Flick demands 'focus' ahead of crunch Atletico clash
Hansi Flick warned his Barcelona stars they need to focus to avoid crumbling against Atletico Madrid on Sunday in La Liga as they have in their previous two meetings this season.
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Bangladesh Bank dissolves boards of 3 more private banks
The Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday reconstituted boards of directors of three more private commercial banks, extending its restructuring efforts in the banking sector following the political transition on August 5...
Three people killed in truck-auto rickshaw collision
Three people were killed and three others were injured as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw crashed into a truck at village Chanpur Bridge in Phulpur upazila of Mymensingh on Monday...
Russia claims counter-offensive into Ukraine鈥檚 Sumy region
Russia on Sunday announced a cross-border offensive had captured territory in Ukraine鈥檚 Sumy region for the first time since 2022 as Kyiv struggles to hold onto territory in Russia鈥檚 neighbouring Kursk region...
Train movement disrupted on Dhaka-M鈥檚ingh route as engine catches fire
Train movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh route remained suspended for one and a half hours on Saturday after an engine of a train caught fire near Dhala Station in Trishal upazila in Mymensingh district...
Bangladesh may take advantage of global trade tension
The trade tension across the world is shifting the wind, and Bangladesh may rather take advantage of it, says an industry leader...
Battery-run rickshaw drivers block highway over fellow鈥檚 murder
Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway for four hours on Tuesday in the Natun Bazar area of Gazipur protesting at the alleged murder of their fellow driver by minibus staff...
Ukraine timeline tells the tale
THE way to prevent the Ukraine war from being understood is to suppress its history...
Barca defying expectations with treble fight: Flick
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick said Saturday that at the start of his reign nobody expected the Catalan giants would be fighting for three trophies in March.
Juba Dal leader killed in internal clash in Sherpur
A Bangladesh Nationalist Party-backed Juba Dal leader was killed and his two associates were injured in an attack allegedly by rivals over establishing supremacy in Sherpur Sadar on Tuesday night...
Flick upset by referee harassment
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick showed his anger at the harassment of La Liga referees on Friday, after weeks of complaints from title rivals Real Madrid about Spanish arbitration.
Faruque Ahmed joins DMTCL as managing director
Faruque Ahmed, a Bangladeshi civil engineer having experiences to work on different metro rail projects in different countries, joined Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited as the managing director on Wednesday...
DMTCL employees threaten to stop metro rail services from Friday
Some of the officials and employees of the Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited have threatened to stop metro rail services on February 21 if their demand for independent service rules is not met...
Two killed in Mymensingh road accident
Two passengers of an autorickshaw were killed, and its driver was seriously injured in a head-on collision between the three-wheeler and a human hauler in Bhaluka upazila of Mymensingh.
Dev sector jobs, services in Bangladesh hit by USAID fund suspension
Many non-governmental organisations and marginalised communities who benefit from different socio-economic services provided by these organisations in Bangladesh are already feeling the impact of the USAID fund freeze ordered by United States president Donald Trump in January...
Taiwan detects 62 Chinese aircraft as US ships transit waters
Taiwan said Wednesday it detected 62 Chinese military aircraft near the self-ruled island this week, as two US ships sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait...
Trump, real estate and dreams of ethnic cleansing
PRESIDENT Donald J Trump likes teasing out the unmentionable, and the Israel-Palestinian situation was hardly going to be any different. With a touch of horror and the grotesque, he offered a solution to the issue of what would happen to Gaza at the conclusion of hostilities. In a White House press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, he...
S Alam鈥檚 brother Labu embezzles Tk 10cr from Al Arafah鈥檚 CSR
Al-Arafah Islami Bank former chairman Abdus Samad Labu, brother of S Alam, has allegedly embezzled Tk 10 crore from the bank鈥檚 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund, according to a Bangladesh Bank inspection report...
India largely responsible for electoral system ruin: Odhikar
Rights group Odhikar in its yearly report has claimed that the Indian ruling party was largely responsible for destroying the electoral system in Bangladesh...
Tahsan Khan, Tasnia Farin inaugurate MICLO鈥檚 new showroom
MICLO Bangladesh inaugurated its 14th outlet at Notun Bazar Mor in Mymensingh on Saturday, said a press release.
Policeman killed in M鈥檚ingh road accident
An assistant sub-inspector was killed in a road accident in Mymensingh鈥檚 Muktagacha upazila on Saturday afternoon...
Iran warns against 鈥榚thnic cleansing鈥� of Palestinians
Iran on Monday condemned US president Donald Trump鈥檚 proposal to relocate Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, warning it would amount to 鈥榚thnic cleansing鈥�.
US foreign aid suspension hurts global development
IN 2019, I worked with a USAID-funded project called Nobo Jatra, which was implemented across 40 unions in the Khulna and Satkhira districts of Bangladesh. One of these unions was Buri Goalini, located in Shyamnagar Upazila. Like many other villages in the southwestern region of the country, Buri Goalini suffered from high salinity levels, leading to...
US aid suspension and its consequences
THE suspension of US aid can have wide-ranging impacts both on the countries directly affected and on global dynamics. The United States has been a major source of humanitarian, economic, and military assistance to numerous countries, particularly in regions like Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America...
Media reform should address sectoral male bias
WOMEN鈥橲 rights activists and media scholars consider developing a gender-sensitive reporting strategy and an effective system to monitor journalistic practices in print, broadcast and digital media as a priority agenda for media sector reforms. They have expressed their concern at a roundtable discussion on gender-sensitive reporting and said that the...
Flick demands Barca focus more after Liga slump
Barcelona coach Hansi Flick called on his team to show more concentration in La Liga on Saturday after a dismal run of domestic form.
JP wants early inclusive general elections
Jatiya Party on Wednesday demanded early general elections in an inclusive and credible manner for the country鈥檚 democratic transition...
LICENSING AND NETWORK POLICY REFORM: BTRC committee to submit proposals by March
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has formed a network and licensing re-organisation committee that plans to submit reform proposals to the interim government by March, with an aim to make the telecom sector more competitive and cooperative...
DCCI for policy reforms for post-LDC transition
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Taskeen Ahmed stressed the need for urgent reforms and modernisation of Bangladesh鈥檚 trade and investment frameworks...