The service tenure of Mr. Md. Mehmood Husain, President & Managing Director of Bank Asia has been extended for another three years. Mr. Husain joined Bank Asia in August 2011 and played a significant role for the growth and restructuring...
MUMBAI, Aug 18 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex and Nifty rose over 1 per cent on Monday to a record high as blue-chips such as ICICI Bank surged after Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to fire up the bureaucracy to deliver...
The ferry services on Mawa-Kawrakandi route remained suspended as a terminal at Mawa was devoured by the Padma River on Tuesday night. AKM Ashiquzzaman Chowdhury, Assistant General Manager of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC), said the terminal No-3 at...
TOKYO, Aug 18 (AFP): Tokyo stocks closed flat on Monday with few trading incentives for investors to act on, after the Japanese market added more than three per cent last week. The Nikkei 225 index inched up 0.03 per cent,...
Language Movement veteran Abdul Matin has been shifted to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University as his condition deteriorated after a stroke. The 88-year old was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit Tuesday, Professor Pran Gopal Datta, BSMMU vice-chancellor told bdnews24.com....
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (PTI): Pakistan's capital market has suffered a loss of around 350 billion rupees due to anti-government protests which have entered the fifth day today. Finance Minister Ishaq Dar said that the protests have hit the national economy...
FE Report The World Food Pro-gramme (WFP) has launched e-food card system for more than 32,000 refugee families living in Cox's Bazar to allow them to get foods according to their requirements. The refugees from Myanmar living in two official...
US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan W Mozena on Tuesday said Bangladesh has many challenges in its way to become Asia’s next economic tiger and urged the youth to take the lead in overcoming the challenges. “I believe Bangladesh should be...
COLOMBO, Aug 18 (AFP): Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 105 runs in the second and final Test in Colombo Sunday to sweep the series 2-0, giving retiring former captain Mahela Jayawardene a winning farewell. The tourists, who resumed their second...
OHIO, Aug 18 (AP): Roger Federer won an unprecedented sixth championship in Cincinnati, overcoming one bad set. Serena Williams dominated for her first title. Federer extended his record of finals perfection in Cincinnati, beating David Ferrer 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 in...
Bangladesh made good practice in West Indies (WI) tour comfortably beating Grenada team by 95 runs in their lone one-day practice match at the Progress Park in St Andrew's, Grenada Sunday, reports UNB. This was a huge morale booster for...
The Manchester United Supporters' Club, Bangladesh (MUSCBD) organised a programme in the city recently through screening live Manchester United vs Swansea City match, said a press release. More than 200 members of the club attended the event to watch the...
Bangladesh Youth Hockey team suffered second successive defeat in Pool A match of the 2nd Summer Youth Olympic Games Hockey losing to Australia by 2-5 goals at the Nanjing YOG Sports Park Hockey Field Monday, reports UNB. Bangladesh made a...
PARIS, Aug 18 (AFP): After a positive start to the new season domestically, Arsenal head to Istanbul in optimistic mood ahead of Tuesday's Champions League play-off first leg against Besiktas. The Gunners followed up a convincing victory against Manchester City...
LONDON, Aug 18 (AP): England's bowlers destroyed India's batting order once again, dismissing the tourists for only 94 runs to seal a 3-1 series victory on day three of the fifth Test at the Oval on Sunday. Chris Jordan and...
Raheem Salman and Michael Georgy of Reuters from Baghdad | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
Tribal leaders and clerics from Iraq's Sunni heartland offered their conditional backing last week for a new government that hopes to contain sectarian bloodshed and an offensive by Islamic State militants that threatens tear the country apart. One of the...
Sumeet Chatterjee | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
American real estate mogul Donald Trump is planning "substantial investments" in the Indian property and hotel sectors, betting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led new government's efforts to revive the economic growth and boost infrastructure. "I do see India as a...
At least 65 female students of Faridpur Diabetic Association Nursing Institute fell sick after taking their dinner on Sunday night. Sources at the institute said the inmates started having loose motion and abdominal pain soon after they took their dinner...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
JHENIDAH, Aug 17: Shortage of money is greatly hampering academic as well as administrative activities in Jhenidah Government Veterinary College (JGVC) under Sadar upazila in the district. Established on 10.15 acres of land, the college has infrastructures of an administrative...
JESSORE, Aug 17 (UNB): A housewife was beaten to death allegedly by her husband over extramarital affairs at Bakchar in the district Saturday. The deceased was identified as Bijli, 22, wife of Golam Morshed. Victim's maternal uncle Bazlur Rashid said...
DINAJPUR, Aug 17 (UNB): Two children drowned in a waterbody at Kasba Road in the town on Saturday. The deceased was identified as Kabir, 4, son of Rafiqul Islam and Sifat, 3, son of Al Amin, residents of the area....
NARAYANGANJ, Aug 17 (UNB): An unidentified young man was found dead in a road side ditch at Kashipur in Fatullah of Sadr upazila on Sunday. Akbar Hossain, sub-inspector of Fatullah Model Police Station, said the body of the youth, aged...
BHOLA, Aug 17 (UNB): Onrush of water from the upstream and heavy rainfall over the last couple of days flooded more than 50 villages in three upazilas in the district, leaving about 0.2 million people marooned. In a visit to...
KHULNA, Aug 17 (BSS): The Hindu community today celebrated Janmashtami marking the birth of Lord Krishna, in the city and district, with religious fervour. On the occasion, different religious and socio-cultural organizations arranged programmes including prayer to Lord Krishna, discussions...
RANGPUR, Aug 17 (BSS): Speakers at a press conference today stressed for launching vigorous social movement against social erosions, fundamentalism, unhealthy culture, drug abuse, gambling, rape and violence against women and human trafficking. Terming the fundamentalist forces and women repressors...
RU Correspondent | 2014-08-18 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Aug 17: The registration for the admission test in first year Honours courses under the Rajshahi University (RU) in the academic session of 2014-15 will begin on August 25 and will continue till September 14, said a press...
4 held with touchstone statues in Naogaon Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested four alleged smugglers with two touchstone statues from Soraigazi Bazar area in Porsha upazila of Naogaon district Sunday, RAB sources said. The arrested were Abdus Salam,...
Two top level officials of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will visit Dhaka from Tuesday to discuss the ADB's private sector and cofinancing operations in Bangladesh. The two high-ups are vice-president for Private Sector and Cofinancing Operations Lakshmi Venkatachalam and...
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