Business Report : Recently, several media outlets have published incorrect and misleading reports concerning the participation of Managing Directors (MDs)...
Day: May 22, 2024
AFP, Sydney : Talismanic Australian striker Sam Kerr was officially ruled out of the Olympics on Tuesday, almost five months...
Staff Reporter : The second phase of the Upazila Parishad elections concluded with unprecedentedly low voter turnout, widespread ballot snatching, firing, clashes, and the arrest of a presiding officer. The violence resulted in the death of one man and injuries to 50 others, including 15 journalists, across the country on Tuesday. In Cox’s Bazar, a man named Safur Alam, 35, son of Nur Uddin from the Pashchim Pokkhali area, was stabbed to death, and three others were injured during clashes...
Reuters : US President Joe Biden strongly defended Israel on Monday, saying Israeli forces are not committing genocide in their military campaign against Hamas in Gaza in a rejection of criticism from pro-Palestinian protesters. “What’s happening in Gaza is not genocide. We reject that,” Biden said at a Jewish American Heritage Month event at the White House. Biden has faced protests at many of his events around the country from pro-Palestinian advocates who have labeled him “Genocide Joe” for his...
Staff Reporter : The trade gap between Bangladesh and India surpassed $9 billion from April 2023 to March 2024, with Bangladesh’s exports to India declining sharply by 8.47 percent to $1.84 billion from $2.02 billion in the same period of the previous year. Similarly, Bangladesh’s imports from India also fell by 9.45 percent to $11.06 billion from $12.21 billion over the same period. As a result, the bilateral trade volume between the two countries decreased by 9.35 percent to $12.90...
Sports Reporter : Bashundhara Kings will take on Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited in the Federation Cup Football final today at the Rafique Uddin Bhuiyan Stadium in Mymensingh. The match will kick-off at 3.00pm. Private satellite sports channel T Sports will telecast the match live. Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited are the defending champions of the Federation Cup Football, while Bashundhara Kings are now very spirited as they clinched the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football this year and also the...
Agency : Juventus scored three goals in the last 14 minutes to complete a remarkable comeback and secure a 3-3 draw at Bologna in Serie A on Monday. The result left third placed Bologna level on 68 points with Juve in fourth before the final matchday. Atalanta, who still have two games to play, sit in fifth with 66 points. Both teams had already secured Champions League berths for next season and instead were focused on sealing third place in...
Business Report : The benchmark index, DSEX, of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) plummeted by 116 points in the last three trading hours on Monday due to intense selling pressure. Although the DSEX surged over 90 points in the first hour of trading after the securities regulator strengthened ICB Securities, a subsidiary of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), by increasing its free limit ceiling from Tk10 crore to Tk50 crore to boost market participation, it was not enough to...
Staff Reporter : The main opposition party, BNP, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday cautioned his party members against complacency over the US sanctions on former Army Chief General Aziz Ahmed. “Many may be happy over the sanctions on Aziz… I think it’s misleading and we are always getting confused,” Fakhrul said at a discussion meeting at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU) in the capital. The event was organized by the Jatiya Gonotantrik Party (Jagpa) to mark the seventh...
Feni Correspondent : The 10th death anniversary of former Fulgazi Upazila chairman Ekramul Haq Ekram was observed by paying tributes to his grave on Monday. Newly-elected Fulgazi Upazila Chairman Harun Majumdar, Upazila Awami League President Md. Abdul Alim along eith its other leaders offer prayers for the salvation of his departed soul at Fulgazi Bangabandhu Complex Awami League office. OC (investigation) of Fulgazi Thana Mushfiqur Rahman, upazila newly elected vice chairman Anil Vanik, female vice chairman Manjura Aziz, former chairman...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Jamaat-e-Islami former Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam and 10 others to two years’ imprisonment in an arson case filed with Motijheel Police Station in November 2010. Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury of Dhaka delivered the verdict in presence of Azharul Islam on Tuesday. The ten other convicts are on the run. They went into hiding after getting bail in the case. They are- Mobarak Hossain, Hasan Al Mamun, Abu Taher Mesbah, Jahangir,...