News Desk : Seven more people have died of dengue while 1,209 new patients have been hospitalised with the Aedes...
Day: November 8, 2024
Staff Reporter : A Dhaka court has placed Amir Hossain Amu, a member of the Awami League Advisory Council and...
BBC Online : At least 40 people were killed in Israeli air strikes in eastern Lebanon on Wednesday, according to the Lebanese health ministry. The Israeli military said the strikes, in the governorates of Baalbek and Bekaa, hit operatives and infrastructure of the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah. Lebanon’s culture minister said one of the strikes seriously damaged an Ottoman-era building in the vicinity of the Roman ruins in the city of Baalbek, which is a Unesco World Heritage site. Strikes...
Staff Reporter : BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman extended his congratulations to Donald Trump on his re-election as the President...
News Desk : The government has formed a 11-member working group to build ‘Blue Network’ for bringing back flow in the canals in Dhaka after recovering those from illegal encroachments, according to a notification issued here on November 5 to this end. “To bring back normal flow of Dhaka’s canals and build ‘Blue Network’ centering the canals after making those free from illegal occupations and pollutions, a working group of 11 members was formed,” the notification said.The members of the...
Staff Reporter : Mahmudur Rahman, acting editor of the Amar Desh newspaper, asserted that Bangladesh’s hard-fought revolution would remain unaffected...
Agency : In a crushing batting collapse, Bangladesh suffered a 92-run defeat to Afghanistan on Wednesday night. At one point,...
BSS, Dhaka : Veteran Bangladesh wicket-keeper batter Mushfiqur Rahim was ruled out of the two remaining matches against Afghanistan after...
Brandon King and Keacy Carty blasted centuries as the West Indies (WI) scored a series-clinching eight-wicket victory over England in the third and final game of their One Day International series at Kensington Oval on Wednesday. Replying to the visitors’ total of 263 for eight, King and Carty featured in a second-wicket stand of 209, the duo making light of what could have been a daunting task following the early loss of Evin Lewis. King fell for 102 with victory...
Business Report : Food inflation soared to 12.66% in October, from 10.40% in September, pushing up general inflation as well. The overall inflation rose to 10.87% in October, from 9.92% in September, according to the latest data from the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) published on Thursday. However, non-food inflation eased slightly, declining to 9.34% from 9.50% in September.Dr Zaid Bakht, former research director of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), told The Business Standard, “Inflation is influenced by both...
Business Report : The interim government should address institutional shortcomings, particularly the lack of a dedicated body for the national social insurance scheme, said Khondaker Golam Moazzem, research director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD). Coordination challenges have led to fragmented efforts across ministries, with limited institutional memory due to frequent leadership changes and insufficient documentation, he noted. He made the comments at the Second Social Insurance Forum on November 6 jointly organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue...