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StanChart cardholders to enjoy Qatar Airways Ticket Discount

2024-08-20 00:00:00

Standard Chartered Bangladesh has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Qatar Airways. As a part of the agreement, Qatar Airways will offer up to 12% discounts on base fare for Qatar Airways Privilege Club members and 8% discount for...

Big cos ripping off poultry farmers, consumers with profiteering

FE REPORT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00

The Bangladesh Poultry Association (BPA) on Monday alleged that a few big companies are dominating the poultry market, siphoning off an additional Tk 59.20 billion in profits through syndicates operating in the feed and chicken sectors.This situation has severely impacted...

Mbappe left frustrated after 'disappointing' La Liga debut

2024-08-20 00:00:00

PALMA, Spain, Aug 19 (AFP): French football star Kylian Mbappe was left frustrated on his La Liga debut with Real Madrid on Sunday after failing to beat Real Mallorca and ending the match in a 1-1 draw.Madrid's star-studded side struggled...

Playing World Cup in Bangladesh would be the wrong thing to do

2024-08-20 00:00:00

Amid growing political turmoil in Bangladesh, Australia women's team captain Alyssa Healy has said that playing the Women's T20 World Cup there 'would be the wrong thing to do'. The showpiece event was originally scheduled in the Asian nation from...

Cummins to take break, expects bigger roles for Green, Marsh in India series

2024-08-20 00:00:00

Australia captain Pat Cummins said he expects to lean a bit more heavily on all-rounders Cameron Green and Mitchell Marsh with the ball during the five-Test series against India at the end of the year, reports Reuters.Australia are looking to...

Sinner reaches final as Swiatek falls to Sabalenka

2024-08-20 00:00:00

MASON, Ohio, Aug 19 (AP): Top-ranked Jannik Sinner outlasted Alexander Zverev in a third-set tiebreaker Sunday to reach the Cincinnati Open final, while No. 1 Iga Swiatek fell to No. 3 Aryna Sabalenka in the women's semifinals.In the final, Sinner...

‘None of our stadia meet int'l standards’

2024-08-20 00:00:00

LAHORE, Aug 19 (Geo Tv): With the preparations for Champions Trophy 2025 in full swing, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has justified the board's initiative to upgrade Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi venues, saying that none of the stadiums...

BCB director resigns following change of government

2024-08-20 00:00:00

Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB)'s cricket operation chairman Jalal Yunus resigned from his post with immediate effect. Jalal, who is also a director of the board, confirmed the development to Cricbuzz on Monday."I have resigned from the board for the interest...

New era for Tigers

2024-08-20 00:00:00

KARACHI, Aug 19 (Agencies): Bangladesh begin a two-Test series in Pakistan this week with their preparations severely hampered by the political turmoil that has wracked the country.Unrest that led to the overthrow of prime minister Sheikh Hasina kept the team's...

Road crashes kill five in Sirajganj, Gazipur

2024-08-20 00:00:00

A total of six persons were killed in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Gazipur districts on Monday, report agencies.In Sirajganj, four member of same family were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a private car in...

Khulna consumers hit hard by price hike of some commodities

2024-08-20 00:00:00

KHULNA, Aug 19 (UNB): Kitchen markets in Khulna metropolitan area have been unstable for the past one week as prices of essential commodities have gone up several times, causing immense suffering for lower-middle income groups.Again, the same products are being...

'Deshi Sarbi' banana farming popular in Gopalganj

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00

GOPALGANJ, Aug 19: Banana cultivation is gaining popularity in Sadar upazila of the district as farmers are getting fair prices from the produce this year.Akkas Ali Mollah, 60, a farmer of village Bowalia, said he cultivated 'Deshi Sarbi' banana on...

Garbage dumped Jashore roads haphazardly, authorities indifferent

OUR CORRESPONDENT | 2024-08-20 00:00:00

BENAPOLE, Aug 19: Disorderly hurling of wastes on busy roads and footpaths has created a major public nuisance in Jashore town, with the authorities concerned remaining indifferent.Filths scattered on the roads and footpaths of the town spread stomach-turning odour creating...

Ernesto regains hurricane strength, sends powerful swells to US East Coast

2024-08-20 00:00:00

NEW YORK, Aug 19 (AP): Tropical Storm Ernesto became a hurricane again Sunday as it churned away from Bermuda and headed further out in the northeastern Atlantic, sending powerful swells toward the U.S. East Coast, generating rip currents associated with...

One dead, six Britons missing as yacht sinks off Italian coast

2024-08-20 00:00:00

LONDON, Aug 19 (BBC): One man has died and six other people are missing after a luxury yacht sank off the coast of Sicily in the early hours of Monday morning.The 56m (183ft) vessel was carrying 22 people - 10...

Imran Khan applies to be Oxford chancellor

2024-08-20 00:00:00

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AFP): Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has applied to become the next chancellor of Britain's prestigious University of Oxford, his party said.Khan, prime minister from 2018 to 2022, has just marked one year in prison...

Gaza war issue threatens to divide Democrats as convention kicks off

2024-08-20 00:00:00

CHICAGO, Aug 19 (BBC): The Democratic National Convention kicks off on Monday as Gaza protests threaten to overshadow what is expected to be a show of unity for Vice-President Kamala Harris as the party's nominee for president.The Harris campaign is...

House Republicans release impeachment report on Biden: Next steps uncertain

2024-08-20 00:00:00

WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (AP): House Republicans have released their initial impeachment inquiry report into President Joe Biden, alleging an abuse of power and obstruction of justice in the financial dealings of his son Hunter Biden and family associates.The nearly yearlong...

Chinese, Philippine ships collide again in disputed waters

2024-08-20 00:00:00

TAIPEI, Aug 19 (AP): Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two boats, in an encounter early Monday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea.Both blamed the...

Blinken urges Israel, Hamas not to derail talks

2024-08-20 00:00:00

JERUSALEM, Aug 19 (AFP): Top US diplomat Antony Blinken on Monday urged Israel and Hamas not to derail negotiations that he said may be a "last opportunity" to secure a Gaza truce and hostage release deal.Blinken, on his ninth regional...

Cholera outbreak in Sudan claims 22 lives

2024-08-20 00:00:00

CAIRO, Aug 19 (AP): Sudan has been stricken by a cholera outbreak that has killed nearly two dozen people and sickened hundreds more in recent weeks, health authorities said Sunday. The African nation has been roiled by a 16-month conflict...

Unclaimed bodies, missing persons

2024-08-20 00:00:00

Last month, a student movement began with demands for reform in the government job quota system. In response, the Sheikh Hasina government used excessive force to suppress the movement, resulting in the highest number of casualties in any movement in...

Promoting franchising business

2024-08-20 00:00:00

The burgeoning landscape of the franchising business in Bangladesh holds immense potential for economic development and entrepreneurial growth. Over the past decade, franchising has emerged as a dynamic business model, contributing significantly to job creation, economic diversification, and the introduction...

Showing August 5 revolution in bad light

Syed Fattahul Alim | 2024-08-20 00:00:00

The unarmed student-led mass upsurge that toppled the Sheikh Hasina government on August 5 stunned political observers everywhere. Appreciative of such an unprecedented movement by students of universities, colleges and even schools, most such observers are trying to comprehend the...

Power sector deserves priority attention

Mushfiqur Rahman | 2024-08-20 00:00:00

The interim government headed by Dr Muhammad Yunus has been reviewing the activities of various ministries along with other important issues related to law and order situation and macroeconomic management of the country. Secretaries of the ministries of the government...

Doing away with black laws

2024-08-20 00:00:00

When questionable financial negotiations and deals, particularly those involving highly critical matters of national importance, cannot be questioned, there is every reason to smell rat in those undertakings. Such issues may be political or financial in nature but once those...

Missing academic links to build semiconductor industry

M Rokonuzzaman | 2024-08-20 00:00:00

The triple helix is a well-established model for building a high-tech industry. It refers to collaboration between industry, academia, and the government. On the other hand, bridging the industry-academia gap has been a growing concern, notable in less developed countries....

X suspends business in Brazil over censorship row

2024-08-19 12:00:00

X, formerly known as Twitter, has closed its office in Brazil over a censorship row, reports BBC.The social media platform said a Brazilian Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, threatened its legal representative in Brazil with arrest if it did...

Oman’s trade with Americas grows to $1.9b

2024-08-19 12:00:00

RIYADH, Aug 18 (Arab News): Oman's trade with the Americas grew 6.6 per cent year on year in May, reaching 742.9 million Omani rials ($1.9 billion), official data showed. According to preliminary figures from the National Centre for Statistics and...

India’s wholesale prices rise 2.04 per cent

2024-08-19 12:00:00

NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (Reuters): India's wholesale price inflation slowed in July mainly due to a fall in vegetable prices, government data released on Wednesday showed.The wholesale price index rose 2.04 per cent in July from a year earlier, compared...