The National Cricket League (NCL) will enter a new era from the 2015-16 season when promotion and relegation will be introduced in Bangladesh's biggest domestic first-class competition, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has announced recently, reports Cricinfo. The top four...
NEW DELHI, Jan 1 (AFP): India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's sudden decision to quit Test cricket caught the country's media and former players by surprise Wednesday, even though many felt his time at the top was over. Dhoni's retirement from...
Twenty-three out of preliminary selected 26 booters Thursday reported to coach Saiful Bari Titu for the residential training camp ahead of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup International Football Tournament scheduled to be held on January 16-27 at the Dhaka and Sylhet...
CAPE TOWN, Jan 1 (AFP): West Indies captain Denesh Ramdin said on Thursday that the main benefit of playing in South Africa was the opportunity for his young side to absorb some of the lessons that have made the hosts...
Bangladeshi promising lifter Zohora Akhter Reshma won the silver medal in the 44-kg weight category of the 17th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championship held at Al Saad Sports Club Complex in Doha, Qatar Thursday, reports UNB. She lifted 116 kgs to...
Three 4th round super league matches of the Walton Refrigerator Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League will be held today (Friday) at the three separate venues in the city and its adjoining area, reports BSS. On the day, Abahani take on...
MONTREAL, Jan 1 (AP): Arizona Coyotes prospect Max Domi scored two empty-net goals to help Canada beat the United States 5-3 Wednesday in the ice hockey World Junior Championship. Captain Curtis Lazar and Sam Reinhart also scored for Canada. The...
Del Potro out of Brisbane International SYDNEY, Jan 1: Former US Open winner Juan Martin del Potro has withdrawn from the Brisbane International, officials said Thursday, further delaying his return to the court from an injury-blighted 2014. The Argentine had...
Rahman Jahangir | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
Oceans have always been important to people around the world as a means of transportation. Unlike a few decades ago, however, ships are now carrying goods rather than people. As markets became increasingly globalised, shipping volumes soared. From the 1960s...
Sayed Kamaluddin | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
NATO has finally ended its 13-year 'war on terror' in Afghanistan, leaving the country in the grip of worsening insurgent violence. At a closed-door ceremony, NATO Commander American General John Campbell, addressing the attending soldiers said: "You've made Afghanistan stronger...
The just concluded REHAB (Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh) Winter Fair 2014 has flagged, more than anything, the concerns of a host of stakeholders over the future of the country's real estate and housing sector. For sometime now,...
Nilratan Halder | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
The disappointing result of a mid-November Gallup poll on the issue of expanding access to healthcare has compelled some of the Americans to question if callousness is enough to describe the apathy. Lee A. Daniels, a columnist who belongs to...
Engr. S. A. Mansoor | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
Most household and kitchen waste and leftover food and similar materials are good raw materials for producing bio-gas (methane), an important cooking fuel for the household. Human excreta, generally considered a filthy waste, is also an important source for methane...
As a conscious citizen of the country I cannot but feel worried and alarmed when I see the workers of one party attacking the supporters of another. Not surprisingly, police remain as silent spectators. We, the common people, want to...
Like previous years Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) has begun on 1 January. We know from newspaper reports that the entry fee has been fixed at Tk 30 for adults and Tk 20 for children. It is observed that every...
Your popular Letters to the Editor column permits me to thank Mrs. Ferdous Imam and family for the kind words, gratitude, and thanks they expressed towards me yesterday (31.12.2014). It is most encouraging and pleasing to read that change is...
Shihab Sarkar | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
Lands suitable for hotels and guesthouses are on sale in Kuakata at attractive prices. Contact immediately -- that's what an advertisement on the backside of a number of Dhaka auto-rickshaws says. The publicity notice may have drawn the attention of...
Yasir Wardad | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has developed two wheat varieties tolerant of heat, which are expected to reach farmers by November this year, officials said. The new heat-tolerant varieties-Bari Gom 29 and 30-are of short duration and can be cultivated...
Monira Munni | 2015-01-02 00:00:00
More than 300 new apparel units were set up in the last two years while 450 factories were closed down facing a flurry of odds including recent wage hike and safety and compliance requirements. Of the total new units, new...
New PDB chairman takes office Engineer Shahinul Islam Khan has been appointed the new chairman of the state-owned Power Development Board (PDB). Prior to his new position, he was the member (generation) of the same organisation, said a PDB press...
The government has decided to construct the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Moheshkhali by 2016 with a view to importing LNG to meet the growing demand for energy in the country. "The LNG terminal having capacity of 1,38,000...
All have been urged to create a congenial atmosphere so that persons with disabilities can easily get employment opportunities. Speakers made the appeal while addressing a discussion meeting jointly organised by the BCC and Centre for Services and Information on...
TEHRAN, Jan 1 (Xinhua): Iran and Turkey have agreed to use their national currencies in trade transactions, the visiting Turkish economy minister said, Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. The arrangement, part of a preferential trade agreement concluded after 11...
International flight frequencies blocked by the GMG, that was closed three years ago, have been causing losses to other operating private airlines, reports bdnews24.com. According to authorities concerned, the flight frequencies held by the closed GMG Airlines cannot be allotted...
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