OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Oct 15: Gopalganj fish farmers will produce 5,622 tonnes of fish -- worth Tk 1.12 billion - at the end of this season (around six months long) using pen culture (enclosure culture).About 10,000 fish farmers are utilising the aquaculture...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
BENAPOLE, Oct 15: Severe erosion by the Madhumati and Nabaganga rivers has caused widespread destruction and damage in a number of localities in Narail's Lohagara and Kalia upazilas. In Lohagara's Joypur union, the Maulvi Dhanaid-Morichpasha regional road is on the...
BRISBANE, Australia, Oct 15 (AP): It's the game before the games, the chatter for the Ashes.And well-known former protagonists from Australia and England have started the verbal jousting that comes with one of the oldest sporting rivalries in the world.Ex-Australia...
LISBON, Oct 15 (Agencies): Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo became the top goalscorer in World Cup qualifying history at the age of 40 on Tuesday against Hungary.Ronaldo netted his 40th and 41st qualifying goals, overtaking retired Guatemala international Carlos Ruiz, who...
Bangladesh ODI skipper Mehidy Hasan feels that the team is not learning from its mistakes, which is costing them in the 50-over format. Afghanistan swept Bangladesh in the three-match ODI series, with the visitors' batting unit collapsing miserably, reports Cricbuzz."We...
West Indies cricket team has arrived in Bangladesh Wednesday to play a white-ball series, which included three ODIs and as many T20 Internationals, reports BSS.The Caribbean side will have two days practice session before getting into the ODI series, with...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Oct 15 (Agencies): Left-arm spinner Noman Ali was South Africa's chief tormentor as Pakistan won a gripping first Test by 93 runs in Lahore on Wednesday.The Proteas, whose 10-match winning streak in Test cricket culminated in victory over...
Bangladesh Women's team take on defending champions Australia in their fifth game of the ICC Cricket World Cup today (Thursday) at Visakhapatnam in India, reports BSS.The match will start at 3.30 pm (Bangladesh Time). T-sports will telecast the match live.Bangladesh...
MOSCOW, Oct 15 (AP): Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa, who led the rebel offensive that toppled former President Bashar Assad last year, met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday in his first visit to the country that granted...
JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (AFP): Hamas tightened its grip on Gaza's ruined cities Tuesday, launching a crackdown and executing alleged collaborators, even as US President Donald Trump vowed to disarm the group.The Israeli military said the remains of four more hostages...
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (BBC): President Donald Trump has acknowledged that a $20bn (£15bn) US lifeline to help calm Argentina's currency crisis is an attempt to sway legislative elections this month in the South American nation.Welcoming Argentina's libertarian leader Javier...
KABUL, Oct 15 (BBC): Fresh fighting broke out along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border early on Wednesday, with each side accusing the other of initiating deadly clashes.Pakistan's military said its forces had killed "15-20 Afghan Taliban" and injured many in Spin Boldak...
ANTANANARIVO, Oct 15 (Reuters): An army commander who led a mutiny in Madagascar said on Tuesday the military had taken power after President Andry Rajoelina was impeached by lawmakers and forced to flee the country following weeks of youth-led protests.Rajoelina...
KATHMANDU, Oct 15 (AFP): Petitions have been filed in Nepal's Supreme Court challenging the formation of an interim government and the dissolution of parliament following last month's uprising, a court official said Wednesday.The youth-led protests, which erupted on September 8...
ONE Bank held a certificate award ceremony of its month-long 'Induction Training Programme for Special Cadre Officers & Cadre Officers (8th Batch)' for the newly recruited officers at Krishibid Institution in Dhaka recently. Abu Zafore Md. Saleh, Managing Director (Current...
Singer Bangladesh and MetLife Bangladesh have entered a strategic partnership through the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). As part of this collaboration, Singer Bangladesh will offer special discount on selected products for eligible MetLife Bangladesh customers.Eligible MetLife customers...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) on Wednesday issued a public advisory following social media and media reports about a surge of counterfeit currency, reportedly entering the country from India.The central bank urged citizens not to panic unnecessarily, reports UNB.In a media release,...
Muhammad Imrul Kabir | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
Chevron Bangladesh has long demonstrated a commitment to sustainable development, aligning its community engagement efforts with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through strategic partnerships and targeted social investment initiatives, the company has made significant contributions in improving health,...
BRAC Bank, in collaboration with Water.org, organised the first-ever 'National Water Supply & Sanitation (WSS) Workshop' in the banking sector to raise awareness about water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) financing.The two-day workshop was held in Cox's Bazar recently, says a...
FE REPORT | 2025-10-16 00:00:00
South Asia continues to be one of the least integrated regions globally, with intra-regional trade accounting for less than six percent of total trade, underscoring persistent barriers to the free flow of goods, services, and investments. These challenges could slow...
A delegation from the Centre for Agriculture & Bioscience International (CABI) visits Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) headquarters on Wednesday. The delegation was led by CABI Bangladesh Country Representative Dr. Md. Saleh Ahmed. BARI Director General Dr Md Abdullah Yousuf...
Janata Bank PLC held a meeting on preparation, awareness, and capacity building for the implementation of Risk-Based Supervision (RBS) at its head office on Monday. The meeting was presided over by Md. Mazibur Rahman, Managing Director of Janata Bank. Md....
LONDON, Oct 15 (Reuters): Oil prices climbed on Wednesday after closing at five-month lows in the previous session, as investors weighed an escalation in trade tensions between the US and China and the International Energy Agency's prediction of a supply...
WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (AFP): US President Donald Trump slammed China's halt of American soybean purchases as an "economically hostile act," warning Tuesday that his country could in turn stop buying cooking oil from the world's second-biggest economy."We are considering terminating...
Gold prices breached $4,200 per ounce for the first time on Wednesday, extending a record rally as rising interest rate cut bets and geopolitical jitters send investors flocking to the safe-haven metal, reports Reuters.Spot gold rose 1.2 per cent to...
WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (AFP): Roger Ver, an early investor in cryptocurrency known as "Bitcoin Jesus," has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve US tax charges, the Justice Department said Tuesday.Ver renounced his US citizenship in 2014 and took up...
BENGALURU, Oct 15 (Reuters): India's HDFC Life Insurance reported a higher second-quarter profit on Wednesday, driven by strong demand for retail insurance products and a pickup in market-linked plans.Net premium income for the quarter rose 13 per cent to 187.77...
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (AFP): Robust dealmaking activity and strong trading results helped boost US bank earnings Tuesday despite lingering worries about a softening job market and a potentially overvalued stock market.Profits rose in the third quarter at JPMorgan Chase...
SINGAPORE/BEIJING, Oct 15 (Reuters): China's Communist Party meets this month to map a five-year vision that prioritises high-tech manufacturing in its quest to upgrade its sprawling industries and project global power as its rivalry with the US intensifies, analysts say.Known...
Md Motaleb Hossain has been unanimously elected as Chairperson and Shahidul Islam Niru as Vice-Chairperson of Sonar Bangla Insurance Limited.This was disclosed at the 149th meeting of the board of directors of the company held in the city Monday, says...
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