Mohammad Ashraful has been dropped from Bangladesh's squad for the limited-overs leg of their upcoming home series against Pakistan. All-rounder Farhad Reza, who has not played for Bangladesh since 2008, has been recalled to the squad, reports Cricinfo. Shuvagata Hom...
MUMBAI, Nov 25 (AFP): Sachin Tendulkar fell agonisingly short of an unprecedented 100th hundred while Ravichandran Ashwin hit a maiden century as the third Test between India and the West Indies headed for a draw Friday. Tendulkar scored a superb...
Shane Watson, Ryan Harris, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Johnson and Pat Cummins will all miss Australia's first Test against New Zealand, leaving the national selectors to fill plenty of gaps ahead of the squad announcement Saturday, reports Cricinfo. All five players...
HAINAN, China, Nov 25 (AFP): International golf stars, spectators and media at the World Cup on the southern Chinese island of Hainan are enjoying uncensored Internet access denied to 1.3 billion Chinese. China's communist leaders maintain strict control over what...
First round of Nat'l Men's H'ball begins today The first round of EXIM Bank 21st National Men's Handball Competition begins today (Saturday) at the Handball Stadium in the city with 11 matches slated for the inaugural day. Bangladesh Bank governor...
CAIRO, Nov 25, (agencies): The imam leading tens of thousands of worshippers in prayer at Cairo's Tahrir Square Friday called on the ruling military to hand over power to a national salvation government. Sheikh Mazhar Shahin said protesters would remain...
The Indian state of West Bengal is on high alert amid fears of revenge attacks after police said they had shot dead top Maoist rebel Koteshwar Rao, reports BBC. Police say they are now certain the man killed in Thursday's...
NAYPYIDAW, Nov 25, (AFP): Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition took its first step towards a return to mainstream Myanmar politics Friday, days before a historic visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The National League for Democracy...
REMILLY, Nov 25, (AFP): The last train carrying reprocessed nuclear waste back from France to Germany left its overnight parking spot in eastern France Friday, steaming towards another day of violent protests. The train, carrying 11 wagonloads of vitrified radioactive...
Peru protests at huge Conga gold mine in Cajamarca Thousands of people in northern Peru have protested against plans for a huge open-cast goldmine in the high Andes. People in the Cajamarca region say the proposed Conga mine will cause...
FE Report Dhaka stocks remained in the positive zone in most part of the week that ended Thursday, breaking a long spell of losing streak. Last week, there was a significant rise in turnover as investors became optimistic centring the...
Asian stocks fall on Europe debt crisis impasse BANGKOK, Nov 25: Asian stock markets were mostly lower Friday after Germany continued to oppose a bigger role for the European Central Bank (ECB) in managing the continent's debt crisis and Portugal's...
Senior police officials, beleaguered by too many incidents of fake policemen committing crimes in their name, have advised the public not to be intimidated if they are ever accosted by fake, or real, law enforcers. Instead, we should challenge them...
This year Hemanta, the fourth season on the Bangla calendar, appears to have arrived on time unfolding its misty beauty quite pronouncedly. Even a poet of Rabindranath's stature did not wax lyrical about this season except perhaps his overlapping song...
Md Awal Al Kabir In February of 1972, William S Ellis, senior Sub-Editor of world famous magazine 'National Geographic' came to Dhaka when the air of Bangladesh was still full of the stench of rotting human flesh from the bodies...
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder and chairperson of BRAC, was honoured with the third World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) in Doha on November 1, 2011. It is the recognition of his four decade long contribution to reduce poverty...
W e are really surprised to see that officials of the National Consumer Rights Protection Department under the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) have limited their activities to handing down monetary fines to the unscrupulous traders for adulteration and weight manipulation...
The litany of grievances against the Hasina government is long. But the issues of governance, vital though these are, will not necessarily determine the course of politics. Constitutional politics in the country is imperilled from the beginning by the absence...
Talha Bin Habib A three-day international programme marking the centenary of textiles education in the subcontinent will be held in the country early next year, officials said. "The centenary will be celebrated from 9 to 11 February in Dhaka. Prime...
Commerce Minister M Faruk Khan, now in Yangon, has said that the trade gap between Bangladesh and Myanmar should be narrowed down and the bilateral trade volume strengthened for mutual benefit of the peoples of the two countries, reports UNB....
FE Report Prices of both loose and bottled edible oil marked a fresh hike, while that of vegetables dipped with the increase of supply in the city's kitchen markets, traders said. They said some unscrupulous traders are taking advantage of...
The local call money rates hovered around 6.0 per cent-9.0 per cent during the past week and the market liquidity scenario improved throughout the last week, according to a press release. The inter-bank rates of US dollar Bangladesh taka continued...
Jubair Hasan and Sonia H Moni Sale of apartments has declined by more than 50 per cent over the last two years, prompting realtors to reduce the prices of their unsold flats -- thus attracting buyers with lucrative offers. Realtors...
FHM Humayan Kabir Repeated demands for funds by the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) amid resource constraints are causing the government discomfort as the former sought Tk 6.30 billion in extra funds last week for repair and upgrading works, officials...
Monira Munni Knitwear manufacturers are looking for new markets following a drastic fall in export orders during the last two to three months due to economic meltdown in the eurozone countries. A 100-member delegation from the knitwear sector will go...
After over a month-long break, Opposition Leader Khaleda Zia will lead yet another road march towards the industrial city of Khulna today(Saturday) to garner public support to the opposition's key demand of holding next general elections under a caretaker government,...
Syful Islam The government has decided to allow entry of four more items produced by units under the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) to the local market by paying applicable duties, trade officials said Thursday. With the four new products, the...
Nizam Ahmed Traders and the members of the general public are extremely worried over the decision by the authorities concerned to hike the tariff for electricity at the consumer level within a week or two, community leaders said Friday. All...
Finance Minister AMA Muhith will leave Dhaka tomorrow (Sunday) for South Korea to attend the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) in Busan. South Korean President Lee Mayung Bak will formally inaugurate the Forum. The Finance Minister will...
COMILLA, Nov 25: Comilla BNP general secretary and aspirant for mayoral post Haji Yasin has announced that his party will not take part in the city corporation elections if EVMs are used and army not deployed. Another aspirant for the...
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