M A Taslim | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Government leaders often claim that the economy has suffered badly because of the 'sahinsa' (violent) movement carried out by the opposition 18-party combine in the months immediately before the largely voter-less election of 5th January, 2014. Media experts also echo...
SIMFEROPOL, Mar 17(Agencies): Ukraine's Crimean peninsula declared itself an independent nation Monday after its residents voted overwhelmingly to secede and try to join Russia, while US and European Union imposed sanctions on top Russian and Ukrainian officials for backing the...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Around 300 stuck up reconditioned cars in the Mongla Port following a sudden suspension of issuance of Clearance Permit (CP) by the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) have become a burden of the revenue authority. Importers earlier released those above 5-year-old...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
Experts, farmers and their representatives want ban on rice and onion import for next three and a half months to safeguard the peasantry from price debacle during the harvesting seasons. Unnecessary import of rice and onion may hit the farmers...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 17: A child and three women were killed when a gas cylinder of a microbus exploded at Fatikchhari of the district on Monday. The explosion left five others injured, of whom two were admitted to Chittagong Medical College...
The first meeting under the Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum Agreement (Ticfa) between Dhaka and Washington will be held in the last week of April next, said an official on Monday. "The meeting will be held in the last week...
LONDON, Mar 17 (AP): The Premier League title race is shaping up to be a tight four-way fight after Liverpool and Arsenal both earned away wins at their main traditional rival on Sunday, while Lionel Messi reminded everyone just why...
New Zealand scored 145 runs against Pakistan in a warm-up match of the ICC World Twenty20 at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Monday, reports UNB. Batting first after winning the toss, New Zealand posted the score for 9 in 20...
Chinese Taipei tasted the first victory in their 2nd Pool A match of the Islami Bank Asian Games Hockey Qualifiers beating Qatar by 2-1 goals in the day's second match at the Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium on Monday, reports...
PARIS, Mar 17 (AP): Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as Paris Saint-Germain beat Saint-Etienne 2-0 Sunday to retain its eight-point lead over Monaco at the top of the French league. Ibrahimovic opened the scoring with a low strike in the 14th...
MILAN, Mar 17 (AP): Andrea Pirlo's late goal saw Juventus maintain its charge to a third successive Serie A title as it beat Genoa 1-0 on Sunday to extend its lead to 17 points. Pirlo fired home a free kick...
Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to become Barcelona's all-time top scorer as they warmed up for next weekend's El Clasico against Real Madrid with a 7-0 victory over Osasuna that put them four points off the top of La Liga,...
INDIAN WELLS, Mar 17 (AFP): World number two Novak Djokovic rallied to beat Roger Federer in a three-set thriller on Sunday to win his first title of 2014 at the Indian Wells ATP Masters. Djokovic defeated Federer 3-6, 6-3, 7-6...
SYLHET, Mar 17 (AFP): Opener Paul Stirling smashed 60 off 34 balls to set Ireland up for a last-ball victory over Zimbabwe in their first-round match in the World Twenty20 championship on Monday. Stirling's fifth Twenty20 half-century, including nine fours...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 17 (AFP): Nepal marked their arrival on the international cricket stage with a massive 80-run win over fellow newcomers Hong Kong in a preliminary group match at the World Twenty20 Sunday. Nepal hammered 149-8 after being sent into...
CHITTAGONG, Mar 17 (BSS): Motivated Bangladesh take on Nepal in their second group A qualifying round match of the ICC World Cup T20 schedule will be held today (Tuesday) at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium here. The match kicks off...
Bangladeshi all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan and Afghanistan's pacer Dawlat Zadran have been fined for breach of the ICC's Code of Conduct in the World Twenty20 opener, reports bdnews24.com. Both will lose fifty percent of their match fees. The ICC in...
KARACHI, Mar 17 (AFP): Flamboyant Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi Saturday started training after recovering from a groin injury, hoping to play his part in the World Twenty20 starting in Bangladesh. The fifth edition of the World Twenty20 with 16 teams...
Mahela Jayawardene, the former Sri Lanka captain, will retire from Twenty20 internationals at the end of the World T20. The news came a day after his team-mate, Kumar Sangakkara, announced the tournament will be his last in the format as...
A young man was crushed to death by a train in Matihar area in Rajshahi city on Monday evening. The deceased was identified as Jalal Uddin, 32, son of Harun-or-Rashid, a resident of Mohonpur Purbapara area in the city. Alamgir...
Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal, the youth wing of BNP, will stage demonstrations across the country today (Tuesday) in protest against the hike in power tariffs and jailing of top BNP leaders. The programme is also meant for mounting pressure on the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree recognising Crimea as a 'sovereign and independent state' hours after Crimeans voted to secede from Ukraine. The move came came on Monday afternoon after the United States and European Union imposed personal...
Police said they have recovered two bodies from Meghna River, four days after local people of Hatiya upazila of Noakhali district noticed that some corpses floating in the river. However, the bodies could not yet be identified. One dead body...
The price of fuel oil fell on Monday near $ 98 a barrel after Crimea voted to split from Ukraine and join Russia, a development already anticipated by investors. The vote triggered sanctions by the EU and US against Russia,...
People's Republic of China (PRC) has begun searching for missing Malaysian Airlines flight on its own territory, state media said on Tuesday, citing Beijing's envoy in Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. The northern corridor projected from satellite and military...
A young man was killed as he reportedly fell down while climbing up a six-storey building in the city’s Basabo area on Monday. The deceased was identified as Neaz Morshed, 32. Details about the deceased could not be known yet....
FE Online Report | 2014-03-18 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) witnessed negative trend in early hours of trading on Tuesday, maintaining the last four session’s downward trend. DSEX, the prime index of the DSE went down by 25.21 points...
Unknown miscreants killed a woman and dumped the body in a paddy field at Chhatak upazila in Sunamganj sometimes between Sunday night and Monday morning. Murshed, sub-inspector of Chhatak Police Station, said locals spotted the body of the woman, aged...
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