Teesta water fluctuation: Farmers of 180 chars worried over ripe Aman
Farmers of 180 chars surrounded by the Teesta in the north are passing their days in anxiety. The reason is that the water of the Teesta river is sometimes rising and sometimes falling. With such fluctuation of water, farmers in 180 Teesta-surrounded…
184 arrested, drugs recovered in 145 drives in Rajshahi Range in 24 hours
In drives by Rajshahi Range police, 184 people have been arrested and a huge quantity of narcotics recovered. Police of different districts under the range conducted drives in the last 24 hours and arrested them and recovered the narcotics. This…
Thursday today: Which areas and markets in the capital are closed
Markets and shops in different areas of the capital remain closed on different days of the week. Often, after reaching the destination, one finds that the shops and markets of that area are closed that day. So, before going out, find out which…
Touchstone idol weighing 24.5kg seized in BGB drive on Thakurgaon border
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has seized a touchstone idol weighing 24 kilograms 450 grams in a drive in Thakurgaon. The Thakurgaon Battalion (50 BGB) conducted the drive late on Wednesday night. According to BGB, acting on its own intelligence last…
Trading begins on two bourses with indices rising on last day of week
Trading began with a rise in indices today, Thursday, the last working day of the week, on the country’s premier bourse Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the other bourse Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE). According to DSE and CSE sources, half an hour…
Terrorism and extortion in the eyes of Islam: The terrible consequences of oppression
One of the main features of a beautiful and benevolent society is that people’s lives, wealth and honour remain safe there. But terrorism, extortion, intimidation, oppression and the unjust seizure of wealth severely destroy that security and peace…
FIFA ranking: Portugal move up two places, Bangladesh and Brazil slip
World football’s governing body FIFA has published the men’s football team rankings in the middle of the UEFA Nations League. Portugal have improved in it; moving up two places, the team have risen to fifth. On the other hand, after losing…
Reserves cross $36 billion, remittance $630 million in six days of October
The country’s gross foreign exchange reserves have risen to US$36.12 billion. This picture emerged in the latest data published by Bangladesh Bank on Thursday. According to the central bank’s data, the country’s foreign exchange…
‘I don’t know if I will be here tomorrow’: Nana Patekar at his last event four days before death
Vishwanath ‘Nana’ Patekar, the renowned actor of Indian cinema and Padma Shri awardee, is no more. He breathed his last after suffering a cardiac arrest at a hospital in Goa at 5:20am on Thursday. He was 75. Just four days before his death,…
USA become World Cup League 2 champions for first time by beating Namibia
The United States have secured a four-wicket win after a neck-and-neck fight against Namibia in Dallas. And with that, the team’s ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 title has been confirmed. On Wednesday (7 October) at Grand Prairie…