South Africa pulled off a nail-biting two-run victory against New Zealand for their first win in a Group 2 match of World T20 at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Monday. Jean-Paul Duminy was awarded the Man of the...
The commerce ministry has proposed bulk import of Ehylene oxide gas replacing the current cumbersome practice of bringing it in cylinders. The proposal includes setting up a bottling plant of the gas making it easy and cheaper for the local...
United Airways (BD) Limited will resume its flight on Chittagong-Muscat-Chittagong route from April 15. The one way fare for Chittagong-Muscat starts from Tk 21,988 and return fare Tk 41,485 (inclusive of all taxes), says a press release. Weekly three flights...
Consumers have been requested by icddr,b not to buy fake saline, which is reportedly being sold in the market in the name of icddr,b saline. Original packets of icddr,b branded rice based oral saline produced by the icddr,b Employees’ Multipurpose...
On the closing day of the re-hearing on summing-up arguments, both the prosecution and the defence lawyers made contradictory claims over the fate of war crimes accused, the 1971 villainous Al Badr supremo Motiur Rahman Nizami, and now Jamaat-e-Islami ameer....
A three-member delegation of Tohoku University of Japan called on Dhaka University (DU) Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique at his office on Monday. Prof Dr Toshifumi Takada of Accounting School of the university is leading the delegation while the...
West Indies women’s team made a good start in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 beating England eves team by nine runs in the Group B opener at the Sylhet Stadium Monday. Sent into bat first, the West Indies women scored...
Uttara Bank, United Insurance and Bangladesh Industrial Finance Company Ltd approved cash and stock dividends Monday for the year ended on December 31, 2013. The Board of Directors of Uttara Bank has recommended 15 per cent cash dividend and 10...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited organised Executive Development Programme (EDP) at Muhammad Younus Auditoriam of Islami Bank Tower Sunday. Presided over by Mohammad Adbul Mannan, Managing Director of the Bank, Prof. Dr. Abdulhameed Fouad Al-Khateeb, Director of IBBL & representative of...
Visiting former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India Dr SY Quraishi on Monday said there is nothing wrong with any unopposed election, but it is a ‘matter of thinking’ if it happens on a large scale. “There’s nothing wrong…if a...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Monday morning visited Japan Mint during his Japan tour. Japan mint has minted 500 million pieces of 2 Taka coins in addition to 400 thousand silver coins commemorating 200 years of national...
A question was raised in Parliament Monday about receiving a ‘gold made boat’ as gift by a state minister, which was later sold following widespread criticism and the money donated to an orphanage. Jatiya Party MP AKM Mayeedul Islam (Kurigram-3)...
Malaysia's prime minister has announced that missing flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Najib Razak said this was the conclusion of fresh analysis of satellite data tracking the flight. Malaysia Airlines had told the families of the 239...
The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Power-Port and National Resources will mark the Independence Day with a mass oath to protest what it said handing over the national wealth to foreigners. The protest will be held on March 26 in...
The much anticipated process for the compensation of the victims of Rana Plaza tragedy began on Monday following a fresh documentation of the victims by the newly-formed Rana Plaza Claims Administration. Rana Plaza Claims Administration is operating under the auspices...
Jim Bolger, special envoy to the New Zealand Prime Minister, on Monday witnessed the proceedings of Jatiya Sangsad (parliament) from the VIP gallery. The special envoy entered the House after Magrib prayers. Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury welcomed Bolger, who...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Monday hoped that the general point-to-point inflation rate by June this year would stand at 7.0 per cent down from 7.53 per cent in December last year. He said he based his optimism on the...
The Election Commission on Monday submitted complains to the Prime Minister and the Speaker separately against Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu and two MPs in connection with the violation of the election code of conduct during the Upazila Parishad elections....
The visiting European Parliament (EP) delegation met BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday evening and discussed various issues, including Bangladesh’s January 5 national election and its RMG sector. The hour-long meeting that began around 6:30pm was held at the BNP...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 23 (BSS): Protecting groundwater resources in the region and the high Barind tract in particular has become indispensable for making its agricultural system protected and sustainable to feed the country's people, speakers at a daylong workshop said here...
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NARAYANGANJ, Mar 23: Fatulla model thana police on Saturday recovered a deadbody from a ditch at Nagbari 16 hours after he went missing. The deceased was identified as Siplu Bepari, 28, son of Awal Bepari and a resident of Nagbari...
RANGPUR, Mar 23 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting here have called upon the media workers for bringing the transgender population, including hijra people under the HIV/AIDS prevention programme. The mass media could play the most vital role in creating adequate...
Bangladesh clinched the title of eight-team Islami Bank Asian Games Hockey Qualifiers with all-win run shocking formidable Oman by 6-1 goals in the final at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium Sunday. With the day’s well merited victory, hosts Bangladesh...
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is set to file a case against five people, including four bank officials, for reportedly swindling Tk 0.75 million from the then Oriental Bank (now ICB Islamic Bank). The Commission at a recent meeting decided...
Law Minister Anisul Haq termed a ‘plot to shatter the rule of law’ the chaos created by the defence lawyers during the indictment of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, her son Tarique Rahman and seven others in two graft cases. “The...
Prime Minister’s adviser HT Imam claimed that the fourth phase of the upazila polls were held in a more peaceful and fairer manner than the previous three phases. “The Election Commission has tackled the law-and-order situation with an iron hand....
The government in the last four fiscal years gave a sum of Tk 291.50 billion as subsidy to the agricultural sector, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury told the Parliament on Sunday. The subsidy was given mainly against fertilisers for the farmers,...
Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday said nobody can stop Bangladesh’s progress though ‘there are many conspiracies’ and mentioned that people of Bangladesh did never accept ‘domination by others’. “Bangladesh is marching ahead. No stopping now. There’re many conspiracies....
Australia Women suffered a spate of run-outs as New Zealand Women held their nerve to wrap up a seven-run win in Sylhet. Chasing 129, Australia needed 51 from 41 balls, with six wickets in hand, when Ellyse Perry was run...
The Bangla Department students of Dhaka University (DU) on Sunday staged demonstration on the campus in protest against the alleged move of the education ministry to include the Linguistics students in the BCS education cadre along with them. They brought...
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