Moulvibazar Correspondent : A young woman has reportedly committed suicide jumping before a running train at Kamalganj upazila in Moulvibazar district. The incident took place at Shamshernagar Railway Station on Saturday afternoon. The identity of the deceased could not be known immediately. Shamshernagar Railway Station master Jamal Uddin said a Dhaka-bound train Jayantika Express was passing the station at around ...

India’s Gautam Adani dropped four places to become the world’s seventh-richest person on Friday as the companies in his empire lost a combined $48 billion in market capitalisation since Wednesday following a scathing report by a US short-seller. Hindenburg Research had raised concerns about high debt at the group and accused it of improper use of entities set up in ...

Britain’s finance minister will dismiss “gloom” over the country’s recession-threatened economy and vow to tap into Brexit opportunities to bolster growth in a key speech on Friday. Jeremy Hunt will lay out his growth plan in London’s City finance district, following recent criticism from the business community, and insist that the nation is not in long-term decline. “Declinism about Britain was wrong ...

Three aircraft crashed in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, according to agencies report. One aircraft crashed in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur district. Superintendent of Police Shyam Singh said the aircraft crashed in an open field in the Ucchain area of the city. However, it was not immediately clear whether it was a helicopter or a plane. It was also not known ...

The World Health Organization  began discussions on lowering the level of alert about the coronavirus. WHO sources said no decision would be announced before Monday. The WHO’s emergency committee on COVID-19 is holding its 14th meeting since the start of the pandemic. The panel meets every three months to discuss the crisis and then brief WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. ...

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen inaugurated two new units of the Sylhet M.A.G. Osmani Medical College and Hospital today. “The ICU-3 and NCDC units will contribute to improving healthcare for the people of the region,” he said while addressing the inauguration ceremony. He urged the concerned authorities to start working on developing a second branch of the hospital. “Another ...

Habiganj Correspondent : A 55-year-old caretaker of a water pump was stabbed dead allegedly by miscreants in Lakhai upazila of Habiganj district early Friday. Lal Miah was a resident of Jhirunda village under the upazila. Locals and police said the victim used to work as a guard of a water pump operated to water cropland in Bawa Haor. Like other ...

Fast bowlers Hasan Mahmud and Azmatullah Omarzai shared six wickets as Rangpur Riders romped to a six-wicket win over Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) table topper Sylhet Strikers at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Friday. Playing their first match at their home venue, Mashrafe Bin Mortaza’s side was restricted to 92-9, a total that Rangpur overhauled comfortably with 93-4 in 15.4 ...

The only way to find calm and comfort in today’s highly uncertain world is via books. Since entrepreneurship has been a hot topic in recent years, several business titans have documented their entrepreneurial journeys. The top 5 business books you shouldn’t miss reading this year are as follows: Engineered in India: From Dreams to Billion-Dollar Cyient Authored by BVR Mohan ...

Epic Properties on Thursday celebrated its 20th anniversary with various events in Chattogram city. Chittagong City Corporation Mayor Mohammad Rezaul Karim Chowdhury was present as the chief guest in the event held in a hotel in the city. Epic Properties Chairman engineer Lokman Kabir gave the welcome speech at the event. The daily Azadi Editor MA Malek, former Chattogram city ...