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Barcelona players pay tribute to Vilanova

2014-04-27 00:00:00

MADRID, Apr 26 (AFP): The Barcelona squad attended a memorial space at the Camp Nou Saturday to pay their respects to former coach Tito Vilanova, who died Friday after a long battle with cancer aged 45. Vilanova was first diagnosed...

London, Munich rivals for Euro ’20 semis and final

2014-04-27 00:00:00

PARIS, Apr 26 (AFP): The semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 will be staged in either London or Munich, European football's governing body UEFA announced Saturday. They were the only two cities that submitted bid dossiers for the semi-finals/final package...

Roma beat AC Milan to keep title race open

2014-04-27 00:00:00

ROME, Apr 26 (AP): Refusing to concede the Serie A title, Roma produced a convincing 2-0 win over AC Milan Friday that will keep Juventus from celebrating for at least another week. Miralem Pjanic dribbled through the defense to score...

Sharapova reach final

2014-04-27 00:00:00

STUTTGART, Apr 26 (AFP): Defending champion Maria Sharapova moved to within one victory of her third straight Stuttgart title after a 6-1, 6-2 win over Italy's Sara Errani in Saturday's semi-final. Sharapova, who won the title in 2012 and 2013,...

Women\\\'s Kabaddi begins today

2014-04-27 00:00:00

The MARCEL LED Television Inter- Divisional Women's Kabaddi competition begins today (Sunday) at the Kabaddi Stadium with ten participating teams, reports BSS. The ten teams from Dhaka, Faridpur, Jamalpur, Narail, Jhenaidah, Rajshahi, Panchagarh, Comilla, Barisal and Habiganj districts will take...

School Chess kicks off Apr 29

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Mohammedan International School Chess Championship, organised by Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club, will start on April 29 at 3:00 pm at Club Pavilion in the city, reports BSS. The tournament is open for all school students split in five groups including...

Giles quits as England selector

2014-04-27 00:00:00

LONDON, Apr 26 (AFP): Ashley Giles has resigned as an England selector after being passed over for the role of national team coach, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced Friday. Former England spinner Giles had been England's one-day...

Swiss, French cities pull out of Euro 2020 race

2014-04-27 00:00:00

GENEVA, Apr 26 (AFP): Switzerland Friday became the latest country to pull out of the race to host matches at Euro 2020, the first continent-wide edition of Europe's top international football tournament. The Swiss Football Federation announced that it had...

sports digest

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Nannes joins Somerset for English T20 LONDON, Apr 26: Australia seamer Dirk Nannes has joined Somerset for English county cricket's domestic Twenty20 competition. The 37-year-old left-arm paceman, a former Dutch international, is now a Twenty20 'gun for hire' and will...

Photo: NEW DELHI: Indian tennis player Leander Paes (L) poses with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Learning from Teacher Educator Conference, Hyderabad

Ranjit Podder | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

English and Foreign Languages University (EFL-U) in Hyderabad in India is the only university in the world that teaches and conducts research on different languages of the world. This university arranges English language Teacher Educator Conferences (TEC) every year usually...

Social and emotional learning in school curriculum

Masum Billah | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

As individuals and members of society the students who make just better results in terms of academic performance may not be well prepared to face the practical challenges of life. They must be well-equipped with social and emotional learning which...

IFC supports IDLC to expand access to banking for SMEs

2014-04-27 00:00:00

International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, will work with IDLC Finance Limited to promote access to banking services for small businesses by scaling up credit approval processes, and improving risk management and business development skills...

Renata strives to be a unique model of CSR

Mohammad Ali | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

Renata Limited, a leading pharmaceutical company in Bangladesh, appeared as a unique model for other firms in doing activities under the corporate social responsibility (CSR), its top official said. "Renata became quite a unique model because of its ownership structure...

Photo: The company framed silhouette of CSR activities.

2014-04-27 00:00:00

News Briefs

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Rupali Bank wins ICMAB award Rupali Bank Ltd has won the best corporate award of 2013 from Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB). The ICMAB sent a letter to Rupali Bank Ltd in this connection recently. "We...

Photo: The 15th Annual General Meeting of First Security Islami Bank Limited

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Capital shortfall of BKB, RAKUB crosses Tk 64.50 billion

Siddique Islam | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

Capital shortfall of two state-owned agricultural banks - BKB and RAKUB - has crossed Tk 64.50 billion, putting them into a difficult situation to comply with Basel-II requirements, officials said.     Such capital shortfall of the Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) and...

CCI&E\\\'s revenue earnings rise 22.38pc in July-Feb

Rezaul Karim | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

Revenue earnings by the office of the Chief Controller of Imports & Exports (CCI&E) increased by 22.38 per cent in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY) over that of the corresponding period, according to the CCI&E...

China to start examining potential IPOs

2014-04-27 00:00:00

BEIJING, Apr 26 (Reuters): China's top securities regulator said it will start examining four companies hoping to list, the first time it will do so in an 18-month freeze on the auditing of initial public offerings. The four companies including...

NAV of MTB Unit Fund disclosed

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Alliance Capital Asset Management Limited has declared the Net Asset Value (NAV) of MTB Unit Fund, according to a press release. The total NAV of MTB Unit Fund stood at Tk 349,883,826.63  on the basis of cost price and Tk...

NAV of Prime First Unit Fund disclosed

2014-04-27 00:00:00

The total NAV of Prime Financial First Unit Fund stood at Tk 214,990,048 on the basis of cost price and Tk 199,152,218 on the basis of market price at the close of business operation on 24 April 2014. The NAV...

Photo: Al-Arafah Islami Bank Training & Research Academy

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Photo: Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB)

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Experts suggest scrapping of \\\'price slabs\\\', hiking tax rates

FHM Humayan Kabir | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

The government is losing substantial amount of revenue from tobacco products including cigarettes due to inappropriate price slabs and taxes on the same, experts said Saturday. They said the government has increased the price slabs on the tobacco products significantly...

Poor performance in external sector causes declining growth in GDP

FE Report | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

Unnayan Onneshan, a multidisciplinary think tank, in its current monthly issue of the Bangladesh Economic Update said continued declining growth in gross domestic product (GDP) has been caused by the recent underperformances in external sector due to falling investment demand,...

MIGA chief Honda due today

FE Report | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

Chief of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance and credit enhancement arm of the World Bank (WB), Keiko Honda arrives in the city today (Sunday) on a four-day visit, the WB Dhaka office said Saturday. During...

News Briefs

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Sugar, molasses industry play 'vital' role in economy Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sharif  Saturday said sugar and molasses industry will play a vital role in the national economy, according to a press release. "Sugar and molasses industry will play a...

Photo: Midland Bank Limited

2014-04-27 00:00:00

Govt support to fashion industry sought

FE Report | 2014-04-27 00:00:00

Leaders of fashion would have sought government support to protect the growing industry from uneven competition with fabrics of neighbouring country during Pahela Baishakh which caused them to incur loss of billions of taka this year. They observed that the...