UP member killed in Sherpur A Union Parishad member was killed by some miscreants at East Someshpur village in Nalitabari upazila early Monday. The deceased was identified as Nazmul Haque Dewan, 42, son of late Ashraf Hossain and member of...
MOSCOW, Dec 5 (agencies): Vladimir Putin's ruling party lost its crucial two-thirds majority in parliament in Russian elections held Sunday, a damaging setback for the country's prime minister who is running for president once again next year. Meanwhile, Russia's communists,...
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said international support after foreign forces withdraw in 2014 is crucial if Afghanistan is to remain stable, reports BBC. His comments opened a major global conference on Afghanistan's future in the German city of Bonn....
DAMASCUS, Dec 5 (agencies): Syria said Monday it will allow observers into the country as part of an Arab League plan to end months of deadly unrest, in a turnabout which could stave off crippling regional sanctions. "The Syrian government...
BEIJING, Dec 5, (AFP): Beijing authorities cancelled hundreds of flights and shut highways as thick smog descended on the Chinese capital on Sunday and Monday, reducing visibility at one of the world's busiest airports. Air quality in Beijing reached "hazardous"...
Iran's armed forces have shot down an unmanned US spy plane that violated its eastern borders, military sources say, reports BBC. Iranian media reports said the drone - identified as a type RQ170 - suffered minimal damage and was now...
Mayans never predicted world to end in 2012 PALENQUE, Dec 5: If you are worried the world will end next year based on the Mayan calendar, relax: the end of time is still far off. So say Mayan experts who...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 5 (BSS): Bangladesh will be looking to salvage some of their lost pride as they meet the high flying Pakistan in the third and final ODI at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. here on Tuesday. Despite taking the unassailable...
TOKYO, Dec 5 (AFP): Asian champions Al Sadd will debut in the Club World Cup knowing that victory in their opening game against Tunisia's Esperance will set up a dream semi-final against the mighty Barcelona. The dogged Qataris earned their...
Bangladesh will face Maldives in their last group B match of the SAFF Championship that will be held today (Tuesday) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, reports UNB. The match kicks off at 3:30 pm (BST). Bangladesh's hope...
Bangladesh Ansar & VDP team moved into the final of the KFC Women's Football League eliminating Jessore District team by 4-1 goals in the 2nd semifinal at Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamalapur Monday, reports UNB....
AHMEDABAD, India, Dec 5 (AFP): Skipper Darren Sammy and Andre Russell plundered 79 runs off the last 34 balls to help the West Indies post 260-5 in the third one-day international against India on Monday. Sammy smashed two sixes and...
PARIS, Dec 5 (AP): Barcelona teammates Lionel Messi and Xavi Hernandez will be up against Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo for the FIFA world player of the year award. The three Ballon d'Or finalists were selected Monday from among 23...
Chandan Banerjee KOLKATA, Dec 5: Wisden, fondly known as The Bible of Cricket, will now be launched from India. The main attraction is none else but the former skipper of the Indian team Sourav Ganguly, who will work as the...
MADRID, Dec 5 (AFP): With top place secured in Champions League Group H, it'll be an unfamiliar looking Barcelona which faces BATE Borisov on Tuesday as the team's superstars are rested ahead of the weekend's El Clasico against Real Madrid....
Beckham bides time on playing future MELBOURNE, Dec 5: Superstar David Beckham said Monday he was no closer to deciding his football future as he prepared in Australia for what may be his last match as a Los Angeles Galaxy...
FE Report Global Markets clients of HSBC, Bangladesh recently took part in an exciting Go-Kart competition organised by the Bank at a local facility at the outskirts of Dhaka. A total of 22 participants from various client organisations participated in...
FE Report Robi Axiata Limited posted highest quarterly revenue earning of BDT 7,821 million in third quarter (Q3) of 2011. The company Monday announced its unaudited results for the third quarter (Q3) of 2011. This is an increase of 13...
Board meet PGCB: As per Regulation 30 of the DSE Listing Regulations, a meeting of the board of directors of Power Grid Company Bangladesh (PGCB) Ltd. will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5:30pm to consider, among others, audited financial statements...
Syful Islam and Talha Bin Habib Bangladesh and the United States have made substantive progress in the negotiations over a broad-based economic deal, but the two countries are yet to resolve some knotty issues in areas of labour and copyrights,...
FE Report Businesses and educational institutions were shut in the city Sunday as the main opposition enforced a dawn-to-dusk strike (hartal) protesting the government decision to split Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) into two zones. The shutdown across the capital was...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The container handling at the Chittagong Port registered a modestly declining rate of growth during this January-November period over the corresponding one of the previous calendar year, causing some frustration in shipping circles, port statistics and shippers...
FE Report The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) went haywire Sunday as its software wrongly calculated the actual gain and loss made by 135 securities which converted their face-value into Taka 10 from the day. Many shares which actually gained were...
Munima Sultana The government Sunday created two new ministries by splitting the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Science and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The Ministry of Railway has been created, keeping the roads and bridges divisions under...
The Prime Minister has put swirling rumours to some rest giving Obaidul Quader Communications portfolio that was Syed Abul Hossain's, reports bdnews24.com. Cabinet Division sources said Abul Hossain will be running the newly-carved Railways. They said the necessary orders were...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 4: The newly appointed director of UK Trade and Investment of British High Commission in Dhaka Justin Davies Sunday said that they would reconsider UK visa processing in Chittagong for the real businessmen. Justin Davies disclosed this at...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Sunday reiterated her government's firm commitment to implement the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) peace accord for maintaining peace and continuing development in the region, reports BSS. "It is our responsibility to execute the CHT peace...
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir Sunday said that the government that claims itself to be democratic should cooperate with the opposition to exercise the democratic rights, reports UNB. "The Home Minister and chief of Dhaka Metropolitan Police...
Law Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed Sunday reiterated the firmness of the government stand to try perpetrators of 1971 war criminals as the opposition demanded the process of exposing them to be stalled, reports BSS. "No political force, whatever strong it...
Canada has told the government that it would not extradite Noor Chowdhury, a convicted killer of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman now living in the North American country, reports bdnews24.com. "Our government has clear policy that we cannot extradite people to...
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