KHULNA, Nov 5 (UNB): A brilliant century by Hamilton Masakadza guided Zimbabwe to 331 for 5 in 112 overs in the first innings at stumps on the 3rd day of the 2nd Test of the three-match Bashundhara Cement Series at...
British High Commissioner in Dhaka Robert Gibson has urged Bangladesh to rectify quickly whatever is necessary before Rio in 2016 to ensure participation of disabled athletes on the world stage, reports UNB. Expressing his disappointment, Gibson said that because of...
ADELAIDE, Nov 5 (AFP): Rilee Rossouw scored a breezy 78 to lead South Africa to a commanding seven-wicket victory over Australia in the first of three Twenty20 internationals on Wednesday. Rossouw, making his T20 international debut, smashed three sixes and...
State Minister for Youth and Sports Biren Sikder MP visited ailing sports organiser Sirajul Islam Bachchu at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the city Tuesday, reports UNB. Bachchu, the long-serving member of Bangladesh Football Federation and chairman of its Women's...
KHULNA, Nov 5 (AFP): Bangladesh fast bowler Al-Amin Hossain has been cleared of an illegal bowling action following independent tests, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced Wednesday. Hossain, 24, was reported during the first Test against the West Indies in...
The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday allowed applications for leave-to-appeal against the High Court (HC) orders that had rejected two writ petitions filed seeking its directives for regularisation of the service of ABM Altaf Hossain, an unconfirmed judge. The eight-member...
Women's Volleyball reaches semis stage Four teams-Pabna, Rajshahi, Khulna and Chittagong DSAs-reached the semifinals of the Popular Life Insurance Inter-District Women's Volleyball Competition eliminating their rivals in the quarterfinals at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city Wednesday. In the...
Mushfiqur Rahman | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
The country-wide power grid failure and blackout for 10 hours (on November 01, 2014) have shaken the confidence of the people in the power system. Thanks to the engineers and technicians in the Power Grid Company who managed, through their...
Two people, including a policeman, were injured in a crude bomb attack in Sadar upazila of Jessore district on Thursday night. The victims were identified as constable Mamun, 32, of Sadar Police Station, and Rana, 35, the driver of a...
Atiur Rahman concluding his two-part article | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
CHALLENGES AND THE PATH AHEAD FOR BANGLADESH'S FINANCIAL SECTOR: Apart from the glimpses of the financial sector's strengths, the unfinished agenda on the yet-to-do list is also pretty long, with challenges demanding wholehearted commitment and engagement of sustained corrective efforts....
That the government is more than ever focused on investment, especially foreign direct investment (FDI), is well taken. However, emphasising the importance of investment is one thing and creating the right environment, along with putting in place the related facilitating...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh experimented with its education system many times in the past. Every time it found faults with the old system and adopted a new one with many changes. But the reality is that those changes did not bring any good...
Shihab Sarkar | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Museums keep records of the march of history. They chronicle the major turns and twists that man goes through during his journey forward as a nation or a community. The objects and written records kept there on display help man...
On November 02, the world observed the International Day to End Impunity for Crime against Journalists. The free press is very essential for a democratic country and if the crimes against journalists do not end, then it will deter flourishing...
I retired from a non-pensionable job of a sector corporation in 1989 when my basic pay was Tk 5,700 per month in the national pay-scale against Tk 6,000 in the highest pay-scale prescribed by the government. I got Tk 8,00,000...
The winter season is knocking at the door. Of all seasons, I like the winter best for many reasons. Many kinds of cakes, date-juice and fresh vegetables are found in plenty and savoured in winter. The rich people have all...
Shamsul Alam | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
The World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) was constituted by the UN Secretary General in 1983 under the chairmanship of Gro Hurlem Brountland, a former prime minister of Norway, to prepare a report on attaining sustainability in development. The...
Mahtabul Alam Siddique | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Media, both electronic and print, in a modern representative democratic country is said to be the most indispensable entity advocating the views and thoughts of the mass people towards the mechanism of the state. In the age of information and...
FE Report | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Wednesday the government will hold a meeting with the businessmen this month to discuss ways of removing barriers to trade. "Finance Minister will attend the meeting where businessmen will be able to raise their problems...
NEW YORK, Nov 5 (Reuters) : US private employers added 230,000 jobs in October, the most since June and exceeding economists' expectations as mid-sized businesses added the most workers in more than seven years, a report by a payrolls processor...
Mohammad Shams-ul Islam has recently been promoted to the post of managing director (MD) at Ansar-VDP Unnayan Bank. Prior to the position, he was the DMD of Agrani Bank. He started his banking career as a senior officer (Financial Analyst)...
NEW DELHI, Nov 5 (Reuters): India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday structural reforms to Asia's third largest economy could only progress slowly, adding that he backed relaxing labour and land laws hated by business, along with more privatizations....
TOKYO, Nov 05 (AFP): The dollar topped 114 yen on Wednesday afternoon in Asia, after results from US midterm elections showed that Democrats suffered a thumping defeat. In Tokyo afternoon trading, the greenback rose to a seven-year high of 114.06...
YANGON, Nov 5 (Reuters): Asian businesses are gaining a foothold in Myanmar far quicker than those from Europe and North America, with China, Thailand, Hong Kong and Singapore accounting for nearly half of the firms setting up in the fast-changing...
BRUSSELS, Nov 05 (AFP): The European Union misspent nearly 7 billion euros ($8.76 billion) in 2013, an ombudsman said Wednesday, warning that Brussels must focus on getting better results for its money. The so-called error rate for spending fell to...
HONG KONG, Nov 05 (AFP): A property flagship led by Asia's richest tycoon Li Ka-shing said on Wednesday it plans to buy up to 60 passenger jets in a series of transactions that amount to more than $2.5 billion. The...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-11-06 00:00:00
The proposed 60-megawatt (mw) independent wind-turbine power plant in Cox's Bazar would now be implemented under a joint venture (JV) with technology from a Danish company for its successful operation, sources said. The decision was made in Singapore a few...
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