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Nepal, June 4 -- The gist of the book is that Nepal should embrace the green economy development model to benefit from its vast forests, beautiful landscapes, and water resources.Currently, the world is battling against the painful COVID-19 pandemic. Also, more devastating climate-induced disasters are in the offing if the rising global temperature is not contained soon. This means, human society may fall from a health pandemic fry pan to a fire...

Doleshwar spinners outfox Gazi Group United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, June 5 -- Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club registered their second win in the ongoing Bangabandhu Dhaka Premier Division Twenty20 Cricket League beating Gazi Group Cricketers by 36 runs on Friday at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium. It was Doleshwars spin-bowling attack who destroyed the backbone of Gazi Groups batting line. Sharifullah, Shamim Hossain and Enamul Haque Jnr shared two wickets each...

Bangladesh, June 5 -- At least three people were killed Friday afternoon, including two of the same family, by lightning strikes in separate places in Chapainawabganj.The incidents occurred in the afternoon during thunderstorms.The deceased were identified as Annie Begum, 26, wife of Rana Ali of Panchrashia village of Sadar upazila's Sundarpur union, her son Nur Mohammad, 6, and Yamin Arafat, 10, son of Abdul Matin of Bakhar Ali village of...

Bangladesh, June 3 -- The UK Government has recognised Dr Tasnim Jara, a Bangladeshi doctor working at England's National Health Service, as a "Vaccine Luminary" in the G7 Global Vaccine Confidence Summit.As part of its G7 Presidency, the UK Government convened the Global Vaccine Confidence Summit on Wednesday, a first-of-its-kind event, bringing together global experts from across the public and private sectors to build and maintain confidence...

Nepal, June 3 -- Markets are at work in Nepali banking. Under the previous leadership, Nepal Rastra Bank, the country's central bank, did its best to convince commercial banks to actively pursue mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and was pretty much paid with lip service. The 2019-20 monetary policy went so far as to lay down several measures to encourage banks to tie the knot. One carrot used was letting the board of directors, CEOs and deputy CEOs...

Nepal, June 3 -- The untimely demise of Ujwal Thapa, founder of the Bibeksheel Sajha Party, has rightly aggrieved a significant number of Nepalis, especially youths who shared his enthusiasm for alternative politics. A young entrepreneur-turned-politician, he was a mentor to many young entrepreneurs and was a regular sight at civic protests. He was without doubt the most well-known face of the nascent alternative political movement in the...

KATHMANDU, June 3 -- The government has listed out 78 hotels and resorts including star hotels for quarantining people who enter Nepal via airways.As flights to Nepal-India were taking place in an air bubble arrangement, eight hotels were being used for passengers from India. The government has now added 70 more hotels that are willing to serve as quarantine space. Finance Minister Bishnu Poudel presenting the budget for fiscal year 2021/22 had...

On Wednesday, June 3 -- e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur hosted three second-round matches, where Prime Doleshwar Sporting Club, Gazi Group Cricketers, and Prime Bank Cricket Club won their respectivematches.The remaining second-round matches scheduled to take place on Thursday at the same venue. Bangladesh's Test captain Mominul Haque showed his T20 batting skill by playing a decisive knock for the Gazi Group Cricketers, who is generally overlooked...

First Bangladeshi film in Cannes Un Certain Regard: After Matir Moyna, Rehana Maryam Noor makes history United News of Bangladesh (UNB) Bangladesh, June 4 -- The 74th Cannes Film Festival has officially announced its selection of young Bangladeshi director Abdullah Mohammad Saads Rehana Maryam Noor, as one of the 18 films to be featured in its prestigious Un Certain Regard section this year. Following Thursdays announcement, Rehana Maryam Noor is set to become just the second Ba...

Bangladesh, June 4 -- The target of 7.2 percent GDP growth in the upcoming fiscal won't be fulfilled as it is not realistic considering different economic indicators, according to an immediate reaction to the proposed budget for 2021-22 from the Centre for Policy Dialogue, a leading think-tank."We think that the 7 percent plus GDP growth will not be materialistic and fulfilled," said CPD Executive Director Fahmida Khatun at a virtual press...