10 years after death, Arafat still Palestinian icon RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, Nov 8: For decades, Yasser Arafat was the incarnation of the Palestinian fight for independence. Ten years after his death, he remains a national hero for a still stateless...
Magnum Cricketers maintained their all-wins run top slot beating Indira Road Krira Chakra by 5 wickets in a match of the Dhaka Metropolis First Division Cricket League at BKSP ground 3, Savar on Saturday, reports UNB. In the day’s match,...
ABU DHABI, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Pakistan will be looking to maintain the winning momentum which gave them a long-awaited series victory over Australia when they face New Zealand in the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. Pakistan achieved a...
The Marcel T20 Corporate Cricket Tournament 2014, organized by Udayachal Club, will begin on Friday (Nov 14) at the Dhaka Residential Model School & College ground in Mohammadpur, reports UNB. Planning Minister and ICC President AHM Mustafa Kamal will inaugurate...
LONDON, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has hit back at Luis Suarez's claims that he told his players to waste time in their 2-0 win at Liverpool last season. Mourinho's side travel to Anfield on Saturday looking to...
MONTREAL, Nov 8 (BSS/AFP): Elite female footballers and the Canadian Soccer Association looked set for mediation in an attempt to resolve their dispute over the use of artificial pitches at next summer's Women's World Cup. The two sides have seven...
Panasonic Open Golf: Siddikur joint 2nd after 3rd round Bangladeshi golfer Siddikur Rahman stood 2nd jointly, overall 3rd, among 120 golfers after the third round of the Panasonic Open India 2014 at the Delhi Golf Club on Saturday. Rahil Gangjee...
Arafat Ara | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The government has taken an initiative to secure the Japanese employment market as Asia's economic powerhouse needs increased workers to rebuild its economy tattered by natural disasters, officials said. Japan needs about 75,000 foreign workers within next five years following...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
The government considers setting up of separate IT-support centres in all public universities aiming to create and grow young entrepreneurs. The centre, called 'IT Business Incubator', will be provided with necessary supports including financial and technical services. In this connection,...
Essential Drugs MD pays homage to Bangabandhu Newly-appointed Managing Director of Essential Drugs Company Limited (EDCL) Prof Dr Ehsanul Kabir has paid homage to the father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing wreaths at his mazar at...
Bangladesh will send out an impressive message to its partners in the global apparel market through the first-ever 'Dhaka Apparel Summit-2014' to be held in the city next month helping global stakeholders to come out from the negative perception about...
Productivity in the coastal areas in Bangladesh can be doubled with coordinated efforts to improved crop productions and mitigate the risks of climate change, said a senior scientist of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), reports BSS. "Land and water...
Our Correspondent | 2014-11-09 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Nov 8: Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank will observe Customer Service and Recovery Month in December this year. Newly-appointed Managing Director of the bank Mohammad Shams-Ul Islam made the declaration while speaking as the chief guest at a daylong workshop of...
The imported liquefied natural gas (LNG) at the transmission end will cost US$17.10, equivalent to Tk 1333, per unit (each thousand cubic feet or MCF). The officials concerned told UNB that once the LNG is imported and given to consumers,...
Union Information and Service Centre (UISCs) are offering information and communication technology (ICT)-based programmes including computer trainings to rural people to improve their livelihood. Officials and IT experts said this while speaking at a training programme organised by Empowering Rural...
BEIJING, Nov 8 (Reuters): Annual growth in China's exports and imports slowed in October, data showed on Saturday, reinforcing signs of fragility in the world's second-largest economy that could prompt policymakers to roll out more stimulus measures. Exports have been...
NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (PTI): Gold prices jumped by Rs 650, its biggest gain since June 20, to close at Rs 26,450 per 10 grams in India Saturday on emergence of buying by jewellers and retailers amidst a rebound in...
MUMBAI, Nov 8 (Reuters): US fast food chain Burger King Worldwide (BKW.N) will open about 12 outlets in India over the next 60-90 days, Rajeev Varman, chief executive of the hamburger chain's India unit said on Saturday. The chain announced...
Security agencies investigating the Burdwan blast case in West Bengal are believed to have made major breakthroughs following the arrest of key suspect Sheikh Rehmatullah alias Sajid. Described as the "mastermind of the Burdwan terror module" by the National Investigation...
The world is on the brink of a new Cold War, and trust should be restored by dialogue with Russia, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev has said. At an event to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the...
ar crimes convict Motiur Rahman Nizami has met with his son and lawyers at Kashimpur jail in Gazipur. His son Nazib Momen, lawyers Motiur Rahman Akanda and Afaz Uddin met the Jamaat-e-Islami chief at Saturday noon, Jail Superintendent Mizanur Rahman...
Nilratan Halder | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
So the past week went waste on account of hartal, complain many. But ask the tiny tots who did not have to attend schools, the answer may a different one. Even many of the Junior School Certificate (JSC) examinees might...
Md Saifullah Azad | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Waqf means appropriation of the property with its separation from private ownership and dedication of its usufruct to charitable purpose. The history of Islam shows that Quba mosque in Medina was the first foundation which was endowed by Prophet Mohammad...
Salma Afrose | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Rahim, one-year-old baby of Sokhina Khatun, resident of Kotagram village in Abhoynagar upazila of Jessore, was getting weaker day by day. The baby has been suffering from different health problems. A health worker (nutrition) of BRAC one day visited his...
Muhammad Quamrul Islam | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
Surely it is a breath of fresh air for the people of the subcontinent to see Pakistani Malala Yousafzai winning Nobel Prize with India's Kailash Satyarthi. I have crossed age 73 and fellow septuagenarians have seen three periods of history...
Parvez Babul | 2014-11-08 00:00:00
IN Bangladesh, the current increased rate of divorce by women to their husbands shows that their married lives are not as happy as they dreamt before their marriage! Recently, I have talked to some women of different ages, different professions...
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