Two centuries made by Anisul Islam and Saif Hasan enabled Dhaka Division South to score 337 runs against Barisal Division on the first day of a three-day-match of Young Tigers U-18 National Cricket Competition at Cricket Garden in Rangpur Friday,...
Arambagh Krira Sangha defeated Wari Club 2-1 in the day's only match of the Premier Bank Bangladesh Championship League at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur Friday, reports UNB. A suicidal goal in 19th minute and...
Rajshahi District outgunned Naogaon District by 13-0 goal in a match of the KFC National Women's Football Championships League at Rajshahi District Stadium Friday, reports UNB. Swapna, Marufa and Nila made hat-tricks scoring three goals each for the winners while...
SYDNEY, May 2 (AFP): Australia have reclaimed the number one Test ranking for the first time in five years, with captain Michael Clarke calling it the most satisfying day of his career. They also remain the top-rated one day international...
KARACHI, May 2 (AFP): Former Pakistan captain Rashid Latif Thursday backed former team-mate Salim Malik in his bid to overturn a life ban imposed 14 years ago for match-fixing. Latif, known for his fight against corruption in cricket, said Malik...
Marsh named as chief Australia selector SYDNEY, May 2: Test great Rod Marsh will head up a restructured Australian selection panel featuring newcomer Mark Waugh and former chief selector Trevor Hohns, Cricket Australia said Friday. Marsh was endorsed by CA's...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
Most of the diagnostic companies in the country are allegedly involved in unethical business promotional activities to allure doctors. Such companies, as allegations say, try to allure doctors with attractive commissions and gifts to induce them to prescribe more tests...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
Event management companies that help organise programmes professionally are mushrooming in the country, sources said. There is no official record relating to how much the growth the sector has achieved, but the earliest companies are feeling the heat of competition...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, May 2: Maritime trade between Chittagong and Sri Lankan ports will enhance in the coming days as both the port authorities have reached an understanding at a meeting at the Chittagong Port Thursday. A 10-member joint study...
MUNSHIGANJ, May 2 (UNB): The work order for the main Padma Bridge construction would be issued in the first week of June, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said Friday. Talking to reporters during his visit to the bridge site in Lohajong...
NEW YORK, May 2 (AFP): Ford Motor Thursday tapped Mark Fields as chief executive, accelerating a leadership transition as it aims to capitalize on momentum from a turnaround chartered by outgoing chief Alan Mulally. Fields, 53, will take reins from...
Abdul Hai Sarker has been re-elected as chairman of Dhaka Bank Limited. Born in a respectable Muslim family of Sirajganj, Mr. Sarker accomplished his Post Graduation Degree (M Com) from the University of Dhaka in 1970. Mr. Sarker is the...
TOKYO, May 2: The dollar strengthened against the yen and euro in Asia on Friday as upbeat comments from the Federal Reserve and positive data supported the unit ahead of key US jobs figures later in the day. — AFP
MUMBAI, May 2 : Continuing its rising streak, the Indian rupee strengthened by another 11 paise to trade at 60.20 against the dollar in early trade Friday at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market on sustained selling of the US currency...
Secretary General of United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad) Dr Mukhisa Kituyi has said Bangladesh is an increasingly attractive destination for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), reports UNB. He said the Investment Policy Review (IPR) reflects the desire of...
TEHRAN, May 2 (Xinhua): Iran will purchase 400 passenger planes in the next ten years if the sanctions on its aviation fleet are lifted thoroughly, local media reported Thursday. Under the country's Twenty-Year Vision Plan, which runs until March 2025,...
The two-day biennial German-Bangladesh consultation, 2014 will be held in the capital on May 7-8 to review the implementation of the existing German-funded projects in Bangladesh as well as their possible future funding, reports UNB. "The two-day consultation will focus...
LONDON, May 2 (AFP): US pharmaceuticals giant Pfizer has raised its takeover offer for Britain's AstraZeneca to about $106 billion (76 billion euros), it announced on Friday. The Viagra maker said in a statement that it has lifted its informal...
Indonesian trade, inflation data show economy on the mend JAKARTA, May 2 : Indonesia has posted a robust monthly trade surplus while inflation eased in April, data showed Friday, in a sign Southeast Asia's top economy is on the road...
FE Report Potato price jumped by 30 per cent while coarse rice prices dropped slightly in a week in the city's kitchen markets. Vegetable prices showed a mixed trend as a few items witnessed a slight rise and some went...
Rezaul Karim | 2014-05-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh's products are not getting duty-free market facilities to more than 150 countries due mainly to the lack of pro-active measures. Realising the urgency, the government is trying to secure duty-free market access to a number of countries including Russia,...
SINGAPORE, May 2 (AFP): Oil prices turned lower in volatile Asian trade today after US crude stockpiles surged, with investors keeping an eye out for further clues on the health of the US economy. New York's West Texas Intermediate for...
JAMALPUR, May 2 (BSS): The Horticulture Department Board has set up ten dragon fruit gardens in Jamalpur and Sherpur districts this year. According to Jamalpur Horticulture Office sources, seven dragon fruit gardens in Jamalpur Sadar upazila and three in Nakla...
PANCHAGARH, May 2 (BSS): Farmers in the district are expecting a bumper Boro production this year thanks to favourable weather and necessary technical support from the local agriculture department. DAE (Department of Agriculture Extension) sources said a total of 33,832...
CHICAGO, May 2 (Xinhua): Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday fell on positive US economic data. The most active gold contract for June lost 12.5 US dollars, or 0.96 per cent, to settle...
WASHINGTON, May 2 (AFP): US farmers can grow more corn than ever before thanks to genetic modifications and improved planting techniques, but the crops are also increasingly vulnerable to drought, researchers said yesterday. The study in the journal Science found...
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