CHITTAGONG: The Netherlands upset 2010 champions England with a 45-run victory in their Super-10 group one match at the World Twenty20 in Chittagong on Monday. England, chasing a modest 134-run target, were bowled out for 88 in 17.4 overs in...
Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev is visiting Crimea - the most senior Russian official to travel there since it was annexed from Ukraine. Mr Medvedev announced that the region would become a special economic zone, with incentives for businesses. The...
The National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended by three months the deadline for re-registration of Electronic Tax Identification Number (e-TIN). The deadline has now been extended to June 30 for the existing taxpayers who are yet to get their...
British American Tobacco Bangladesh (BATB) has won Asia’s top business award, ‘Asia Responsible Entrepreneurship Award (AREA)-2014 on Green Leadership’. The award was handed over to BATB in a grand ceremony in New Delhi, India recently. Liberation War Affairs Secretary KH...
A high-level Indian delegation, led by Indian Power Secretary PK Sinha, arrives in city on a two-day visit Wednesday to attend a meeting of the Joint Steering Committee (JSC) on power sector, according to a news agency. The two sides...
Accusing the ruling party men of capturing polling stations indiscriminately and widespread vote fraud with the help of local administration in the 5th phase of upazila elections, BNP Monday said Awami League has waged a war against the electorate. “The...
The owners’ group, ‘CNG Auto-rickshaw Malik Samiti Oikyo Parishad’ said in a statement that they are not going ahead with the proposed strike. Communications Minister Obaidul Quader assured them that their five-point charter of demands would be met. They met...
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has offered its assistance for Bangladesh to set up a deep seaport in the Bay of Bengal. “We’re working on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway. We’ll work on seaport…deep seaport in the future,” ADB director general Juan...
Seven Indian veteran political leaders will not contest upcoming Lok Sabha election. They are president Pranab Mukharjee, prime minister Dr Manmohan sing, finance minister P Chidambaram, agriculture minister Sharad Pawer, defence minister AK Antony and former speakers Shamnath Chaterjee and...
After six years of operation, the Maldives is going to shut down its mission in Dhaka on Tuesday due to ‘fund constraints’. The Saarc-member state will carry out its operations in Bangladesh from New Delhi as the Maldivian Ambassador in...
General Officer Commanding (GOC) of 9 Infantry Division at Savar Cantonment Major General Chowdhury Hasan Sarwardy has been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. He will be replaced by Major General Waker-Uz-Zaman, who has been serving as the Military...
Private mobile phone operator Airtel Bangladesh Limited, recently signed agreements with First Security Islami Bank Limited (FSIBL), National Credit and Commerce Bank Limited (NCCBL) and Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited (BCBL) to provide mobile banking services in Airtel network. FSIBL, NCCBL...
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Most government offices are yet to introduce e-tendering though it is one of the priorities of the government's 'Digital Bangladesh' initiatives, sources said. Over 70 per cent government works are still being done through the old system of inviting bids...
FE Report | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
Experts, civil society leaders and journalists Saturday said private land developers are taking up projects by filling up wetlands under detailed area plan (DAP) only for earning extra profits and not for solving city dwellers' housing problem. They expressed the...
FE Report | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said Saturday Bangladesh is carefully observing the events leading to the upcoming Indian general election in the context of the long-awaited 'Teesta water accord' with the neighbouring country. He made the observation on the...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury | 2014-03-30 00:00:00
Whatever be the future possible scenario involving the "West and Russia centering the Ukraine crisis, Russia's "annexation" of Crimea - the autonomous region of Ukraine- seems to be irreversible. Even as United States president Barack Obama and his counterparts from...
Pakistan will return to World Twenty20 action after a week's break today (Sunday) charged up to make a move for the semi-finals by winning their two remaining games in the Super-10 round in Dhaka. Mohammad Hafeez's men, who lost their...
A woman who suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder blast in a house at Majibarghat in Kamrangirchar Saturday morning died at DMCH in the evening. The deceased was identified as Aklima Begum, 50, a resident of Kamrangirchar. — UNB
Another woman and her child, who suffered burn injuries in Saturday's gas cylinder blast in Kamrangirchar in the city, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) on Saturday night and early Sunday respectively. With this, the death toll in the...
The fruit of the shea tree has long been considered sacred by many in Western Africa because of its myriad health benefits. But now growing demand among Western consumers for the fruit, known as "women's gold" by those who harvest...
A new search area failed to yield an immediate breakthrough in the hunt for ill-fated Flight MH370 on Sunday, as Australia appointed its former military chief to help coordinate the operation in the Indian Ocean. Debris spotted by aircraft and...
Turkey's Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, embattled by protests and corruption scandals, faces a crucial popularity test on Sunday when over 50 million eligible voters cast their ballots in local elections. Hailed as the "sultan" by his loyal followers and labelled...
A fire broke out at the third floor of the National Museum on Sunday morning. Duty officer of Fire Brigade headquarters Shahjadi Sultana said the fire broke out around 9:06 am. On information, five fire fighting units rushed to spot...
A teacher and nine girl students of Sarpukur High School were injured in an attack by some stalkers at Khatapara in Aditmari upazila on Saturday evening. Abu Taleb, the headmaster of the school, said their students took part in an...
Two college students sustained stab injuries by some muggers at Dhanmondi in the city on Saturday night. The injured were identified as Mizan, 22, and Shawon, students of Dhanmondi Ideal College. Locals said a gang of muggers swopped on Mizan...
The quest for oil may be the latest threat to Africa's most venerable wildlife reserve, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and already hard hit by deforestation, poaching and armed conflict. Early in March, European Development Commissioner Andris Piebalgs...
Polls opened in Thailand Sunday to elect the upper house of parliament in a vote that could hold the key to the fate of the prime minister, who faces possible impeachment for negligence after months of street protests. While the...
In a cloud of dust and diesel fumes, a souped-up 4x4 roars through the silence of Pakistan's Cholistan desert, cheered on by tens of thousands of spectators. Nearly 90 drivers were drawn to throw their vehicles around the dry, rocky...
For more than 10 years the rise of big emerging markets has re-shaped the global economy but these are now slowing with maturity, and the hunt is on to identify which upstarts will be tomorrow's tigers. The big five, which...
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