Bangladesh Karate team finished runners-up in the 8th NSKA International Martial Art Karate Championship securing seven gold, two silver and three bronze medals at the event held in Kathmandu, Nepal Saturday, reports UNB. Nasima Akhter Jui of Bangladesh, who won...
The host Bangladesh Under-19 will take on visiting Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA) Under-19 in their three-day cricket meet begins today (Sunday) at BKSP ground-3 in Savar, reports UNB. Apart from this, visiting MPCA of India will play two four-day...
BRASILIA, May 24 (AFP): Brazil said Friday it is mobilising 157,000 soldiers and police to ensure security during the World Cup, which opens in 20 days against a backdrop of violent protests and strikes. The defense ministry said it would...
JOHANNESBURG, May 24 (AFP): Top-class stadiums are a proud legacy of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, but the national team has failed to build on promise shown in the tournament. Bafana Bafana (The Boys) will be notable absentees...
The 14-team Metropolitan Women's Cricket League will begin Wednesday at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium (DCS) with Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club taking on Indira Road KC in the opener, reports UNB. The 40-over-a-side league match will start at 9:30 am. Three...
The first round of the 34th National Cricket Championship begins today (Sunday) at different venues across the country, reports UNB. Sixty-four district teams, split into 14 groups, will play in the first round matches on league basis matches.
Two top teams- league leader Rahmatganj MFS and Farashganj SC- shared points with each other as their Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League match ended in a goalless draw at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur...
Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club and Prime Sporting Club won their respective matches in the Cute Premier Handball League at the Shaheed (Capt) M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium in the city Saturday, reports UNB. In the day's first match, Dhaka...
PARIS, May 24 (AFP): Rafael Nadal might be seen by some as losing his grip on the French Open crown, but his main rivals for the title don't share that view ahead of Sunday's opening day at Roland Garros. The...
Watford sign goalkeeper Gomes LONDON, May 24: Championship side Watford have signed Brazilian goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes on a free transfer from Tottenham. "Heurelho Gomes has agreed terms on a one-year deal at Vicarage Road and will officially become a Watford...
An 'impregnable' air defence system in the sky and about 10,000 security personnel on the ground will guard heads of state and government and some 3,000 dignitaries attending Narendra Modi's swearing-in as the prime minister of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
Managing cost of fund, encouraging low cost deposits and lowering higher rate of bank loans are the top priorities of Mercantile Bank Ltd to facilitate industrial growth of the country, the Bank's Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
FE Report | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
The bill on the proposed Financial Reporting Act (FRA) is likely to be passed by the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) in its upcoming budget session for setting up the Financial Reporting Council (FRC), officials said. The officials of the Bangladesh Securities...
International Growth Centre (IGC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), BRAC University will hold a dissemination seminar on 'Reducing Vulnerability in Export Performance: The Export Diversification Challenge in Bangladesh' tomorrow (Monday). Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute...
Singer Bangladesh Limited officially launched its new campaign "Singer Bishwa Kapano Offer' targeting FIFA World Cup Football Brazil - 2014. The campaign starts today (25 May, 2014) and will remain valid till the Final day of World Cup, which is...
NAV of MTB Unit Fund disclosed Alliance Capital Asset Management Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of MTB Unit Fund. The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 351,426,303.74 on the basis of cost price and...
MUMBAI, May 24 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex rose more than 1 per cent on Friday, making India the best performing equity market in Asia-Pacific for 2014 in dollar terms. The benchmark has gained 2 per cent this week on continued...
Country's leading Media, PR and Communications house, Triune Group has signed a deal with Airwaves International of Dubai, UAE for better marketing Bangladesh's aviation and tourism related products worldwide. Vasco Furtado, Managing Partner, Airwaves International and Shamshad Ahsan, Chief Executive...
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters): The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Friday, buoyed by a rally in housing stocks after better-than-expected home sales and a jump in Hewlett-Packard shares a day after the personal computer maker said...
FE Report | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
Rupali Bank Limited is now operating on full computerised system. "All 532 branches of the bank are running by computerized system. Besides, online and ATM services are also available to serve our clients," Rupali Bank chairman Dr. Ahmad al- Kabir...
HONG KONG, May 24 (Reuters): Hong Kong shares finished slightly up on Friday, helped by stocks of Chinese property developers which were buoyed by further signs of relaxation from the housing authorities. The Hang Seng Index closed up 0.1 per...
Company Profile Matin Spinning Mills Limited (MATINSPINN) is a manufacturer and marketer of combed and carded yarn, made from raw cotton. The company was incorporated in 2002. It started its commercial operation four years later in 2006. Later in 2010,...
Maswood Alam Khan from Cockeysville, Maryland, USA | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
After Thailand's army declared martial law at dawn on Tuesday (May 20), military officials said "This is not a coup. People don't need to panic". A curfew was imposed; but nobody bothered. Tourists and pedestrians were posing with the soldiers...
Anatole Kaletsky of Reuters | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
As Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Russia's historic $400 billion gas-supply agreement with China, he must have felt the satisfaction of a chess grandmaster revealing the inexorable outcome of a complicated endgame. In theory, the next phase of the chess...
Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has this year been adjudged the worst city on earth. The reasons for making such an assessment could be many. But, to a large number of its residents, the city deserves to be adjudged...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
Despite repeated appeals by the government, the country's businessmen are reluctant to use the Pangaon Container Terminal built at South Keraniganj of Dhaka district. As such, the terminal could not be made fully functional since its inauguration by the Prime...
Tanvir Raquib | 2014-05-25 00:00:00
Life in Dhaka can be unbearable due to constant traffic jam on almost every road and street. During my recent visit to Seoul, I noticed Seoul also has high rise office buildings and apartments just like in Dhaka but the...
My daughter and I were taking our regular stroll in the President Shahabuddin Park at Gulshan recently when we noticed a commotion involving the police, Sir Frank Peters, a campaigner against corporal punishment, and an alleged mugger. Out of curiosity,...
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