Staff Reporter : Bangladesh’s foreign currency reserves went up by $318 million in the span of a week to hit $19.53 billion on June 19, central bank figures showed. It was $19.21 billion on June 12. The latest upward movement of the reserves will give much-needed relief to the US dollar supply, which has squeezed sharply in the last couple of years amid higher outflows against inflows. The rally might continue in the coming weeks as the country is set...
Day: June 21, 2024
City Desk : With an air quality index (AQI) score of 84 at 9:15am on Thursday, Dhaka ranked 19th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality. Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kinshasa, Indonesia’s Jakarta and Vietnam’s Hanoi occupied the first three spots on the list, with AQI scores of 179, 167 and 137, respectively, reports UNB. Dhaka has long grappled with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in the winter and improves during...
UNB, Dhaka : Bangladesh Men’s Under-21 Hockey team emerged Pool-A champions to reach the semi-finals of the Junior AHF Cup (U-21) Hockey tournament with an all-win record, crushing Indonesia by 7-0 in the last pool match at the Sengkang Sports Centre in Singapore on Thursday afternoon. After all four Pool-A matches, Bangladesh clinched the top slot, securing a full 12 points, while Thailand finished runners-up with nine points to qualify for the semi-final. In Pool B, China clinched the title...
Staff Reporter : A young man named Ifat has gone viral after purchasing a goat for 15 lakh taka from Sadeeq Agro in the capital for sacrifice during Eid-ul-Azha. Speculation arose that he might be the son of National Board of Revenue official Motiur Rahman. However, Rahman has publicly denied any connection to Ifat, stating, “I don’t know that boy who went viral in the goat incident. He is not my child. It is very embarrassing to involve my name.”...
AFP, Stuttgart : Hosts Germany became the first team to qualify for the knockout phase of Euro 2024 on Wednesday thanks to a 2-0 win over Hungary, while Scotland drew with Switzerland and Croatia’s hopes of progressing were left hanging in the balance after they were held by Albania. Germany followed up their 5-1 demolition of Scotland in the tournament’s opening game by seeing-off the Hungarians in Stuttgart, with Jamal Musiala and Ilkay Gundogan scoring either side of half-time. Julian...
Sports Reporter : Spirited Bangladesh Cricket team will meet high-flying Australia Cricket team in their first Group-1 match of the ‘Super Eight’ phase of the International Cricket Council (ICC) T20 World Cup (WC) today at North Sound in Antigua of West Indies. The match will start at 6:30am (Bangladesh Standard Time). Private satellite channel Nagorik TV will telecast the match live. Najmul Hossain Shanto will lead the Bangladesh as the captain, while Mitchell Marsh will lead Australia as the captain....
Sheikh Arif Bulbon : Tareen Jahan has been wandering in showbiz for almost four decades. Although she acted powerfully on the small screen, she was far away from the big screen. However, in recent times, Tareen has crossed that distance and is acting in movies. She was seen in Hridi Haq’s movie ‘1971 Shei Shob Din’ last year. In April of this year, the first Tollywood movie ‘Eta Amader Golpo’ starring Tareen was released in the theatres of West Bengal....
Former Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Hafeez believes Bangladesh can pose a strong challenge against any team on a favourable wicket and condition in the T20 World Cup. Bangladesh qualified for the Super-8 by securing three wins in the group stage from group D, beating bitter rival Sri Lanka, Netherlands and Nepal and tasted only defeat to South Africa. Bangladesh are placed in a group with two former World Cup champions India, Australia and Afghanistan for the Super Eight which means their...
Court Correspondent : A Dhaka court yesterday started recording the depositions of the complainant in the case filed over the murder of Awami League leader Jahidul Islam Tipu and college student Samia Afrin Prity in the capital’s Shahjahanpur area on March 24, 2022. The complainant of the case and victim Tipu’s widow, Farhana Islam Dolly, testified at the Special Judge Court-3 of Dhaka. After she completed testifying, the defence lawyers started cross-examining her. At the end of Thursday’s proceedings, Judge...
AFP : Fears of a regional war rose Thursday after Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah movement said none of Israel would be spared in a full-blown conflict, and Israel said it had approved plans for a Lebanon offensive. Experts are divided on the prospect of wider war, almost nine months into Israel’s vow to eradicate Hamas. On Wednesday Israel’s top army spokesman said Hamas, as an ideology, cannot be eliminated. Others, including US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, have also pointed to...
UNB : Police recovered the body of an unidentified man from the ambulance parking area of Dhaka Medical College and Hospital(DMCH) on Thursday. The identity of the deceased, aged around 50, could not be ascertained immediately. On information, Shahbagh police recovered the body and took it to the emergency department at around 10:20 am on Thursday. The body has been kept at the hospital morgue for an autopsy, said Md. Masud Mia, assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of DMCH police outpost....