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'Pressure on Bangladesh rising but crisis risk low'
09:22 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayThe pressure on Bangladesh’s economy is building, even though the nation’s default risk is low, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “The main message is that although foreign-exchange reserves have dropped lately – this is from high levels, and the sovereign’s external vulnerability indicator is low...
Gold prices raised by Tk 2741 per bhori
09:04 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayThe prices of gold have been raised by Tk 2,741 per bhori (11.664 grams) in Bangladesh following a fall in local market prices. Now, gold of 22-carat will cost Tk 81,298 per bhori, 21-carat Tk 77,566, 18-carat Tk 66,485, and gold of traditional method Tk 55,171 respectively. The Bangladesh Jeweller’s Association's (BAJUS) standing committee on pricing and price monitoring took the decision in a meeting on Thursday...
Biden, Xi hold talks on Taiwan, trade dispute
08:00 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayPresident Joe Biden and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke by phone Thursday on mounting tensions over Taiwan, a festering trade dispute and their bid to keep the superpower rivalry in check. The White House said the phone call started at 8:33am in Washington (1233 GMT)...
BNP's expanses Tk 1.14cr higher than earnings in 2021
07:18 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayBNP has spent around Taka 1.14 crore more than its earnings in 2021 as it spent about Tk 1.98 crore while the party's earnings was Tk 84.12 lakh during the period...
64 hospitalized with dengue fever in 24 hrs
05:50 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdaySome 64 people with dengue fever were admitted to different hospitals in and outside the capital of Dhaka in the last 24 hours until Thursday morning...
Sri Lanka thrash Pakistan to level Test series
05:31 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdaySpinner Prabath Jayasuriya grabbed five wickets as Sri Lanka thumped Pakistan by 246 runs in the second Test to end the series 1-1 on Thursday...
Four Covid deaths, 618 cases recorded in 24 hrs
04:48 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayThe Bangladesh government reported four COVID-19 deaths and 618 cases in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of fatalities rose to 29,284 and infections stood at 20,04,188. The Directorate General of Health Services said this in a press release on Thursday...
Meta posts first-ever revenue drop as inflation throttles ad sales
04:29 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayMeta Platforms Inc issued a gloomy forecast after recording its first-ever quarterly drop in revenue on Wednesday, with recession fears and competitive pressures weighing on its digital ads sales...
Ronaldo still unhappy at Man Utd - Thursday's gossip
04:00 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayCristiano Ronaldo has told Manchester United he wants to be freed of his contract in order to play for a Champions League side but United have reiterated that they don't want to sell the 37-year-old Portugal forward. (Mail)...
Bairstow, Moeen's T20 fireworks help England to sink South Africa
03:36 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayOn a postage-stamp ground where the bowlers mustered few special deliveries and the batters sent most of their messages by air mail, there was one particularly memorable arrival...
42 dead in India after drinking toxic alcohol
02:51 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayAt least 42 people have died and nearly 100 others have been hospitalised in western India after drinking toxic alcohol, police said on Thursday, with authorities ordering a crackdown on bootleggers...
Kim Jong-un says North Korea ready to mobilise nuclear forces
01:49 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayNorth Korea is ready to mobilise its nuclear war deterrent, its leader Kim Jong-un has claimed...
PM stresses export instead of remittance to earn foreign currencies
01:23 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday underlined the need for focusing on export to earn foreign currencies instead of depending on remittance...
Met office predicts rain in parts of country
12:25 PM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayBangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on Thursday predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind at different parts of the country in next 24 hours as of 9 am tomorrow...
6 war criminals of Khulna get death penalty
11:59 AM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayThe International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-1 has sentenced six Razakars of Batiaghata in Khulna to death in a case filed over crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971. Justice Md Shahinur Islam, chairman of the three-member panel of the ICT-1, passed the order on Thursday...
Russia captures power station, redeploys troops toward southern Ukraine
10:24 AM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayRussian forces took over Ukraine's second-biggest power plant and are conducting a "massive redeployment" of troops to three southern regions, a Ukrainian presidential adviser said...
Twitter accepts Oct 17 trial but is concerned Musk will try to delay
10:03 AM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayTwitter Inc does not object to a proposal by Elon Musk to start on Oct. 17 a trial over Musk's bid to walk away from his $44 billion acquisition deal but the social media company wants a commitment to complete the trial in five days, Twitter said in a court filing on Wednesday...
Iraqi protesters storm the parliament in Baghdad’s Green Zone
09:48 AM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayHundreds of Iraqi demonstrators, most of them followers of the Iraqi Shia leader Muqtada al-Sadr, have stormed the parliament building in Baghdad to protest against the nomination for prime minister by Iran-backed parties...
Covid in China: Million in lockdown in Wuhan after four cases
08:43 AM, 28 Jul 2022 ThursdayAlmost one million people in a suburb of Wuhan - China's central city where the coronavirus was first recorded - have been placed under lockdown...
Kamal trashes int'l media reports on seeking bailout from lenders
09:45 PM, 27 Jul 2022 WednesdayFinance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Wednesday trashed the claims of international media that Bangladesh is seeking bailout from international lenders like the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...