Airstrikes on central Syrian city kill 50 BEIRUT, Sept 17: Syrian air strikes on a besieged rebel town in the heart of the country have killed nearly 50 people over the past two days, a monitoring group said on Wednesday. ...
FE Report | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Experts Wednesday at a programme said that 'varietal development' of local livestock species is needed to meet the increasing demand for protein in the country. They said Bangladesh's per capita milk and meat consumption is six to five times lower...
Watercress Restaurant prides itself for innovative Pan Asian, Sub-Continental and Continental cuisines. It is conceptualised and developed by the international foods & beverages group - The Next Idea based in Los Angeles, USA. Their services are conceptualised and developed on...
SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (AFP) : Oil prices fell in Asia Wednesday as dealers squared positions following sharp gains in the previous session that were stoked by indications the OPEC cartel will cut its production target next year. US benchmark West...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 17 (AFP): Coffee output in Brazil, the world's chief exporter, will slide this year after the worst drought in decades, agricultural agency Conab said Tuesday. The drought hampered the development of plants, causing the arabica crop...
SINGAPORE, Sept 17 (Xinhua): Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX), a key gauge of the export performance of the small and highly open economy, expanded by 6.0 per cent year on year in August, trade promotion agency International Enterprise (IE) Singapore...
TAIPEI, Sept 17 (AFP): Taiwan's government said Wednesday it plans to increase tenfold the fines for food safety violations and offer whistle-blowers more rewards to tackle a widening "gutter oil" scandal. Fines for violations will be raised ten times to...
Bangladesh A team took 1-0 lead beating Zimbabwe A team by six wickets in the first four-day match of their two-match unofficial Test series at Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium in Cox's Bazar Wednesday, reports UNB. On the fourth and...
CASTRIES, Sep 17 (AP): Veteran Shivnarine Chanderpaul completed his 30th Test century and left-arm spinner Sulieman Benn followed with 5-72 Tuesday as the West Indies defeated Bangladesh by 296 runs late on day four of the second Test. The West...
High flying Bangladesh Under-23 team will play top seed Uzbekistan in their 2nd Group B match of the 17th Asian Games Men's Football at the Ansan Wa-Stadium in Incheon, South Korea today (Thursday), hoping to keep their 2nd round berth...
INCHEON, South Korea, Sept 17 (AFP): Thousands of athletes and officials gathered in Incheon Wednesday as the clock ticked down to Asia's biggest sports spectacular and organisers fretted over low ticket sales. Long queues formed at South Korea's Incheon airport...
Famed all rounder Shakib Al Hasan and medium fast bowler Rubel Hossain have been included in the Bangladesh men's team for the 17th Asian Games Cricket in Incheon as replacements for off-spinner Sohag Gazi and pacer Al Amin Hossain, reports...
Orient Sporting Club beat Uttara Sporting Club by five wickets in the day's only match of the Dhaka Metropolis First Division T20 Cricket Tournament Wednesday, reports UNB. Batting first after winning the toss, Uttara SC scored 151 runs for six...
Former Bangladesh champions Sheikh Russell KC will leave Dhaka today (Thursday) for Colombo to take part in the final round of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President's Cup that will begin Saturday (Sept 20) at the Sugathadasa Stadium in the...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Sept 17 (AFP): Pakistan welcomed the World Cup trophy as it arrived in the country on a global tour Tuesday, with skipper Misbah-ul Haq vowing to win it for the isolated nation and its terror-hit people. The International...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Wednesday announced 14-member Bangladesh A Team for the second four-day match against Zimbabwe A Team beginning Sunday at the Khan Saheb Osman Ali Stadium in Fatullah, reports UNB. All rounder Naeem Islam has been retained as...
Train communication of Rangpur with other parts of the country was disrupted as three bogies of a commuter train derailed near the outer signal of Rangpur Railway Station on Thursday. Railway officials said the three bogies of the Dinajpur-bound commuter...
Fakirerpool Youngmen's Club notched a 4-0 victory over Bashabo Tarun Sangha in the match of the Bengal Group Senior Division Football League at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur Wednesday, reports UNB. Ruman made a hat-trick...
The Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) has closed after a clash between police and Islami Chhatra Shibir(ICS). The academic council after an emergency meeting on Thursday evening ordered the shutdown and told students to leave the residential halls...
MARSEILLE, Sept 17 (AFP): Former France captain Zinedine Zidane, currently coach of the Real Madrid reserve side, admitted Tuesday he would consider a coaching job with his native France. The former World Player of the Year worked as Carlo Ancelotti's...
The 3rd session of the 10th Parliament was prorogued on Thursday after 14 sittings that passed five bills, including the much-talked-about 16th amendment one. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury read out the prorogation order of the President at 9:47pm, according...
BD Embassy organises Ambassadors' Cricket Cup WASHINGTON, Sept 17: Bangladesh Embassy organised the 2nd Ambassadors' Cricket Cup Tournament in Washington, DC in United States recently. The trophy went to the Pakistan Embassy Cricket team. The tournament was held at the...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Import of scrap ships is falling gradually for the last couple of years mainly due to poor development works by the government and downtrend in private investments, industry insiders said. It fell by nearly 35 per cent in the last...
FE Report | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Local handset brand Maple Mobile will launch smartphone with longer battery life of 3050 mAh in the market by the end of this month, the company said Wednesday. In a statement, Maple said the highly configured smartphone branded as 'Glory...
Sayeed Ahmed and Rahat Chowdhury have been made president and general secretary of the district Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD). This was announced on Thursday through a press release signed by central office secretary of the BNP’s student wing Nazmul Hasan....
Monira Munni | 2014-09-18 00:00:00
Over 50 Canadian organisations, including human rights, investors and religious groups, have urged Canada government to ask its local companies to contribute to the Trust Fund for Rana Plaza survivors. In an open letter to Canada's minister of international trade...
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