A century made by Forhad Hossain helped the BCB North Zone to score 287 for 4 against the defending champion and also the table topper of the 2nd edition Walton Central Zone in a four-day match of the Bangladesh Cricket...
Bangladesh Premier League champions Sheikh Russell KC will leave Dhaka for Colombo today (Sunday) to play in the Group A match of the AFC President Cup Football beginning there Wednesday (May 7), reports UNB. Sheikh Russell KC, which earned "triple...
The Chennai Super Kings playbook has one abiding formula: a top-order contribution, a blitz from the finishers and a strangle by the spinners. Brendon McCullum took care of objective one with his third half-century in six matches, MS Dhoni swung...
PARIS, May 3 (AFP): Nine clubs are facing action under European football's financial fair play regulations, UEFA confirmed Saturday. In a statement on its website, European football's governing body explained that 76 of the 237 clubs who took part in...
OEIRAS, Portugal, May 3 (AFP): Carla Suarez Navarro made it third time lucky at the Portugal Open on Saturday as she finally lifted the title after losing the last two finals The Spanish top seed beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 3-6,...
Coming from behind, giant killer Brothers Union Club managed a 2-1 goal victory against Chittagong Abahani Ltd in the 2nd leg match of the Nitol Tata Bangladesh Premier Football League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Saturday, reports...
MADRID, May 3 (AFP): World number one Rafael Nadal heads into the Madrid Masters this week in the unusual position of searching for his first title on the European clay this season. The 13-time Grand Slam champion has dominated on...
Veteran Haas battles into Munich semi-finals BERLIN, May 3: Title-holder Tommy Haas was made to work before defeating Italian Andreas Seppi 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 Friday to qualify for the Munich ATP tournament semi-finals. The 36-year-old second seed spent almost two...
Peter Apps, Warren Strobel and Luke Baker of Reuters from London/Washington/Brussels | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
Western states used targeted sanctions to isolate Libya's Muammar Gaddafi and push Iran into nuclear negotiations. Using similar tactics against President Vladimir Putin's Russia is a challenge on an entirely different scale. Not only is the volume of Russian money...
Michael Martina of Reuters from Urumqi (China) | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
China's foreign ministry has reacted angrily to U.S. criticism of the level of cooperation from Beijing on fighting terrorism, after an apparent suicide bombing in the country's far west pointed to a possible escalation of unrest there. The Chinese government...
Lucia Mutikani of Reuters from Washington | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
US employers hired workers at the fastest clip in more than two years in April, pointing to a rebound in economic growth after a dreadful winter and keeping the Federal Reserve on track to end bond purchases this year. The...
Abul Basher | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
The budget for financial year 2014-15 (FY15) is in the offing. The development initiatives of the government in Bangladesh are mainly guided by a five-year plan, formulated in every five years on the basis of the review of the problems...
Mohammed Hossain | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
At a press briefing a year ago in New Delhi Mr Kevin Steele, the then CEO of Biman Bangladesh Airlines which had been incurring losses since 2008, expected that the national flag carrier would reach the break-even point in the...
Anatole Kaletsky of Reuters | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
Why did the U.S. and European sanctions against Russia earlier this week trigger a rebound in the ruble and the Moscow stock market? To understand this paradox it is worth recalling Yes Minister, the British TV comedy about a blundering...
Excessive dependence on multinational companies (MNCs) and private seed distributors does not appear to auger well for the current state of seed management in the country. This has been voiced strongly at a seminar in the capital recently, participated by...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
The South Asian Association for Regional Coopration (SAARC) was supposed to be a viable platform for the states and peoples of the South Asian region to work together in a spirit of friendship and trust. Twenty years after its establishment,...
Lutfor Rahman | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said that the present government is not going to extend the MPO (monthly payment order) facilities. He said no new school will be brought under the scheme as the system has been destroying the secondary...
Narayanganj has become a city of fear and terror. The kidnappers are directly backed by influential party people. Every businessman has to pay ransom or is being harassed in one way or another. The goods-laden trucks are intercepted when they...
The most anticipated sports event of the world is the World Cup Football which is only a few weeks away. I can't simply control my excitement as we can see the best of the world football talents only there. We...
The Indian Premier League (IPL) has been very successful in terms of public response. I am never tired of watching the matches on TV although the performance of my favourite team Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is poor and it has...
Saleh Akram | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
The issue of sharing Teesta waters has not only remained unresolved but has also given rise to a host of other side issues. Two most tormenting ones relate to desertification and drastic fall in underground water level in the northern...
B K Mukhopadhyay | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
No question of writing off India's economy. Political rivalry may be there, but can one undermine the internal inherent strengths? Some setback should not lead one to conclude that the rosy future will not be there! Economic growth eased to...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
Dulal Brothers Ltd (DBL) Group has taken the corporate social responsibility (CSR) as an obligation to the society and requirement to continue sustainable growth of the industry. "We incorporated the CSR activities in our company so that we can maintain...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Bangladesh has been recognised as the 'Best Foreign Commercial Bank' at the ICAMB Best Corporate Awards 2013. Organised by the Institute of Cost and Management Accounts of Bangladesh, the award is one...
FE Report | 2014-05-04 00:00:00
Khulna Printing and Packaging Limited(KPPL) protested a story on Saturday published in a Bangla newspaper on April 30 which said the company is going to raise Tk 400 million by issuing initial public offering in the capital market based on...
DSE CTO quits The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) A. S. M. Khairuzzaman has resigned from his post on personal ground, officials said. The DSE officials said the CTO submitted his resignation letter to the DSE...
Tau Investment Management, a New York-based growth equity firm, which is committed to investing US$1 billion in transforming global supply chains, will make its official launch in Dhaka today (Sunday), reports UNB. Over the next three years, Tau will first...
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