Mark Chapman scored 132 and Daryl Mitchell 76 in a 199-run partnership as New Zealand made 344-9 and went on to beat Pakistan by 73 runs Saturday in the first one-day international, reports UNB. Chapman posted his third one-day international century and rebuilt the innings with Mitchell after New Zealand had been three wickets down in the 13th over, struggling ...

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus received an honorary doctorate degree from Peking University (PKU) in China on Saturday morning. The PKU conferred the honorary doctorate on the Bangladesh chief adviser at a function held at the university conference hall in Beijing. Chief Adviser Prof Yunus also delivered a lecture on the occasion. After wrapping up his four-day China tour, he ...

China Eastern Airlines has planned to operate flights from Bangladesh’s port city of Chattogram to Kunming to help people from the country’s east to take treatment in hospitals in the southern Chinese city, officials said Saturday. China has dedicated four Kunming hospitals for the treatment of patients from Bangladesh, but the high air ticket cost is seen as a major ...

Dhaka’s proposal to arrange a meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has gone unanswered by New Delhi. On Friday, India’s Ministry of External Affairs released a media statement detailing Modi’s schedule for the upcoming BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok, Thailand. Notably, the statement made no mention of a bilateral meeting with Yunus. Instead, it highlighted ...

First Lady of the Republic of Turkiye Emine Erdoğan has expressed heartfelt appreciation for Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus for his outstanding contributions and global advocacy in advancing the cause of zero waste. She came up with the appreciation at the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, according to the Bangladesh Mission in New York. Delivering the keynote address at ...

A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. At least 144 people were killed in Myanmar, where photos and video from two hard-hit cities showed extensive damage. At least eight died in the Thai capital, where a high-rise under construction collapsed, reports AP. The 7.7 magnitude quake, with an epicenter near ...

A strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, and people rushed out of buildings in panic in Yangon and also in Bangkok, the capital of neighbouring Thailand, witnesses said. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake was of 7.7 magnitude and at a depth of 10km. It was followed by a powerful aftershock. AFP reported that at least ...

Bangladesh Bank has announced a positive milestone for the country’s foreign exchange reserves, which have crossed $25 billion ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. According to data released by the central bank on Thursday (March 27), the country’s gross reserves now stand at $25.44 billion, largely due to a record inflow of remittances in March. Remittance inflows reached an all-time high ...

Sylhet is preparing for a massive influx of tourists during the nine-day extended Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, with around 80 percent of hotel and rest house rooms already booked. Tourism-related businesses expect at least 15 to 20 lakh visitors, generating a turnover of up to Tk 150 crore. Despite concerns over recent security incidents on highways and at tourist spots, law enforcement ...

“Bishwo Rang” has presented trendy and traditional look aesthetics in the clothes for the Eid-ul-Fitr celebrations. Keeping in mind the country’s climate, comfortable fabrics such as cotton, dhupian silk, tasar silk, linen, katan, jacquard fabrics have been used, and the moderate use of ‘mature tones’ of colours along with contrast colors is noticeable in the outfits. The medium of work ...