Bangladesh will face host West Indies in the 3rd and last match of their three-match ODIs at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts today (Monday), reports UNB. The match will begin at 6:00 pm (Bangladesh Time). Bangladesh have already lost the...
Naogaon DSA finished third in the Walton Air Conditioner National Youth (U-19) Women's Handball Tournament crushing new-face Jamalpur DSA by 14-1 goal at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. Shahnaz scored six and Soma...
HARARE, Aug 24 (AFP): Australia will make a late decision on captain Michael Clarke's fitness for Monday's triangular series opener against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club. Clarke tweaked his left hamstring during Australia's first training session Friday, but jogged several...
NEW HAVEN, Aug 24 (AFP): Reigning Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova won her second WTA Connecticut Open title in three years Saturday, defeating Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova 6-4, 6-2 in the US Open warm-up event. Fourth-ranked Kvitova, the 2012 New Haven winner...
MANCHESTER, Aug 24 (AFP): Manchester City and Liverpool will renew their rivalry beneath the Etihad Stadium floodlights Monday in the first major head-to-head encounter of the fledgling Premier League season. When the teams last met, at Anfield in April, a...
NEW YORK, Aug 24 (AFP): Roger Federer hopes to mark the 10th anniversary of his first US Open title with a sixth triumph in New York and become the oldest Grand Slam champion in more than 40 years. In an...
Pujara to join Derbyshire LONDON, Aug 24: India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara is set to join Derbyshire for the final three County Championship fixtures of the season, it was announced Saturday. The 26-year-old made 81 against the Midlands county in a...
MADRID, Aug 24 (AFP) : Shoppers risk paying more for their olive oil this year as a drought in Spain and a blight in Italy wither trees in the two top producers, driving up prices. Months of dry weather have...
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Country's jewellers cutback Sunday the price of different carat gold by Tk 1,225 to 1,166 on a bhori (11.664 gram) in the local market following the downtrend in global market price. The newly fixed price will come into effect from...
ISTANBUL, Aug 24 (AFP) : Fans of chocolate spread Nutella or the hazelnut-filled Ferrero Rocher could soon be facing rising bills for their nutty treats because of poor weather in Turkey. Prices of hazelnuts have surged in recent weeks after...
Water Resources Minister Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Monday said the government will go to the international arbitration if it fails to realise the fair share of water from common rivers through talks with neighbouring countries. “We want equity share...
PARIS/BERLIN, Aug 24( Reuters) : Berlin-based PR executive Herbert Franz should be a soft target for German luxury automakers - his last car was a BMW X3 - but he can't wait to leave them behind. "This car is hip,"...
Faruque Ahmed | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Japanese experts are now concentrating on four locations to set up exclusive industrial zones in Bangladesh as part of Tokyo's planned investments in the country. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is conducting the search for new locations in a...
FE Report | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
Environment and forest minister Anwar Hossain Manju on Sunday heaped praise on entrepreneurs for innovating environment friendly construction materials to cope up with the changing needs of the country's booming building industry. Speaking at a seminar, the minister said the...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-25 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, Aug 24: The Western Marine Shipyard (WMS) has inaugurated the construction work of a 176 TEUs (twenty feet equivalent unit) container vessel through a keel laying ceremony in the shipyard premises at Patiya of the district Sunday. The container...
A total of 16 commercial banks are set to join the refinancing scheme of the central bank to inject necessary credit into the jute sector, reports BSS. Bangladesh Bank (BB) is singing an agreement today (Monday) with the respective banks...
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has prepared an international standard 'Business Register' for the first time using the data of economic census with an aim to building a complete central information hub about the country's established business entities. Disclosing this...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) filed Sunday a case against an alleged money-launderer for siphoning off about Tk 3.28 billion. ACC assistant director Shamsul Alam filed the case against Mohammad Sabbir, owner of four private firms, with city's Chawkbazar Model...
BNP’s Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas on Monday said their party is preparing for a decisive movement to oust the current regime. “The country’s people are eagerly waiting for Khaleda Zia’s call to wage a strong movement. So, don’t...
BPC gets new chairman Aparup Chowdhury has joined Bangladesh Parjatan Corporation (BPC) as its chairman. Mr Chowdhury was DC of Bagerhat and worked for Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Environment and Forests as joint secretary and additional secretary...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid on Sunday stressed the need for encouraging the children of Jamdani weavers through proper training to get them involved in weaving the historical saree to protect it from disappearance, reports UNB. "We must consider seriously...
KHULNA, Aug 24 (BSS): The Mongla Port, country's second largest seaport, will be brought under automation system with a view to modernise its activities. Talking to the news agency the port officials said, tenders were invited in last June for...
BUCHAREST, Aug 24 (AFP): Tax evasion is eating away at the heart of Romania and holding back the country, among the poorest in the European Union, in its efforts to catch up, analysts warn. The estimates for the costs of...
Bangladesh has highlighted its business and investment opportunities at the recent annual international business forum held in Isyk Kul, Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan), reports UNB. Mosud Mannan, Bangladesh ambassador to Kyrgyz Republic with residence in Tashkent, delivered a speech at the inaugural...
PARIS, Aug 24 (Reuters) : Austerity measures being pursued by France and elsewhere in the euro zone are quashing growth, French Economy Minister Arnaud Montebourg was quoted saying on Saturday, renewing his attacks on policies he sees as negative for...
JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, Aug 24 (Reuters) : The US Federal Reserve is focused on an initial interest rate hike between the first quarter and the middle of next year, with possible changes in its main policy statement as soon as...
MONROVIA, Aug 24 (AFP) : The worst-ever outbreak of the Ebola virus is taking a heavy toll on west Africa's economy as crops rot in the fields, mines are abandoned and goods cannot get to market. The epidemic has ravaged...
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