Day: April 20, 2024
Business Desk : A delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and CIMMYT delegates member visit Bangladesh...
BSS : A total of 24,620 hectares of land were brought under jute cultivation in all five upazilas of the...
Sports Reporter : Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited registered an easy five-wicket win over Brothers Union in their Dhaka Premier...
Business Desk : The shares of Mutual Trust Bank and Shahjalal Islami Bank both experienced declines yesterday following the announcement of dividends for their shareholders for 2023. The banks also unveiled their financials for the last year on the websites of both the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). After three years, Mutual Trust Bank PLC recommended cash dividends for its shareholders, declaring a 10% cash dividend for 2023. Following the declaration, its share price fell...
Agency : Atalanta progressed to the Europa League semi-finals despite losing 1-0 to Liverpool on Thursday as they triumphed 3-1 on aggregate to move one step closer to a first ever European final for the Serie A side. Atalanta had stunned the Premier League club 3-0 in the first leg of their quarter-final last week at Anfield, levelling another huge blow to Liverpool’s dreams of a fairytale ending in Manager Juergen Klopp’s final season. “We gave ourselves a massive hurdle...
News Desk : An engineer has been killed after a bus crashed through the boundary wall of the third terminal at Dhaka’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and hit a motorcycle. The accident occurred around 10am on Friday, confirmed Yasir Arafat Khan, chief of the Airport Police Station, reports bdnews24.com “Around 10am, a Raida Paribahan bus veered out of control and crashed through the security boundary around the third terminal.” “Civil Aviation Senior Sub Assistant Engineer Maidul Islam was riding a...
Al Jazeera : Iran fired air defence batteries to shoot down three drones over the central city of Isfahan, according to state media reports, after officials in the United States told US broadcasters that Israel carried out military operations against Iran. Explosions were reported on Friday in the sky over the cities of Isfahan and Tabriz, but the Iranian government has downplayed the incident. There has been no official comment from Israel. Several countries have called for “de-escalation”. Here are...
Sports Reporter : Dhaka Abahani Limited edged past Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club Limited by two goals two one in their...
Staff Reporter : As the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings continue in Washington, civil society groups worldwide are protesting against the debt catastrophe on yesterday. As part of that, Bangladesh civil societies organized a protest rally in front of the National Press Club on Friday in Dhaka. Their primary demand is that the illegitimate debt imposed on the people be cancelled immediately because the World Bank and IMF have reparations to pay. The civil society activists in Dhaka have also demanded...