Left-arm orthodox Taijul Islam set new record in Bangladesh Test history as he broke the previous record of his fellow Shakib Al Hanan's taking eight wickets against Zimbabwe during the first Test held on Monday at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket...
PARIS, Oct 27 (BSS/AFP): Roger Federer is taking his battle with Novak Djokovic for the world number one spot down to the wire as he arrives at the Paris Masters, which begins on Monday as the hottest player on Tour....
Channel 24 emerge as new champions Satellite TV network Channel 24 emerged as new champions in the Pepsi-DRU six-a-side media cricket tournament beating Jamuna Television by 48 runs in the final at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium in the city...
Kamal Uddin Bhuiyan and Md Jahangir Alam | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
Bangladesh ratified the United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 1982 more than 13 years ago on July 27, 2001. It was a landmark legal step for the settlement of maritime boundary disputes with Myanmar and India. Pursuant...
Dilip Barua | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
Before 1949 China was ruled by land lords and bourgeoisie in collusion with imperialist powers. The semi-colonial and semi-feudal system was the root of exploitation and people's suffering in Chinese society. After a long struggle and sacrifices, the Chinese people...
Dhiman Chowdhury | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
Academic seminars are particular subject-specific ones where an expert, who has specialised knowledge on a particular subject, presents a research-based paper and usually one or two discussants, who are experts in the subject, give comments on it and finally, the...
Abdul Kadir | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
Bancassurance is an alternative distribution channel for insurance products where a strategic business relationship is formed between a bank and an insurance company with a view to making use of the bank's sales channels as well as customer bases for...
The facts such as Asia is now at the forefront of global economic growth and its economies, compared to countries in other continents, are far more resilient remain undisputed. There has been constant erosion in the pride of the western...
Wasi Ahmed | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
The fact that Bangladesh has not gone down in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) is more important to note than the progress it has made with a rank up in the global hunger scenario. The country has been ranked 57th...
Mahmood Ahmed | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
It is generally believed that 'Mudarabah' and 'Musharakah' are real Islamic modes of financing because these are equity-based (profit and loss sharing) products. But the Islamic banks, all over the world, use these products at the minimum level. On the...
The number of railway accidents is too high compared to our neighbouring Indian railways though the length of tracks of Indian railway is several dozen times more than our railways. Why do our railway bogies go out of the tracks...
In the finance bill (budget) 2014-15 Bangladesh government has introduced income tax on medical bills above Tk 60,000 per annum reimbursed by employer to any employee. That is, when one employee gets medical expenditure for oneself or for one's family...
I have always objected to corporal punishment of children and could never understand why people who love their children would ever want to beat them or allow anyone else (teacher or others) to do so. As a mother of two...
BNP accused the government Monday of obstructing their party reorganisation process and preparation for waging a decisive movement by arresting their leaders and activists, report agencies. "We're recasting our party as part of our efforts to intensify the movement to...
The Election Commission (EC) is waiting for the Speaker's decision before it moves on Abdul Latif Siddique, reports bdnews24.com. The EC officials say they would not move even if the Awami League (AL) informs it about his expulsion from the...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry recommended Monday taking punitive actions against those involved in ADP allocation anomalies and fake organisations in Dhaka Zila Parishad, reports UNB. It also suggested the ministry to submit a report the...
A Dhaka court set Monday December 31 for the hearing on charge framing against 46 BNP leaders and activists, including its acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in an arson case, report agencies. Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Ataul Haque passed...
FE Report | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
Speakers at a discussion meeting Monday expressed the opinion that Bangladesh has so many things to learn from China for poverty reduction and development as both the countries have many familiar experiences. "China's poverty rate was 84 per cent in...
State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroz Chumki said Monday early marriage is one of the main challenges in the country to establish women empowerment, reports BSS. "Child marriage is one of the first challenges of women empowerment...
Arafat Ara | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
Enlistment of women seeking job abroad under the government database is set to begin towards the end of next month (November), said officials. "The possible date of the registration is November 23," a senior official of the Ministry of Expatriates'...
FE Report | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
The certificate-awarding ceremony of three training courses titled "TV News Presentation', 'Professional Video Editing', 'TV Camera Operations" conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Journalism and Electronic Media (BIJEM) ended at its conference room in the city Saturday last, said a press...
RU Correspondent | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Oct 27: The results of first year Honours admission test of 'D' unit under Business Studies faculty of the Rajshahi University (RU) for the academic year 2014-15 were published last night. The results are now available on the...
Muhammad Shajahan, trustee and former chairman of North South University (NSU), was invited to attend the 10th World Islamic Economic Forum (WIFE) conference-2014, said a press release. The WIFE conference will be held under the patronage of Vice-President and Prime...
Light rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions today (Tuesday). Day and night temperatures may remain nearly unchanged over the...
DU convocation form distribution from Nov 2 The 49th Convocation of the Dhaka University (DU) will be held on January 13, 2015. In this connection, the form distribution of the convocation will be from November 2 to December 11, 2014....
Ziaur Rahman | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
Maintaining the robust growth over 6 per cent per annum in coming years might be a big challenge for Bangladesh, observed an international chamber leader in view of the overall global economic trends and domestic ground realities. Despite many difficulties,...
The High Court (HC) Monday granted an interim bail for six months to Awami League MP Abdur Rahman Bodi in a case filed by the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) on charge of accumulating wealth illegally, reports UNB. An HC bench...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
High cost of raw materials and absence of required testing facilities are holding back the growth of pharmaceutical exports from Bangladesh, industry insiders and experts have said. According to them, the locally produced drugs are facing tough competition in the...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-10-28 00:00:00
US oil and gas giant ConocoPhillips has terminated operations in two deep-water blocks - DS-08-10 and DS-08-11 - in the Bay of Bengal, as its bid to revise upward the fiscal terms under the production sharing contract (PSC) was denied,...
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