LONDON, May 16 (AFP): Oil prices advanced Friday as the market won support from the ongoing Ukraine crisis and upbeat data in the United States, which is the world's top crude consumer. Brent North Sea crude for July rose 28...
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The government has taken an initiative to realise US$ 168 million in outstanding export bills of jute goods from the Sudanese government, officials said. Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC), under the ministry of textiles and jute (MoTJ) , made shipment...
Energy Commodity Futures Commodity Units Price Change % Change Crude Oil (WTI) USD/bbl. 101.85 +0.35 +0.34% Crude Oil (Brent) USD/bbl. 109.49 +0.40 +0.37% RBOB Gasoline USd/gal. 296.92 +0.50 +0.17% NYMEX Natural Gas USD/MMBtu 4.44 -0.03 -0.76% NYMEX Heating Oil USd/gal....
BKSP declared their first innings at 209 for 8 in 66 overs against Barisal Division on the first day of a two-day match of the Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Tournament at Cox's Bazar ground 2 Friday, reports UNB. Sent...
SYDNEY, May 16 (AFP): Australian opener David Warner Friday pulled out of the limited-overs tour of Zimbabwe in August, citing a draining playing schedule and the upcoming birth of his first child. The adventurous left-hander, who is playing in the...
An 11-member Bangladesh Women's Kabaddi Team left Dhaka for Kolkata Friday to play three international preparatory matches against Paschim Banga eves' team as part of their preparation for the 17th Asian Games that will begin on September 19 in Incheon,...
LAHORE, May 16 (AFP): Pakistan will play Tests in Galle and Colombo on their tour of Sri Lanka in August, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Friday. The teams will also play three one-day internationals during the short tour, originally...
Bangladesh's leading golfer Siddikur Rahman went down to 3rd slot in the ICTSI Philippines Open making 139 with five under par after the 2nd round matches at the Wack Wack Golf and Country Club in Manila Friday, reports UNB. Siddikur,...
Araf Sporting Club reached the semifinal of the Dhaka City Corporation (North and South) Pioneer Football League beating Tipu Sultan Sporting Club by 2-0 goals in the quarterfinal at the Outer Stadium in Paltan Friday, reports UNB. Apu and Shanta...
LAUSANNE, May 16 (AFP): FIFA president Sepp Blatter has said it was a mistake to choose Qatar to host the 2022 World Cup in the summertime, adding that it must be held in the winter instead. When asked if it...
ROME, May 16 (AFP): Rafael Nadal continued to search for his best clay form, surviving a shaky start Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP-WTA Rome Masters and a date with Andy Murray. The top seed beat Russian Mikhail...
Sprinter Blake eyes Yorkshire switch LONDON, May 16: Jamaican sprinter Yohan Blake revealed Friday that he would like to play for English county cricket team Yorkshire when he ends his athletics career. "I'm OK, you know. I can make the...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) is likely to complete its probe into the much-talked-about Padma Bridge graft case within a couple of months since the investigation gathered pace with the receiving of some 'substantial' information from Canadian authorities, reports UNB. "We've...
ADHUNIK (we prevent smoking), a leading anti-tobacco organisation founded by National Prof Dr Nurul Islam, placed a six-point proposal to Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury Thursday, reports UNB. An eight-member delegation of ADHUNIK led by Amanullah Khan, president, ADHUNIK and...
FE Report Bangladesh is going to observe the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) 2014 like other countries across the globe today (May 17) with the theme 'Broadband for Sustainable Development'. The Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology...
Two zoos in Dhaka and Rangpur will be modernised further at a cost of Tk 3.50 billion under a five-year project to make them of global standard, reports BSS. The Department of Architecture of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology...
US Ambassador in Bangladesh Dan W Mozena Friday expressed his deep shock at the loss of lives in launch MV Miraj-4 capsize in Meghna River in Munshiganj, reports UNB. "On behalf of everyone at the US Embassy, I offer my...
Local people set a police vehicle afire and put barricade on Dhaka-Maowa highway protesting the death of an auto-rickshaw driver in a road crash Friday, reports UNB. The deceased was identified as Shah Alam (35), hailed from Uttar Shubhadda of...
RAJSHAHI, May 16 (BSS): Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is pledged bound to bring transparency and accountability in its budget formulation and implementation for the sake of reflecting hopes and aspirations of the city dwellers. RCC mayor Mosaddeque Hossain Bulbul made...
JU Correspondent The Jahangirnagar University (JU) will go on a month-long summer vacation from today (Saturday). All classes of the university will remain closed from May 17 to June 16 for summer vacation and Buddha Purnima. The administrative activities will...
JHENIDAH, May 16 (UNB): A farmer was stabbed to death allegedly by his rivals at Dudhshar village under Shailakupa Upazila Friday. The deceased was identified as Bisharat Ali Sheikh (60), son of Adil Uddin Sheikh of the village. Fariduddin, sub-inspector...
Sultan Ahmed Majumdar, former Deputy Secretary, father of News Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and president of Jatiya Press Club (JPC) Kamal Uddin Sabuj, died of old-age complications at the United Hospital Friday afternoon, reports BSS. He was 80....
2 killed in Ctg incidents CHITTAGONG, May 16: A baby and a female sweeper were killed in separate incidents in the city Friday. The victims were Muhammad Shakil (6), son of Muhammad Selim of city's Bakalia area ,and Lata Das...
Rain or thundershowers, accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind, is likely to occur at one or two places over Dhaka, Barishal, Khulna, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Saturday), reports UNB. Weather may remain mainly dry with...
The Economic Relations Division (ERD) is likely to frame an online system by the year-end, aiming to strengthen transparency and effectiveness of aid management in Bangladesh for both the government and the development partners through tracking incoming aid flows. The...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Friday greeted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi as his party was heading for a landslide victory in the Indian national election ,reports UNB. PM's special assistant Mahbubul...
Congratulating the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on its landslide victory in the Lok Sabha election, BNP expressed the hope Friday that the new government in New Delhi will take initiatives for resolving various long-pending bilateral issues like Teesta...
Stating that the BJP won the election on the issues of corruption, bad governance and dynastic rule, BJP veteran LK Advani Friday said the role of Narendra Modi and the RSS in the party's victory had "to be assessed", reports...
The ruling Awami League (AL) and its associate bodies and organisations will observe Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's 33rd Homecoming Day today (Saturday), reports UNB. On this day in 1981, Hasina, who was newly elected as AL president, returned home...
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