Former Bangladesh head coach Chandika Hathurusinghe has opened up about his departure from Bangladesh during the Anti-discrimination Movement, saying he "feared for his life" while fleeing the country, reports bdnews24.com.The former Sri Lankan batter decided to leave as he panicked...
SYLHET, Bangladesh, Apr 21 (AFP): Bangladesh ended the second day of the first Test against Zimbabwe on Monday trailing by only 25 runs after spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz took five wickets to restrict the visitors to 273 in their first...
TEHRAN, Apr 21 (AFP): Iran accused Israel on Monday of seeking to "undermine" ongoing talks with the United States on its nuclear programme, a key point of tension with the West."A kind of coalition is forming... to undermine and disrupt...
DUBAI, Apr 21 (TASS): At least 12 people were killed and 30 wounded in US airstrikes on Yemen's Sanaa, which is under the control of the Yemeni rebel Ansar Allah movement, the Health Ministry of the Houthi government reported."According to...
NEW DELHI, Apr 21 (BBC): Every morning, India's newspapers are filled with reports of road accidents - passenger buses plunging into mountain gorges, drunk drivers mowing down pedestrians, cars crashing into stationary trucks and two-wheelers being knocked down by larger...
VATICAN CITY, Apr 21 (AFP): World leaders remembered Pope Francis as "a beacon of compassion", reacting with sadness after the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics died on Monday.French President Emmanuel Macron said the pope had always been "on...
NEW YORK, Apr 21 (Reuters/AFP): US President Donald Trump said on Sunday he hopes Russia and Ukraine will make a deal this week to end the conflict in Ukraine."BOTH WILL THEN START TO DO BIG BUSINESS WITH THE UNITED STATES...
ISLAMABAD, Apr 21 (AFP): Snowfall in Asia's Hindu Kush-Himalayan mountain range has reached a 23-year low, threatening nearly two billion people dependent on snowmelt for water, scientists warned in a report on Monday.The Hindu Kush-Himalayan range, which stretches from Afghanistan...
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 21 (Reuters): Malaysian palm oil futures extended losses on Monday for the sixth straight session, as weakness in soyoil and crude oil and a stronger ringgit weighed on the market, with US tariff concerns also fuelling the...
SEOUL, Apr 21 (Reuters): South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group said on Monday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Posco Holdings for cooperation on its planned US steel plant.Posco will make an equity investment in Hyundai Motor Group's...
DUBAI, April 21 (Reuters): Saudi oil giant Aramco signed a joint development agreement with Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD to explore collaboration in the development of new energy vehicle technologies, Aramco said on Monday.The agreement, signed by Aramco unit...
LONDON, Apr 21 (Reuters): Oil prices fell more than 2% on Monday on signs of progress in talks between the U.S. and Iran while investors remained concerned about economic headwinds from tariffs which could curb demand for fuel.Brent crude futures...
MM Mahbub Hasan | 2025-04-22 00:00:00
World Earth Day is celebrated every April 22. It was first celebrated in 1970, following a proposal by US Senator Gaylord Nelson to increase environmental awareness. On this day, about 20 million people in the United States came out and...
While the rainy season in Bangladesh is often viewed as a symbol of natural beauty and renewal, for thousands of street children, it is a season of fear, hardship, and relentless struggle. Each drop of rain deepens their daily fight...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the way businesses operate, enabling them to interact and evolve with greater efficiency. By automating repetitive tasks, AI reduces the workload on human personnel, allowing them to focus on higher-level, critical, and creative work.AI systems...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2025-04-22 00:00:00
US president Donald Trump's tariff war with the rest of the world, many economic and financial experts think, could lead to the collapse of the US dollar as a global medium of exchange. Reports coming from the leading global financial...
Mir Mostafizur Rahaman | 2025-04-22 00:00:00
Over the past year, there has been a cautious but notable thaw in the once-frozen diplomatic ties between Bangladesh and Pakistan. The change came in the wake of political transition in Bangladesh following the fall of the Awami League government...
The recommendations made by the Reform Commission on Women's Affairs in its report submitted to the chief adviser on Saturday bear special significance at a time when the country has been witnessing a fresh spate of gender violence including sexual...
Manmohan Parkash | 2025-04-22 00:00:00
The United States (US) has recently announced a sweeping set of reciprocal tariffs targeting multiple countries. The tariffs, a mix of 10 per cent baseline duties on all imported goods and additional taxes based on the trade barriers these countries...
KRAMATORSK, Apr 20 (AFP): Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday said Russian forces were continuing their shelling and assaults along the front line despite Russian President Vladimir Putin announcing a surprise but brief Easter truce.The 30-hour truce would be the most...
Arif Hossain | 2025-04-21 12:00:00
In the narrow corridor of a Dhaka slum, a boy sits cross-legged on a tattered mattress, clutching a secondhand smartphone like a prized possession. Nirob's fingers dart across the cracked screen as he navigates his favorite mobile game. He barely...
OUR CORRESPONDENTS | 2025-04-21 12:00:00
Abnormal surge in prices of onion in the local markets has sent shivers down the common consumers' spines in the last couple of weeks in Rangpur and Magura districts. Farmers of the district could not benefit from the bumper production...
The Bangladesh Bank has issued a new directive to submit the detailed info on deposit and lending rates by all the scheduled banks of the country online, reports BSS.The central bank issued such directive for introducing two new reporting formats...
Several CNG filling stations in Dhaka are struggling to supply gas to vehicles due to low gas pressure for some time. In the photo taken at Shyampur's Kadamtuli, two signboards reading 'No gas' are displayed at the station. — FE...
The government on Sunday appointed Mohammad Sufiur Rahman, who served as the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Offices in Geneva and Ambassador of Bangladesh to Switzerland, as the special assistant to Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus, reports UNB.Sufiur,...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-21 00:00:00
The upward trend of yields on treasury bills (T-bills) continued on Sunday as banks remained reluctant to invest their excess liquidity in the securities.The cut-off yield, generally known as interest rate, on the 91-day T-bills rose to 11.59 per cent...
BNP wants a person to be eligible again for prime minister post for next term after taking a break following serving in this position for two consecutive tenures, reports BSS.BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed told media Sunday that there is no...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has set June 24 for submission of the investigation report in a case over enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings allegedly committed over the last 15 years of Sheikh Hasina's rule, reports bdnews24.com.The three-member tribunal, led...
FE REPORT | 2025-04-21 00:00:00
The central bank has allowed banks to consider discrepant import bills, waived by importers under reasonable grounds, as eligible for payments, officials said.To bring flexibility in import trade, it has been decided that authorised dealer (AD) banks may consider discrepant...
Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus leaves today (Monday) for Doha on a four-day official visit to Qatar to attend the Earthna Summit-2025, reports BSS.He is set to pay the visit at the invitation of Qatar's Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad...
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