HANOI, Dec 3 (AFP): Vietnam has laid out a $15.5 billion dollar blueprint to transition away from coal power, but environmentalists warned Sunday the plan fell far short of what was needed.The communist nation has committed to reaching net-zero carbon...
United Development Initiatives for Programmed Actions (UDDIPAN) has launched a specialised Simulation & Hitech Lab in Dhaka to upskill workforces for entering in UK, European & Commonwealth markets, reports UNB.British MP & Shadow Minister for Transport and Shadow Parliamentary Private...
The Dhaka North and South divisional branch managers' conference of Janata Bank PLC was held on a virtual platform on Saturday. Managing Director & CEO of the bank Md Abdul Jabbar spoke as the chief guest while DMDs Md Golam...
KHULNA, Dec 3 (UNB): A month after joint inauguration by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Khulna-Mongla rail line still awaits commencement of train operations.The 65 km route from Khulna to Mongla port in Bagerhat...
SYDNEY, Dec 03 (AP): David Warner has been handed the chance of a hoped-for Sydney Cricket Ground farewell after being named in Australia's squad for the first of three home Tests against Pakistan.The squad named Sunday, which includes the 37-year-old...
The Girls in Green shined after claiming victory against New Zealand in the first T20I match by seven wickets at the University of Otago Oval, Dunedin, according to Pakistani TV channel Geo Tv.Fatima Sana, with her smooth bowling prowess, alongside...
NEWCASTLE, England, Dec 03 (Agencies): Anthony Gordon scored for the fourth straight home game for Newcastle to earn a 1-0 win over Manchester United in the English Premier League on Saturday.The winger tapped in from close range from Kieran Trippier's...
Evince Group emerged as the champion in the BGMEA Cup 2023, securing a 3-1 victory against Mosharraf Apparels Ltd in the final match, says a press release.The competition took place at the Bangladesh Army Stadium in the city recently.Faruque Hassan,...
BANGKOK, Dec 03 (AFP): Star French striker Kylian Mbappe can win the Ballon d'Or in "any team", Ronaldinho told AFP Sunday, but the Brazilian would like him to win it with Paris Saint-Germain, "a big club"."A great player like him...
Hosts Bangladesh Women's team needed just a draw against touring Singapore women's team to win the two-match FIFA Tier-1 Women's International Friendly Football Series in the city today (Monday), reports UNB.The 2nd and last match of the series between 130th...
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced the squad on Sunday for the ACC Men's Asia Cup 2023. The upcoming U-19 Asia Cup is scheduled to be held in the UAE, reports UNB.Eight teams are set to partake in this year's...
GAIBANDHA, Dec 03 (BSS): Speakers at a daylong function here on Sunday said the marriage registrars' role is very crucial in preventing child marriage to build an early marriage free society."As the marriage registrars can play a very important role...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 03 (BSS): Restricting indiscriminate extraction of groundwater can be the crucial means of water resource protection in the region, particularly in its water-stressed high Barind tract, for the greater interest of protecting the living and livelihood conditions. An...
A worker busy drying fish under the sun at a village in Satkhira district — Focus Bangla
COX'S BAZAR, Nov 03 (UNB): The bodies of two people including a woman were recovered from Laboni Point beach in Cox's Bazar on Sunday.Tourist police and sea lifeguards retrieved the bodies after they were washed ashore by tidal water at...
Three persons were killed in separate road accidents in Bagerhat and Jamalpur district on Sunday, reports UNB.In Bagerhat, two people were killed and two others injured in a collision between a bus and a motorcycle at Baitpur of Sadar upazila...
KHULNA, Dec 03 (UNB): A month after joint inauguration by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, the Khulna-Mongla rail line still awaits commencement of train operations.The 65 km route from Khulna to Mongla port in Bagerhat...
Russia eases attacks in eastern UkraineKYIV, Dec 03: Russian forces eased attacks on the beleaguered eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka on Saturday and unofficial reports from the region suggested they had failed to capture the devastated town of Maryinka to...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 03 (Reuters): Gunmen attacked a bus near the town of Chilas in northern Pakistan on Saturday, killing nine passengers and injuring at least 15, district and regional officials said.Muhammad Ali Johar, a spokesman for the regional government, said...
MARAWI, Dec 03 (Reuters: Philippine forces were on high alert on Sunday after a bomb killed four people and wounded several during a Catholic Mass in a university gymnasium in the south of the country, an attack the authorities called...
MANILA, Dec 03 (AFP): At least two people were killed and several were injured after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the southern Philippines late Saturday, triggering tsunami warnings that were later lifted.The powerful quake struck off the coast of Mindanao...
Home owners had thought it was a 'dummy' bomb with no charge. They used to bang the trowel on the bomb to remove earth after gardening. It was in the garden for more than 100 yearsPEMBROKESHIRE, Dec 03 (BBC): A...
NEW DELHI, Dec 03 (BBC): Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to win three of the four key state elections in India ahead of the crucial general elections next year.The BJP has a commanding lead in the states...
GAZA, Dec 03 (Reuters/AP): Israel faced growing US calls to avoid further harm to Palestinian civilians in its fight against Hamas militants in Gaza, as the warring sides on Sunday showed no sign of moving toward reviving their collapsed truce.As...
Currently, around three million students are studying in the National University (NU) affiliated colleges. The number is 66 per cent of all the students pursuing higher education in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, it is a university only on paper, but it functions...
Bangladesh lies in an active earthquake zone. A recent 5.5 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 10 kilometre that jolted Dhaka city has proved that again. It is true that no major casualty was reported from the quake but a...
Neil Ray | 2023-12-04 00:00:00
Two reports on the use, better say abuse, of school fields carried in two contemporaries ---one Bangla and another English ---are a poor commentary not only on the concept of educational environment but also of the extra-curricular activities that complement...
Syed Fattahul Alim | 2023-12-04 00:00:00
The earthquake that jolted the country for over half a minute on Saturday morning, December 2, did cause panic among the people at different places in the country, though no death or major damage to property was reported.In Cumilla, an...
Investment-output mismatch remains a hallmark of most public sector projects and programmes in Bangladesh. Technical education is one such area that despite spending billions of takas -- a substantial volume of which over the past six years alone -- has...
Muhammad Zamir | 2023-12-04 00:00:00
Analysts, from the Open Society Foundation has recently undertaken another global survey pertaining to some diverse dimensions of democracy that have been emerging in different parts of the world. There was a demographic survey about how the population according to...
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