Saudi jails 13 for plan to attack US forces RIYADH, Oct 22: A Saudi court has sentenced 13 people, including an Afghan and a Qatari, to between 18 months and 30 years in prison for plotting an Al-Qaeda attack against...
The three-day preparation match between BCB XI and visiting Zimbabwe ended in draw at the Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah Wednesday, reports UNB. On the third day (Wednesday), BCB XI resumed their first innings with overnight 252 for...
Bangladeshi and international cricket authorities have jointly appealed against a reduced match ban for former captain Mohammad Ashraful for match-fixing, an official said Wednesday, reports AFP. The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the International Cricket Council (ICC) lodged the appeal...
Bangladesh U-16 Women's team will take on stronger Iran in their last group B match of the AFC Under-16 Women's Championship 2015 Qualifiers at Bangabandhu National Stadium at 5:00 pm today (Thursday), reports UNB. Earlier, Bangladesh beat Jordan 1-0, mauled...
NEW DELHI, Oct 22 (AFP): The International Cricket Council said Wednesday it was concerned at the stand-off between the Indian and West Indies boards, but would not intervene unless asked by the two parties. In a statement on its website,...
Both the semifinals of the KFC National Women's Football Championship will be held today (Thursday) at the BFF Artificial Turf in the city, reports UNB. Group A champions Bangladesh Ansar & VDP will play Group B runners-up Bagerhat District in...
BARCELONA, Oct 22 (AP): Neymar and Lionel Messi each scored for a fifth consecutive game to help Barcelona to a 3-1 victory over Ajax in the Champions League Tuesday as the Spanish giant returned to winning ways in Europe. Messi...
DUBAI, Oct 22 (AFP): Younis Khan hit a record-equalling century to guide Pakistan to 219-4 on the opening day of the first Test against Australia in Dubai Wednesday. The 36-year-old right hander scored 106 for his 25th century to help...
WI seek India meeting in bid to solve crisis BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Oct 22: West Indies Cricket Board directors are seeking a meeting with their Indian counterparts in a bid to minimise the potentially colossal consequences of the unprecedented abandonment of...
SINGAPORE, Oct 22 (AFP): Simona Halep stunned Serena Williams 6-0, 6-2 at the WTA Finals Wednesday, dealing the world number one her heaviest defeat in 16 years and denting her chances of a third straight year-end title. The diminutive Romanian...
FE Report | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
The country's capital markets are awaiting a 'take off period' because of investors' confidence restored in last two years. The chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Prof M Khairul Hossain Wednesday said this at the inauguration ceremony of...
FE Report | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
Stocks stumbled again Wednesday after previous session's upsurge as investors remained cautious about third quarter corporate earnings and went for quick profit. DSEX, the prime index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) dipped below 5,200-mark once again, shedding 63.66 points...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
A long-pending dispute between Canadian company Niko Resources and state-run Petrobangla has blocked the way of realising compensation for the gas blowouts and the problem will be dragging on until legal tangles are removed, experts said. They are of the...
Trust Bank Limited Wednesday launched Platinum Credit Card and RFCD debit card. Maj Gen Ashraf Abdullah Yussuf, Vice Chairman of Trust Bank Limited & Adjutant General of Bangladesh Army attended the programme as chief guest. Ishtiaque Ahmed Chowdhury, MD &...
EBL publishes Tax Pocket Guide To make individual tax computation easier for customers and to promote a tax compliant culture, Eastern Bank Ltd. (EBL) has published a 32 page mini size Tax Pocket Guide. The handbook incorporates important provisions of...
Three listed companies -- Rahim Textile, Ratanpur Steel Re-Rolling Mills Ltd and Barakatullah Electro Dynamics Ltd -- recommended stock and cash dividends for the year ended on June 30, 2014, reports UNB. The board of directors of Rahim Textile has...
FE Report | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
Investment proposals registered with the Board of Investment (BoI) by local and foreign entrepreneurs showed an upward trend in the Q1 (July-September) of the ongoing fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, according to its press release. A total of 345 industrial units...
Pubali Bank Securities Limited formally launched the trading at Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) from Wednesday, said a press release. Chairman of the board of directors of the bank Hafiz Ahmed Mazumder was present on the occasion as the chief guest...
Hasnat Abdul Hye | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
To the delight of many, there is a spike in the remittance earnings of manpower exporting countries in recent months. Bangladesh is not only one of these countries but ranks among top ten remittance-earning countries in the world. The surge...
Mizanur Rahman Shelley in the second of his three-part article | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
In the final analysis, therefore, ours is still a binocular world. The basic schism among nations (as within nations) is still between the rich and the poor. Aptly has it been observed: "As in a democratic nation-state each citizen is...
A sharp rise in the number of people seeking divorce from their spouses in the two city corporations of Dhaka is indeed a cause for serious concern. The Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) and the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC)...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
Audit reports are hardly to be believed in Bangladesh. It is a common perception with the stakeholders, particularly with the investors, that auditors sign whatever they are asked to sign by the business management. These reports are needed by the...
Mohammed Norul Alam Raju | 2014-10-23 00:00:00
Bangladesh, as one of the disaster hotspots in the world, has significantly improved its disaster management capacity both at national and local levels. Efforts have been made to address disaster risks and uplift living status of the marginalised groups Surprisingly,...
Harmful formalin and polythene are back. Every day we buy fruits, fishes, and many more food items mixed with formalin, and carry those home in polythene bags. This is an open practice and members of the law-enforcing agencies also do...
The number of patients with kidney failure is increasing alarmingly. We have two kidneys in our body and every day these filter about 120 to 150 litres of blood, and produce urine composed of waste and extra fluid. The kidneys...
Ebola, a new type of killer virus, continues to create havoc in several West African countries and death toll has exceeded 4,000 by now. Since this virus is unknown to medial professionals, proper medicines are to be developed through research....
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