Country's celebrated Olympian archer Ruman Shana announced his retirement from the Bangladesh national archery team recently, reports UNB.Ruman Shana sent a letter to the Bangladesh Archery Federation (BAF) in this regard showing "personal reasons".General secretary of BAF Kazi Rajibuddin Ahmed...
OXFAM Run marathon was held with the participation of more than 1,000 men and women at Hatirjheel in the city recently, according to a press release.The event aimed to create awareness against inequalities including wage discrimination, workplace violence, and job...
WELLINGTON, Mar 03 (AFP): Nathan Lyon spun Australia to a 172-run win over New Zealand in the first Test on Sunday, taking six wickets as the hosts collapsed to 196 all out.The home side crumbled on the fourth morning in...
SYLHET, Bangladesh, Mar 03 (Agencies): Bangladesh captain Najmul Hossain Shanto said Sunday he wanted his team to use the three-match Twenty20 series against Sri Lanka to perfect the format ahead of the World Cup in June.The series, which opens tomorrow...
CHANDPUR, Mar 03 (UNB): A mobile court sentenced a madrasa principal to two years in jail on charge of providing examinees with answer scripts of English-I paper test in the ongoing Dakhil examinations at an exam centre in Shahrasti upazila...
KHULNA, Mar 03 (UNB): Fishermen have resumed collecting crabs in the Sundarbans following the conclusion of a two-month government-enforced ban designed to safeguard the breeding season of crabs.The ban, aimed at ensuring the sustainability of the crab population, ended last...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Boro paddy cultivation is going on in full swing in different districts of the country with an eye to a bumper production of the staple crop this season.A report from Oue Sylhet Correspondent says, the farmers of the division are...
TAHJIBUL ANAM | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
COX'S BAZAR, Mar 03: Turtles are floating dead frequently on the Cox's Bazar beach much to the concern of the oceanographers and environmentalists. Carcasses of 95 turtles with eggs have been spotted in the coastal area of Cox's Bazar in...
VIRGINIA, Mar 03 (BBC): Donald Trump won a string of Republican presidential contests on Saturday, edging closer to becoming the party's candidate in November's election as he attacked his likely opponent Joe Biden.The former president won the Missouri, Michigan and...
DUBAI, Mar 03 (AP): A ship attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels has sunk in the Red Sea after days of taking on water, officials said Saturday, the first vessel to be fully destroyed as part of their campaign over Israel's...
NEW DELHI, Mar 03 (AFP): India's navy has said it is bolstering forces on "strategically important" islands close to the Maldives, with a new base set to open just days before Male starts sending home Indian forces.Relations between India and...
MOSCOW, Mar 03 (Reuters): Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and China's special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, said it is impossible to discuss a Ukraine settlement without Moscow's participation, the Russian foreign ministry said on Sunday.The Chinese envoy...
PESHAWAR, Mar 03 (AP): Pakistani authorities said Sunday at least 29 people died and 50 others injured due to heavy rains that swept across the country in the past 48 hours, causing several houses to collapse and landslides to block...
CAIRO, Mar 03 (AFP): Delegations from Hamas, Qatar and the United States have arrived in Egypt for "a new round of negotiations" toward a truce in the Gaza war, state-linked Al-Qahera News reported Sunday.Cairo, Doha and Washington have mediated in...
Kakoly Talokder | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Over the past month, there has been significant uproar nationwide after the Government of West Bengal in India acquired Geographical Indication (GI) rights for the renowned Tangail saree of Bangladesh. Notably, 'Tangail' is not a place in India but one...
Atiqul Islam and Shruti Narayan | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
Bangladesh is the world's seventh most climate risk-affected country and pays an exorbitant cost of around $1 billion exacted annually by tropical cyclones and a high level of air pollution that cost 9 per cent of the country's GDP. As...
On the night of February 29, 2024, a tragic fire engulfed the multi-storey building on Bailey Road, resulting in the deaths of 46 individuals and leaving 11 seriously injured. Additionally, 75 people were rescued from the scene. Shockingly, most of...
Neil Ray | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
The Bailey Road building that was devastated by a fire causing death to at least 46 people including all five members of a family and injuring others reportedly housed as many as eight dining facilities. Even though the origin of...
Bangladesh boasts a remarkable increase in the number of female students from the primary to the higher secondary levels, as evidenced by board exams consistently showcasing girls outperforming boys in academic achievement. This encouraging trend was expected to narrow the...
Muhammad Zamir | 2024-03-04 00:00:00
It is true that this year during the 60th Munich Security Conference (MSC), two of the most talked-about people were not there. That according to Lyse Doucet, BBC analyst, included former US President Donald Trump, "whose possible return to the...
Asjadul Kibria | 2024-03-03 12:00:00
What happened in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE), during the last week of February is neither new nor surprising. There are several records in the past that the ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO) extended for a...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country in the next 24 hours from 06:00 am today (Sunday), according to the Met Office. Day temperature may remain nearly unchanged and night temperature may rise by (1-2)°C...
Dhaka has topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 191 at 9:09 am on Saturday morning, reports UNB.Dhaka's air was classified as 'unhealthy', according to the air quality index.Pakistan's Lahore, Myanmar's...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-03 00:00:00
A fire incident happened on Saturday at Gausal Azam Market in the New Market area of the capital. However, there was no report of casualty.A Fire Service official told the FE that they got information about the fire at around...
Admission test applications for students of the 2023-24 academic year of 24 universities under the GST (General Science and Technology) have ended, reports UNB. This time, a total of 305,346 applications have been submitted. Meanwhile, Jagannath University is at the...
Customs agents have seized 2.15 kg of gold from two passengers at Chattogram's Shah Amanat International Airport, reports bdnews24.com.The precious metals, worth an estimated Tk 20 million, were found during searches of the duo upon their arrival from the United...
Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) members during their departure at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Saturday to join the UN Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo — ISPR
East West University (EWU) Board of Trustees Chairperson Syed Manzur Elahi speaking at a day-long awareness programme on plastic pollution on the university campus in the city on Saturday. Professor Dr Mohammed Farashuddin, chief adviser of EWU, Professor Shams Rahman,...
Jashore, Mar 01 (UNB): "Mama (uncle), please save me, I'm stuck here."Kamrul Habib Rocky, a 22-year-old from Jashore, had spoken those words as he contacted his uncle, Jihad Hossain, during the tragedy on Thursday night at the capital's Bailey Road."He...
FE REPORT | 2024-03-03 00:00:00
Discussants at a seminar termed zakat as a significant tool to finance social safety-net programmes in Bangladesh. Emphasising its alignment with Islamic principles, they urged the government to integrate zakat into policy-making strategies aimed at addressing poverty and inequality.The seminar...
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