PARIS, Dec 15: A judge declared French former president Jacques Chirac guilty Thursday in a political graft trial that made history by producing the first conviction of a head of state since Nazi collaborator Marshall Philippe Petain in 1945. In...
CENTURION, Dec 15 (AFP): South African opening bowler Vernon Philander claimed his third five-wicket haul in as many Test matches as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 180 on the first day of the first Test at SuperSport Park Thursday....
National champions Bangladesh Army emerged unbeaten champions in the KFC-Pizza Hut Victory Day Volleyball Tournament beating Dhaka Premier League champions Titas Club by 25-18, 25-20, 25-16 points at Dhaka Volleyball Stadium Thursday, reports UNB. It was the 3rd consecutive and...
Abahani Limited maintained their winning spree in the UCB Victory Day Hockey Tournament outplaying Bangladesh Air Force by 5-2 goals at Maulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB. Pushkar Khisha Memo struck twice for Abahani in...
YOKOHAMA, Japan, Dec 15 (AFP): A weakened Barcelona out-classed Al Sadd 4-0 at the Club World Cup on Thursday to set up a final clash with Santos, but the result was overshadowed by a serious injury to striker David Villa....
`LONDON, Dec 15 (AP): Eliminated from the Champions League and with its unbeaten run in the Premier League over, Manchester City's mettle will be tested by in-form Arsenal on Sunday as the battle for the English title heats up this...
All the speculation regarding Lutfur Rahman Badal, Shakib Al Hasan and Tamim Iqbal came to end when all three joined the 110 years old Victoria Sporting Club (VSC) Thursday, reports BSS. VSC arranged a press meet at a city hotel...
SYDNEY, Dec 15 (AFP): New Australia coach Mickey Arthur has set up a training camp for his under-fire batsmen ahead of the opening Boxing Day Test against India in Melbourne. Concerned by Australia's fallibility against the swinging ball exposed in...
Chittagong Vegetable: The board of directors of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has approved the name change of Chittagong Vegetable Oil Industries Limited as "CVO Petrochemical Refinery Limited". The DSE trading code for CVO Petrochemical Refinery Limited will be "CVOPRL" instead...
ICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has announced net asset value (NAV) of its two unit Funds, said a press release. According to the announcement, the total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit...
MUMBAI, Dec 15 (Business Standard): Stocks recouped most of the day's losses to end marginally lower Thursday, led by Reliance Industries, after food inflation for the week ended December 3 eased to a four-year low of 4.35 per cent. Further,...
The Benchmark General Index DGEN came back to the red zone after two days' upward rally. The market started with positive note gaining by more than 120 points within the first trading hour. The speculation of directors' share purchase played...
HONG KONG, Dec 14 (AFP): A robotic cook, a colouring book that comes to virtual life and movies that read your mind are some of the innovations on show at a cutting-edge computer technology exhibition in Hong Kong this week....
FE Report The government has signed a memorandum of understanding with an Indian company to locally manufacture machinery and spare parts for jute mills and make the state-run jute machinery manufacturing factory Galfra Habib Limited a profitable one. Chairman of...
BEIJING, Dec 14 (AFP): China will levy anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on certain US vehicle imports, the commerce ministry said Wednesday, a move likely to fuel tensions between the world's two biggest economies. The tariffs will be applied for two...
NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (AFP): Annual inflation in India stayed stubbornly high at 9.11 per cent in November, down marginally from 9.73 per cent the month before, government data showed on Wednesday. The closely-watched Wholesale Price Index has been close...
NEW DELHI, Dec 14 (Business Standard): Petrol prices may be hiked by Rs 0.65 per litre this week if state-owned oil firms manage to get political approval for the move. While a fall in the rupee to an all-time low...
SINGAPORE, Dec 14 (AFP): Oil was lower in Asian trade Wednesday, dampened by demand worries as the eurozone debt crisis showed no signs of improving, analysts said. Investors are also awaiting the outcome of an OPEC meeting due to take...
BRASILIA, Dec 14 (AFP): Brazil's huge agribusiness sector is concerned about the impact of the debt crisis in Europe and slower growth in China, the president of the national Confederation of Agriculture (CNA) said yesterday. "The bigger risk for the...
FE Report Communications Minister Obaidul Quader has stressed waking up from the dreams of materialising 'time-consuming and grandiose' projects like the metro rail before the end of the present government's tenure and gave priority to those schemes which can be...
TOKYO, Dec 14 (AFP): Japan has purchased 13 per cent of the eurozone rescue fund's latest bond sale, a government official said today, as the region continues fundraising to help contain its sovereign debt crisis. The Japanese government bought 260...
BEIJING, Dec 14 (Xinhua): As the Chinese government signaled that it would maintain property-pricing curbs, experts have said that the housing market will go through tough times next year, predicting prices will drop around 15 to 20 per cent. On...
TOKYO, Dec 14 (AFP): The euro moved towards a one-year low against the dollar in Asian trade today, amid doubts over Europe's ability to contain its sovereign debt crisis. The unit, which fell below $1.31 in New York late Tuesday...
SINGAPORE, Dec 14 (Xinhua): The Royal Bank of Scotland has said that there is an increase in interest by Indian companies to list their shares on the Singapore Exchange. Some big deals may be in the works, local broadcaster Channel...
RANGPUR, Dec 14 (BSS): The supreme sacrifice of over 600 heroic Bangalees while gheraoing Rangpur cantonment on March 28 in 1971 ignited new dimension to the War of Liberation. Thousands of people irrespective of caste, creed and religion at the...
BARGUNA, Dec 14 (UNB): A protest meeting of BNP came under attack and its party office ransacked allegedly by ruling party activists, leaving five people wounded in Betagi upazila on Monday night and Tuesday. Local sources said activists of Awami...
Our Correspondent GOPALGANJ, Dec 14: About 3000 families of the district engaged in handicrafts industry have been leading a happy life as they are no more facing shortage of capital to run their profession. At present a number of NGO...
RU Correspondent RAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Dec 14: The role of the family members of the Rajshahi University (RU) in liberation was war a glorious one. The teachers, students and the staffs of the university contributed tremendously to the war of independence....
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Dec 14: Shops at Noapara industrial town, the largest business area for imported goods including fertiliser, cement and rice in the south-western region, remained closed for the second consecutive day on Wednesday as the businessmen of the...
Our Correspondent PABNA, Dec 14: An operative of Purba Banglar Communist Party (PBCP Bahini) was hacked and burnt at Balughata beel area in Faridpur upazila of Pabna. The deceased was identified as Abdur Rahim (38) of village Peer-Balighata in Ataikula...
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