Eight District Sports Association (DSA) teams advanced to the quarterfinals of the Popular Life Insurance 14th Inter-district Women's Volleyball Tournament eliminating their rivals after Saturday's league matches at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB. The DSA...
SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates, Nov 1 (AFP): New Zealand's bowling coach Shane Bond Saturday said the team was looking forward to pitting their wits against the in-form Pakistani spin attack in the forthcoming three match test series. Pakistan are currently...
Pakistan names women's tournament after Malala KARACHI, Nov 1: Pakistan's cricket authorities have named their under-21 women's tournament after Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai in an effort to encourage girls to take up the game. Malala, who campaigns for the...
BNP Chairperson and 20-party alliance leader Begum Khaleda Zia returned to Dhaka from Natore amid darkness on Saturday night. She left the capital for the north-western district in the morning to address a rally, organised by the local unit of...
Voicing concern at the growing urban-rural income inequalities, the Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina called Saturday for further strengthening the cooperative movement to close the gap between the rich and the poor in the country, reports UNB. "Only the cooperative...
India's Border Security Force (BSF) has handed over two Bangladeshi youths to Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), reports bdneews24.com. They were held on allegations of trespassing. BGB Benapole check-post camp Commander Subedar Ayub Hossain said BSF handed them over late Friday...
Toby Cadman, who lobbies internationally for Jamaat-e-Islami leadership, has demanded suspension of the Bangladesh's war crimes tribunals alleging a breach of international law in Motiur Rahman Nizami's death penalty, reports bdnews24.com. The British lawyer has also asked for a freeze...
RU Correspondent | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Nov 1: Law enforcers detained five suspected activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from the Rajshahi University (RU) campus. Among the arrestees, three were identified as Abdullah Al Galib, a 4th year student of the Anthropology Department, Shamim...
Weather may remain dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country until 6pm today (Sunday). Night temperature may fall slightly and day temperature may remain nearly unchanged over the country, Met Office said. Country's highest temperature 34.0 degree celsius...
FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
The government needs to spend Tk 1.06 billion extra money and allow two and a half years more time for upgrading only 12.5 kilometre road due to failure of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) to complete its construction in...
The Indian High Commi-ssion in Dhaka will celebrate the golden jubilee of its flagship foreign scholarship programme today (Sunday), bringing together Bangladeshi alumni in the capital, reports bdnews24.com. President Md Abdul Hamid will join the celebration at the Bangabandhu International...
Experts and officials have stressed increasing public expenditure on higher educational institutions so that the number of seats they offer can accommodate the number of students passing the HSC examinations with a good GPA score, reports UNB. Their recommendation came...
The press briefing convened by the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) has turned into a mess with journalists failing to figure out what the proceeding was all about, reports bdnews24.com. The authority invited journalists for a press briefing on...
DIIT, Hi-Tech Park sign deal With a view to developing IT/ITES sector for making employment opportunity among the unemployed educated youths, an agreement was signed between Daffodil Institute of IT (DIIT) and Hi-Tech Park Authority of the ministry of posts,...
Khalilur Rahman | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
In view of the delay in relocating tanneries by the owners from city's Hazaribagh to Savar the government expressed its annoyance last week. Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu announced on October 25 last that the government would shut down tanneries...
FE Report | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
The city dwellers experienced acute shortage of water supply following the massive power outages Saturday. They could not operate their water pumps for lifting water due to lack of electricity supply. Many city dwellers were trying to meet their emergency...
FE Report | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
Shops in the city experienced Saturday unusual rush of customers seeking candles due to the worst ever power blackout in the country. The sale of candles increased manifold on the day, the shop owners and sales persons said. Many prospective...
The second phase of the countrywide 72-hour hartal, called by Jamaat-e-Islami protesting its ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami's death sentence for his war crimes, begins this morning (Sunday), reports UNB. The 48-hour shutdown begins at 6am on Sunday and will end...
NATORE, Nov 1 (UNB): Likening the government to Hitler and devil, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia urged the country's people on Saturday to get united once again under her leadership to restore democracy, voting right and establish a pro-people administration. Addressing...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 pronounces today (Sunday) judgement in the war crimes case against Jamaat-e-Islami Central Executive Committee member Mir Kashem Ali, also a key financier of the party. Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah, senior member of the two-member...
In a preliminary report submitted to the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the Burdwan blast case, has not mentioned anything about Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh's (JMB) alleged plan to target Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina or...
FE Report | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
Normal life and business were disrupted as the country suffered the 'worst ever' power outage after the cross-border inter-connector bringing electricity from neighbouring India tripped on Saturday morning, official sources said. A senior official of the Power Grid Company of...
FE Report | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
Except in the emergency operation theatres the overall health services at the public hospitals was hampered due to daylong power outage across the country Saturday, physicians said. For emergency surgical operations, generator back-up continued but the patients suffered in using...
FE Report | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman advised Saturday the senior bankers to ensure good governance in the country's banking sector by improving their internal control mechanism and compliance level. "Pursuit of excellence in corporate governance will follow next; requiring adherence...
FE Report | 2014-11-02 00:00:00
Better regulations and efficient manpower conversant with latest technological know-how are deemed to be key requirements for the modern-day banking in the country to tackle emerging challenges. The observations came Saturday from discussion panellists at a national seminar on the...
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