ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (AFP): Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday removed the country's cricket chief Zaka Ashraf in the latest twist to a long-running saga dogging the national board. It is the second time in less than a year...
NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (AFP): New world cricket boss N Srinivasan was expected Tuesday to defy calls to step down as India cricket chief despite a damning court inquiry that implicated a relative in illegal betting. After an extensive investigation,...
SAO PAULO, Feb 11 (AFP): Brazilians famously love football. But sometimes fanaticism goes overboard and violence results, as recent outbreaks of hooliganism and a fan attack on players attest. Last December saw one of the worst incidents of hooliganism in...
Int’l Olympic Committee lifts ban on India NEW DELHI, Feb 11: The International Olympic Committee Tuesday reversed a year-long ban against India imposed over corruption concerns, ending an embarrassing debacle that will allow its athletes to compete under their national...
FE Report | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday formally launched its new state-of-the-art 'InstantWatch Market Surveillance Software' in an effort to detect manipulative stock transactions in the secondary market. Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Prof. M Khairul Hossain inaugurated the...
FE Report | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
Election of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) will be held today (Wednesday) against four directorship posts in the demutualised stock exchange. Six candidates are contesting. They are --- Md. Shakil Rizvi of Shakil Rizvi Stock Ltd, Khwaja Ghulam Rasul of...
FE Report | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
Stocks closed lower for the third running session Tuesday with turnover dipped below Tk 5.0 billion-mark after one month as investors booked profit from some large cap stocks amid captious trading. The market opened with a negative note and the...
FE Report | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
The Annual Sales Conference of Singer Bangladesh Limited was held in Dhaka recently. Singerians at the conference vowed to make the YEAR 2014 the most successful year in the business history of the company facing all the challenges with hard...
CBC MD visits Bangladesh Mr. Ravi Dias, Managing Director of Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC is now visiting Dhaka. During the visit he is scheduled to meet different corporate customers in Dhaka and Chittagong and also will attend the Annual...
Mohammad Ali | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court has stayed a High Court (HC) order that earlier restricted the Mercantile Bank's sponsor-shareholders, having less than 2.0 per cent shares, to participate in the bank's affairs and perform as directors. The five-member...
LONDON, Feb 11 (Reuters): European shares climbed to a two-week high on Tuesday, with positive news from companies like BMW and Hexagon boosting sentiment ahead of the US Federal Reserve chair's testimony, which is likely to be dovish. Measurement technology...
MUMBAI, Feb 11 (Reuters): The BSE Sensex rose on Tuesday as Tata Motors rallied after its quarterly earnings surged on strong results at unit Jaguar Land Rover, while software services providers gained after an industry body predicted exports would improve....
Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu Tuesday said that BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is the 'queen of falsehood', reports BSS. "Government is trying to bring peace in country but she (Begum Zia) is using the strategy of terrorism and violence in...
Members of the Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) will observe a daylong token hunger strike on March 31 on its premises demanding the trial of the killers of journalist-couple Sagar and Runi, reports UNB. DRU president Shahed Chowdhury announced the programme...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday received from the Election Commission (EC) the affidavits of five politicians who reportedly amassed illegal wealth in the last five years, reports UNB. "The affidavits reached the ACC Tuesday from the EC," ACC public relations...
RU Correspondent | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 11: Prof Abdus Sobahan and Prof Muhammad Nurullah, former vice-chancellor (VC) and pro-vice-chancellor of the Rajshahi University (RU) were granted bail in a bribery case Monday. The court granted them the bail on a prayer filed in...
Senior secretary of the Public Administration Ministry Abdus Sobhan Sikder has been made the Principle Secretary to the Prime Minister, reports UNB. Besides, Education Secretary Kamal Abdul Naser Chowdudhry has been made Public Administration Secretary while Election Commission Secretariat Secretary...
Khairul Islam | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
The University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to include all the public and private universities in the high speed internet connectivity programme to support the country's tertiary level schooling, sources said. According to them, the universities' regulator already drew out...
Minister for Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Engr Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain Tuesday said that workers who registered their names through Union Information Centres (UICs) would be able to go to Malaysia by the next two years, reports BSS. "Some 2,300...
Ghashful, a media house, organised a ‘Anti-Communal Poetry Festival’ at the National Press Club in the city Monday with poet Syed Shamsul Haq in the chair, said a press release. The programme condoled the demise of poet Fazal Shahabuddin. Poets ...
JICA-supported earthquake evacuation drill held An earthquake evacuation drill with the technical support of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was held at PWD Training Academy of Elenbari in the city Tuesday. Public Works Department (PWD) implemented the drill titled 'CBDM'...
JU Correspondent | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
Prof Dr Shafi Mohammad Tareq, teacher of Environmental Science Department of Jahangirnagar University (JU), won the Bangladesh Academy of Science and World Academy of Science (BAS-WAS) gold medal-2011 for his contribution to national science and technology in Bangladesh. His research...
Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with temporary partly cloudy sky over the country having chances of light rain or thundershowers at one or two places over Khulna, Barisal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions until 6:00 pm today (Wednesday), reports...
M Azizur Rahman | 2014-02-12 00:00:00
Russian Gazprom and Chinese Sinopec are vying for drilling four onshore gas wells in state-owned Titas gas field to raise the country's overall natural gas output, a top official said Tuesday. Gazprom EP International BV, registered in the Netherlands and...
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