Climate change drives dengue spread

Shahariar Islam Sovon : Dengue fever, a potentially life-threatening illness caused by the mosquito-borne dengue virus, has become an increasingly severe problem in Bangladesh. As climate change affects weather patterns,...

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Prime Bank’s NPAT jumps 45 pc in Q3 2024

Business Report : Prime Bank PLC announces its third quarter (Q3) financial results for the period ended on 30 September 2024. The Board of Directors of the Bank adopted its Q3 un-audited Financial Statements at the Board Meeting held at its head office in the capital on Monday. The Bank posted a 45per cent Net Profit after Tax (NPAT) growth in Q3, 2024. The standalone NPAT was recorded at Tk 510 crore compared to Tk 351 crore of the same...

C O R P O R A T E C O R N E R: Bank Asia’s Deputy Managing Director Mohammad Ziaul Hasan Molla, CAMLCO, and Head of Channel Banking of the Bank launches the Digital Financial Literacy App ‘Amar Hisab-Kitab’ to accelerate financial inclusion activities of the App while inaugurating a training programme at its Savar branch in the capital on Saturday. Senior officials of the Bank, Head of Branches, Agents, Micro Merchants, field officers and RMG factory officials were present.

International

EU call for ‘immediate ceasefire’

AFP : The EU foreign policy chief on Monday renewed calls for an “immediate ceasefire” in Lebanon and condemned Israel’s “unacceptable attacks” on UN peacekeepers in its war against Hezbollah....

S Asia accounted for 28pc climate threats

News Desk : The ADB, in collaboration with the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, reports that Bangladesh, India, Maldives and Sri Lanka face rising sea levels and climate threats.Against the backdrop of the Dana cyclone severely hitting India’s Odisha and West Bengal, the latest report of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revealed that South Asia accounted for approximately 28 per cent of disaster displacements in the Asia and Pacific region in the 2014–2023 period (49.7 million)....

Israel intensifies siege on northern Gaza

AL Jazeera : Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, says, “The entire population of Gaza is at risk of dying in a genocide that has been announced and executed under our watch.”Israeli forces bomb six buildings in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, killing at least 45 people, as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) calls on the United States to stop the “systematic extermination of an entire population” in the Palestinian enclave.Israeli forces also...

Entertainment

Runa Laila Madam is inspiration for my song: Kona

Sheikh Arif Bulbon : Subcontinent’s renowned artiste and composer Runa Laila, who is one of the most popular artistes of this generation in the music scene of Bangladesh, is the...

Shokh in new three series

Entertainment Report : After a break, Anika Kabir Shokh became a regular in acting again. Apart from the single drama, she has recently started working in three drama series. These...

Sports

Tigers-Proteas 2nd Test today

Sports Reporter : The second Test cricket match between Bangladesh and South Africa will start today at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram, the port city of the country. The first day play of the 2nd and final Test will begin at 10:00am (Bangladesh Standard Time). Private satellite channel GTV and private satellite sports channel T Sports will telecast the...

Taijul ready for Test captaincy

Agency : Najmul Hossain Shanto, who was appointed captain of Bangladesh for one year, appears to be feeling the weight of the role after only eight months. Following the Chattogram Test against South Africa, the left-handed batsman expressed his desire to step down from leading the team across all three formats. With Shanto’s decision to surrender the captaincy, discussions have...

Salah strikes late as Liverpool snatch draw at title rivals Arsenal

AFP, London : Mohamed Salah rescued Liverpool as the Egypt star’s late equaliser earned a pulsating 2-2 draw against title rivals Arsenal on Sunday. Arne Slot’s side were on the brink of only their second defeat this season until Salah netted with nine minutes left at the Emirates Stadium. Liverpool had fallen behind to Bukayo Saka’s early opener and, although...

Dhaka Capitals bring Ajmal as their mentor

Dhaka Capitals have signed former Pakistani spinner Saeed Ajmal as their mentor for the upcoming Bangladesh Premier League (BPL). Ajmal is no stranger to the BPL, having played previously for Dhaka Gladiators in 2011-12 and for Chittagong Vikings in 2015-16. This season, he returns in a new role as a mentor for Dhaka Capitals. Ajmal boasts an illustrious career, having won the 2009 T20 World Cup and the 2012 Asia Cup with Pakistan. He played 35 Tests, 113 ODIs, and...

Bangladesh women storm into final of SAFF Women’s Champ

Sports Reporter : Bangladesh National Women’s Football team stormed into the final of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship crushing Bhutan 7-1 in the first semi-final at Dasharath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, on Sunday. Bangladesh women totally dominated over the Bhutan women and made it a one-sided affair. Tohura Khatun scored a hat-trick and her teammate Captain Sabina Khatun netted two goals and their teammates Ritu Porna Chakma, Masura Parvin scored one goal each.Lhazom...

Life Style

Certificate course on machine learning for maternal health

Campus Life : Jointly organized by the NSU School of Health Science and the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, USA, a certificate course titled “Analytics & Machine Learning Techniques for Maternal and Health Interventions” was held at the NSU campus on 17 July, 2023. The event aimed to explore the applications of machine learning in improving maternal healthcare and brought together renowned experts and professionals in the field.The lead speaker at the event was Dr. Javed Mostafa, an...

The malady of corruption

Debbie Peterson :The idea that the choices leaders make will carry into...

UAP Law Orators aims to build future stars

Campus Report : The UAP Law Orators Debating Club (UAPLODC) is committed to the development of a debating community among the students of the Department of Law and Human Rights at the University of Asia Pacific (UAP). In addition to fostering creativity via debating, the club’s objectives include sharing and critiquing the work of peers; develop excellent oral and written communication skills, excellent critical thinking skills, and effective tools for research, organization and presentation. Debate helps students become more interested...

SputnikPro project held at ULAB

Campus Desk : Over 20 students of ULAB Radio CampBuzz of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) took part in a workshop on creating successful podcasts.Oleg Dmitriyev, an advisor at the Sputnik International News Agency and Radio, held the latest session of the SputnikPro project for future journalists in the online format, says a press release issued on Sunday.The participants thanked Sputnik for the relevant and diverse content.The students were interested in various issues, such as picking a subject,...