MAHMUDUL ISLAM | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
As a child, Robiul Islam Rumel watched the train guard wave the green flag and blow the whistle - a signal that set the wheels in motion. He did not understand the weight of the role back then. Today, he...
GENEVA, Aug 1 (AFP): The Swiss government said Friday it would negotiate with the United States to try to avoid the 39 percent punitive US tariff rate that would ravage its key pharmaceutical industry.As part of a slew of new...
SEOUL, Aug 1 (AFP): South Korea's exports surged to their highest level ever for a July, fuelled by strong overseas demand for semiconductors and automobiles, despite US tariffs weighing on trade, government data showed Friday.The country's exports exceeded $60 billion...
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug 1 (AFP): Eurozone inflation remained stable in July, official data showed Friday, confounding expectations that consumer price rises would ease.Inflation in the single currency area stood at 2.0 percent last month, the EU's statistics agency said, sustained...
GAIBANDHA, Aug 1 (BSS): The Teesta Bridge, constructed over the Teesta River to connect Kurigram and Gaibandha districts, opens to public and vehicular movement today (Saturday).Uzzal Chowdhury, executive engineer of the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in Gaibandha, confirmed the...
The 309th meeting of the Board of Directors of First Security Islami Bank PLC was held on Wednesday at the FSIB Head Office in Dhaka, with Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Chairman of the Board, in the chair. Md Azizur Rahman, Vice...
To implement the consensus reached by Xi Jinping, President of China, and Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the interim Government of Bangladesh, in Beijing earlier this year, in which both leaders reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening cooperation in...
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (AFP): President Donald Trump ordered the reimposition of tariffs on dozens of trading partners Thursday -- his cornerstone strategy for reshaping global trade to benefit the US economy.However, in a minor reprieve that opens the door to...
The 397th meeting of the Board of Directors of Shahjalal Islami Bank PLC was held at Corporate Head Office of the bank on Wednesday. The meeting was presided over by Chairman of the bank A K Azad. The Board approved...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-08-02 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Aug 01: The bypass and flyover construction project at 5 important points on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway is almost at the final stage. The appointment of a consultant for the construction of four bypasses and one flyover spanning 26...
A group of Afghan refugee players participated in the first of three global talent identification camps in Sydney last month as part of efforts to build a 23-player women's squad for friendly internationals this year, world football body FIFA said...
Real Madrid will begin their La Liga campaign with a home game against Osasuna as scheduled after Spain's federation (RFEF) rejected their appeal to postpone the August 19 fixture on Thursday, reports Reuters. Real had requested a longer rest period...
Zimbabwe, Aug 1 (AFP): New Zealand captain Mitch Santner took four wickets with his left-arm spin as the Black Caps completed a nine-wicket win on the third day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Friday.Zimbabwe managed to avoid an...
NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (AFP): Former India player Khalid Jamil was on Friday appointed coach of the struggling national men's football team, a month after Spain's Manolo Marquez stepped down following poor results.Jamil, 48, was preferred over England's Stephen Constantine...
TORONTO, Canada, Aug 1 (AFP): Top seed Alexander Zverev switched into survival mode to claim a milestone 500th ATP match win on Friday (BST), fighting back to beat Matteo Arnaldi 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-2 at the Toronto Masters.Germany's Zverev broke...
Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), winners of this year's UEFA Champions League, has been fined nearly €150,000 ($171,000) by UEFA over multiple incidents involving its fans during the final, including pitch invasions, fireworks, and the display of an offensive "UEFA Mafia" banner,...
LAUDERHILL, United States, Aug 1 (AFP): A game-changing over from Mohammad Nawaz, in which he claimed three wickets, helped Pakistan defeat the West Indies by 14 runs in the first match of the T20 series in Florida on Friday (BST).Batting...
SEOUL, Aug 01 (AFP): South Korea's impeached former president Yoon Suk Yeol lay on his prison cell floor in his underwear to resist attempts to interrogate him, prosecutors said Friday.Prosecutors obtained a fresh arrest warrant on Thursday to forcibly bring...
BEIJING, Aug 01 (AFP): An "unknown assailant" attacked and wounded a Japanese national accompanied by a child in the Chinese city of Suzhou, Tokyo's embassy said Friday, calling on Beijing to prevent such incidents.The incident comes a year after a...
QUETTA (Pakistan), Aug 01 (AFP): Pakistan issued a new call on Friday for Afghans living in the southwest to leave the country, triggering thousands to rush to the border, officials said.Millions of Afghans have poured into Pakistan over the past...
SYDNEY, Aug 01 (Arab News): The joint US and Australian military exercise Talisman Sabre extended across 500 kilometers of remote northern coast in Papua New Guinea this week, Australian officials said, the first time the war games have been taken...
LONDON, Aug 01 (Arab News): The family of elderly British couple Peter and Barbie Reynolds, detained for six months without charge in Afghanistan, fears the worst as their health declines."I don't know if they're still alive," said their son, Jonathan...
WASHINGTON, Aug 01 (AFP): President Donald Trump, who is remodeling the White House to his tastes, will build a massive ballroom for hosting official receptions, one of the largest projects at the US executive mansion in over a century.Trump himself...
TEHRAN, Aug 01 (AFP): Iran on Friday rejected accusations by the US and more than a dozen of its allies that Tehran had attempted to kill or kidnap dissidents, journalists and officials in Western countries.In a statement, Iranian foreign ministry...
KYIV, Aug 01 (AFP/Reuters): Russian drone strikes on Ukraine have hit an all time high, an AFP analysis showed Friday, as Kyiv held a day of mourning after one of the deadliest attacks on the capital left 31 dead.The large-scale...
GAZA CITY, Aug 01 (Agencies): US President Donald Trump's special envoy inspected a US-backed food distribution centre in war-torn Gaza on Friday, as the UN rights office reported that Israeli forces had killed hundreds of hungry Palestinians waiting for aid.The...
SARAJEVO, Aug 01 (AFP): The separatist president of the Serb part of Bosnia vowed to defy a court ruling banning him from political office for six years on Friday and said he would seek help from both Russia and US...
PHNOM PENH, Aug 1 (AFP): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Friday welcomed a 19 percent trade tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump, avoiding a threatened levy of 36 percent."This is the best news for the people and economy...
BANGKOK, Aug 1 (AFP): Thailand welcomed on Friday the 19 percent trade tariff imposed by US President Donald Trump as a "major success", a government spokesman said, averting a threatened levy of 36 percent.Trump ordered stiff tariffs on dozens of...
NEW YORK, Aug 1 (AFP): ExxonMobil reported a drop in second-quarter profits Friday as the hit from lower crude prices more than offset a boost from higher oil and gas production.The petroleum giant reported profits of $7.1 billion, down 23.4...
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