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Cybersecurity leader Sophos launches IASM to combat ransomware threats

FE REPORT | 2025-07-21 00:00:00

In response to the growing threat of ransomware attacks exploiting unknown vulnerabilities, cybersecurity leader Sophos has introduced a major enhancement to its threat detection arsenal by adding Internal Attack Surface Management (IASM) to its Sophos Managed Risk service.The move comes...

SPM operation held back until next year

NAZIMUDDIN SHYAMOL | 2025-07-21 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, July 20: Although the construction work of Single Point Mooring (SPM) with double pipeline ended in March 2024, its operation will not begin until next year due to procrastination in the appointment of operations and maintenance (O&M) contractor.The SPM...

Mango intercropping increases overall crop production

2025-07-21 00:00:00

RAJSHAHI, July 20 (BSS): Mango intercropping not only increases overall crop production per unit area but also improves soil health and fertility.The farmers in the region intercrop mango trees with various cereal crops, vegetables, and spices, as the practice also...

A couple's tragic end of life in Netrakona

2025-07-21 00:00:00

NETRAKONA, July 20 (UNB): The quiet Sunday morning in Kuralia village of Durgapur upazila was pierced by a cry far too young, far too heartbreaking - a one-and-a-half-year-old baby, wailing for the parents who would never answer again.Inside the modest...

Export-import with Myanmar thru Teknaf suspended for four months

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-07-21 00:00:00

COX'S BAZAR, July 20: Almost all export and import activities between Bangladesh and Myanmar through Teknaf Land Port in Cox's Bazar have remained suspended for nearly four months, putting hundreds of traders involved the sectors in trouble. Due to the...

Soybean futures hit two-week high

2025-07-21 00:00:00

Chicago, July 20 (Reuters): Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures touched a two-week high on Friday on worries that heat may threaten U.S. crops and expectations that the country's biofuel policy would boost demand for soyoil, analysts said.Soyoil futures set...

Japan sees bright future for ultra-thin, flexible solar panels

2025-07-21 00:00:00

TOKYO, July 20 (AFP): Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China's dominance of the sector.Pliable perovskite panels are perfect for mountainous...

Messi surpasses Ronaldo for most non-penalty goals

2025-07-21 00:00:00

Argentine superstar Lionel Messi surpassed long-term rival Cristiano Ronaldo's record for most non-penalty goals following his brace for Inter Miami and NY Red Bulls in the MLS on Sunday, report agencies. Messi notched up his 764th non-penalty goal in his...

Hermann powers South Africa to T20 win over Zimbabwe

2025-07-21 00:00:00

HARARE, July 20 (AFP): A maiden international half-century by Rubin Hermann took South Africa to a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe in their Twenty20 international tri-series match at Harare Sports Club on Sunday.The left-handed Hermann hit 63 off 36 balls as...

Germany defy odds with shootout win against France

2025-07-21 00:00:00

BASEL, Switzerland, July 20 (AP): Germany overcame France on penalties and reached the semifinals of the Women's European Championship despite playing almost the entire match - and extra time - with 10 players.A drama-filled match finished 1-1 on Saturday, then...

England confirmed by ICC as hosts for next three WTC finals

2025-07-21 00:00:00

England has been confirmed as the host of the next three World Test Championship finals - in 2027, 2029 and 2031 - following the country's successful staging of the first three such events since 2021, according to ESPNcricinfo.The decision, which...

Nine shot dead at pool bar in Ecuador

2025-07-21 00:00:00

VILLAMIL, July 20 (AFP): At least nine people were shot dead Saturday while playing pool in a tourist city in southwestern Ecuador, the country's prosecutor's office said.A group of armed men opened fire on several people at a bar in...

Pope urges immediate end to 'barbarity' of Gaza war

2025-07-21 00:00:00

GANDOLFO, July 20 (AFP/Reuters): Pope Leo XIV slammed the "barbarity" of the war in Gaza on Sunday and urged against the "indiscriminate use of force", just days after a deadly strike by Israel's military on a Catholic church."I once again...

Druze regains control of Sweida city after truce

2025-07-21 00:00:00

SWEIDA, July 20 (AFP): Druze fighters pushed out rival armed factions from Syria's southern city of Sweida on Saturday, a monitor said, after the government ordered a ceasefire following a US-brokered deal to avert further Israeli military intervention.Fighting nonetheless persisted...

Ukraine proposes fresh peace talks with Russia

2025-07-21 00:00:00

KYIV, July 20 (AFP): Kyiv has proposed to Moscow a new round of peace talks next week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Saturday, hours after Russian strikes across Ukraine claimed more lives.Two rounds of talks in Istanbul between Moscow and...

Polls defeat projected for Japan PM

2025-07-21 00:00:00

TOKYO, July 20 (AFP): Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's coalition lost its upper house majority in elections on Sunday, local media projected, in a result that could end his premiership.Ishiba's governing coalition was already humiliatingly forced into a minority government...

When divorce is better than 'staying for the kids'

2025-07-21 00:00:00

People often say couples should "stay together for the sake of the kids." But how logical is that, really? Every time I hear it, it feels like an excuse - like parents are blaming their children for their own unhappiness....

Youth unemployment — a silent crisis

2025-07-21 00:00:00

Youth unemployment is emerging as a ticking time bomb in Bangladesh. With over 60 per cent of the population under the age of 35, the nation's future lies in the hands of its young generation. However, many of these bright...

Why fogging in morning instead of evening?

Neil Ray | 2025-07-21 00:00:00

Morning fog is quite natural but certainly not at this time of the rainy season. But recently the residents of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) have been experiencing fog that envelops roads and alleys for a while. This fog is,...

Comprehensive drive against dengue needed

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-07-21 00:00:00

Of late, a lurking public health emergency, dengue, does not hit the headlines, since the media is now obsessed with absorbing or exciting political news. Despite the relative public as well as official inattention, the vector of the disease, the...

Streamlining Indian LoC-funded projects

2025-07-21 00:00:00

The interim government's decision to cancel 16 development projects worth around US$3.0 billion under India's Line of Credit (LoC) schemes due to excessive delays in both project implementation and fund disbursement by the lender is a step in the right...

Plight of Rohingya refugees continues to intensify

Muhammad Zamir | 2025-07-21 00:00:00

In the second week of July UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch in a press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva has indicated that UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and humanitarian partners are mobilising to respond to the needs of...

Trade tensions still cloud global economic outlook: IMF

2025-07-20 12:00:00

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters): The International Monetary Fund warned on Friday that risks related to trade tensions continue to cloud the global economic outlook and uncertainty remains high despite some increased trade and improved financial conditions. IMF First Deputy Managing...

JANATA BANK HOSTS 'DIVISIONAL BRANCH MANAGERS' CONFERENCE' IN SYLHET

2025-07-20 12:00:00

Janata Bank PLC held 'Divisional Branch Managers' Conference' at a hotel in Sylhet recently. The bank's Chairman M. Fazlur Rahman was present as the chief guest, while Managing Director Md Mazibur Rahman and Deputy Managing Director Md Ashraful Alam attended...

Tarique Rahman mourns death of ex-MP Mannan

2025-07-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of four-time Member of Parliament (MP) Abdul Mannan Talukder of Sirajganj-3 (Raiganj-Tarash) constituency, reports BSS.In a condolence message, he said Abdul Mannan was...

JCD offers fateha at July martyr Asif Hasan's grave in Satkhira

2025-07-20 00:00:00

Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), on Saturday offered fateha and munajat at the grave of martyr Asif Hasan at his native village Askarpur under Debhata upazila in Satkhira district on the occasion of his...

Vice-chancellor of BUET Prof ABM Badruzzaman speaks

2025-07-20 00:00:00

Vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Prof ABM Badruzzaman speaks at an event organised to commemorate the July uprising on the BUET campus in the capital recenty.

Sarjis calls for political, cultural resistance against 'Mujibism'

2025-07-20 00:00:00

NCP Chief Organiser (north) Sarjis Alam on Saturday called for a strong resistance against 'Mujibism', asserting that legal measures alone are not enough to confront it, reports UNB."We cannot fight 'Mujibism' through legal means alone. We must break it economically,...

Govt fails to bring meaningful change over past eleven months: Nur

2025-07-20 00:00:00

Gono Odhikar Parishad President Nurul Haque Nur on Saturday said the interim government has failed to bring any meaningful change over the past eleven months, except reinstating BNP-Jamaat affiliates at various levels of administration, reports UNB. "If I had to...

At least 37 killed in clashes despite nationwide curfew

2025-07-20 00:00:00

At least 37 people were killed and scores injured across the country on July 20 last year despite an effective curfew nationwide, prompting the government to declare a two-day general holiday on July 21 and 22 to contain the student-people...