BSS, Dhaka : Finals of both the Men’s and Women’s Independence Day Handball competitions will be held today at Shaheed Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city, said a press release. On the day, Bangladesh Ansar & VDP will take on Bangladesh Police Handball Club in the Women’s Section final at 2:30pm, while Border Guard Bangladesh will meet Bangladesh Ansar and VDP in the Men’s Section final at 4.00pm. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Ansar & VDP defeated Bangladesh Police...
Day: May 27, 2024
Staff Reporter : Severe Cyclonic Storm Remal has lashed the West Bengal-Khepupara coast near the southwest of Mongla, according to...
Staff Reporter : A three-member team from the Dhaka Detective Branch (DB), led by its Additional Commissioner Harun-Or-Rashid, has arrived...
Business Report : In presence of Md Omar Faruk Khan, additional managing director of NRB Bank Limited, Md Shaheen Howlader, deputy managing director of the bank, and Dr Ahsan H Mansur, owner of Water Garden Resort & Spa, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at bank’s corporate head office recently. Under the deal, all cardholders of NRB Bank Ltd will enjoy up to 55% Discount on room rent from Water Garden Resort & Spa. Md Ali Akbar...
Agency : Bangladesh repaired some of their battered pride by beating the USA by 10 wickets in the third and final game of the three-match series on Saturday in Houston, with Mustafizur Rahman taking six wickets. Najmul Hossain Shanto, the Bangladesh Captain was pleased with the way his team had responded to the two losses in the week. “I think the boys showed a lot of character today. I think the plan we made before this match, everyone executed,” he...
Business Report : Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Sunday said the 3rd tranche of the loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will be available this June. Mahmood Ali said this while replying to a question from the reporters after Executive Director of IMF Krishnamurthy Venkata Subramanian met him at his office at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Sunday. “We’re trying to increase the flow of US dollars. It requires a lot of negotiations. Hopefully, we’ll be able to...
Al Jazeera : Eighteen-year-olds will have to perform a mandatory national service if the Conservative Party is voted back to power in the United Kingdom’s July 4 election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced. The UK has “generations of young people who have not had the opportunities they deserve”, and this measure would help unite society in an “increasingly uncertain world”, Sunak said on Saturday. The prime minister’s plan would entail young people being given a choice between a full-time...
City Desk : President Mohammed Shahabuddin urged officials at specialised hospitals, including BSMMU, to take steps to promote local treatment and discourage patients from seeking overseas treatment. He stressed the need to support patients’ treatment in national super-specialised hospitals such as Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU). The President issued these instructions during a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor of the BSMMU, Professor Dr. Deen Mohammad Nurul Haque, in Bangabhaban, reports BSS. After the meeting, the president’s press secretary, Md Joynal...
Business Report : The stock ended 61.54 points down in the premier bourse on Sunday, extending its losing streak as the jittery investors continued to sell off their holdings as investors went for panic sell-offs amid growing concerns over the economic uncertainties. Following the previous week’s major fall, the DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), went down 61.55 points to settle at 5,251. The prime index has lost nearly 7.83 per cent in the last 9...
Al Jazeera : The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG) to more than 670. Serhan Aktoprak, the chief of the United Nations agency’s mission in the South Pacific island nation, said on Sunday the revised death toll was based on calculations by Yambali village and Enga provincial officials that more than 150 homes had been buried by Friday’s landslide. “They are estimating that more than...
Business Desk : ICB Asset Management Company Limited (IAMCL), a subsidiary of ICB won the Second Prize in Asset Management...