OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
PABNA, Feb 15: Farmers in all nine upazilas of Pabna district are becoming more interested in cultivating black cumin (a spice and herbal remedy that comes from the seeds of the Nigella sativa plant) finding it to be a profitable...
LEICESTER, United Kingdom, Feb 15 (AFP): Arsenal ignored their injury woes to close the gap on Premier League leaders Liverpool to four points as Mikel Merino came off the bench to clinch a 2-0 win against Leicester on Saturday.Mikel Arteta's...
PARIS, Feb 15 (AP): France coach Didier Deschamps sees Zinedine Zidane as a "natural" candidate to take over when he steps down from the national team.Deschamps announced last month that he will stop after the 2026 World Cup, ending a...
World number one Jannik Sinner has accepted an immediate three-month doping ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said they had reached a settlement on his period of ineligibility, allowing him to return before the French Open in May, reports...
SAALBACH, Austria, Feb 15 (AFP): US star Mikaela Shiffrin finished fifth to miss out on a historic world medal as Switzerland's Camille Rast won the women's slalom in Saalbach on Saturday.Rast, the leader after the first run, held her nerve...
Country's premier and historic sports venue Bangabandhu National Stadium renamed as 'National Stadium, Dhaka' on Saturday, reports UNBSecretary of National Sports Council (NSC) M Aminul Islam renamed the country's biggest sports venue issuing a notification on Saturday per approval of...
OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 15: The 10th GPH Golf Tournament 2025 was held at Bhatiari Golf and Country Club (BGCC) on Friday.General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 24 Infantry Division, Area Commander of Chattogram Area and President of Bhatiary Golf Major General Mir...
DUBAI, Feb 15 (Agencies): The Champions Trophy prize pot will increase to $6.9 million this year, a jump of 53 per cent from 2017, with the winners receiving $2.24 million, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Friday.Holders Pakistan will...
SOFIA NOOR RAFA | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
Aloki Greenhouse Gallery seems to perfectly blend with the vibrant and eye-catchy variety of paintings by veteran artist Kanak Chanpa Chakma or the solidity and mesmerisation present in the art of Rafiqun Nabi or the fulfillingness in the creations of...
Tanjim Hasan Patwary | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
The efficiency of artificial intelligence (AI) often attracts organisations to adopt this technology, allowing them to save time and increase profitability. However, an important question arises: What will the future of AI look like? Will it dominate all businesses, or...
IMRAN KHAN | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
In an increasingly interconnected world, North South University (NSU) is making significant strides in cementing its position as a global academic powerhouse. With over 300 Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) across multiple stakeholders, NSU bridges borders, creates research collaborations, and avenues...
MOSCOW, Feb 15 (AP): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 struck Russia's Altai Republic in southern Siberia on Saturday morning, according to Russian seismologists.The quake occurred at 8:48 a.m local time (0148 GMT), according to Russian state news agency...
LOS ANGELES, Feb 15 (AFP): Mudslides blocked roads around Los Angeles on Friday after heavy rain pounded areas burned by last month's wildfires, sending denuded hillsides tumbling.Parts of Los Angeles got as much as 2.8 inches (7 centimeters) of rain...
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (AFP): US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday creating a "National Energy Dominance Council" that will be tasked with helping meet the vast electric power needs to win the AI race with China."We're going...
PARIS, Feb 15 (AFP): Dozens of students protested at Tehran University on Friday in a show of anger against the institution's leadership following the murder of a student earlier this week, activists said.According to media reports, the students are unhappy...
KYIV, Feb 15 (BBC): Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for the creation of an "army of Europe" to guard against Russia as he suggested the US may no longer come to the continent's aid.Speaking at the Munich Security Conference,...
PRETORIA, Feb 15 (AP): Some white South Africans showed support for President Donald Trump on Saturday and gathered at the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria to claim they are victims of racism by their own government.Hundreds of protesters held placards that...
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 15 (AFP): An Argentine court has issued arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar's military junta and former officials including Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi over alleged "genocide and crimes against humanity" targeting the...
KHAN YUNIS, Feb 15 (AFP): Palestinian militants handed three Israeli hostages over to the Red Cross on Saturday, while buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners rolled out of two Israeli jails in the latest exchange under an ongoing Gaza truce deal.An...
SHANGHAI, Feb 15 (Reuters): Alibaba will partner with Apple to support iPhones' AI services offering in China, its chairman said on Thursday, a move likely to help the US company ease falling smartphone sales in its key market.For Alibaba, the...
NCC Bank PLC recently signed an agreement with Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL) to set up ATM/CRM booths at all stations of Metro Rail. Khondaker Ehteshamul Kabir, Company Secretary of DMTCL, and Md Zakir Anam, Deputy Managing Director of...
OpenAI on Friday rejected a $97.4 billion bid from a consortium led by billionaire Elon Musk for the ChatGPT maker, saying the startup is not for sale and that any future bid would be disingenuous, reports Reuters.The unsolicited approach is...
Zeeshan Hasan | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
For the past few years, Bangladeshi consumers have suffered terribly due to price inflation. Ministers and various MPs of the previous government blamed "syndicates" for increasing food prices, especially of chicken and eggs. The Bangladesh Competition Commission subsequently ordered several...
BENAPOLE, Feb 15 (UNB): Despite the duty-free import of 13,968 tonnes of rice from India over the past three months, prices have not decreased in the markets of Benapole and Jashore. On the contrary, rice prices have risen by Tk...
Artificial intelligence, or AI, has raised many debates on its effects on different professions, one of them being accounting. Will AI replace accountants, or will it be a worthy partner?AI is already transforming the accounting industry with the automation of...
Dhaka, the bustling capital of Bangladesh, is a city that never sleeps. As the vibrant heart of the country, it is already notorious for its traffic congestion and overcrowding. However, widespread street protests have now brought the city to a...
Atiqul Kabir Tuhin | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
The Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) was established on January 1, 1972 with a noble objective. Its open market sale of some essential products at prices that are comparatively lower than in the market is intended to provide relief to...
Asjadul Kibria | 2025-02-16 00:00:00
Three decades after the formal inception of the World Trade Organization (WTO) as a successor of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), tariffs are still a key tool for navigating global trade. As the average tariff applied by...
Transparency International (TI), the global watchdog on corruption, which is concerned mainly with dishonest practices like bribery, fraudulence, etc., taking place in the public sector alone, but not in the private sector or at the individual level, cannot for obvious...
NEW YORK, Feb 15 (Reuters): Meta Platforms is establishing a new division within its Reality Labs unit to develop AI-powered humanoid robots that can assist with physical tasks, according to an internal company memo viewed by Reuters on Friday.Facebook parent...
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