Awami League leader Hassan Mahmud is certain that the audio message calling for jihad in Bangladesh has been issued by al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. He told the press Tuesday that the audio clip had been uploaded on the Internet from...
SINGAPORE, Feb 17 (AFP): Li Na moved to an Asian-record world number two and Peng Shuai was the rated the top women's doubles player in a big boost for Chinese tennis in the new rankings released Monday. Li, who won...
JOHANNESBURG, Feb 17 (AFP): Uncapped left-arm fast-medium bowler Beuran Hendricks was on Monday named in South Africa's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh next month. Hendricks, 23, is the only newcomer in the 15-man squad, which will...
COLOMBO, Feb 17 (AFP): Sri Lanka on Monday named their squads for the Asia Cup and World Twenty20 tournaments to be played in Bangladesh: World Twenty20 (March 21-April 6): Dinesh Chandimal (capt), Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kusal Perera, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene,...
LONDON, Feb 17 (AFP): Wayne Rooney is this week expected to sign a new contract that would keep the England striker at Manchester United until the end of the 2018-2019 season, local media reported Monday. The 28-year-old could seal his...
LONDON, Feb 17 (AFP): Arsenal set up an FA Cup quarter-final meeting with Everton after overcoming Liverpool 2-1 in a feisty and gripping fifth-round match at the Emirates Stadium Sunday. Liverpool had trounced Arsenal 5-1 at Anfield in the Premier...
LONDON, Feb 17 (AFP): Barcelona appear to have hit form with ominous timing for Champions League knockout-phase debutants Manchester City ahead of Tuesday's last 16 first leg between the sides at the Etihad Stadium. After a run of one win...
WELLINGTON, Feb 17 (AFP): An exhausted Brendon McCullum fought through pain in an epic record-breaking innings that rescued New Zealand from near-certain defeat Monday and set them up for a series-saving result against India. "It's been a great day," McCullum...
BIS, St Gregory Advance in Mini handball Bangladesh International School (BIS) crushed European Standard School by 24-0 goals in an opening day Boys Group match of the Milkman Mini Handball Tournament at Captain M Mansur Ali National Handball Stadium here...
Ismail Hossain | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
Tannery owners are trying to get $1.0 billion loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for meeting the cost of relocation from the city's Hazaribagh to Savar. Recently, they wrote a letter to the JICA for providing the financial assistance...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
The government is likely to introduce online Business Identification Number (BIN) for the businesses from January 2015 in a bid to bring them under automated taxation system. With the introduction of the system, both the existing businesses and the new...
Yasir Wardad | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
Rain that prevailed over the last three days across the country has caused immense sufferings to the farmers who are struggling hard to store potato in their homesteads aiming to avoid the recent price debacle. Price of potato at growers'...
Syful Islam | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
Bangladesh will seek duty-free market access of 21 products including apparels, cement and leather goods to Sri Lanka under preferential trade agreement (PTA) as the joint working group of two countries is meeting in the capital today (Tuesday), sources said....
FE Report | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
The government Monday asked readymade garment (RMG) owners to avoid arbitrary termination of their workers to ensure positive working environment in the country's apparel sector. The readymade garment (RMG) owners were also advised to be more sympathetic about the workers...
The grand finale of Banglalink Grandmaster - idea contest, season 3, was held at a city hotel on Sunday, said a press statement. 'Maverick' from CUET became the champion team and won Tk 0.2 million, while 'Dementors' from Jahangirnagar University,...
Four brick-kiln workers were killed and 30 others injured in a collision between a truck carrying them and a pickup on Charjabbar-Sonapur road in Uttar Wapda area of Subarnachar upazila of Noakhali on Tuesday night. The identities of the deceased...
BDMS gets new chair, secy gen SA Quader Kiran and Shah Alam Khandker have unanimously been elected chairman and secretary general respectively of Bangladesh Dokan Malik Samity (BDMS). They were elected in the executive council election after the two-day biennial...
Shah Alam Nur | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
A good number of international ready-made garment (RMG) buyers have been cancelling their import orders at the eleventh hour without assigning any reason hitting hard the local RMG suppliers. For cancellation of the import orders country's RMG exporters counting losses...
FE Report | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
Workers' leaders of the readymade garment (RMG) industry demanded Monday full compensation for the families of the Rana Plaza victims as early as possible. They also called upon some 29 importers, who used to buy apparel products from the factories...
FE Report | 2014-02-18 00:00:00
The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) has called upon the Saudi businessmen to invest in Bangladesh's potential sectors like oil, medicine and readymade garment (RMG). The call was made by a trade team of CCCI during its recent...
COLOMBO, Feb 17 (AFP): Sri Lanka's central bank kept interest rates steady Monday, saying the economy showed signs of improvement with foreign cash unlike most emerging markets facing capital outflows. The Central Bank of Sri Lanka in its monthly review...
SINGAPORE, Feb 17 (Xinhua): Singapore's non-oil domestic exports (NODX), a key gauge of the export performance of the small and highly open economy, dropped 3.3 per cent on year in January, trade promotion agency International Enterprise Singapore said on Monday....
PARIS, Feb 17 (AFP): President Francois Hollande sought to woo sceptical investors back to France on Monday, telling global business chiefs his government had no fear of foreign capital. Anxious to bring the French economy back to sustained growth and...
MUMBAI, Feb 17 (Reuters): Indian exports of gold jewellery dropped in January for a tenth consecutive month, and are likely to fall further due to no sign of any government incentives to revive the sagging shipments. India, which is fighting...
LONDON, Feb 17 (Reuters) : The eurozone's banks are about to get greater insight into the European Central Bank's landmark review of their books, as national experts and their advisers meet in Frankfurt on Monday to hammer down details of...
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