Much improved Farashganj Sporting Club finally exposed Brothers Union Club's weakness as they scraped past them by a solitary goal in a final round match of the Grameenphone Federation Cup at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium...
LIVERPOOL, Jan 7 (AFP): Liverpool were at the centre of another race row on Friday night after Oldham player Tom Adeyemi was alleged to have been racially abused by a supporter at Anfield.The incident happened towards the end of Liverpool's...
Bangladesh International School emerged group G champ in the National School Football Islami Bank Tournament blanking Shaheed Ramiz Uddin Cantonment School by 2-0 goals in the final at the Uttara Friends Social Field Saturday, reports BSS. Earlier, on way to...
The newly appointed general secretary of Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation Syed Kamrul Huda believes that his newly selected committee will be able to revive the table tennis lost glory, reports BSS. He was talking to the agency at BTTF office....
Beginners lifted the trophy of the 28th MM Ispahani National Team Bridge Championship 2011 that concluded Saturday at the ERC, Institute of Engineers, Ramna, Dhaka winning by 280-225 IMPS, said a press release. The championship started on December 29, 2011...
Khulna DSA, Bangladesh Air Force and Bangladesh Police won their respective second round matches of the Citycell 25th National Basketball Championship at Dhanmondi Wooden Floor Gymnasium Saturday, reports UNB.On the day, Khulna beat Bangladesh Police by 62-53 points. The winners...
Three matches of the Trust Bank-Viyellatex 28th National Hockey Competition were decided on the inaugural day at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium Saturday, reports BSS.It was Dhaka DSA who had a hay day as they drubbed Rangpur DSA by...
LONDON, Jan 7 (AFP): Chelsea assistant manager Roberto Di Matteo concedes the FA Cup represents the club's best chance of a trophy this season. Di Matteo, who won the competition twice as a player with Chelsea, says manager Andre Villas-Boas...
PERTH, Australia, Jan 7 (AFP): World number two Petra Kvitova continued her imposing start to the year to give the Czech Republic the lead in the Hopman Cup final against France in Western Australia on Saturday.Unbeaten in her three previous...
England Lions take on Bangladesh A in 1st ODI todayEngland Lions, the second string England side, will take on host Bangladesh A team in the first one-day of the five limited over one-day series today (Sunday) at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury...
A senior leader of opposition BNP Saturday accused the government of making the country's economy bankrupt over the past three years, reports bdnews24.com.Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, a member of BNP's National Standing Committee said the economy became bankrupt as prices...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) has planned to reorganise the party in 2012 as its top brass have already sorted out an elaborate programme to complete conferences of the party and its associate bodies from union units to the central committees."We've...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Jan 7 (BSS): A courtesy meeting between the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) was held Saturday at Mohodipur Land Port in India.BGB sources said, the meeting started at 12:00 noon and continued for...
Bangladesh Sangbad'71 (BDS'71) Saturday launched an initiative titled 'Muktijuddher Amlan Smrity (Unerased Memories of War of Liberation)' at the National Press Club to collect the memoirs from freedom fighters and the people who witnessed liberation war, reports BSS.Renowned journalist and...
The US government is planning to reduce the time that US citizens are separated from spouses and children and who are forced to wait for as many as 10 years while their visa requests are processed, reports bdnews24.com. "The purpose...
Unicef Executive Director (ED) Anthony Lake arrived in the city Saturday on a three-day mission to Bangladesh to highlight the challenges faced by children and women in Bangladesh, said a press release. During his stay in Bangladesh, Anthony will visit...
KISHOREGANJ, Jan 7 (UNB): Local administration on Saturday afternoon imposed section 144 at Ananda Bazar and Nayakandi crossing, situated side by side, in Karimganj as two rival factions of the Awami League (AL) called separate meetings at the adjacent venues...
Light rain and drizzle are likely in different parts of the country on Sunday when temperature may drop envisaging the second spell of cold wave of the season in next 24 hours until 6:00pm today (Sunday).Met office forecast light rain...
National Immunisation Day (NID) was observed across the country Saturday by administering polio vaccine to nearly 24 million children, reports BSS.Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the vaccination programme marking the 20th NID at her official residence Ganobhaban in the...
FE ReportSpeakers at a meeting Saturday said the time has come to write conscious-awakening writings as the country is passing through a crucial period. They said writers have to differentiate between fact and fiction and must uphold truth for the...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Jan 07: An officer of a steel re-rolling mill died after being knocked down by an iron bar in the early hours today. Chittagong Medical College Hospital police said Sheikh Md Obhi (35) succumbed to his injuries...
Chandan BanerjeeKOLKATA, Jan 07: Bangalis across India are delighted to listen to the news of the HD Radio, that launched in Bangladesh. Besides, small news in print media sector, Radio Music.com, the one and only dedicated portal on Radio industry,...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid left Dhaka for London Saturday to attend the 'World Education Forum 2012', reports UNB.The four-day forum organised by British Council will begin tomorrow (Monday) to be attended by about 200 policymakers and experts from 77...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Jan 7: The VC of International Islamic University, Chittagong Professor Mahbub Ullah passed away at the Apollo Hospitals in Dhaka today.He left behind his wife, a son and two daughters and a host of students and well-wishers to...
The National Primary Education Week begins today (Sunday). The Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, the organizer, has chalked out a week-long programme to observe the National Primary Education Week 2012 across the country, reports UNB.President Mohammad Zillur Rahman and...
BAGERHAT, Jan 07 (UNB): A gang of pirates kidnapped eight fishermen along with their fishing trawlers for ransom from the Hormal canal in eastern part of the Sundarbans in Sharankhola Upazila here Friday.Zakir Hossain, a fish trader of north Rajapur...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Jan 7: A jute mill at Kalurghat in the city caught fire in the early hours today. Fire office at Kalurghat Industrial Area said the jute godown of Chittagong Jute Manufacturing Industries Ltd at Mohra on the...
Siddique Islam The commercial banks are set to raise lending rates on industrial loans and import financing of eight essential food items from today (Sunday) to help reduce the gap between their returns on credits and their cost of funds,...
Munima SultanaIn a fresh order issued on January 4 the Prime Minister transferred the US dollar 2.75 billion metro rail project immediately to its original ministry of communications from railway ministry. The metro rail project, known as Mass Rapid Transit...
M Azizur RahmanThe government is struggling to import furnace oil as the suppliers are demanding higher premiums from BPC for 2012 supplies to cover up losses incurred due to the unusual time taken for unloading of cargoes from oil tankers...
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