Bangladesh Under-16 women's football team beat Narayanganj District Women's Football team by 5-0 goals in the second football practice match Wednesday at the Bangladesh Football Federation in the city, reports BSS. In the day's match, Sanjida scored a brace while...
Ruling Awami League (AL) will distribute relief materials among the flood-affected people in 11 districts from Friday, said a party press release on Thursday, according to a news agency.
NEW YORK, Sept 3 (AFP): Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki and first-time Grand Slam semi-finalist Peng Shuai will meet for a place in the US Open title match after dominant victories Tuesday. Wozniacki, the runner-up at Flushing Meadows in...
U-23 team's practice match today Bangladesh Under-23 team play practice match against Bangladesh Police Athletics Club schedule to be held today (Thursday) at the Rajarbagh Police Line ground in the city. The match kicks off at 3.45pm. The practice match...
GAIBANDHA, Sept 3 (BSS): Rangpur Sugar Mills Limited (RSML), a state- owned enterprise, has taken up a plan to bring at least 9,500 acres of land under sugarcane cultivation in its mill zone areas during the 2014-2015 plantation season. According...
LONDON, Sept 3 (AFP): World oil prices rebounded on Wednesday as traders snapped up bargain crude following recent heavy losses, analysts said. Brent North Sea crude for October jumped $1.09 to $101.43 per barrel in early afternoon London deals, having...
SINGAPORE, Sept 3 (Reuters): Gold struggled on Wednesday to recover strongly from sharp overnight losses and traded near its lowest level in two-and-a-half months on a stronger dollar and robust US economic data that curbed the metal's safe-haven appeal. The...
CHICAGO, Sept 3 (Reuters): US grains fell on Tuesday, with wheat futures down more than 1 percent on pressure from plentiful global supplies and selling by investment funds on the first trading day of the month, analysts said. Wheat futures,...
Robin Emmott and Gabriela Baczynska of Reuters | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
EU officials proposed sanctions this week to starve Russian firms of cash as punishment for Moscow's role in Ukraine, where rebels said they were storming Donetsk airport, potentially their biggest prize since turning the war's tide last week. Western countries...
James Pearson and Alina Selyukh of Reuters | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
Three American citizens detained in North Korea appealed on Monday to the U.S government for help returning home, speaking in rare interviews set up by the North Korean government. The three men, one serving a 15-year sentence and two awaiting...
Indian Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) which seeks to promote Indian traditional systems of medicine and homeopathy in Bangladesh. The signing of the proposed MoU will enhance cooperation between the two countries in traditional medicine...
Mehreen Zahra-Malik of Reuters from Islamabad | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
Anti-government protests that have gripped Islamabad since mid-August could throw off course economic reforms Pakistan promised to deliver in return for an IMF bailout, senior officials said, raising the risk of a sovereign rating downgrade. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Michelle Moghtader of Reuters from Tehran | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
Iran's possible response to new US sanctions could "not be pleasant", its foreign minister said last week, raising the prospect of tit-for-tat retribution against the Islamic Republic's old adversary weeks ahead of fresh nuclear talks. Iranian leaders reacted with dismay...
Michael Roddy of Reuters from Venice | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
One of the most powerful and violent films to be shown at the Venice Film Festival this year, Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto's "Nobi" (Fires on the Plain), delivers a stinging anti-war message bathed in blood. A remake of a 1959...
FE Report | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
The VF Corporation, an American apparel giant, teamed up with International Finance Corporation (IFC) Wednesday to provide US$10 million for financing fire and building safety improvements in the readymade garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh. These funds are part of VF's...
Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said Wednesday introduction of technical renovation and new production technology is the key to further enhance the competitiveness of textile and apparel industry in the country, reports UNB. "Bangladesh is gradually emerging as a very...
FE Report | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
The government has withdrawn its restriction on employment of workers in Iraq as presently the political situation there has improved. Minister for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Khandker Mosharraf Hossain Wednesday disclosed this while talking to reporters at his ministry...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina sought Wednesday more financial assistance from China to build Bangladesh as a hunger and poverty-free country. "We want more financial support from China to turn Bangladesh into a hunger and poverty-free country," she said. The...
FE Desk Report | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
The 54th council and five-day annual forum of Commonwealth Telecommunication Organi-sation (CTO) will be started in the city on September 8 with the tagline of "ICTs for Development - from Access to Inclusive and Innovative Services", said a statement. One...
Modhumoti Bank's Risk Management Committee gets chairman Chairman and managing director of Meghna Group of Industries Mostafa Kamal has been elected chairman of recently formed Risk Management Committee of the boards of directors of Modhumoti Bank Limited. Modhumoti Bank's two...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
The raw jute procurement activities of different mills under Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) have come to a halt mainly due to shortage of necessary fund, officials have said. The government released Tk 10 billion to the BJMC for the...
Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shinzo Abe's forthcoming visits to Bangladesh will strengthen security and economic ties with Bangladesh and position his country as a major player in Asia, says a Tokyo-based business review, reports bdnews24.com. The Bangladesh foreign ministry earlier...
The Netherlands wants to make Bangladesh a hub for its information technology (IT) outsourcing apart from extending technological support and collaboration in the areas of flood and water management, reports UNB. A delegation from the Netherlands representing ICT, food security,...
A delegation of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB), headed by its President Mohammed Salim, FCMA, met Pay and Services Commission Chairman Dr Mohammed Farashuddin in the city recently, said a press release. The ICMAB president...
The fifth death anniversary of M Saifur Rahman, a seasoned politician and the country's longest-serving finance minister, will be observed on Friday. On this day in 2009, Saifur, also a former BNP standing committee member, died in a road accident...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-04 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Sept 3: People of the low-income group especially service holders, workers and employees, garment workers, small traders and students in the port city have been suffering a lot due to lack of public transports over the last few days....
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