UKRAINE, Feb 2 (AP): Officials say five Ukrainian soldiers have been killed and 29 wounded in the past day in eastern Ukraine as fighting rages around a strategic railway hub. Defence Ministry Spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov told The Associated Press Monday...
Tunisia PM announces coalition cabinet with Islamists TUNIS, Feb 2: Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid on Monday presented a new coalition government with a cabinet dominated by the secular Nidaa Tounes party but also including members from its Islamist rivals....
Hosts Bangladesh reached their dream semifinal of the six-nation Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament as Group A runners-up eliminating all-loser Sri Lanka by 1-0 goal at the flood-lit Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB. Attacking midfielder...
Ace Bangladesh cricketer Shakib Al Hassan has once again been ranked as the best all-rounder in one-day cricket, reports bdnews24.com. Regaining the top slot in one-day cricket, southpaw is now again on the top of the list in all three...
Top order batsman Zunaid Siddique smashed a brilliant ton saw Rajshahi Division heading for a big total in their first innings as they scored 379 for 7 in 90 overs against Chittagong Division on the second day of the four-day...
SEOUL, Feb 2 (AP): When South Korea returned home after collecting just one point at last year's World Cup, fans in Seoul heckled the players and offered the local insult of pelting them with candy. On Sunday evening, just 24...
Umme Sifat Tuli, a Masters student of the Department of English, emerged champion in the annual sports competition of Bangladesh Kuwait Moitri Hall of Dhaka University (DU), reports BSS. Najneen Nahar, a Masters student of the Department of Philosophy, and...
KARACHI, Feb 2 (BSS/AFP): Pakistan paceman Mohammad Irfan aims to make an impression both on the field at the World Cup as well as off it, which isn't hard for a man who stands at seven feet one inch. "I...
MADRID, Feb 2 (Agencies): Barcelona moved back to within a point of La Liga leaders Real Madrid as they twice came from behind to beat Villarreal 3-2 in a thrilling encounter Sunday. Madrid loanee Denis Cheryshev put Villarreal ahead against...
PHOENIX, Feb 2 (BSS/AFP): American Brooks Koepka won his first US PGA title by holding off Hideki Matsuyama, Martin Laird and Masters champion Bubba Watson over Sunday's final holes to win the $6.3 million Phoenix Open. Koepka fired a bogey-free...
Obama weighs in on deflated footballs, politics WASHINGTON, Feb 2: President Barack Obama said on Sunday the NFL should consider having referees control game footballs instead of individual teams and he defended his aggressive stance with congressional Republicans during a...
Shahabuddin Rajon | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
Uncertainty is a threat to investment. This is why, hartals and blockades unnerve the potential local and foreign investors who stay away from investing until their confidence about the future is restored. In estimating the economic cost of hartal and...
M. Serajul Islam | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
The Egyptian and Palestinian Ambassadors in Dhaka called for banning political parties that use violence to further their political ends, according to media reports that quoted the Bangladesh Foreign Minister. Some papers that covered this news also reported that the...
The move by the country's apex trade promotion organisation to break the current impasse in the form of blockades and occasional hartals is otherwise well intended to save the economy from the severe effects of the current turmoil. As part...
Wasi Ahmed | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
The country's pharmaceutical sector, despite its commendable growth, is fraught with the big question whether it would get period by way of an additional transitional period until the WTO Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement comes into full force. Although...
Gopal Sengupta | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
On the 26th day of countrywide shutdown and blockade, a retired police officer, along with three members of his family, sufferred burn injuries as shutdown and blockade supporters threw petrol bombs/Molotov cocktails at a public bus in Dhaka last Thursday....
World Cancer Day is observed on February 04 every year - and our country is no exception. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide and it is a battle the human being is yet to win. The...
Thinking of secondary students, we feel so numbed with shock that we can hardly think about their future. We do not know what will happen to these innocent students. We can not trust the politicians, whether they are in the...
A report from Rajshahi points to a potentially endless source of organic fertiliser. It is better and more useful for the soil than the usual chemical fertilisers. It uses human excreta which after proper composting, can be used as a...
Ahsan H. Mansur concluding his three-part paper titled \'Foreign currency regulations and implications for private investment\' | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
International experience indicates that capital account liberalisation is most successful when the process is continued in a good macroeconomic and strong BOP (balance of payment) environment. Our preliminary assessment is that, based on traditional indicators for strengthened external position, Bangladesh...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
Abolition of trade benefits by the US, the major buyer of Bangladeshi shafts, has left little impact on the export of Bangladeshi golf shafts, with shipment rising by more than 35 per cent in six months to December, the government...
Shah Alam Nur | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
The Department of Explosives (DoE) is set to launch a crackdown soon on the manufacturing units using compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinders illegally, as it bears risks of accident, officials said. They said the move has been taken to protect...
Sonia H Moni | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
Shrimp exporters have incurred around Tk 2.80 billion in losses since the BNP-led opposition parties enforced transport blockade in early January, an industry leader said. "Transportation problem has almost broken supply chain of raw materials. We're counting a loss of...
FE Report | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
Hartal and indefinite blockade for nearly a month took its toll on the tannery sector which suffered a loss of about Tk 4.59 billion, tannery leaders said Monday at a press conference. The Bangladesh Tanners Association (BTA) organised the press...
ICMAB elects new president Abu Sayed Md Shaykhul Islam has been elected president of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB). He was elected in a meeting of the institute in the city on Monday. Besides, Arif...
FE Report | 2015-02-03 00:00:00
The cabinet at a meeting on Monday approved the National Information and Communication Technology Guidelines, 2015 to gear up the ministries activities' as well as improve citizens' services. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting at the cabinet division...
The 4-day 'Digital World-2015', the country's biggest ICT exposition, will be held on February 9-12 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city, reports UNB. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the exhibition, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu told a...
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