UNB : A 20-year-old Bangladeshi youth was gunned down allegedly by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) in bordering Patgram upazila of Lalmonirhat early Friday, according to Border Guards Bangladesh. The deceased was identified as Abul Kalam Daku, son of Apir Uddin of Dangapara area under Sreerampur union of the upazila. According to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and police, a group of people including the youth went to Indian border to bring cattle around 11pm. Sensing the presence of the suspected...
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Al Jazeera : India has voted in the second phase of the world’s biggest election, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his challengers raise the pitch of the campaign by focusing on hot-button issues such as religious discrimination, affirmative action and taxes. Almost one billion people are eligible to vote in the seven-phase general election that began on April 19 and concludes on June 1, with votes set to be counted on June 4. A total of 88 seats out...
Al Mamun Harun Ur Rashid, back from Shenzhen, China: Mindray, a leading global provider of medical devices and solutions, is set to expand its operations to Bangladesh, recognizing the significant market potential in the region. The company, which currently operates a branch in Kolkata, India, is eager to enhance Bangladesh’s medical device sector with affordable pricing and comprehensive support. During a recent interview at Mindray’s office in Shenzhen, China, Gary Guo, the company’s South Asia IVD Sales and Marketing Officer,...
Staff Reporter : An extreme heatwave affecting most parts of the country, including the capital city of Dhaka, has led to a noticeable decline in consumer visits to local kitchen markets. Traders have reported fewer customers since the heatwave intensified, coinciding with significant price hikes in basic commodities such as potatoes and onions. Post-Eid, the retail price of potatoes in Dhaka’s major markets like Karwan Bazar, Mogbazar, and Kalyanpur has surged to Tk55-Tk60 per kilogram, up from Tk48-Tk50 just before...
Reuters : The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on Friday. Israel’s military campaign against Gaza’s ruling Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has reduced much of the narrow, coastal territory of 2.3 million people to a wasteland with most civilians homeless, hungry and at risk of disease. Pehr Lodhammar, senior officer at the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS),...
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Sports
Sports Reporter : Dhaka Abahani Limited defeated Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra by a solitary goal in their match of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) Football at the Bashundhara Kings Arena in Dhaka on Friday. Reigning champions Bashundhara Kings led the points table gaining 31 points from 12 matches, while Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited took the second position collecting 26 points from 12 matches. Dhaka Abahani Limited are breathing on Mohammead’s neck grabbing 25 points from 13 matches. On the...
AFP, Jakarta : Indonesians celebrated on Friday after their spirited men’s team beat South Korea in the Under-23 Asian Cup quarter-finals in a dramatic penalty shootout, leaving them one step from qualifying for the Olympics for only the second time in history. They defeated their Asian rivals 11-10 on penalties after a 2-2 draw in Doha on Friday. The top three teams will qualify for this summer’s Olympic Games in Paris, while the fourth place side will face an Asian-African...
Agency : The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced Yuvraj Singh as an ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador, with 36 days to go until the T20 Cricket event begins. Yuvraj, who famously hit 36 runs in an over during the first ever T20 World Cup in 2007 which he and India ultimately won, will attend a range of exciting World Cup promotional events in the United States in the lead-up to and during the T20 showpiece, including the...
Agency : Rafael Nadal thrashed 16-year-old wild card Darwin Blanch 6-1, 6-0 in the first round of the Madrid Open on Thursday and will face Australian 10th seed Alex de...
A 17-year-old Indonesian bowler took 7/0 to break the world record for the best individual bowling figures in all T20Is. On her debut, Indonesia’s Rohmalia Rohmalia took seven wickets while conceding zero runs to register the best bowling figures in all T20Is – men’s and women’s. In the fifth T20I of a bilateral series against Mongolia in Bali, teenage off-spinner Rohmalia bowled 20 deliveries, all dot balls, and dismissed seven batters for ducks to achieve the record figures on Thursday....
Business
Business Report : Grameenphone, the largest mobile phone operator in Bangladesh, logged a Tk 1,338 crore profit in the first quarter of the financial year 2024, riding on reduced net finance costs and foreign exchange gains. The telecom company, the most valued scrip in Bangladesh’s stock market, reported a 72 percent higher profit in the January-March quarter from a year ago, thanks also to reduced income tax expenses, according to its unaudited financial statement posted on its website late on...
AFP, Tokyo : The weak yen is putting pressure on the Bank of Japan to tighten monetary policy, analysts say, although it is not expected to hike its main interest rate when it wraps up a two-day meeting on Friday. With the yen at three-decade lows, speculation has grown that Japan’s government could intervene in forex markets to prop up the currency for the first time since 2022. Early Friday, one dollar bought 155.58 yen, compared with 155.74 the previous...
Business Desk : Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has invited South Korean investors to invest more in Export Processing Zones (EPZs) of Bangladesh and BEPZA Economic Zone located at...
REUTERS, Denis Balibouse : Nestle denied Thursday that it was applying any “double standard” after an NGO accused the Swiss food giant of selling baby food with high levels of added sugar in low-income countries but not in wealthier nations. “There is no double standard,” the company said in a statement. “We apply the same nutrition, health and wellness principles everywhere.” In a report published last week, Swiss NGO Public Eye said that “two of the best-selling baby-food brands marketed...
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Entertainment
Entertainment Desk : Noted musician Kamal Ahmed has officially launched a digital archive to preserve and showcase his musical journey, said a press release. Kamal Ahmed, who is mainly a...
Entertainment Report : In a resounding declaration of victory for maternal rights, the name of actress Azmeri Haque Badhon echoed through the courtroom once more, but this time with resolute...
Entertainment Report : Indian actress Paoli Dam is set to star in the government-funded movie titled ‘Neel Jochhona’, adapted from Mostak Ahmed’s parapsychology novel titled ‘Neel Jochhonar Jibon’. Portraying the...
Entertainment Report : Ekushey Padak and the National Film Award-winning living legend actress Dilara Zaman played the role of Shakib Khan’s grandmother in Himel Ashraf directed movie ‘Rajkumar’, which was...
Entertainment Report : The Bangladesh Film Censor Board has given the final verdict that Raihan Rafi’s awaited movie ‘Omingmashito’ is not suitable for showing in front of the audience. Md...
Life Style
Campus Life : Jointly organized by the NSU School of Health Science and the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, USA, a certificate course titled “Analytics & Machine Learning Techniques for Maternal and Health Interventions” was held at the NSU campus on 17 July, 2023. The event aimed to explore the applications of machine learning in improving maternal healthcare and brought together renowned experts and professionals in the field.The lead speaker at the event was Dr. Javed Mostafa, an...
Campus Report : The UAP Law Orators Debating Club (UAPLODC) is committed to the development of a debating community among the students of the Department of Law and Human Rights at the University of Asia Pacific (UAP). In addition to fostering creativity via debating, the club’s objectives include sharing and critiquing the work of peers; develop excellent oral and written communication skills, excellent critical thinking skills, and effective tools for research, organization and presentation. Debate helps students become more interested...
