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“We will do whatever necessary to implement the announcement on freeing Bangladesh from tobacco menace,” he told an event in Dhaka on Wednesday. The minister claimed the number of smokers in Bangladesh has decreased to 35 percent of the population from 40 percent. But he expressed concerns over the rising […]

The Queen is in Dhaka as the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development. Mahmood Ali led a finance ministry delegation on Saturday at the meeting in the capital. Financial Institutions Secretary Ashadul Islam and Finance Secretary Abdur Raouf Talukder were also present as members of the delegation. […]

Spain dominated the opening 20 minutes and looked set to easily book their berth in next year’s finals but Sweden goalkeeper Robin Olsen pulled off a string of superb saves as his side grew into the game. Striker Berg put Sweden in front early in the second half after his […]

<![CDATA[ ]]> <![CDATA[ /**/ ]]> <![CDATA[ /**/ ]]>   >>  Reuters Published: 12 Oct 2019 04:28 AM BdST Updated: 12 Oct 2019 04:28 AM BdST India captain Virat Kohli chalked up his seventh double hundred in Tests before the hosts declared their first innings closed on 601 for five wickets […]

Lloris picked up the injury during Tottenham’s 3-0 league defeat by Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday. The 32-year-old Frenchman fell heavily into his goal as he tried to prevent Neal Maupay scoring after parrying the ball into the path of the Brighton striker. He was treated for six minutes […]

The traders of Chaktai and Khatunganj made the promise on Tuesday when the authorities fined several wholesalers and warned the others after finding that they had been selling the cooking ingredient at higher prices than normal. Assistant Commissioner (Land) Touhidul Islam inspected the markets on Thursday to check whether the […]

The western region of the country, especially Rajshahi, Chanpainawabganj, Kushtia and Natore in the Padma river basins may experience short-term floods, Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre’s Executive Engineer Md Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan said on Sunday. During the monsoon in July, over 3 million people of 28 districts were hit by a […]

The French champions, who still lead the standings with 15 points from seven games, looked nothing like the team who crushed Real Madrid 3-0 in the Champions League last week, failing to create clear chances at the Parc des Princes. Hassane Kamara headed home in the first half and Boulaye […]

Some 3,000 visitors were beaming into his tiny hometown this weekend, snapping selfies outside the secretive Area 51 military test base, running through sagebrush in alien costumes and dancing to throbbing club beats as part of a viral online joke bewitched to life. Day pointed to the signs nailed to […]

Dries Mertens scored from the penalty spot with eight minutes remaining after Andy Robertson tripped Jose Callejon inside the box. Napoli substitute Fernando Llorente added a second in stoppage time to put the result beyond doubt. In the other Group E game, Salzburg made an impressive start with a 6-2 […]