The two-day 14th FedEx Bangladesh Golf Tournament 2014 was held at Savar Golf Club recently, said a press release. A total of 249 golfers participated in the tournament. Major General Chow -dhury Hasan Sarwardy, GOC 9 Infantry Division and Senior...
The closing and prize distribution ceremony of the 4th BAF-Dutch-Bangla Bank Golf Tournament-2014 was held at Shaheen Golf and Country Club Patenga, Chittagong Saturday, said a press release. Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Mohammad Enamul Bari, ndu, psc distributed...
Khulan DSA emerged a the zonal champion to reach the final round of the Walton Smart TV Inter-district Volleyball Tournament beating hosts Narail DSA by straight 25-21, 25-17, 25-23 points in the final at the Narail Stadium Sunday, reports UNB.
Rio puts protests on hold for carnival RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 2: Revelers in Rio joined a whirl of festivities Saturday as carnival fever took hold, with the famous party eclipsing lingering protests over corruption and the cost of hosting...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
Bangladesh and India have a shared history of colonialism and exploitation. They have dreams aimed at achieving for their people reduction of poverty and socio-economic development. Bangladesh remembers with appreciation the role played by India in joining Bangladesh in its...
Nina Khrushcheva writing for Reuters | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
Ukraine has had two weeks to find a compromise in its Russia versus the West dispute. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been focused on promoting his soft image with the Winter Olympics in Sochi. With the games ending February 23,...
M Jalal Hussain | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
With the passage of time, changes in governance have taken place in most of the democratically-developed countries around the globe. Peoples of many countries, after their long struggles, have won freedom of expression, freedom of choice and freedom of making...
At a time when adulteration of foodstuffs in markets has become a common practice, the campaign by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI), the country's apex trade promotion organisation (TPO), for curbing the use of formalin...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
Blood transfusion continues to be an important element of the modern-day medicare. It becomes a necessity in various medical conditions including surgery. In many cases survival of a patient depends on the timely transfusion of blood. However, the quality of...
Neil Ray | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
This melting pot called Dhaka attracts people of all classes, shapes and colours with varying intelligence, initiatives and endeavours. Those who came early found easy opportunities to make money and settle here. But with every passing day, the competition for...
Since the tour of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh has gradually been experiencing the taste of defeats. The trend has not even stopped when it faced a country like Afghanistan. We are concerned whether Bangladesh will be able to retain its Test...
RMG sector serves as a source of flagship product of our country. It also increases people's interest in Bangladesh both as travelling spot and investment destination. The sector occupies an important place in Bangladesh economy and a distinct position in...
I have had many bitter experiences about going to any government office. It is nothing new as it has become a day-to-day affair for a common person in Bangladesh. So, when I have to go to any government office, I...
Nitai C. Nag | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
The WTO's Doha Round of trade negotiations lingered for about 13 years, longer than even the Uruguay Round of GATT talks. The latter in turn had brought into being the WTO itself in 1995. The latest ministerial conference, under the...
S Iftikhar Murshed from Pakistan | 2014-03-03 00:00:00
The leaders of the country have seen the head of Medusa in a mirror and fear has transformed them into stone. This is the impact the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has had on the nation. Ordinary people - men, women and...
Stressing upgrading the traditional early warning and disaster mitigation system, Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina said Sunday that international cooperation for exchange of weather data and information is very important for worldwide disaster management, reports UNB. "Since meteorological phenomena do...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid categorically said on Sunday that the government would take lawful actions against the culprits and their perpetrators, who carried out violent attacks on different educational institutions ahead of the January 5 general elections, reports BSS....
A violent clash between supporters of the president and the general secretary of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Jahangirnagar University (JU) has left seven students injured, reports bdnews24.com. Witnesses said the two factions got into a fight at noon...
SAVAR, Mar 2 (UNB): Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor said on Sunday most of the country's politicians do politics to gain their own interests; rather than for the country. "Many politicians say they do politics for the country. In fact,...
Upholding the returning officer's decision, the Election Commission (EC) rejected on Sunday Kader Siddiqui's appeal challenging the cancellation of his nomination paper in the March 29 Tangail-8 by-elections. The commission, at its meeting held with the Chief Election Commissioner in...
KURIGRAM, Mar 2 (UNB): A youth, who was shot and injured by the members of Indian Border Security Force (BSF) on Saturday along Shimulbari border in the district, died in a hospital in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal state...
M. Serajul Islam | 2014-03-02 00:00:00
The BNP-backed candidates have again won more seats in the second round of upazila elections. In 115 posts of chairmen, the BNP-backed candidates backed by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the Jamaat-e-Islami secured 51, the ruling Awami League (AL)...
The National Blood Policy, effective from November 2013, is yet to bring about any change for the better in the country's state of blood collection and transfusion. One surely does not expect that the proposed national blood centre would be...
Shahiduzzaman Khan | 2014-03-02 00:00:00
A simmering discontent is now prevailing among the members of the public over substantial rise in prices of life-saving and other prescription drugs. Big companies are not giving prior announcement of the price increases. The Drug Administration has also failed...
Nasima Khatun | 2014-03-02 00:00:00
The sagging investments caused by the political turmoil late last year drove down the demand for industrial machinery import. Resultantly, the overall import fell and the pressure on the foreign currency also declined leading to buildup of the foreign currency...
It is bad news for us that Dubai has stopped issuing visa for the Bangladeshis. Every year, we receive a huge amount of remittances from Dubai. As the UAE does not impose tax on individuals' personal income, the country is...
According to media reports, the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has prepared a proposal to introduce 20 per cent supplementary duty in addition to 61 per cent existing duty on import of tea following the demand of the Bangladesh Tea...
The recent upazila elections show a sharp decline in the popularity of the ruling party. It is surely not a good time for the party as it is under pressure from many foreign countries to arrange a fresh, all-participatory parliamentary...
Syed Ejaz Ahsan and Ali Yusuf Hossain | 2014-03-02 00:00:00
In Bangladesh, the banking sector is growing steadily. At present, over 50 commercial banks are in operation. Most of them are in the private sector. A few are state-owned and some are multinational banks. The Bangladesh Bank is the prime...
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