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Nadal rolls into Brisbane quarters on comeback

2024-01-05 00:00:00

BRISBANE, Australia, Jan 04 (AFP): Rafael Nadal's comeback from injury gathered pace on Thursday as he cruised into the Brisbane International quarter-finals with an aggressive 6-1, 6-2 drubbing of Australian Jason Kubler.Played in hot and humid conditions on Pat Rafter...

BFF President Kazi Salahuddin shifted to cabin after one week

2024-01-05 00:00:00

President of Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) Kazi M Salahuddin was shifted to cabin from ICU after one week on Thursday, reports UNB.The BFF and SAFF resident Kazi Salahuddin successfully underwent coronary artery bypass surgery last Thursday (December 28) at the...

Bangladeshi umpire Sharfuddoula set for another milestone

2024-01-05 00:00:00

Bangladeshi umpire Sharfuddoula Ibne Shahid is poised to achieve another milestone in his umpiring career as he officiates in the Test match between Australia and the West Indies later this month in Australia, reports UNB.This achievement marks him as the...

India complete quickest victory in Test history to level South Africa series

2024-01-05 00:00:00

India completed the quickest victory in Test history, levelling their series against South Africa by winning early on the second afternoon in Cape Town on Thursday, report agencies.The tourists chased down a fourth innings total of 79 in just 12...

Mother, daughter among three dead in Thakurgaon rice mill boiler explosion

2024-01-05 00:00:00

THAKURGAON, Jan 04 (UNB): Three people, including a 40-year-old woman and her 11-year-old daughter, were dead and two people were injured when a boiler exploded at a rice mill in Daspara of Thakurgaon's Sadar upazila earlier Thursday.The deceased were identified...

Jashore farmer attains unique success in producing gourd

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-01-05 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Jan 04: Shafiqul Islam, a farmer of Ulashi village in Sharsha upazila of Jashore, has achieved an unmatched success in producing non-poisonous high yielding varieties (HYVs) of gourd.He is happy to get an extraordinary yield within 60 days of...

News in Brief (2024-01-05)

2024-01-05 00:00:00

Artillery shells fired from Myanmarregion hit China townNANSAN, Jan 04: Five people in a Chinese town near Myanmar were wounded on Wednesday by stray artillery shells from across the border, according to China's state-controlled Global Times, as fighting between Myanmar's...

India SC rejects plea from US murder plot accused

2024-01-05 00:00:00

NEW DELHI, Jan 04 (BBC): India's Supreme Court (SC) has said that it will not intervene in the case of an Indian man accused of conspiring to kill a Sikh separatist on US soil. US prosecutors have charged Nikhil Gupta...

Iran-backed militia leader killed in Baghdad airstrike

2024-01-05 00:00:00

BAGHDAD, Jan 04 (AP): An airstrike on the logistical support headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad Thursday killed a high-ranking militia commander, militia officials said.Thursday's strike comes amid mounting regional tensions fueled by Israel-Hamas war and fears that...

Hezbollah, Israel appear to signal no desire to spread Gaza war

2024-01-05 00:00:00

BEIRUT, Jan 04 (Reuters/AFP/BBC): Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army made statements suggesting the two avowed enemies wanted to avoid risking the further spread of war beyond the Gaza Strip after a drone strike killed a Palestinian Hamas deputy...

Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka bags two SATA awards

2024-01-05 00:00:00

The Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka, a leading luxury hotel in Bangladesh, has clinched two awards at the South Asian Travel Awards 2023, a recognition of its excellence in the hospitality industry, says a press release.The hotel secured the titles of...

Oil extends gains on Middle East supply worries

2024-01-05 00:00:00

LONDON, Jan 04 (Reuters): Oil rose by about 1 per cent on Thursday, extending gains on concerns over Middle Eastern supply after disruptions at an oilfield in Libya and heightened tensions relating to the Israel-Hamas war.Local protests forced a production...

Keeping NICD hospital toilets clean

2024-01-05 00:00:00

The government deserves appreciation for expanding the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) hospital from 500 to 1,250 beds. A new building has been built and a number of equipment has been added to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment...

Encouraging weaker students

2024-01-05 00:00:00

Education is used as a touchstone by teachers to shape the life of students. They impart lessons on the strength of their knowledge and experience to students and make them worthy citizens of the country. They play a pivotal role...

Floor price: Time to go?

Zahid Huq | 2024-01-05 00:00:00

The floor price restrictions that the securities regulator had introduced one and a half years back to stop the market from falling steeply, it seems, will be lifted after the upcoming 12th parliamentary polls. Top guns at the Bangladesh Securities...

Establishing the rights of consumers

Nilratan Halder | 2024-01-05 00:00:00

In the face of sustained food inflation, often a handiwork of dishonest business coteries, the general consumers in this country have vented their frustration and learnt to resign to the oppressive price infliction. But when the authorities have let them...

Dollar crisis ignored to import luxury cars

2024-01-05 00:00:00

In a bid to save foreign currency reserve from depletion, the Bangladesh Bank (BB), in May 2022 increased the cash margin for importing non-essential items by 50 per cent at the minimum from the previous rate of 25 per cent....

Mild cold wave may sweep three dists today

2024-01-04 00:00:00

Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 06:00 pm today (Thursday), according to the Met Office.Moderate to dense fog may occur over the country during midnight to morning and it may continue till noon...

Vice Chancellor of IUB Tanweer Hasan poses with ten faculty members

2024-01-04 00:00:00

Vice Chancellor of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)Tanweer Hasan poses with ten faculty members who completed the first ever computer programming training workshop titled 'Automate your day with Python' on the university campus in the city recently

Muggers snatch Italian citizen’s handbag in Ctg

2024-01-04 00:00:00

CHATTOGRAM, Jan 03 (UNB): Muggers have snatched an Italian citizen's handbag when she along with two others were passing through the SS Khaled Road in Chattogram city. The Italian national, a photographer named Cristina Jemma, along with two others were...

With a sharp dip in temperature in the last few days across the country

2024-01-04 00:00:00

With a sharp dip in temperature in the last few days across the country, markets are witnessing a rush of people for buying warm clothes. The picture was taken from the city's Gulistan area on Wednesday – FE photo

Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Tofazzal Hossain Mia attends a photo session

2024-01-04 00:00:00

Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Tofazzal Hossain Mia attends a photo session with the stakeholders after a workshop on the implementation of the Project for Increasing Ability of the SPARRSO at the conference room of the Bangladesh Space Research and Remote...

Probe report against Dr Yunus Mar 3

2024-01-04 00:00:00

A Dhaka court has set March 3 for submitting probe report in a case filed against Grameen Telecom and Nobel Laureate Dr Muhammad Yunus and 12 others for allegedly embezzling Tk 250 million from the company, reports BSS.As the investigation...

Tentulia records season’s lowest temp at 7.4 degrees

2024-01-04 00:00:00

Tentulia of Panchagarh district in Wednesday morning, recorded this season’s lowest temperature so far in the country at 7.4 degrees Celsius, reports UNB. A mild to moderate cold wave is sweeping over the districts of Dinajpur, Panchagarh, and Nilphamari, and...

Gas shortage hits Ctg households again

2024-01-04 00:00:00

The residential areas in several neighbourhoods of Chattogram, including Love Lane, Jamalkhan, Khulshi, and Nasirabad, have been experiencing a shortage of cooking gas for the last week as the LNG terminal is undergoing renovation, reports bdnews24.com.Cooking stoves were not lit...

PM urges journalists to stay alert against rumour, misinfo

2024-01-04 00:00:00

Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has asked journalist community to remain alert against any rumour and misleading information, reports BSS."Stay alert against rumours," she said when two delegations of journalists separately met her at the latter's official Ganabhaban residence in...

Chhatra Odhikar Parishad calls for election boycott

2024-01-04 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Chhatra Odhikar Parishad has called for safeguarding voting rights, democracy, and securing the release of political prisoners through boycotting the upcoming national election, reports UNB.The Parishad made the call at a protest rally held in front of Dhaka...

Chhatra League's 76th founding anniv today

2024-01-04 00:00:00

The 76th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the ruling Awami League, would be celebrated across the country through various programmes today (Thursday), reports BSS.The student organisation came into being on January 4 in 1948...

AL candidate assures voters of better future

2024-01-04 00:00:00

FENI, Jan 3 (UNB): Awami League candidate for Feni-1 constituency Alauddin Ahmed Chowdhury Nasim is seeking vote for 'boat' in the national polls assuring voters of further development of the region."If elected, I will take initiative to reopen the Feni-Belonia...

Independent candidate attacked by AL men

2024-01-04 00:00:00

SYLHET, Jan 03 (UNB): Independent candidate for Sylhet-3 constituency Dr Ehteshamul Haque Chowdhury's election rally came under an attack allegedly from campaigners of the AL-nominated candidate, on Tuesday.Dr. Ehteshamul alleged that the attackers were activists of Awami League candidate and...