.Israel's security cabinet approved a plan on Friday to...
SINGAPORE, Aug 8 (Reuters): Singapore Exchange (SGX) reported on Friday its highest annual earnings since its 2000 listing and said more than 30 companies are actively preparing to go public, signaling a revival in listings amid efforts to boost the...
Bank Asia's Managing Director Sohail R K Hussain inaugurated a tree plantation programme by planting a sapling on the premises of Bank Asia Tower at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka recently. This initiative is a part of the 'Festival of Youth...
SHANGHAI, Aug 8 (Reuters): China has reinstated value-added tax (VAT) on interest income from new bonds issued by government and financial institutions starting Friday, ending a long-standing tax break to ease growing fiscal pressure.The Ministry of Finance announced last week...
Global equity funds came under selling pressure while safe-haven demand bolstered money market funds in the week through August 6, as US tariff announcements and data showing signs of weakness in the US economy fuelled risk aversion, reports Reuters. Investors...
FE REPORT | 2025-08-09 00:00:00
Stocks closed this week lower, snapping an eight-week winning streak, as cautious investors rushed to book profits in quick-gaining stocks, particularly in the banking and blue-chip sectors.Market analysts attributed the correction to a wave of profit-taking after significant gains in...
PONTIAN, Malaysia, Aug 8 (Reuters): Malaysian farmer Suratmen Mosman faces a dilemma that threatens to sap supply from the world's top palm oil exporters and drive up prices of the vegetable oil essential to billions of consumers worldwide in the...
The government has unveiled a plan to increase meat and milk production through developing local cattle breed aiming to address nutritional needs, reduce poverty and improve rural livelihood, reports BSS.The government will focus on breeding 'proven bulls' by selecting male...
FARIDPUR, Aug 8 (UNB): Onion prices in Faridpur have surged by Tk 1,000 per maund over the past 10 days due to reduced supply in the market, affecting retail customers.According to Md Shaheduzzaman, Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural...
LONDON, Aug 8 (Reuters): Oil prices steadied on Friday and were poised for the steepest weekly losses since late June on a tariff-hit economic outlook and a potential meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.Brent crude...
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (AFP): US President Donald Trump on Thursday named the leader of his White House economic panel to fill a recently vacated seat on the Federal Reserve board, as he seeks to boost his sway over the independent...
Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC provided a sponsorship of Tk 2.0 million to the Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh (HAAB) for organising the 'Hajj and Umrah Fair 2025'. Managing Director of the bank Mosleh Uddin Ahmed handed over the sponsorship cheque...
Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum along with Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen and other guests inaugurated 'China-Bangladesh Health & Medical Advancement Expo' at a city hotel on Friday. Belt & Road Healthcare Centre organised the daylong event. — PID
RAJSHAHI, Aug 8 (BSS) : The Northern Electricity Supply Company (NESCO) Limited has undertaken an ambitious project to modernize and expand its electricity distribution network with a view to reducing the frequency and duration of power outages across all 16...
Finance and Science and Technology Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed has said that enhancing efficiency in asset management across State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and Autonomous Bodies (ABs), which together hold 80 percent of the government's assets, could play a crucial role in...
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 8 (BSS): The newly imposed 20 per cent counter-tariff on Bangladeshi exports to the United States took effect on Thursday, prompting a sharp surge in shipments from the Chittagong Port as exporters rushed to beat the deadline.According to...
ISMAIL HOSSAIN | 2025-08-09 00:00:00
One year on from the historic July-August uprising that brought down Sheikh Hasina's long-standing authoritarian regime, Bangladesh finds itself at a political crossroads. The revolution, hailed by many as a generational awakening and the end of a brutal dictatorship, has...
Mamoon Al Rasheed | 2025-08-09 00:00:00
New York City is famously called "the Big Apple". The euphemistic phrase serves to depict the city as an edifice of success, and grandeur. This great metropolis is actually home to three powerful money making enterprises of modern capitalism-Finance, Insurance...
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