Pope urges peace in Middle East, Ukraine for children's sake VATICAN CITY, July 27: Pope Francis called Sunday on warring parties in the Middle East, Iraq and Ukraine to put an end to violence which is wounding and killing countless...
Bangladeshi swimmer Mahfuza Khatun finished 35th among the 38 competitors in the women's 100-metre breaststroke swimming in the 20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland Sunday, reports UNB. Sophie Taylor of England topped the list in the qualification round to reach...
COLOMBO, July 27 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara and skipper Angelo Mathews struck brisk half-centuries to help Sri Lanka set up a thrilling finale to the series-deciding second Test against South Africa Sunday. Sangakkara (72) hit his tenth 50-plus score of the...
GLASGOW, July 27 (AFP): Australia's Michael Shelley stunned a favoured east African field to win the men's marathon gold at the Commonwealth Games Sunday with Flomena Daniel leading a Kenyan one-two in the women's race. Shelley, who finished 16th in...
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, July 27 (AFP): England captain Alastair Cook led his side to 78 for one at lunch on the first day of the third Test at Southampton Sunday after India missed an excellent chance to dismiss the opener....
SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, July 27 (AFP): The International Cricket Council Sunday accused India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni of "undermining" its disciplinary process by condemning a fine handed against team-mate Ravindra Jadeja. Dhoni said Saturday that Jadeja had been the target...
DENVER, July 27 (AFP): Wayne Rooney scored twice and Juan Mata added another goal to lift Manchester United to a 3-2 friendly victory over AS Roma Saturday. The triumph continued the winning start to new manager Louis van Gaal's tenure,...
GLASGOW, July 27 (AFP): South Africa's Olympic champion Chad le Clos retained his 200m butterfly Commonwealth title Saturday in a Games record of 1min 55:07sec. Grant Irvine took silver for Australia, while South Africa also claimed bronze thanks to Sebastien...
GLASGOW, July 27 (AFP): Singapore beat Malaysia 3-0 in the women's table tennis final to secure a fourth straight gold in the event at the Commonwealth Games Sunday. The strong favourites suffered a mild surprise when they lost their first...
Lanka's Test debutant Dickwella fined COLOMBO, July 27: Sri Lanka's debutant wicketkeeper Niroshan Dickwella was Sunday fined 10 percent of his match fee for claiming an unfair catch on day three of the ongoing second Test against South Africa. The...
FE Report | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
The Board of Directors of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) has approved dividends between the range of 110 per cent to 800 per cent for its eight mutual funds for the last fiscal year that ended on June 30,...
FE Report | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
Country's money market remained stable Sunday, the last working day before the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, because of banks having adequate funds, treasury officials said. The call rate ranged between 5.25 per cent and 8.25 per cent on the day-unchanged from the...
Khalid Rahim has been elected as Independent Director of the Board of Al-Arafah Islami Bank Ltd and Chairman of the Board Audit Committee. He was elected unanimously in the 260th meeting of the Board of Directors held recently, according to...
Md Reajul Hoque has recently joined as the first Country Manager of Tsuneishi Alliance Solutions Limited (TAS), a Japanese joint venture in Bangladesh. Before joining TAS, he worked for different multinationals in senior positions. Prior to join TAS, he was...
NEW DELHI, July 27 (PTI): Helped by a smart rally in the market valuation of IT bellwether TCS, the top-seven most valued Indian companies together added Rs 767.93 billion in their market capitalisation (m-cap) last week. Amid a strong stock...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
The government is considering the 10 per cent cash incentive for frozen fish exporters, which was earlier scrapped by the government for fiscal year (FY) 2014-15, officials said. An official of the ministry of finance (MoF) said the authority concerned...
NEW DELHI, July 27 (PTI): Helped by smart participation from retail investors and bullish stock market sentiment, the mid-cap and small-cap indices of the BSE have given handsome returns to investors, outperforming their large-cap peers so far this year. While...
NEW DELHI, July 27 (PTI): Betting big on the government's reforms agenda, overseas investors have poured in more than USD 5 billion in the Indian market so far this month taking the total inflow to over USD 25 billion since...
NEW DELHI, July 27 (PTI): Capital markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) may soon consider some changes in its takeover norms for listed companies, including in the provisions governing price offered to minority investors and those defining...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), disclosed the following total net asset value (NAV) of different open-end mutual funds (MFs) at the close of business operation on July 23, 2014, said...
Sonia H Moni | 2014-07-28 00:00:00
Country's jewellers are worried over the security of their jewellery shops during the long Eid-ul-Fitr vacation. "During Eid vacation all the shopping malls, markets and offices will remain closed. And taking the advantage of this serene environment robberies may take...
The commercial banks of the country have been suggested lowering interest rate to drive investment particularly in basic industries and infrastructure. The International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh (ICCB) has put forwarded the suggestion in the editorial comment of its latest...
India finalises deal to export power to Nepal KATHMANDU, July 27: India and Nepal are finalizing an agreement to provide the energy-starved Himalayan nation with electricity, India's foreign minister Sushma Swaraj said at the end of a three-day official visit...
Mobile phone operator Robi has completed distribution of clothes as Eid gifts among underprivileged children across the country. A total of 25,000 underprivileged children in all 64 districts received new clothes from Robi which commenced the countrywide campaign in early...
Washington, July 27 (PTI): The US Sunday expressed disappointment over India's stand on worldwide reform of trade facilitation rules saying "backsliding" on commitments has brought the WTO to the brink of crisis. At the meeting of the 160-member World Trade...
RANGPUR, July 27 (BSS): The import and export activities will remain suspended for six days from Sunday through Hili Land Port (HLP) under Hakimpur upazila in Dinajpur on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, official sources said. According to the sources in...
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