KARACHI, Aug 21 (AFP): Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Aamer is set to make his big-screen debut, he told the news agency Thursday, as he struggles to make ends meet while serving a ban for spot-fixing. Left-arm quick Aamer was rated...
NEW YORK, Aug 21 (AFP): Two-time defending champion Serena Williams was named the top seed Wednesday for the US Open, the year's final Grand Slam tennis showdown that opens Monday on the Flushing Meadows hardcourts. World number one Williams was...
Broad sets Sept 4 date for knee surgery LONDON, Aug 21: England pace bowler Stuart Broad will undergo knee surgery on September 4 as he targets full fitness in time for the 2015 World Cup. The England and Wales Cricket...
COLOMBO, Aug 21 (AFP): Sri Lanka's trade deficit narrowed substantially this year thanks to increased demand for clothing exports to the United States and Europe, the island's central bank said Thursday. Exports jumped 16.8 per cent to $5.44 billion in...
SINGAPORE, Aug 21 (AFP): Oil prices edged lower in Asia Thursday on fading fears that conflicts in crude producers Libya and Iraq could result in a major supply disruption, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate for October delivery was...
MOSCOW, Aug 21 (AFP): Russian authorities launched nationwide inspections of McDonald's restaurants Thursday after shutting several wildly-popular Moscow locations on apparent government orders aimed at striking back against biting Western sanctions. It was the latest salvo in Russia's escalating and...
VILNIUS, Aug 21 (AFP): Lithuania signed a deal with Norway's Statoil on Thursday to supply natural gas to the country's new terminal starting 2015, as the Baltic state strives to cut its dependence on Russian energy. Under the five-year deal,...
LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters): Gold slid around 1 per cent to its lowest in two months on Thursday, extending losses to a fifth session as the dollar strengthened on indications from the US Federal Reserve that it could raise interest...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina urged Thursday the people to remain alert against the persons and political parties responsible for the August 21 grenade attack of 2004 on an Awami League (AL) rally in the city, saying they can do...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT)-2 adjourned Thursday the hearing of the contempt proceedings drawn against journalist and blogger David Bergman until August 25, reports BSS. The second tribunal heard the matter and Mizan Sayeed, counsel for the petitioner, pleaded for...
CHITTAGONG, Aug 21 (UNB): Police submitted Thursday three charge sheets to a court against 13 Jamaat-Shibir activists in connection with the injury of a schoolgirl, Antu Barua, in a crude-bomb explosion in March last year. Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) assistant...
A Dhaka court indicted Thursday 13 operatives of the banned Islamist outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI), including its top leader Mufti Abdul Hannan in a murder case linked with the January 21, 2001 blasts at a CPB rally on Paltan Maidan in...
NOAKHALI, Aug 21 (UNB): A local court Thursday granted bail to former Awami League (AL) MP from Feni-2 constituency Joynal Hazari in a money-laundering case. Judge Shirin Kabita Akhter of the Special Judge Court of Noakhali passed the order when...
D-8 Secretary General Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi is scheduled to arrive in the city tomorrow (Saturday) on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh, reports UNB. During the visit, Mousavi will attend the 8th D-8 meeting of Directors General and Expert...
JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Aug 21 (UNB): At least 10 people were injured in a clash between two groups of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) Maulana Bhashani Hall unit over establishing supremacy on the campus Thursday early morning.
NARAYANGANJ, Aug 21 (UNB): The seven-murder probe committee Thursday interrogated two members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) who gave their deposition before a local court under Section 164. The seven-member probe panel, formed by the Public Administration Ministry on...
FE Report Unplanned use of pesticides and herbicides in crops is one of the key reasons for presence of higher level of lead in blood among pregnant women in rural Bangladesh, a study revealed. Experts suggested adapting integrated pest management...
Our Correspondent | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
CHITTAGONG, August 21: A court in Chittagong issued today arrest warrant against one of the owners of Hotel Agrabad and two others in connection with a case of the misappropriation of money. The court of divisional special judge of SM...
The bodies of three Bangladeshi workers, killed in a span collapse in Malaysia, were brought back to Dhaka Thursday morning, reports UNB. A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines carrying the bodies landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport around 6:25 am,...
Students of DPS STS School will have the privileges through the world's most prestigious award programme 'The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award.' The school authority officially launched the award programme on its campus at Uttara of the city Tuesday, says...
The government has taken initiatives to turn the text books of primary school into multimedia books aimed at making those readable in computer, laptop, tablet and other handy devices, reports BSS. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division has launched...
Language Movement veteran Abdul Matin is yet to regain consciousness after undergoing a surgery, reports bdnews24.com The surgery, Wednesday afternoon at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU), was to remove a blood clot in his brain. "He is still...
KERANIGANJ, Aug 21 (UNB): Police recovered the slit-throat body of a man from the backyard of Ambagicha Mohila Degree College under South Keraniganj thana Thursday morning. The deceased was identified as Lal Mia (30), a Leguna driver and son of...
FE Report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
The qulkhwani of Muhammad Mosharraf Hossain, former member of parliament (MP), will be held after Asr prayers today (Friday) at Gulshan Azad Mosque in the city. All relatives, friends and well wishers are requested to participate in the qulkhwani, according...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places over Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at many places over Rajshahi, Rangpur, Dhaka and Khulna divisions today (Friday). Moderately heavy to...
Admission process at CU begins Sept 4 CHITTAGONG, Aug 21: The first year honours admission procedure of the Chittagong University under the academic session of 2014-2015 will begin on September 4. Candidates have been asked to apply online from Tele...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
The government is considering to introduce a new law for mandatory energy auditing by industries, residential and commercial buildings starting from 2016 to ensure efficient use of energy and its conservation, a top official said Thursday. The ministry of power,...
The nation observed the 10th anniversary of the heinous grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina, who was leader of the opposition then, on this day, reports BSS. In 2004 during the tenure of the BNP-Jamaat government an all-out grenade attack was...
FE Report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
Global investment management bank Goldman Sachs Thursday offered Bangladesh help to raise US$2.0 billion to $3.0 billion from international bond markets. A delegation of Goldman Sachs, led by its official Jonathan Donne, met Finance Minister AMA Muhith, and gave the...
FE Report | 2014-08-22 00:00:00
Merely 0.24 per cent of the total bank borrowers availed nearly 55 per cent of the entire loan facilities in 2012 amounting to Tk 5.01 trillion. Besides, the number of borrowers of large loans in the banks grew by about...
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