BCB President Nazmul Hassan, MP, said they plan to transform the Sheikh Kamal International Stadium in Cox's Bazar into a Test match venue, reports bdnews24.com. The Bangladesh cricket chief spoke of his expectation after an inspection of the stadium with...
DHAKA: Former champions India upstaged South Africa by six wickets in the second semi-final in Dhaka Friday to cruise into the final of World Twenty20. Chasing 173 to win, India were led by a swashbuckling knock of 72 not out...
LONDON, Apr 3 (AFP): Sydney-born Sam Robson insisted Wednesday he has no qualms declaring his allegiance to England, having spent the past six years playing for Middlesex. The 24-year-old batsman has yet to make his full international debut but will...
PARIS, Apr 3 (AP): Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho called his team's defending "a joke" after Paris Saint-Germain scored deep into injury time Wednesday to take a commanding 3-1 lead into their Champions League quarterfinal return leg next week. A second...
HOUSTON, Apr 3 (AFP): Rival Gleneagles Ryder Cup captains Paul McGinley and Tom Watson have expressed hope injured Tiger Woods will be fully fit to compete in September's Europe versus United States showdown in Scotland. Woods shocked the golf world...
PARIS, Apr 3 (AFP): Injuries and unavailability have played havoc with the Davis Cup quarter-finals starting on Friday with two-time defending champions the Czech Republic up against it away to Japan. The Czechs will be without star player and world...
PARIS, Apr 3 (AFP): Chelsea manager Josi Mourinho criticised his team's sloppy defending and lack of a cutting edge after they went down 3-1 to Paris Saint-Germain in their Champions League quarter-final, first leg on Wednesday. The Premier League side...
CHARLESTON, Apr 3 (AFP): Venus Williams rallied in each set on Wednesday for a 7-5, 7-5 second-round victory in the WTA Family Circle Cup, a day after sister Serena crashed out. Venus, the 11th seed who won the title on...
Pearce made Nottingham Forest coach LONDON, Apr 3: English second-tier side Nottingham Forest announced on Thursday that former player Stuart Pearce will return to the club as manager on July 1. "I am absolutely thrilled to confirm Stuart Pearce will...
Badrul Ahsan | 2014-04-04 00:00:00
Owners of more than 65 readymade garment (RMG) and textile units are facing bankruptcy as they have failed to start production in their factories for want of gas connections, industry insiders said. The government has stopped providing new gas connections...
SYLHET: Transport workers Friday called an indefinite strike in the district from Saturday demanding the arrest of the killers of a driver and attackers of another one. Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Oikya Parishad announced the action programme from an emergency...
Singapore will soon invite private sector entrepreneurs from Bangladesh to gain practical experience on the strong economy of Singapore and utilise those to further prosper the economy of Bangladesh, reports UNB. Singapore's non-resident High Commissioner to Bangladesh Chan Heng Wing...
FE Report The country's printers sought imposition of 25 per cent tax on the imported textbooks of secondary and higher secondary levels that are printed from local manuscript and awarded to foreign printers through international tender. "The tax imposition will...
India's main opposition BJP has complained to the election authorities about a report by an investigative website on the tearing down of a mosque in the holy town of Ayodhya in 1992. The report claims the demolition of the mosque...
Talha Bin Habib | 2014-04-04 00:00:00
The food planning and monitoring unit (FPMU) will submit a set of recommendations to the government soon that include developing proper marketing system to ensure fair prices of the growers product. Earlier the FPMU, which is under the ministry of...
Police seized 67 crude bombs from a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Balugaon in Feni Municipality area on Friday night. The crude bomb seizure was made on the eve of Saturday’s by-polls to Feni Municipality. Acting on a tip-off, police challenged an...
LONDON: Europe's main stock market indices closed up on Friday, with London's FTSE 100 rising 0.70 per cent to 6,695.55 points. In Paris, the CAC 40 climbed 0.79 per cent to 4,484.55 points, and the DAX 30 in Frankfurt gained...
Entrepreneurs of small and medium enterprises (SME) have sought soft loans to make the sector flourish and reduce poverty. They raised the demand at the inauguration of the third SME Fair-2014 being held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in...
Sheikh Hafizur Rahman of SHR Group has been elected chairman of Bangladesh Container Shipping Association (BCSA) for 2014-2016 session. He was elected at a meeting of the association on Tuesday. Besides, Shamim Ul Huq of Maersk and T Sivakumar of...
A three-day-long 'Robi Smartphone and Tab Expo 2014' began at the Bangabandhu Interna-tional Conference Centre in the city Thursday to promote the market of smartphone and tab. State Minister for Posts, Telecommuni-cations and Information Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated the...
NEW DELHI, Apr 3 : India on Wednesday announced it was issuing two new bank licences for the first time in a decade as it accelerates a push to bring more Indians into the formal banking system. The Reserve Bank...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-04-04 00:00:00
Watermelon, the luscious fruit in great demand in the summer, has become costlier in the city because of direct market intervention by middlemen. The fruit is being sold at 140-200 per cent higher rate in the cities compared to that...
MANAMA, Apr 3 (Gulf News): Bahrain's central bank has released a consultation paper to study possible changes to rules for Sharia-compliant financing arrangements which the kingdom's Islamic banks can offer to accredited investors. The move comes as part of a...
DUBAI, Apr 3 (Gulf News): Recruitment activity in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the rest of the Middle East region looks set to pick up this year, with the majority of employers planning to increase their headcount in the...
DUBAI, Apr 3 (Gulf News): Qatar's economic growth accelerated to 6.5 per cent in 2013 as a pick-up in construction and inflows of foreign workers ahead of the 2022 soccer World Cup offset easing oil production, data showed on Wednesday....
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