Reuters : US, Egyptian, Israeli and Qatari officials were expected to meet in Cairo on Tuesday to seek a truce in Gaza as more than a million civilians crammed into a southern corner of the Palestinian enclave, waiting in fear for an Israeli assault. Amid growing international concern over the plight of civilians, Israeli tanks shelled the eastern sector of Rafah city overnight, residents said, although the anticipated ground offensive did not appear to have started. The Israeli military said...
Day: February 14, 2024
Live streaming facility of the country’s premier T-20 league, Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Cricket is available on Robi’s smart app, My Robi. The 10th edition of BPL has started from 19th January. The participating teams include defending champions Comilla Victorians, Rangpur Riders, Durdanto Dhaka, Khulna Tigers, Fortune Barishal, Chattogram Challengers, and Sylhet Strikers. A total of 46 BPL matches can be enjoyed by viewers from three venues of the country naming Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Dhaka, the Zahur Ahmed...
Staff Reporter : Bank’s loan recovery from agricultural credit increased by 8.21 percent year-on-year in the first half (July-December) of the current fiscal year of 2023-24 in stark contrast with rate of loan recovery from rich borrowers. According to a recent report of the Bangladesh Bank, banks collected Tk17, 779 crore from agricultural loans in H1FY24, which was Tk16,429 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal year referring farmers are repaying more. On the other hand, bank lending...
City Desk : The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) last night arrested five persons including ‘oggyan party’ men, snatcher and notorious Mama Party chief Shaheen Rana, from Jatrabari area of the capital. The arrested were identified as notorious Mama party head Md. Rana alias Shaheen Rana, 49, Md. Mofijul Islam alias Islam Mia,48, Md. Shagor alias Md. Habib,51, Md. Faruq Ahmmed alias Md. Faruq,34, Md. Abul Kalam,53, reports BSS. Acting on a tip- off, a team of RAB-10 conducted separate drives...
Sylhet Bureau : World Radio Day was celebrated in Sylhet city through various programs on Tuesday. This year’s theme of...
Staff Reporter : BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday accused the Awami League government of showing arrogance after seizing power through January 7 ‘lopsided and dummy’ election. “They (AL govt) are now showing their arrogance after the farcical dummy election held on 7 January which was turned down by the country’s people. They are also trying to flaunt the power they’ve usurped from people,” Rizvi said. He came up with the remarks before distributing BNP’s leaflets...
Agency : Vice-Chairman of the Cricket Operations Committee and Bangladesh National team Director, Khaled Mahmud Sujon, expressed his surprise at the announcement of Gazi Ashraf Hossain Lipu as the new Chief Selector by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) but he is happy to see his senior in that position. “It was really surprising for me. I hadn’t heard his name as a candidate. Many other names were floating around. I am the Vice-Chairman of Cricket Operations Committee of BCB, still...
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