Mr. Najmul Huq Chaudhury has been unanimously elected 'Independent Director' of Standard Bank Limited. He completed his degree from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and received higher degree from Kolkata University. He served as Managing Director of Van Ommeren Tank Terminal...
Mr. A. S. M. Feroz Alam and Mr. M. S. Ahsan have been elected as Vice Chairmen of Mercantile Bank Limited. Mr. A. S. M. Feroz Alam is the Chairman of Premier Leasing Securities Ltd, Managing Director of Bengal Trading...
BRIDGETOWN, July 1 (AFP): New Zealand's perseverance with their frontline bowlers paid off eventually as the visitors completed a 53-run victory over the West Indies in the last hour of the third and final Test match at Kensington Oval in...
MARSEILLE, July 1 (Reuters): Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has finally apologised for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a World Cup match and vowed there would never be a repeat of the incident. After initially denying that he bit Chiellini,...
TERESUPOLIS, July 1 (AFP): Brazil star Neymar will be fit to face Colombia in Friday's World Cup quarter-final in Fortaleza, a spokesman for the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) confirmed Monday. "It is not a problem for the game. He is...
LONDON, Jul 1 (AFP): England all-rounder Stuart Broad called for all those found guilty of match-fixing to be given the same lifetime ban as handed down to former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent on Tuesday. The punishment, which was confirmed...
LONDON, July 1 (AFP): Top seed Novak Djokovic and defending champion Andy Murray closed in Monday on a mouth-watering Wimbledon semi-final duel after easing into the last eight at a wet and wild All England Club. Djokovic reached the quarter-finals...
PARIS, July 1 (AFP): The present French side can avenge the painful defeats of their predecessors in the 1982 and 1986 World Cup semi-finals when they face Germany in Friday's quarter-final, said Maxime Bossis, who played in both of those...
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 1 (AFP): Algeria and Nigeria headed home Tuesday after another five-prong African World Cup challenge came to a disappointing end in Brazil. While the 'Desert Foxes' and 'Super Eagles' proved combative last-16 opponents for Germany and...
NZ's Vincent gets life ban for fixing WELLINGTON, July 1: Disgraced former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent Tuesday was banned for life from cricket for match-fixing, admitting he was a cheat who had shamed the sport and his country. "My...
Shah Md. Ahsan Habib in the first of a two-part article on the 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA) | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
The 17th World Congress of the International Economic Association (IEA), held at the Dead Sea, Jordan, recently facilitated interaction among prominent economists for getting a global perspective on issues of global economic importance. About 650 participants from a large number...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
The June 25-27 visit of the Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to Bangladesh has set the tone of bilateral relations between the two countries under the new political dispensation in New Delhi. It has been agreed that the two...
Mohammad Amjad Hossain from Virginia, USA | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
India and China are the biggest countries in Asia geographically with huge populations but their political systems are diametrically opposite. India is the world's largest democracy while China is practising a one-party communist system. Political environment between the two Asian...
Abu Ahmed | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the election on a platform of less government and more governance, meaning he wanted a small government but more governance. Mr Modi did as he had promised; he formed a much smaller ministerial cabinet...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
The cabinet approved the draft 'National Policy on Elderly Persons' on November 17, 2013. The policy appears to have been shelved in the cold storage. How long it will take to implement a major cabinet decision is now a big...
This relates to a recent newspaper report on 'robbery and corruption' as depicted in the audit report of the "Health, Population and Nutrition Sector Development Program" covering July, 2012 to June 2013. Some of the adjectives used by the auditors...
The news that the bridge on the river Padma would be named as 'Padma Bridge' comforts us. Refuting earlier suggestions, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader told a rally at Shahid Minar in the capital last Monday that the bridge to be...
The government is going to enact law incorporating tough punishment for using chemicals in edible items. This is no doubt a good move to stop formalin menace in food. We hope the new law will rein in the free use...
Md Jamal Hossain | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
Recently, people raised the demand that the government should raise the tax on tobacco to such an extent that higher tax compels people to lower consumption of tobacco products. Some strongly supported this step and expressed highly optimistic view that...
Imtiaz Hussain | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
Narendra Modi's landslide victory elevates a highly-touted business-friendly Gujarati model to revitalise a sluggish Indian economy. What does this mean for Bangladesh? Even an ordinarily impressive 5.0 per cent growth rate today is not enough for a country as young...
Unlike her son Tarique Rahman, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is not willing to deny Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's role in Bangladesh's independence, reports bdnews24.com. "Families are respected because Mujibur Rahman had a contribution, Ziaur Rahman had a contribution. From there,...
Several rights-based civil society organisations Tuesday called for political consensus between the two major parties in the country instead of resorting to blame game on the issue of illicit financial flow, reports UNB. They demanded of the government to publish...
FE Report | 2014-07-02 00:00:00
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Tuesday former Health Minister Dr AFM Ruhal Haque and his son Ziaul Haque over their alleged accumulation of illegal wealth. An ACC inquiry team, led by its Deputy Director Mirza Zahidul Islam quizzed them for...
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