CENTURION, South Africa, Feb 16 (AFP): South Africa entered their Test series against Australia as undisputed world champions in the five-day form of the game. But the crushing nature of their 281-run defeat in the first Test at SuperSport Park...
WELLINGTON, Feb 16 (AFP): A dogged 158-run stand by century-maker Brendon McCullum and B.J. Watling kept New Zealand alive in the second Test against India Sunday, although the odds still favour the tourists. After New Zealand looked on the ropes...
MADRID, Feb 16 (AFP): Barcelona warmed up for their highly anticipated Champions League clash with Manchester City in midweek with a 6-0 thrashing of Rayo Vallecano to remain on top of La Liga on goal difference. Atletico Madrid remain level...
DUBAI, Feb 16 (AFP): Serena Williams' bid to extend her phenomenal career into her 33rd year will take a tentative but crucial step forward when she unexpectedly lines up at the head of the field for the Dubai Open which...
WELLINGTON, Feb 16 (AP): Troubled batsman Jesse Ryder has been omitted from New Zealand's squad for next month's World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh after being fined for a late-night drinking binge prior to a test match. Ryder was seen drinking...
LONDON, Feb 16 (AFP): Manchester City avenged their recent loss to Chelsea in the Premier League with a 2-0 home win Saturday that sent them into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. City's perfect home record in the league was...
Indian flag raised in Sochi after ban lifted ROSA KHUTOR, Russia, Feb 16: The Indian flag was raised at the Sochi Winter Games Sunday in a symbol of the country's return to the Olympic fold after the lifting of a...
Muhammad Zamir | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
For the last few weeks since the parliamentary election on January 05, we have had an interval of sorts where violence, arson, strikes and blockades have been replaced by a degree of calm and publication of different and interesting reports...
Syed Jamaluddin | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
Within one month of assuming power for the third time, the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has initiated the process of raising power tariff. During her previous tenure as prime minister, the power tariff was raised six times, the...
Anatole Kaletsky of Reuters | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
This has been a banner week for the world economy, inspired largely by events in the United States. In Washington, the first congressional testimony from Janet Yellen in her position as new Federal Reserve Board chairwoman on February 11 reassured...
Md. Jamal Hossain | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
Dr. Abul Basher in an article published in the FE, February 03, rightly expressed his concern that the Bangladesh Bank's effort to keep the inflation rate at the target level will prove very much challenging. He suggested that to bring...
The government has reportedly decided to bring its nearly 18,000 offices located at upazila and district headquarters under a single internet network using the fibre optic and microwave connectivity belonging to the state-owned Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited (BTCL). Funds required...
The curtain falls on the tense election campaign in 97 upazilas (UZs) of 40 districts on Monday midnight, 32 hours before the voting opens in the upazilas. As per the law, one has to stop electioneering in upazilas 32 hours...
Shamsul Huq Zahid | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
Illegal connections and pilferage are endemic in the public sector utility services such as gas, electricity and water. In most cases, an unscrupulous section of officials and employees is always found to be involved in all the mischievous acts of...
Neil Ray | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
A great civilisation flourished on the Indus-Saraswati basin 3,500 years before the birth of Christ. The Indus civilisation at Mohenjodaro and Harappa reached great height in terms of architecture, defence, water supply and sewerage systems. According to one theory, climate...
A report on the matter was published in the 'Business' page of a local English daily on February 9 last. This matter should be considered as we plan to relocate the RMG factories in an organised and designated location. However,...
I had high hope on Sheikh Jamal Club about their winning the 118th IFA shield cup, but they failed agonizingly short to fulfil that dream. The win was very coveted for our football as its popularity is lying all time...
A news item "bKash has given 34 thousand books to Biswa Shahitya Kendra" encouraged me. As a member of the Kendro, I used to borrow books for my children. Recently my two sons became members of Biswa Shahitya Kendra, Rajshashi,...
FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
The market opened the week with further decline in indices Sunday with turnover on the premier bourse dipped below Tk 4.0 billion-mark, as the investors preferred to remain meticulous and conservative regarding turnaround after dumutualisation. It was the first trading...
FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
The former National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Dr. Muhammad Abdul Mazid has been made the first chairman of the demutualized Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), officials said. Mr. Mazid was unanimously selected chairman at a meeting Saturday, attended by seven...
FE Report | 2014-02-17 00:00:00
The 14-day workshop organised by DSE titled "Portfolio Management and Securities Analysis" began at the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) on Sunday. The aim of the workshop is to help general investors enriching their portfolios through the analysis of securities, officials...
HSBC appoints new Head of Retail Banking, Wealth Management in BD The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has appointed Mr Sabbir Ahmed as the Head of Retail Banking and Wealth Management in Bangladesh. Mr Sabbir joined his new position...
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam on Sunday said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has not stopped issuing visa to Bangladeshis mentioning that some 1716 Bangladeshi workers went to Dubai in January. The state minister also said a similar...
Awami League MP Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim on Sunday asked the US diplomats to follow the diplomatic norms, otherwise the government would be tough on them he said standing on a point of order in the Parliament. He also asked...
The fourth class employees of Rangpur Medical College Hospital (RMCH) on Sunday staged a work abstention protesting the alleged disappearance of one of their leaders. The fourth class employees abstained from work in the morning and took to the street....
Though the government still unsure of the authenticity of the audiovisual message of al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam suspects BNP-Jamaat’s hands in it as he finds similarities between the contents of the message and...
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