New York man arrested on suspicion of bomb plot A resident of New York has been arrested on suspicion of planning to bomb targets including police cars and post offices. Jose Pimentel, 27, was charged with terrorism-related offences, New York...
Bangladesh booters went down fighting against Malaysian Club Negeri Sembilan as their practice match ended in 2-3 goals at the Tunku Abdur Rahman Stadium, Malaysia Monday, reports BSS. A BFF source informed the agency Monday the national football team is...
Hosts Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the play-off match of the ICC Women's World Cup qualifier today (Tuesday) at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, reports UNB. The match starts at 9 am. Bangladesh must have to win...
The fifth round of the Walton 13th Longer Version National Cricket League begins today (Tuesday) at four separate venues across the country, reports BSS. On the day, Rajshahi Division will take on Sylhet Division at the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in...
Private News channel Maachranga Television dethroned the reigning champion Daily Star as they registered an exciting 33 runs victory in the final of the Pepsi-DRU Inter-House Media Cricket Competition played in the city Monday, reports BSS. A superb exhibition of...
MUMBAI, November 21 (AFP): India are looking to keep the pressure on the beleaguered West Indies in the third and final Test of their series starting in Mumbai on Tuesday as they seek to seal a 3-0 series whitewash. The...
Female cricket captains meet HIV infected people The skippers of five teams fighting for supremacy in the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2011 met members of the PLHIV network of Bangladesh at Mohammadpur office of Ashar Alo Society Monday. This...
The West Indies emphatically qualified for the ICC Women's World Cup 2013 after recording their fourth consecutive ODI win by a 80-run margin in the World Cup qualifier at Mirpur Monday, reports IANS. Playing before a crowd of over 5,000...
SHARJAH, Nov 21 (AFP): Allrounder Shahid Afridi scored a half-century before taking five wickets to steer Pakistan to a hard fought 26-run win in the fourth day-night match over Sri Lanka at Sharjah stadium on Sunday. Afridi helped Pakistan recover...
LAHORE, Pakistan, Nov 21 (AFP): Pakistan on Monday axed Wahab Riaz from the squad for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh after he was named in connection with a spot-fixing scandal in England. The 26-year-old did not play in the three...
Our Kolkata Correspondent The sports minister of India Ajay Maken has aired clearly that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should come up to probe the matter in connection with the explosive comment of Vinod Kambli who...
ROME, Nov 21 (AFP): Juventus went back to the top of Serie A after a 3-0 win over Palermo Sunday which took them ahead of Lazio on goal difference. The Old Lady of Turin also have a game in hand...
Samorita Hospital on spot market Trading of the shares of Samorita Hospital will be allowed only in the spot market and blockodd lot transactions will also be settled as per spot settlement cycle with cum benefit from today (Tuesday) to...
Former Governor of Bangladesh Bank and President of the Board of Trustee of East West University Dr. Mohammed Farashuddin said the country needs a large number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) for creating required jobs for unemployed people. "We...
The 4th international conference of Bangladesh ENT Society was held at a city hotel recently, said a press release. SP Trading House, an authorised distributor of Medtronic, USA, a multinational company, participated (stall no. 17) in the conference. A total...
SIRAJGANJ, Nov 20 (UNB): Three people including a mother and her one month old daughter were killed in a head-on collision between a truck and a bus at Nokla in Raiganj Upazila on Sunday. The deceased were identified as Razia...
A memorial meeting on renowned photojournalist and freedom fighter Rashid Talukder will be held on November 24, said a press release Sunday, reports BSS. Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) will organize the memorial meeting at Jatiya Press Club in the...
Environment ministers of Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India have called for adopting a regional framework of cooperation to tackle disasters induced by climate change, reports bdnews24.com. The ministers, who met at Bhutan's capital Thimphu on Saturday, also stressed the need...
Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday urged the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to take effective steps to repatriate the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh, reports UNB. He made the call when UNHCR assistant high...
Shamsher Chowdhury Bangladesh is at a crossroads of its existence. Many things are happening. The good and the bad are running parallel to one another. What takes place in the coming three or four years will determine our future for...
Syed Jamaluddin The government has decided to divide the Dhaka City Corporation into two entities for rendering better services to the residents of the city. But it has not explained in detail as to how improved services will be delivered....
Gopal Sengupta from Canada Shakespeare gave the world many a diabolic villain. We will never know who his role models were. Had he lived in this century he could have taken his pick from the many `merchants of venom' who...
Veronica Smith of AFP from Washington Women are beginning to crack Europe's boardroom glass ceilings thanks to government quotas, while their advance in the United States has nearly stalled, a new study found. The inclusion of more women in boardrooms...
The concept of 'social business' seems to be selling fairly well. Some credit for it must be given to the vigour with which Bangladesh's only Nobel Laureate has been advocating the idea around the world. In the aftermath of the...
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury Two developments surrounding Myanmar, the isolated South-east Asian nation, have of late given a glimmer of hope that the country may move further towards democracy - a pattern of governance that the regime claims to have already...
My friend was qualified enough -perhaps more qualified than necessary-to rival the several bosses he served. But as it usually happens, overqualified persons have their Achilles' heels and coupled with their arrogance, hubris, egotism and eccentricity (which they are hardly...
I was somewhat surprised to watch the movie 'Kings of Devon' which is the first Chicago-based Bangla movie made by Bangladeshi Americans. The performances of all the casts were so realistic that it did not appear to be a production...
During the recent visit of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, we learnt about the assets of all cabinet colleagues of Dr Manmohan including the Prime Minister himself. Unfortunately, being a champion nation of corruption for years,' and despite regular...
Tasfi Sal-Sabil and M Mizanur Rahman It is really a matter of pride that the UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon has praised Bangladesh for its initiatives regarding disaster preparedness and management mentioning as 'world leader'. This sort of proclamation and appraisal...
Competency mapping is important and an essential exercise. Every well managed firm should have well defined roles and list of competencies required to perform each role effectively. Such list should be used for recruitment, performance management, promotions, placements and training...
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