The highly anticipated Group A match between India and Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2022 will take place on August 28 (Monday) in Dubai. The Pakistan team can draw motivation from their resounding victory over India in their most recent meeting at the Dub…
The 22nd Dubai Open Chess Tournament began on Saturday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).Five Bangladeshi players –GM Ziaur Rahman, IM Mohammad Fahad Rahman, FM Tahsin Tajwar Zia, FM Mehdi Hasan Parag and FM Md Taibur Rahman — are taking part in t…
Afghanistan made a flying start in the Asia Cup outplaying five times champions Sri Lanka by eight wickets with 59 balls remaining in the opening match at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE on Saturday.After dismissing Islanders Sri Lanka c…
Grameenphone (GP) has brought Asia Cup cricket matches through MyGP with the users’ mobile balance.“MyGP” a digital lifestyle solutions on-the-go, aspires to become digital home of cricket for its users, said a press release on Saturday.This service wi…
Bangladesh Bank Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder on Saturday said it is not possible to lift the interest rate cap on bank lending (9 percent) in the current situation.He said this while speaking at a program at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management …
Power blackouts and high import prices are fuelling fears that Bangladesh’s previous gains could be reversed by the global crisis, according to the Financial Times.In South Asia, a region of almost 2 billion people across India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka,…
State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid has claimed that the power supply situation has been better in the current month than that in the previous month.“The power supply situation will further improve in the next month….the…
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) Rangpur organised the webinar “Compliance of Shari’ah in Banking Operations” Saturday.Mohammed Nasir Uddin, director of the bank, spoke at the webinar as chief guest.Muhammad Qaisar Ali, additional managing directo…
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the eighth Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge in Pirojpur district on September 4.Once open, the bridge will connect Pirojpur with southeastern districts of the country as well as mitigate the unemployment p…
Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Friday in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe.The move came a day afte…
A Bangladeshi-flagged ship has started its journey from Muktarpur of Munshiganj to India carrying jhut, the scrap fabric produced by the RMG industry, for the first time in the country’s history.The ship ‘MV Razzaku’ started its journey around 12:45 pm…
A section of tea workers agreed to suspend their ongoing strike after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina raised their daily wage to Tk 170 from Tk 120 on Saturday, in a meeting with the owners of the tea gardens. Another section however, would make a decisio…
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