Dhaka Railway SC shared points with Bangladesh Police AC drawing the last super league match of the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey at Maulana Bhasani National Stadium on Sunday, reports UNB. The match went goalless. On completion of the...
MIAMI GARDENS, June 8 (AP): England and Honduras drew 0-0 in a fiery and physical final World Cup warm-up match that saw Honduras defender Brayan Beckeles sent off at Sun Life Stadium on Saturday. The weather was as wild as...
ABU DHABI, June 8 (AFP): Argentina legend Diego Maradona lashed out at "bribes" within FIFA, demanding action against those involved in corruption claims linked to Qatar's World Cup bid, in remarks published Sunday. "There are huge bribes" in the world...
SAO PAULO, June 8 (AFP): Brazilian workers are racing to complete the stadium that will host the World Cup's first game, wiping seats, checking beams and installing wiring just days before the opening whistle. As night fell on Saturday, helmeted...
East End Boys secured 3rd consecutive win in the seven-team Walton Air Conditioner Metropolis First Division Volleyball League beating Madartek Mitali Sangha by 25-5, 25-23, 25-11 points at Dhaka Volleball Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. In the day's other match, Shabolombi...
Chinese shares were slightly higher in morning trade on Tuesday as data showed inflation rose to a four-month high in May, dealers said. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 0.18 per cent, or 3.68 points, to 2,034.18. The Shenzhen Composite...
B'desh to play 1st one-dayer with MPCA Monday Bangladesh U-19 will take on visiting Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) Under-19 team of India in the first of the three-match one-day series at BKSP Ground-4 in Savar Monday. The other two...
Tokyo shares were down 0.44 per cent on Tuesday morning, despite a strong lead from Wall Street, as profit-taking and a stronger yen dragged the Japanese market into negative territory. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which opened flat, slipped 65.85...
A schoolboy has allegedly been killed in a strife between two groups of college students over fund-raising for a football tournament. Ayaj Uddin Haq was a student of Government Laboratory School and sat SSC examinations this year. Police said a...
Masum Billah | 2014-06-09 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith placed the 2014-15 fiscal budget in parliament on Thursday last. Education is undoubtedly a major driving force of development in any country. There lies a direct relationship between education and poverty alleviation. Also it has close...
Hong Kong stocks opened 0.11 percent lower on profit-taking on Tuesday, despite another record on Wall Street and data showing Chinese inflation at a four-month high. The benchmark Hang Seng Index eased 25.38 points to 23,092.09, according to AFP.
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-06-09 00:00:00
John Milton had observed a few centuries ago that 'discussion was knowledge in the making'. This axiom is particularly true with regard to international relations - both in the bilateral as well as multilateral context. Official discussions enable two countries...
The prices of most of the shares in South Korea's stock exchange soared following another strong lead from Wall Street and Chinese data showing inflation of the world’s 2nd largest economy rising to a four-month high in May. Seoul’s benchmark...
Paul Carsten and Stephen Aldred of Reuters from Beijing/Hong Kong | 2014-06-09 00:00:00
When Jack Ma and his colleagues sat down in 2001 to lay out Alibaba's defining values, they named them after a martial arts technique drawn from Ma's love of kung fu novels and their heroic themes. But the corporate culture...
The prices of most of the shares in Sydney stock exchange jumped 0.40 per cent on Tuesday following a strong lead from Wall Street and Chinese monthly inflation data showing a sharp rise in May, according to AFP.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has largely been true to his words. In one of his pre-budget discussions, he said the private sector has been contributing about 80 per cent to the country's gross domestic product (GDP). That is why he...
US stocks rallied on Monday, with the Dow and the S&P 500 extending record winning streaks amid a fresh burst of merger and acquisition activity on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 18.82 points (0.11 per cent) to...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-06-09 00:00:00
Karim Mollah, a rickshaw-puller or Ehsanuddin, who owns a small grocery on Kalshi Road in Mirpur, finds no reason for all the hullabaloos the media create centring around the budget presentation by the finance minister in the month of June...
Two more candidates have backed off from Narayanganj-5 by-election. Monday's development leaves four men in the fray. District Election Officer Tarifuzzaman said renegade Awami League (AL) candidate Anowar Hossain and Krishak Sramik Janata League aspirant Iqbal Siddiqi withdrew their nominations...
Khandaker Zia Hasan | 2014-06-09 00:00:00
Another proposed budget is on the table of parliament. This is a time for sharing ideas on broadening the tax network in our country. We have to build productive human resources and make them understand in a positive manner that...
Europe's main stock markets rose in lacklustre holiday trade on Monday, with Frankfurt's DAX closing above the symbolic 10,000 level for the first time. 'With a lack of economic data, European shares were soft today after the solid gains made...
It is learnt that structured, commonly known as creative, questions on math will be introduced in 2015 for the SSC exam. The first thing we need to do for that is to familiarise all concerned with the new system. We...
At least three people, including two siblings, were killed as a wall of Sylhet International Cricket Stadium collapsed on them early Tuesday. The dead are Zahed Ahmed, 22, son of Azan Ali and his (Zahed's) sister Nasima Akter, 22, and...
The countdown to the World Cup football is finally ending and the world is entering the euphoric phase lasting one long month. When we go outside, we inevitably experience the World Cup ambience and I love it. Bus, car, motorcycle...
Candidates backed by BNP have been elected chairman in the Upazila (UZ) Parishad polls in Bandar Upazila in Narayanganj district and Natore's Naldanga. The returning officers announced the results at night following the elections on Monday. Upazila Executive Officer and...
A newspaper report yesterday carried a pragmatic presentation and rather soft evaluation of our somewhat negative tourism environment. Possibly it is our shyness and the lack of language access with tourists that add further to the problems faced by a...
Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has said BNP wants to sit in a dialogue with the government despite terming it ‘illegal’. Referring to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s remarks to a delegation of European Union that the party is ready for dialogue...
Maswood Alam Khan from Maryland, USA | 2014-06-09 00:00:00
Shoppers used to feel a sense of relief when they found signboards dangling at the entrances of some reputed kitchen markets in Dhaka city saying "Formalin-free Market". There is, alas, now hardly any market where one can find any fish,...
Banks will, henceforth, have to print all client-related forms, including those for opening new accounts, in Bengali and English. Bangladesh Bank issued a circular to this effect on Monday. This directive has to be implemented by July 31, according to...
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