PARIS, Dec 22 (AFP): Holders Barcelona hammered Rosengrad 7-0 on Thursday to reach the Women's Champions League quarter-finals as Salma Paralluelo scored twice for the hosts.Barca kept their 100 per cent record after four rounds as English midfielder Keira Walsh...
Virat Kohli has returned home from South Africa for personal reasons, but is likely to rejoin the Test squad ahead of the Boxing Day Test in Centurion, reports espncricinfo.com. Kohli didn't take part in the Indians' three-day intra-squad match, the...
Foreign Ministry has successfully concluded the "2nd Bangabandhu Diplomatic Cup" Tennis Tournament-2023 with the final match between Team Pakistan (High Commission of Pakistan) and Team Denmark (Embassy of Denmark) followed by a prize giving ceremony, reports BSS.The highly competitive match...
Kane Williamson, the designated captain, and Kyle Jamieson have been withdrawn from New Zealand's T20I squad to take on Bangladesh at home later this month, reports www.espncricinfo.com. Mitchell Santner, who has led both the New Zealand white-ball sides in the...
Bangladesh are keen to restore some pride by avoiding a whitewash as they take on New Zealand for the third and final One Day International (ODI) at McLean Park in Napier today (Saturday), reports BSS.The match will start at 04:00...
Corruption scandal threatens PM Kishida's govtTOKYO, Dec 22: Japan is going through a "once in a generation" political crisis, analysts say, as the government fights to clean up its image in the face of a corruption scandal. Four cabinet ministers...
SEOUL, Dec 22 (Reuters): A second reactor at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear facility appears to be operational, according to the UN atomic agency.Yongbyon is North Korea's main nuclear complex and home to its first nuclear reactor, with a five megawatt...
CHENNAI, Dec 22 (Reuters): At least 31 people were killed in floods and heavy rain in India's southern state of Tamil Nadu this week, a top federal minister said on Friday, as rescuers struggled to reach scores still stranded in...
TOKYO, Dec 22 (Reuters): Japan said on Friday it would prepare to ship Patriot air defence missiles to the United States after revising its arms export guidelines earlier that day, in the pacifist nation's first major overhaul of such export...
Four Indian soldiers were killed, and three others were wounded after suspected rebels ambushed Indian military vehicles in the southernmost border district of Rajouri in Indian-administered Kash-mir, officials said on Friday, report Al Jazeera.An Indian army official told Al Jazeera...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 (Reuters): Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to former Prime Minister Imran Khan in a case related to an alleged leak of state secrets, possibly a huge win for his party ahead of national elections in...
PRAGUE, Dec 22 (Reuters): David Kozak, a 24-year-old Czech student, shot dead his father, then killed 14 people and wounded 25 others at his Prague university on Thursday before possibly killing himself, police said, marking the country's worst-ever mass shooting.The...
GAZA STRIP, Dec 22 (Agencies): The Israel-Hamas war is pushing Gaza towards famine, the United Nations warned ahead of an expected Security Council vote later on Friday on a resolution to boost aid to the Palestinian territory but not call...
Nilratan Halder | 2023-12-23 00:00:00
The dichotomy of human progress as represented by the peaking of scientific and technological development to the most sophisticated range of artificial intelligence (AI) on the one hand and a homicide over trivial matters or mass killing ---actually genocide---now being...
Online games have taken the world by storm in recent years. The wave has reached Bangladesh too. A number of youths are active players of these games and many are even addicted to it. As a result, many students neglect...
With the advent of every winter, the problem Dhaka city dwellers face most is dust. Due to the ongoing construction projects and absence of effective coordination among service agencies, the problem has become acuter this year as well across the...
Pharmaceutical firms employ smart and articulate young men to promote their products. They offer doctors drug samples and gifts to woo them to prescribe their products. These rush-hour visits by medical representatives to hospitals and doctors' chamber often cause inconvenience...
Tanim Asjad | 2023-12-23 00:00:00
In order to facilitate the regular passengers, the Bangladesh Railway (BR) authority converted the Turag Express into a commuter train category from a local train in the Dhaka-Joydevpur-Dhaka route in October this year. The fare per passenger also increased to...
Syed Mansur Hashim | 2023-12-23 00:00:00
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are facing a financial storm. The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), which is the sole procurer of power in the country, owes Bangladesh Independent Power Producers' Association (BIPPA) around US$2.5 billion in outstanding payments. At the...
Bangladesh's economy witnessed an impressive growth at a rate that was close to China's over a decade until the pandemic struck the country, thanks to the competitiveness of its external trade, especially apparel export. But, of late, the trade has...
Mohiuddin Rubel | 2023-12-23 00:00:00
As we are ready to set our foot in 2024, poised to embark on a new chapter, we can confidently say that 2023 was a pivotal year for us. Despite wresting with twofold challenges, domestic and international, we have successfully...
TOKYO, Dec 21 (Reuters): Honda Motor's American unit is recalling about 2.5 million vehicles over risks of fuel pump failure that can cause an engine stall while driving and increase the chances of a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety...
LONDON, Dec 21 (Reuters): Shipping companies remain in the dark over a new international navy coalition being assembled by the United States to combat attacks in the Red Sea, with many vessels continuing to avoid the area or cancelling contracts,...
TOKYO/SEOUL, Dec 21 (Reuters): South Korea's Samsung Electronics will invest around 40 billion yen ($280 million) over five years in a facility for research into advanced chip packaging it will set up in Japan, according to an announcement by the...
MUMBAI, Dec 21 (Reuters): Jefferies Financial Group expects investment banking fees in India to rise in the next couple of years as the number of deals grows, its country head said, bolstering the prospects for the US bank in a...
BENGALURU, Dec 21 (Reuters): India's Piramal Enterprises said on Thursday that it would set aside funds to cover its exposure to alternate investment funds (AIF), days after the country's central bank tightened rules governing such holdings.The Reserve Bank of India...
MOSCOW, Dec 21 (Reuters): The Russian state may reduce its shareholding in some large companies while maintaining a controlling stake, and has listed about 30 companies for possible privatisation, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on Thursday. Shunned by Western...
TOKYO, Dec 21 (Reuters): Toyota Motor shares slumped on Thursday as Japan's transport ministry inspected a subsidiary over safety concerns dating back decades and as the world's top-selling automaker separately announced a recall of 1.1 million vehicles.Shares in Japan's biggest...
The 34th, 35th and 36th annual general meeting (AGM) of Delta Life Insurance Company Ltd was held on Thursday virtually. As per the Supreme Court orders, the meetings were presided over by Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury. Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder, chairman...
United Commercial Bank (UCB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bashundhara Group recently. Arif Quadri, managing director and CEO of UCB, and Safwan Sobhan, vice chairman of Bashundhara Group, signed the agreement at Bashundhara Group Corporate head office...
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