MARRAKECH, Morocco, Dec 19 (AFP): Only an "earthquake" can change FIFA's decision to hold the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said Friday. "It would really need an earthquake, extremely important new elements to go back on...
BRISBANE, Dec 19 (AFP): India were fighting back after Australia gained a 97-run innings lead on the back of another century from new skipper Steve Smith and a wagging tail in the second Gabba Test Friday. The tourists had cut...
MARRAKECH, Morocco, Dec 19 (AFP): FIFA president Sepp Blatter opened a meeting of his 25-member executive committee Thursday amid a storm of controversy over an inquiry into the bids by Russia and Qatar for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups....
CHITTAGONG, Dec 19 (UNB): Dabua Govt Primary School of Raozan Upazila earned a facile 4-0 goals victory over Kharondip Govt Primary School in a Chittagong zone match of the Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football Tournament here Friday. Shahed Obaidullah...
LONDON, Dec 19 (AFP): Liverpool will hope to draw inspiration from memories of last season's thrilling 5-1 demolition of Arsenal when the teams resume hostilities in the Premier League at Anfield this weekend. Arsene Wenger's side were routed on their...
CENTURION, Dec 19 (AFP): Vernon Philander took four wickets to plunge the West Indies into trouble on the third day of the first Test against South Africa at SuperSport Park Friday. The West Indies were 184 for six at tea,...
LONDON, Dec 19 (AFP): Cricket confronted tragedy in 2014 with the death of Phillip Hughes after the Australia batsman was hit by a bouncer in a domestic first-class match. Several batsmen had previously been killed in similar incidents, albeit at...
MADRID, Dec 19 (AFP): Barcelona's star strikers will need to rediscover their scoring touch to stay in the title race in La Liga as the Catalan outfit host struggling Cordoba Saturday. In the absence of the injured Neymar, Lionel Messi...
Zimbabwe fire national coach HARARE, Dec 19: Zimbabwe Cricket have dismissed national team coach Stephen Mangongo following a poor show during a recent tour of Bangladesh, the union said Thursday. Union chairman Wilson Manase said Mangongo will now work in...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The government is looking for alternative ways to import wheat after the inordinate delay of supply by Ukraine, officials said. The state-run Directorate General (DG) of Food has completed two tenders and signed contracts with local agents of foreign companies...
FE Report Prices of onion and a few vegetables declined on Friday compared to those of the previous week. Prices of loose soybean oil and super palm have increased while those of poultry meat and some varieties of fish declined...
China has offered preferential loan to renovate the Karnaphuli Paper Mills (KPM) in Chittagong to enhance its production capacity to 30,000 metric tonnes a year, reports UNB. In a letter to the Industries Secretary on December 5, 2014, DGM of...
RANGPUR, Dec 19 (BSS): CARE Bangladesh through its Social and Economic Transformation of the Ultra-Poor (SETU) Project distributed blankets among cold-hit poor people of Mominpur union under Sadar upazila on Thursday afternoon. The blankets were distributed among 100 beneficiary families...
Bangladesh Permanent Representative to United Nations (UN) Dr A K Abdul Momen said Bangladesh wants to ensure the immigrant rights in the Post-2015 agendas. "We want safe immigration, prestigious immigration and also want to ensure the immigration right in the...
With the telecom sector marching ahead with newer technologies and data boom, state-owned mobile phone operator Teletalk has managed to make a great stride with its 3G service with a 250 per cent growth in the subscription over the last...
Lindex, one of the leading fashion chains in Europe with over 480 stores, has highly appreciated the quality of Bangladesh's readymade garment products and assured of continuing sourcing from Bangladesh. Lindex Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ingvar Larsson said this during...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The taxmen have detected, of late, an increased propensity among a section of taxpayers, both institutional and individual, to show their previous undeclared income as income from 'fish farms' in their tax returns and evade substantial volume of tax. These...
NEW DELHI, Dec 19 (UNB): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that his government had been working to resolve the long-pending Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) and Teesta water sharing deal with Bangladesh. His reissuance came at a meeting...
The season's first mild cold wave has spread across northern Bangladesh with the mercury dipping below ten degrees Celsius in some districts, reports bdnews24.com. The lowest temperature of 9.6 degrees Celsius was recorded in Dinajpur on Friday morning. On Thursday,...
Monira Munni | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
The government and ILO-led readymade garment (RMG) factory inspection is unlikely to bring the desired transformation mainly due to the absence of a post-assessment corrective action plan (CAP), timely monitoring and fund required for remediation, industry insiders said. Besides, the...
SYLHET, Dec 19 (UNB): Finance Minister AMA Muhith said here today there is no possibility of slashing the price of fuel oil in Bangladesh, although it has nosedived in the international market. He was replying to queries from journalists after...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-12-20 00:00:00
Based on recent findings on fraud, the regulator is devising digital ways of checking financial irregularities in the insurance industry. The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has made its maiden move to develop computer technology that will monitor every...
A clash between two groups of Awami League left one person killed in Mirpur upazila of Kushtia on Friday. The deceased was identified as Nur Islam (50). Eight others were injured in the incident. Mirpur police station officer in charge...
Customs Intelligence officials seized 800 grammes of gold worth Tk 4.0 million (40 lakh) and detained a man at the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the city on Friday. The detainee was identified as M Rashed, hailing from Shariatpur. Sources...
YANGON, Dec. 19: Myanmar has become a full member of the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund (AIF), joining other ASEAN members and Asian Development Bank (ADB), a semi-official media quoted a statement of AIF Director for Myanmar U Maung Maung Win as...
Awami League (AL) presidium member and spokesman of the 14-party alliance Mohammad Nasim said Friday that BNP-Jamaat combine would not be allowed to torch property on the streets in the name of movement, reports BSS. "Begum Zia will not be...
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