MYANMAR, Aug 31 (Reuters): Following an incomplete count due to ethnic conflicts in parts of the country, Myanmar said on Saturday that its first census in 30 years shows the population to be 51.4 million, some ten million less than...
A two-day Bangladesh remittance and investment fair, organised by Global Air Tours and Travels, will be held in Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur on September 21-22. State Minister for Finance and Planning MA Mannan will inaugurate the fair at Merdeka Square...
Migrant boat carrying 100 capsizes off Libya TRIPOLI, Aug 31: A Libyan coast guard official says a boat carrying more than 100 migrants has capsized off the coast near the capital. Abdel-Latif Mohammed said the coast guard found the damaged...
Bangladesh national cricket team, now touring West Indies, scored 330 for 6 in 91 overs against St Kitts & Nevis team on the first day of the three-day practice match at Warner Park in St Kitts Saturday, reports UNB Batting...
The first ever Bangladesh Junior Open Golf' 2014, organised by Bangladesh Golf Federation, will begin tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Kurmitola Golf Club in the city, reports UNB. Secretary General of Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Syed Shaheed Reza will inaugurate the...
Vice-President of Bangladesh Hockey Federation (BHF) Abdur Rashid Sikder was unanimously elected executive committee member of Asian Hockey Federation Sunday, reports UNB. The new executive committee of Asian Hockey Federation was formed in the AHF Congress held at the Concorde...
Services team Bangladesh Ansar won the Walton Refrigerator 13th National Men's Intermediate and the First Women's Boxing Championship that concluded at the Mohammad Ali Boxing Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. In the men's intermediate group, Ansars secured four...
HARARE, Aug 31 (AFP): Michael Clarke scored a half-century, but was forced to retire hurt as Australia limped to 209 for nine against Zimbabwe in the fourth match of a one-day international triangular series Sunday. Clarke's hamstring injury had kept...
NOTTINGHAM, Aug 31 (AFP): India's spinners again proved England's undoing as the tourists won the third one-day international at Trent Bridge Saturday by six wickets to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series. World champions India, chasing a modest...
LONDON, Aug 31 (AFP): Chelsea overpowered Everton 6-3 in a remarkable game Saturday to preserve their 100 percent record in the Premier League, after Manchester City were stunned by Stoke City. Jose Mourinho's Chelsea led 2-0, 3-1, and 4-2, but...
KARACHI, Aug 31 (AFP): Former cricket greats said Sunday they fear Pakistan's one-day defeat in Sri Lanka will hurt preparations for the World Cup just five months away. Pakistan were beaten by seven wickets in the third and final one-day...
NEW YORK, Aug 31 (AFP): Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray stayed on course for a mouth-watering US Open quarter-final showdown Saturday as five-time women's champion Serena Williams stood alone as America's last singles title hope. But as the heavyweights of...
Roy gets England T20 call NOTTINGHAM, Aug 31: Uncapped South African-born batsman Jason Roy was included in the 14-man England squad announced Sunday for next weekend's one-off Twenty20 international against India at Edgbaston. The 24-year-old rising star was selected after...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Local steel and cement makers are smacking their lips at the prospect of getting good business as the construction of approach roads and other works of the multi-billion-dollar Padma Bridge is underway, industry insiders said. The supply of construction materials...
FE Report | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Preparations are underway to hold a high profile investment forum in Dhaka on September 17 where investors and representatives of major global corporate houses from 25 countries have so far got registered to take part. The forum dubbed as 'Bangladesh...
FE Report | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
Bangladesh is set to become a member of a Japan-led platform today (Monday) to adopt a globally recognised certificate programme for the IT experts. The Information Technology Professionals Examination Council (ITPEC) conducts IT examinations throughout Asia to support strategies in...
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (AFP); India is now better prepared to handle the impact of any US interest rate increase because of signs its economy is improving, the central bank chief said in an interview published Sunday. Reserve Bank of...
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (PTI): Emerging countries in regions like India and China will help smartphone sales jump close to 24 per cent this year to 1.25 billion, even as the growth pace slows down in mature markets, research firm...
Carmakers force the smiles at Russia's car show MOSCOW, Aug 31: The latest models gleam at the Moscow car show, but Russian sales have dropped because of the Ukraine crisis and the shine has gone off a key growth market....
Syful Islam | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
The government is investigating the reasons behind high visa costs which are hindering Bangladesh's manpower exports abroad especially to Middle Eastern (ME) countries, sources said. The move has been undertaken as the government noticed lower number of migration to Kuwait,...
FRANKFURT, Aug 31 (AFP): Financial markets are looking to the European Central Bank to open the cash floodgates next week after consumer price data showed the 18-country eurozone is flirting with deflation, analysts said. Speculation is rising that the ECB's...
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (PTI): Petrol price was cut on Saturday by Rs 1.82 a litre, the third reduction in rates this month, but diesel rates were hiked by 50 paise per litre. The revised rates are effective from Monday...
Our Correspondent | 2014-09-01 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 31: Motijheel Govt High School, Chittagong Public College and University of Dhaka have been crowned as champions of the Robi-Drishty debate competition in school, college and university levels respectively. The 10-day Robi-Drishty inter-school, college and university debate competition...
ATHENS, Aug 31 (AFP): A delegation of senior Greek ministers heads into meetings in Paris with EU-IMF creditors on Tuesday hoping to win a direly-needed new round of debt relief to propel economic recovery. Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's government expects...
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