AFP, Miami : World number three Jannik Sinner survived a scare from Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor as he moved into the fourth round of the Miami Open with a 5-7, 7-5, 6-1 victory on Sunday. The second-seed Italian, a two-time finalist in Miami, struggled against Griekspoor’s power play in the first set but turned the contest around after a rain break at 3-3 in the second set. Sinner came out fighting and took the second before utterly dominating the third to...
Day: March 26, 2024
City Desk : “Global temperatures are rising and so are sea levels. Biodiversity and agricultural land are being damaged by salinity, and freshwater sources are shrinking in Bangladesh). One of the challenges for us is to maintain the proper supply of fresh water in the future,” he added. As the chief guest, Tazul was addressing a discussion styled “Water for Peace” at a Dhaka hotel on Sunday, marking this year’s World Water Day, reports media. The Department of Public Health...
Court Correspondents : Five students of Dhaka University have been sued for allegedly assaulting a police official in Shahbagh area. Selim Aktar, Inspector of Economic Crime and Human Trafficking Division of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime unit under the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, filed the case with Shahbagh Police Station on Sunday. The accused are Ratan Sarker, Sabbir, Shanto, Imran and Rajib, said Mostajirur Rahman, Officer-in-Charge of Shahbagh Police Station. According to the case statement, Inspector Selim had a dispute...
IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman finished 8th in the Hanoi Grandmaster (GM)-2 Chess held in Hanoi, Vietnam. IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman earned 3.5 points out of nine games. In the 9th or last round games were held on Sunday. IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman lost to FM Vaz Ethan of India. GM Tran Tuan Minh of Vietnam emerged champion and IM Quizon Daniel became runner-up with six points each. The event was held in round robin league system and a total of...
AFP : The bodies of at least 11 Rohingya refugees have been recovered off Indonesia’s westernmost coast after their boat...
Business Report : Biman Bangladesh Airlines is set to resume its Dhaka-Rome-Dhaka direct flight from Tuesday night after nine years prompted by a large number of expatriate Bangladeshi community residing in Italy. “We are all set to resume the flight. As per our market analysis, the Dhaka-Rome-Dhaka will be another popular one like our London (UK) Toronto (Canada) and Narita (Japan) routes,” Biman’s Managing Director and CEO Shafiul Azim said on Monday, reports BSS....
Al Amin : The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken proactive measures to dispose of value-added tax (VAT) cases...
Al Jazeera : North Korea has claimed that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida requested a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but said any meeting was unlikely without a policy shift by Tokyo. There was no immediate comment from Japan’s government on Monday. In the statement carried by state media, Kim’s sister and senior official, Kim Yo Jong, said Kishida used “another channel” to convey his position that he wants to meet the North Korean leader in person...
City Desk : Wen, the Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh: Prof Dr ASM Yao Maksud Kamal, vice chancellor of the University of Dhaka; Chen Dongxiao, president of the Shanghai Institutes for International Studies; and representatives from the Academy of Contemporary China and World Studies, East China Normal University, Yunnan University and Tongji University attended the opening ceremony on Sunday. More than 400 people from the Bangladesh government, political parties, universities, enterprises, media and international organizations, as well as Chinese representatives, participated,...
Staff Reporter : Vice Chancellor of Comilla University Prof AFM Abdul Moyeen, who aspires to elevate the university a centre of excellence, has lamented that he has been facing challenges from a faction of teachers. The VC accused the teachers of obstructing university progress by their unreasonable demands. Speaking to journalists at a city restaurant on Monday, he disclosed that this group of teachers has resorted to threats of physical violence, citing previous instances where two former vice-chancellors were unable...