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Photo: LAXMIPUR: Over a hundred houses and shops

2015-09-24 00:00:00

BD A lead by 59 runs with seven wickets left against Karnataka

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Touring Bangladesh A team took 59 runs lead over Karnataka Cricket Association team on the 2nd day of the three-day cricket match at the Srikantadatta Narasimha Raja Wadeyar ground in Mysore Wednesday, reports UNB. Replying to Bangladesh's first innings total...

Nat’l booters beat U-19 team in practice match

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Bangladesh National Football team, now preparing FIFA World Cup and AFC Cup Qualifiers, beat Bangladesh Under-19 team by a solitary goal in a practice match at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. Shahedul Alam Shahed scored...

Govt clears women\\\'s cricket team\\\'s Pak tour

2015-09-24 00:00:00

The government has cleared the Bangladesh women's cricket team's tour of Pakistan. The Ministry of Youth and Sports sent a letter to the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Tuesday, giving the go-ahead, reports bdnews24.com. "The women's cricket team is supposed to...

Ticket shortage proves boon for rental car businesses

Yasir Wardad | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

Rent-a-car owners did good business taking the advantage of the scarcity of tickets in public transports ahead of the holy Eid-ul-Azha. The sacrificial festival will be celebrated on September 25 (Friday). Service-holders got one or two days before they went...

Most garment firms pay August wages: BGMEA

FE Report | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

Workers of most apparel factories received their wages for August month along with the festival allowance for Eid-ul-Azha, the industry leaders and officials said on Wednesday. However, majority of the factories failed to live up to their promises of paying...

News Briefs

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Max Gr signs purchase deal with GE MAX Group recently signed an agreement with American GE for purchase of EEP that consists of Gas turbine, HRSG and steam turbine for a combined cycle power plant in Fenchuganj, owned by Kushiara...

Photo: Farmers Bank

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Photo: Max Group

2015-09-24 00:00:00

‘Legally binding’ climate deal a must for SDGs

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Different organisations including farmers, labour, civil society right groups in a human chain held in front of the National Press Club urged the Prime Minister to demand a legally binding climate treaty during the UN Sustainable Development Summit, says a...

Hili Land Port trade closed for five days

2015-09-24 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Sept 23 (BSS) :  The import and export activities will remain suspended for five days from Wednesday (today) through Hili Land Port (HLP) under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha, official sources said. According...

‘Nation achieves success in power generation’

2015-09-24 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Sept 23 (BSS):  The nation has achieved  success through increasing its own power generation capacity to become self-reliant on electricity very soon on its way to build a middle income Bangladesh. Member of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of...

PM for expansion of tourism industry

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday urged the private entrepreneurs to supplement the government efforts to make the "Visit Bangladesh 2016" programme successful for the development and expansion of tourism industry, reports BSS. "Participation of local people in the tourism activities...

Kapotakkha dredging project raises hope among locals

2015-09-24 00:00:00

KHULNA, Sept 23  (UNB) : Tk 2.62 billion Kapotakkha River dredging project is now nearing completion, raising hope among the people living in its vicinity that there will be a better life for them soon. Once implemented fully, it will...

Photo: Midland Bank Limited (MDB)

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Preference for value stocks drives gaining spree

FE Report | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

Stocks posted marginal gains last week that ended on Tuesday, extending the winning streak for the two weeks in a row, as post-Eid expectation encouraged the investors to take position on value stocks. Analysts said the market stayed positive as...

IDLC Finance elects chair, EC chair

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Rubel Aziz and Md Shahidul Ahsan have been elected chairman and chairman of the Executive Committee (EC) respectively of IDLC Finance. They were elected at a meeting of the board of directors of the company held in the city Tuesday,...

Photo: Beximco Group

2015-09-24 00:00:00

ICB discloses NAV of 15 mutual funds

FE Report | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

The ICB Asset Management Company, a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed net asset value (NAV) of its 10 mutual funds and five open-ended mutual funds at the close of business operation on September 21, 2015. According to...

Regulator forms body to amend SEC rules

FE Report | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

The securities regulator has formed a three-member body to amend the Securities and Exchange Commission (Market Maker) Rules, 2000 for ensuring the market's supportive role, officials said. The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) formed the body on Tuesday at...

Photo: Social Islami Bank Limited (SIBL) and Pran-RFL group signed an agreement organisations.

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Photo: Fareast Islami Life Insurance Co Ltd

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Brandwitz branding competition is back

Nabid Hassan | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

Brandwitz, the biggest branding competition is back for its seventh edition and is shaping up to be bigger than ever before. Brandwitz '15 is being organised jointly by the Access to Information (A2i) Programme of the Prime Minister's Office and...

Third Wedu leadership development workshop at AUW

Moury Rahman | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

Wedu leadership workshop was held at Asian University for Women (AUW) in Chittagong on  September 20, 2015. For the third time, AUW students who are the Wedu Rising Stars conducted the workshop for the whole new group of students who...

An emergency in slow motion: Health education chaos

Seeme Saha | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

Doctors are super heroes in white aprons. They mend the bones we break, stitch the skin we tear, clean the arteries we clog and fix the nerves we wreck. They give up sleep studying all night to make sure we...

No atmosphere to enjoy Eid festival: Khaleda

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Greeting the country's people on the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, BNP chairperson Khaleda feared that people were unlikely to be able to properly enjoy the festival due to the 'prevailing anarchic situation' in the country, reports UNB. In a message marking...

Khaleda Zia\\\'s threat to topple govt after Eid in paper only: Hanif

2015-09-24 00:00:00

KUSHTIA, Sept 23 (BSS): A senior Awami League (AL) leader said on Wednesday BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's threat to topple the government through a movement after Eid-ul-Azha will remain only in papers. "People of the country will not respond to...

TICFA talks meaningless, if GSP not restored: Tofail

FE Report | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said on Wednesday the TICFA talks with the US will not be meaningful, unless Bangladesh gets back the preferential trade facility in the US market. Tofail made the comment while talking to reporters after a meeting...

ACC lodges 15 more cases

FE Report | 2015-09-24 00:00:00

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) lodged 15 more cases on Wednesday in connection with the swindling of money from the state-run Basic Bank Limited, totalling 54 cases recommended by the ACC investigation committee. The ACC team filed eight cases with Gulshan...

Three officials made secretaries

2015-09-24 00:00:00

Three senior officials have been promoted to the rank of secretary, reports UNB. The Public Administration Ministry issued separate gazette notifications in this regard on Wednesday. Acting secretary of the Statistics and Informatics Division Begum Kaniz Fatema has been made...