AFP, Paris : Poland’s Iga Swiatek extended her French Open reign on Saturday as she thrashed Jasmine Paolini 6-2, 6-1 in the final to win a third successive Roland Garros title. World number one Swiatek dominated Italian 12th seed Paolini, a first-time Grand Slam finalist, needing just 68 minutes to capture a fourth crown in five years in Paris. Swiatek has now won all five Grand Slam finals she has contested. Her other victory came at the 2022 US Open....
Day: June 10, 2024
National Desk : The Research Wing of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) arranged a ‘Bt Eggplant Stakeholder Meeting’ at the...
Business Report : Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Muhammad Faruk Khan said direct flights between Bangladesh and South Korea will help create new areas of cooperation, and increase trade volume between the two countries. Faruk made these remarks while meeting with South Korea’s Ambassador to Bangladesh Park Young Sik in the secretariat on Sunday, according to a press release. The minister said, “Bangladesh and South Korea need to escalate aviation cooperation in order to expand trades and personnel exports. Chartered...
Barishal Correspondent : The citizens in different areas of Barishal City Corporation (BCC) are suffering from hygienic and public nuisances...
Romelu Lukaku extended his Belgium scoring record as they ended their preparations for the European Championship with a 3-0 win over neighbours Luxembourg in Brussels on Saturday. Lukaku netted a 42nd-minute penalty for his 84th international goal and tapped in a second after being set up by Jeremy Doku’s jinking run down the left and square pass. Leandro Trossard added the third 10 minutes from time. A near full-strength Belgium made a fast start but both Kevin De Bruyne and...
Business Report : People of Bangladesh are more interested and confident in Islamic finance. So a trillion dollar economy is...
Hindustan Times : Two muslim men were allegedly beaten to death and another critically injured by a mob over suspicion of cow smuggling in India, near the Raipur district in Chhattisgarh, police said on Friday. The incident took place at around 2:20 am on Thursday on the Mahanadi River bridge under the Arang police station area. The two deceased were identified as Chand Miyan and Guddu Khan. The injured, identified as Saddam, is undergoing treatment at the hospital. All three...
Business Report : Although the government has announced tax exemption for the information and communication technology sector for three years in the proposed national budget for FY2024-25, stakeholders feel that there is a need for policy support to achieve self-sufficiency. Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), Bangladesh Computer Samiti (BCS), Bangladesh Association of Contact Center and Outsourcing (BACCO), Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) and e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) leaders made such remark about the budget...
Agency : Teenage striker Endrick headed home an injury-time winner as Brazil defeated Mexico 3-2 in a warm-up friendly ahead...
Dhaka WASA authorities have decided to raise the water tariff by 10 percent from 1 July. According to the decision, they have set Tk 16.70 per 1,000 litres from Tk 15.18 per 1,000 litres for residential customers and for commercial customers; it will be Tk 46.20 per 1,000 litres from the existing price of Tk 42 per 1,000 litres. Questions have been raised over the logic behind the water price hike. As per the circular, the revised price will also...