Bangladesh U-19 trailed by 261 runs against Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) Under-19 team of India on the second day of their first four-day match at Fatullah Outer Stadium in Fatullah Friday, reports UNB. On the 2nd day (Friday), MPCA...
LISBON, May 30 (AFP): Cristiano Ronaldo, who is still feeling the effects of a thigh injury, and Real Madrid teammate Pepe will both miss Portugal's World Cup warm-up match against Brazil-bound Greece on Saturday. "Ronaldo will be with us but...
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 30 (AFP): Brazil is to deploy a 170,000-strong security force for the World Cup to deter hooligans from home and abroad. Mass protests against the tournament and deadly fan violence have put authorities on alert ahead...
Gulshan Youth Club notched an emphatic 115-run victory over Urban Sports and Cultural Development in a match of the 5th National Women's Club Cricket League at Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Prothisthan (BKSP) Ground-4 in Savar Friday, reports UNB. Batting first after...
Tomljanovic makes history at French Open PARIS, May 30: Croatia's Ajla Tomljanovic made history in the French Open Friday by upsetting third seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-4, 6-4 in the third round. The defeat meant that the tournament's top...
FE Report The stock market witnessed a positive week that ended Thursday, breaking four consecutive weeks of losing streak as investors took position on large cap stocks. The week featured all five trading sessions and three sessions closed positive while...
HONG KONG, May 30 (Reuters): Hong Kong shares are set to end their best month this year on Friday, underpinned by strength in property developers and Chinese banks. China shares reversed earlier losses in late morning trade, even as the...
SHANGHAI, May 30 (Reuters): China plans to launch a unified account platform for securities investors in October, a move aimed at promoting integration among different systems in the country's capital markets, the official China Securities Journal said on Friday. The...
MUMBAI, May 30 (Reuters): Indian shares fell on Friday to mark their first weekly fall in four, as blue-chips such as State Bank of India declined after foreign investors sold shares for a fourth consecutive session, while caution was also...
TOKYO, May 30 (Reuters): Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) plans to adopt new government guidelines for institutional investors designed to improve corporate governance and investment returns. The $1.26 trillion fund in a statement on Friday said it is important...
LONDON, May 30 (AFP): European stock markets were mixed on Friday, with many traders away for a long holiday weekend and the mining sector hit by concern about Chinese demand, dealers said. London's FTSE 100 index of top companies dipped...
The local currency maintained a stable tone during the week of May 25 to May 29 last and traded around 77.63 levels. The market will see the same tone in the upcoming week as well. The average daily inter-bank USD/BDT...
Now that the shutting down of noncompliant readymade garment (RMG) factories is apparently the only recourse to demonstrate the government's vigilance in implementing its action programme, the issue of jobless workers is fast emerging as a serious problem with no...
Rahman Jahangir | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
Dhaka city with over 15 million people is just gasping for life amid intolerable traffic jams. With it, environmental pollution and unplanned urbanisation have led to rating of the Bangladesh capital as one of the worst cities in the world....
Ridwan Quaium | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
Road safety warning signs, in addition to pavement markings, are provided to warn road users of potentially hazardous conditions on or adjacent to the road. These signs speak of conditions which require caution from the driver and may require a...
Gulshan Lake, situated in a posh area of the city, is in a critical condition. 'Gulshan', a Persian word, meaning flower garden but ours is nothing but a filthy sanitary and washing pool. Rajuk had the moral responsibility of beautifying...
It is heartening to know that the government has enacted 'Safe Food Law (2013)' to prevent widespread food adulteration and to ensure availability of safe food in the country. The government has also formed a single agency styled 'Bangladesh Food...
Maswood Alam Khan from Cockeysville, Maryland, USA | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
Farid, from Bangladesh, and Prashanta, from India, work at a pizza store on Veirs Mill Road at Wheaton in Maryland. They work almost every day; both of them get hefty overtime pay as they work for more than 40 hours...
Dipok Kumar Roy | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
The Social Safety Net Programmes (SSNPs) are definitely a good step in providing equal opportunities, upholding fundamental rights and improving the living standard of the poor and vulnerable groups. The total budget for the SSNP in the fiscal year (FY)...
M. A. Jabbar | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
The member-states of the World Health Organisation (WHO) launched the World No Tobacco Day in 1987 to draw global attention to the tobacco epidemic, and the preventable deaths and diseases it causes. In 1988, Resolution WHA42.19 was passed, calling for...
Shobha Shukla | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
Tobacco related illness kills nearly 6.0 million people each year, accounting for 1 in 10 of all deaths globally. More than 5.4 million of these deaths are the result of direct tobacco use while more than 600,000 are due to...
Jamal Uddin | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
Smartphones are slowly occupying the country's feature-phone market as the demand for them continues to rise following introduction of 3G or third generation internet services coupled with affordable prices. The sales of smartphones currently hover around 40 per cent or...
FE Report Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed on Friday said the government is placing importance on campaign to boost earnings from the country's tourism industry. "Bangladesh is a beautiful country. Tourism industry might emerge as one of the major sources of...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
A France-based business consultancy in association with the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) of Bangladesh is going to help Bangladeshi apparel makers participate in a Paris textile fair scheduled for September. Bangladesh Business Consulting (BBC), headed by a Bangladeshi-French businessman, is...
FE Report Hatim Group, which manufactures plastic, PVC products, electronic and household articles, organised an annual dealers' conference 2014 at a city hotel Friday. More than four hundred dealers along with high officials of Hatim Group were present at the...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-05-31 00:00:00
The government in association with private businesses has taken a move to raise exports to African countries, officials have said. With this end in view the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) has set a target to increase exports to Africa to...
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