Bangladesh beat Uzbekistan by 5-2 set to reach recurve men's team event final of the 2024 Asia Cup Statge-1 (World Ranking Tournament) held in Bagdad, Iraq on Thursday, reports BSS.Bangladesh will now fight against India in the final match scheduled...
FORT LAUDERDALE, United States, Feb 22 (Reuters): Lionel Messi set up one goal and had a hand in another as Inter Miami weathered a Real Salt Lake storm after the break to emerge with a 2-0 victory in the opening...
Shakib al Hasan will skip the upcoming two-match Test series against Sri Lanka, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said on Thursday, reports Cricbuzz.The BCB had not included Shakib for the upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka and BCB's cricket operation...
Adulteration is a pervasive issue that was initially confined to the realm of food but has since proliferated across various sectors. Periodically, mobile courts conduct adulteration tests to verify the quality of goods, often resulting in penalties or imprisonment for...
As winter draws to a close, the onset of spring brings with it rising temperatures, a harbinger of an increase in mosquito activity. While mosquito menace remains low during the winter months, the warming weather creates optimal conditions for their...
Zahid Huq | 2024-02-23 00:00:00
Thousands of European Union (EU) farmers have been agitating for weeks to press home their varying demands including the availability of fuels and fertilisers at affordable costs, removal of regulatory burden concerning climate change and stopping cheaper import from non-EU...
Nilratan Halder | 2024-02-23 00:00:00
The impression is that the entire area is buzzing with all-round development works. Excavators are digging deep right in the middle of roads to give the sewerage channels depth and breadth under a Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) scheme and...
Contract farming that made some tiny ripples around a decade back has resurfaced with renewed interest in it. A FE report says that with the offer of sizable land from an African country, the government is giving a fresh look...
Syed Badrul Ahsan | 2024-02-23 00:00:00
When Brazil's President Ignacio Lula da Silva compares Benjamin Netanyahu's murder of Palestinians to Hitler's killing of Jews in the 1940s, he is not indulging in antisemitism but only pointing to the glee with which both men have gone around...
Taliban authorities execute two convicted murderers in football stadiumGHAZNI, Feb 22: Taliban authorities publicly executed two men convicted of murder in a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, according to an AFP journalist at the scene. Both men were...
SANAA, Feb 22 (BBC): Two missiles have hit a ship off Yemen and caused a fire on board, authorities say, in another apparent attack by Yemen's rebel Houthi movement.The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said the unnamed vessel was in...
TEHRAN, Feb 22 (Reuters): Iran has provided Russia with a large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, six sources told Reuters, deepening the military cooperation between the two US-sanctioned countries.Iran's provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110...
NEW YORK, Feb 22 (AP): Emily Hollenbeck lived with a deep, recurring depression she likened to a black hole, where gravity felt so strong and her limbs so heavy she could barely move. She knew the illness could kill her....
ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (AP): Khan's rivals said at a late-night news conference of party leaders that they had secured the required majority of votes to form a coalition government. The parliament will elect Shehbaz Sharif of the PML as the...
JERUSALEM, Feb 22 (AP/AFP): New attempts are underway to reach a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas that could pause the war in Gaza, a member of Israel's War Cabinet said late Wednesday."Initial signs indicate a possibility of moving forward,"...
Gold prices rose on Thursday, driven by a retreating US dollar and safe-haven demand on the back of the Middle East conflict while investors await further US economic data for a steer on interest rate expectations, reports Reuters.Spot gold gained...
LONDON, Feb 22 (Reuters): Oil prices steadied on Thursday, after earlier gains, as a big rise in US crude inventories offset the supportive impact of another attack on shipping near Yemen.Brent crude futures eased 9 cents, or 0.1 per cent,...
Police in India have fired teargas on protesting farmers who have resumed their march on capital Delhi after four rounds of talks with the federal government failed to end the deadlock, reports BBC.The farmers, who are demanding assured prices for...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-22 00:00:00
Another child has died following a circumcision procedure in a diagnostic centre in the capital. The deceased has been identified as Ahnaf Tahmin Ayham, 10, who was a fourth-grader at Motijheel Ideal School and College. The Directorate General of Health...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-22 00:00:00
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested at least 50 suspected members of teen gangs during raids in Dhaka's Jatrabari and Keraniganj areas on Tuesday. Various weapons were seized from the individuals during their arrest.A press release by RAB identified the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said that the medium for education in educational institutions should be everyone's mother tongue."I think that our medium for education should be our mother tongue. Besides, there should be scope to learn other languages...
Two women in colourful saris browse new books at a stall at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair in Dhaka's Suhrawardy Udyan. Thousands visit the fair as the nation commemorates Shaheed Dibas and International Mother Language Day on Wednesday. — FE...
SAJIBUR RAHMAN | 2024-02-22 00:00:00
Bangladesh's food-grain imports from international markets plunged during the July-December period of fiscal year 2023-24, according to central bank data, amid ongoing import restrictions to stabilise the strained dollar stocks.Food grain imports, primarily rice and wheat, totalled nearly $767.10 million...
ISLAMABAD, Feb 21 (AFP): Two Pakistan parties have reached a power-sharing agreement that will return Shehbaz Sharif to the premiership, leaving out politicians loyal to jailed former leader Imran Khan despite winning the most seats in this month's vote.The army-backed...
Orion Infusion's stock doubles in 3 monthsOrion Infusion, a concern of Orion Group, has witnessed a remarkable surge in its stock price on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), with shares more than doubling in value in just three months. Its...
JASIM UDDIN HAROON | 2024-02-22 00:00:00
Only select insurers with a strong track record of settling claims will be allowed to participate in the bancassurance business, according to the insurance regulator.The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) made this announcement during a recent meeting with commercial...
In the wake of an abnormal hike in prices, the government has ordered the rice mills to prominently display their name, location, production date, price, and variety on all rice sacks prior to distribution, reports bdnews24.com.This information must be printed...
FE REPORT | 2024-02-22 00:00:00
Kick-starting decisive actions and enacting requisite laws to lessen banks' non-performing loans are focused in a latest series consultation the World Bank is holding with Bangladesh government authorities, amid 'alarming' NPL buildup. Officials have said a high-powered delegation of the...
A top view of the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka, adorned with flowers. Bangladesh commemorates International Mother Language Day on Wednesday, paying tribute to the heroes of the 1952 Language Movement. — FE Photo Bangladesh solemnly observed 'Amar Ekushey' on...
M AZIZUR RAHMAN | 2024-02-22 00:00:00
A lone international contractor hired to delineate hydrocarbons in Bangladesh's offshore blocks did little over the past two years, while the country suffers fuel shortages, sources say.India's oil-and-gas-exploration company named ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) is currently the only international oil...
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