PESHAWAR, May 11 (AFP): At least five people were killed and six injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a stadium in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, officials said. The bomber was believed to have been targeting a group...
Israel closes Golan zone adjacent to Syria JERUSALEM, May 11: Israel's army on Sunday declared part of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights a closed military zone, fearing battles on the Syrian side would spill over the ceasefire line. An army spokeswoman...
A double century by opener Imrul Kayes and an unbeaten ton by Mithun enabled Prime Bank South Zone to take 446 runs lead against table topper BCB North Zone on the 3rd day of the five-day match of the 2nd...
Fide Master Fahad Rahman of Pirojpur became unbeaten champion in the Azimuddin Bhuiyan Trust 33rd National Sub-Junior (Under-16) Chess Championship that concluded at the Chess Federation hall-room of National Sports Council in the city Sunday, reports UNB. Fahad clinched the...
Victoria Sporting Club scraped to a 4-3 goal victory over Wari Club in the only match of the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mustafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur Sunday, reports UNB. Sheetal made a...
Police AC beat Shantinagar Sporting Club by 7-0 goal in the opening match of the Green Delta Insurance First Division Hockey League at Maulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. Rana Das scored four goals while Noyan...
Azad Sporting Club beat Dhaka Sabuj by 25-20, 23-25, 15-23, 25- 22, 15-9 points in the NBL Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB. In the day's other match, Fire...
Narail DFA reached the zonal final of the KFC National Women's Football Championship eliminating Barguna DFA by 9-0 goal in the zonal semifinal at Bagerhat Stadium Sunday, reports UNB. Kimi Karmakar and Shefali made hat-tricks scoring three goals each while...
Bangladesh champions Sheikh Russell KC emerged as the unbeaten Group- A champions to reach the final round of the AFC President Cup Football thrashing all-losers Ugyen Academy FC of Bhutan by 4-0 goal in their last group match at the...
MADRID, May 11 (AFP): Maria Sharapova secured her place in the final of the Madrid Open for the second consecutive year with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 win over Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska Saturday. The four-time Grand Slam champion will face Romanian...
Nadal storms into Madrid Masters final MADRID, May 11 (AFP): World number one Rafael Nadal remained on course to retain his Madrid Masters title Saturday with a 6-4, 6-3 semi-final victory over fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut. The 13-time Grand...
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Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Sunday that microcredit is not the only tool for poverty alleviation but healthcare and education should also be provided to the poor along with loan to lift them from poverty level. "Microcredit is a potential...
Islamist militants Boko Haram have released a video apparently showing about 130 girls kidnapped from a school in northern Nigeria on 14 April. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said the children would be held until all imprisoned militants had been...
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The World Bank has offered to finance a project intended to help strengthen the country's financial sector still reeling from recent banking scams, officials said. A string of banking frauds including Hall-mark and Bismillah involving billions of taka have rocked...
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The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has directed more than 600 newly appointed assistant revenue officers to provide better services to the taxpayers. The NBR chairman Ghulam Hussain gave the directive to the new officers under its Value Added Tax...
LONDON, May 11 (AFP): London has more billionaires than any other city in the world, and Britain has more billionaires per head of population than any other country, new data showed on Saturday. The survey of Britain's super-rich compiled for...
WTO head arrives next month Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Roberto Azevedo will visit Bangladesh on June 3-4 next, official said. During his visit, the WTO chief is expected to call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at...
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CHITTAGONG, May 11: The government is working to enhance capacity and facility of the Chittagong Port besides building two new ports in the country. Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan said this while launching a new container vessel at the Chittagong Port...
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Banglalink, the country's 2nd largest telecom operator, commercially launched Sunday its 3G service in Rangpur with a view to providing its clients with high-speed internet services. Marking the event, the mobile operator organised a colourful procession with the participation of...
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The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) interrogated Sunday former chairman of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) Nurul Huda and four others over alleged irregularities in plot allocation to former housing secretary Khondaker Shawkat Hossain. ACC Deputy Director, also Investigation Officer of the case,...
ISLAMABAD, May 11 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund said Saturday that Pakistan's economic reform programme remained broadly on track, but warned over rising inflation. Pakistan received a $6.7 billion IMF bailout package last year to help the country achieve economic...
KATHMANDU, May 11 (Xinhua): The Nepal government is preparing to revise its threshold for foreign direct investment (FDI) by four fold from the existing US$50,000 from the beginning of the coming fiscal year, officials said. The introduction of new FDI...
The bi-annual government consultations between Bangladesh and Germany were held in the city recently which reviewed the ongoing projects and programmes in the field of financial and technical cooperation as well as on future development cooperation. Acting Head of South...
LALMONIRHAT, May 11 (BSS): State Minister for LGRD and Cooperatives M Mashiur Rahman Ranga Sunday called for implementation of government's 'One House, One Farm' project to change the lot of the people. He was speaking as the chief guest at...
CHITTAGONG, May 11 (UNB): Housing and Public Works Minister Engr Mosharraf Hossain said Saturday the National Housing Authority (NHA) has lost the possession of many of its lands to influential people in the government. He said this at a seminar...
Food Minister Advocate Qamrul Islam said the government has a plan to set up fibre cable at every school and union council in the country as the people can get benefit from the information technology (IT) service, reports BSS. The...
BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) : US and euro zone data will help investors take the pulse of the global economy this week, but the crisis in Ukraine threatens to spoil any improvement. Steady prices and good retail sales are expected...
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