RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Oct 19 (AFP): Pakistan could include a third spinner against South Africa as the hosts try to sweep the series 2-0 in the second Test in Rawalpindi, head coach Azhar Mahmood said Sunday.Pakistan beat World Test champions South...
PERTH, Australia, Oct 19 (AFP): Australia captain Mitchell Marsh guided his side to a comfortable seven-wicket win against India in a rain-affected first one-day international in Perth on Sunday. Chasing 131 for victory in a match that was reduced to...
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Oct 19 (AP): Lionel Messi scored his second career MLS hat-trick, propelling Inter Miami to a 5-2 win over Nashville SC on Saturday night.Messi leads the MLS in scoring with 29 goals this season. The last time he...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board announced on Sunday that they included left-arm spinner Nasum Ahmed in the ODI squad for the ongoing series against the West Indies, reports Cricbuzz.The 30-year-old Nasum, who has taken 16 wickets in 18 ODIs at an...
Bangladesh Women's team will take on Sri Lanka in their sixth game of the ICC Cricket World Cup at Dr DY Patil Sports Academy, Navi Mumbai today (Monday), reports BSSThe match will start at 3.30pm (Bangladesh Time). T-sports will telecast...
ABIDJAN, Oct 19 (Reuters): Cocoa purchases in Ivory Coast have stalled at the start of the 2025/26 season, as a record farmgate price and poor-quality stocks deterred buyers and exporters, industry sources told Reuters.The world's top cocoa producer raised its...
PARIS, Oct 19 (Reuters): France imposed a ban on cattle exports and events such as bullfighting, the agriculture ministry said on Friday as it tries to contain the highly contagious lumpy skin disease sweeping through farms in the country for...
Sonali Bank PLC inaugurated fortnight-long services for customers to create young entrepreneurs as part of the youth festival-2025 programme. Financial Institutions Division Additional Secretary and bank's Director Md Azimuddin Biswas inaugurated the programme at the bank's head office on Sunday....
MUMBAI, Oct 19 (Reuters): Soaring gold prices led Indian buyers to choose coins and bars over jewellery during the Dhanteras festival on Saturday, fuelled by hopes that the precious metal's glittering rally would continue, industry officials told Reuters.Dhanteras, which marks...
PIROJPUR, Oct 19 (BSS): Once known for its paddy and betel leaf cultivation, the southern coastal district of Pirojpur has now carved out a distinct identity as a major hub for betel nut production, with Panchpara Bazar at its epicenter.Dubbed...
New 'Mysterious Elephant' cyber campaign targets South Asian government networks A new cyber-espionage campaign by the 'Mysterious Elephant' APT group is targeting government and foreign affairs agencies across South Asia, including Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Identified in...
M S HOSSEN | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Automation in Bangladesh is moving beyond basic robotics and programmable logic controllers (PLC) as the fourth industrial revolution - Industry 4.0 - begins to reshape global manufacturing. At its core is artificial intelligence (AI), which is changing how production lines...
Razia Sattar | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Bangladesh's journey towards a digital economy has been remarkable, with its financial sector leading the way. An explosion of Mobile Financial Services (MFS), online banking, and digital payments has brought unprecedented convenience and inclusion to millions. However, this rapid digitisation...
PARIS, Oct 19 (AFP): Robbers wielding power tools scaled a furniture hoist outside the Louvre to make off with priceless jewellery from the world-renowned museum on Sunday, taking just seven minutes for the brazen, broad-daylight heist, sources and officials said.The...
TOKYO, Oct 19 (AFP): Japan's ruling party and main opposition are set to form a coalition to enable Sanae Takaichi to become the country's first woman premier, local media reported on Sunday.Takaichi became leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party...
ANTANANARIVO, Oct 19 (Reuters): When an elite army colonel joined Madagascar's Gen Z protests earlier this month, forcing the president to flee the country, youth-movement leader Olivia Rafetison was happy to have the protection of men with guns, after weeks...
GAZA, Oct 19 (AFP): Gaza's nine-day-old ceasefire came under strain Sunday after the Israeli army said it launched air strikes in the territory's south in response to attacks it claimed were carried out by Hamas militants against its forces.Hamas, however,...
NEW YORK, Oct 19 (BBC): Huge crowds have taken part in "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump's policies in cities across the US, including New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles.Thousands packed New York City's iconic Times...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (AFP): Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an "immediate ceasefire" at talks in Doha, Qatar's foreign ministry said early Sunday, after at least 10 Afghans were killed in Pakistani air strikes that broke an earlier truce.Kabul had...
Bangladesh continues to face numerous challenges - social, economic, and cultural - that often hinder its overall progress. While we have adopted more advanced methods and solutions in recent years, our position in the global economic landscape remains weak.To drive...
The recruitment process of faculty members in public universities across Bangladesh remains one of the most pressing issues undermining the quality of higher education. Despite over fifty years of independence and a substantial education budget, our universities continue to lag...
Neil Ray | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Rain was the pretext for green chilli hitting the Tk 400 a kilo mark. Other vegetables, except green papya, did not lag far behind to the consternation of consumers. Now after the rain has been replaced by sunny days, eggs...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
The government has been encouraging people to conduct financial transactions digitally using debit and credit cards, mobile financial service(MFS), mobile wallet, etc., and thus fast move towards a cashless economy. Still, the use of cash is showing no sign of...
The classified loans in the country's banking sector have soared to an all-time high of Tk 4.20 trillion as of March 2025, now accounting for 24.13 per cent of total outstanding loans. This staggering volume of Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) and...
Muhammad Zamir | 2025-10-20 00:00:00
Renewable energy has overtaken coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year -- a historic first, according to new data from the global energy think tank 'Ember'.Electricity demand, as we all know, is...
The sharp fall in the 2025 HSC and equivalent examinations pass rate to its lowest level in twenty years, though deeply distressing, seems to have been accepted by both educators and the public with a weary sense of inevitability. The...
FE REPORTGenuine reform in Bangladesh's banking sector will remain elusive unless those responsible for looting banks under political protection during the past Awami League regime are held accountable, experts said at a seminar in Dhaka on Saturday.They cautioned that recapitalising...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has published the official English version of the Income Tax Act, 2023, responding to demands from foreign investors seeking greater clarity in the application of tax laws.Foreign investors had expressed concerns over potential misinterpretation...
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam on Saturday reiterated that the recently announced July National Charter must have a legal foundation, saying such a step is essential to ensure the document truly represents the people's aspirations, reports BSS."We have...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-19 00:00:00
After several months of slowdown, overall mobile financial service (MFS) transactions in Bangladesh rebounded in August 2025, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bank (BB).However, remittance inflows through MFS channels registered a slight decline during the period.Total MFS...
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