Airtel Bangladesh Limited, a telecom company, is going to introduce a new service named airCredit allowing its customers to recharge their mobile account balance on credit, reports UNB. Through the new service, Airtel will help its prepaid customers to take...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (AFP) : An appeals court Saturday breathed new life into Oracle's big-money lawsuit against Google by ruling that software commands can be copyrighted just like classic books. The case stems from 2012 trial, in which Oracle...
US Postal Service loss hits $1.9 billion; package volume up WASHINTON, May 10 :The United States Postal Service ended its second quarter with a net loss of $1.9 billion as first-class mail volume continued to tumble and lawmakers remained at...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-05-11 00:00:00
Bangladesh can fetch US$ 1.0 billion by exporting organic agro products just in two years, businesses said. "Presently the country exports agricultural products worth more than US $ 530 million annually. The amount can easily be enhanced to $ 1.0...
LONDON, May 10 (AFP): Commodities mostly rose this week as traders kept watch on simmering tensions in Ukraine, with star performer nickel striking a two-year peak on the back of supply woes. President Vladimir Putin visited Crimea on Friday for...
HARARE, May 10 (Xinhua): An India-Zimbabwean steelmaker, mothballed for three years, will start producing 500,000 tonnes of liquid steel annually in the next two years after the plant's two major stakeholders resolved their disputes over mineral claim ownership, a cabinet...
NEWYORK, May 10 (AP) : Corn dropped Friday after the government forecast a record crop for this year. The price of corn for July delivery fell 9 cents, or 1.7 per cent, to $5.08 a bushel. The loss pared this...
CARACAS, May 10 (AFP): Venezuelans, who enjoy free highways and dirt-cheap gas, are struggling to buy cars as production falters thanks to a lack of foreign currency to pay for imported parts. Vehicle assembly plants are facing their worst year...
CHICAGO, May 10 (Xinhua): Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange kept falling yesterday on positive comments on US economy from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen. The most active gold contract for June fell 0.1...
Prime Bank South Zone took a 36-run lead against table topper BCB North Zone on the 2nd day of the five-day match of the 2nd Bangladesh Cricket League (BCL) final at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Saturday, reports UNB. Replying...
Bangladesh Cricket Board announced Saturday a 15-member final squad of Bangladesh A Team for a 25-day long tour of Caribbean Inlands, reports UNB. During the tour Bangladesh A will play two four-day, three one-day and two T20 matches, all against...
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom, May 10 (AFP): England captain Alastair Cook saw the willingness of all concerned to persevere in less than ideal conditions end in a 39-run victory for his side against Scotland. As rain before and during the match...
A quadruple hat-trick by Sabina Khatun helped Team BJMC to notch a massive 20-0 goal win against Kishoreganj DFA in the Dhaka zone semifinal of the KFC National Women's Football Championship at BFF Artificial Turf in the city Saturday, reports...
PDB (Power Development Board) defeated WDB (Water Development Board) by 25-14, 25-21 and 25-11 points in a match of the National Bank Ltd Premier Division Volleyball League at Dhaka Volleyball Stadium, Paltan Saturday, reports UNB.
Rahmatganj Muslim Friends Society played a 1-1 draw against Badda Jagarani Sangsad in the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League at Birshreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur Saturday, reports UNB.
ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda, May 10 (AFP): Darren Sammy retired from Test cricket Friday just hours after being replaced by Denesh Ramdin as West Indies captain. Sammy, 30, had been in charge of the Test team since October 2010....
Bangladesh champions Sheikh Russell KC will play Ugyen Academy FC of Bhutan in their 3rd and last Group A match of the AFC President Cup Football at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo today (Sunday), reports UNB. Bangladesh Premier League champions...
LAHORE, May 10 (AFP): Pakistan cricket chiefs Friday defended their decision to appoint fast bowling legend Waqar Younis as head coach, after former interim coach Mohsin Khan lashed out at the decision. The Pakistan Cricket Board had Tuesday handed Waqar...
MADRID, May 10 (AFP): World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo will miss Real Madrid's visit to Celta Vigo on Sunday due to an injury picked up in Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Valladolid. The Portuguese forward, who has only recently...
Madrid, May 10 (AP): Defending champion Rafael Nadal gave his clay-court doldrums a boost by reaching the Madrid Open semifinals Friday with a dominant performance against Thomas Berdych. In the women's tournament, two-time defending champion Serena Williams withdrew with a...
MADRID, May 10 (AFP): Four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has urged his Barcelona teammates not to miss out on the second chance they have been gifted to retain their La Liga title. Barca seemed all but out...
MADRID, May 10 (AFP): Romanian Simona Halep booked her place in the final of the Madrid Open Saturday with a hard-fought 6-7 (4/7), 6-3, 6-2 win over Petra Kvitova. After just one break apiece it was fifth seed Kvitova who...
Nishikori becomes first Japanese man in top 10 MADRID, May 10: Kei Nishikori ensured he will become the first ever Japanese player to make the top 10 of the ATP rankings with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Spain's Feliciano Lopez...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir urged the government to quit shouldering responsibility for all the extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and abductions, reports UNB. "Enforced disappearance is a crime against humanity. The government is committing this crime regularly....
Voicing deep concern over the recent spate in killings, abductions and forced disappearances, Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad alleged Saturday that government was running the country like Hitler and Mussolini, reports UNB. "The Awami League government is running the country...
The central executive committee of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of ruling Awami League, expelled Saturday four of its leaders of Dhaka University (DU) for their involvement in anti-organisational activities, reports UNB. They are deputy sports affairs secretary...
Speakers at a function stressed the need for a judicial commission to combat communalism, reports BSS. They made the observation while speaking at a publication ceremony of a documentary book on 'Atrocities on Minorities in Bangladesh,' published by Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya...
CHITTAGONG, May 10 (BSS): Police arrested 13 leaders and activists of Jamaat-Shibir on charges of acts of sabotage from different areas of Satkania and Lohagara upazilas in the district Saturday. A team of Lohagara police arrested eight Jamaat-Shibir men from...
Awami League (AL) Siddhirganj thana unit recommended Saturday removal of Nur Hossain, the prime suspect in the Narayanganj seven murders, from the post of its vice-president, reports bdnews24.com. The ruling party also suggested ouster of its General Secretary Haji Yasin...
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