RAJSHAHI, Oct 8 (BSS): Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad has called for objective and authentic reporting for welfare of the nation and its people. Besides, he has invited journalists to engage in a constructive criticism of the government but not...
MANILA, Oct 8 (AFP): The US ambassador to the Philippines has apologised for his controversial remark that 40 percent of male tourists visit the country for sex, the foreign department said Saturday. Harry Thomas sent the apology through a cell...
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid said the government is committed to ensure welfare of the disabled children. The social welfare minister said this at the concluding session of 'World Children Day-2011' organised by Bangladesh Shishu Kallyan Parishad' in...
Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club emerged Group A champions to reach the semi-final of the Walton Women's Football League thrashing Wari Club 13-0 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Saturday and with all win record, reports UNB. Earlier, National...
Bangladesh made a flying start in the 1st South Asian Beach Games football beating the Maldives by 8-3 goals at Hambantota in Sri Lanka Saturday, reports UNB. Enamul and Abdul Baten Majumder Kamol scored hattricks while Robin and Mamun Mia...
Alan Sou Ming of Hong Kong emerges boys' singles champion in ATF 14U Series Tennis defeating Mohammad Vali of India by 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final at the Ramna National Tennis Complex in the city Saturday, reports UNB Kaur...
MONTEVIDEO, Oct 8 (AFP): Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi enjoyed a commanding debut as Argentina skipper as his country opened their 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign with a 4- 1 win over Chile on Friday. Messi scored once while Real Madrid...
LIMA, Oct 8(AP): Paolo Guerrero scored both goals as Peru beat Paraguay 2-0 Friday in the first round of South American World Cup qualifying. Guerrero, who plays for Hamburg in Germany, scored in the 46th and 72nd minutes. Peru was...
LONDON, Oct 8 (Reuters): Wayne Rooney came under a barrage of criticism from the media Saturday after his red card in England's 2-2 draw in Montenegro ruled him out for at least the first match of Euro 2012. The striker...
TOKYO, Oct 8 (AFP): Defending champion Rafael Nadal picked apart American number one Mardy Fish's serve-and-volley game today to set up a a hotly anticipated final against Andy Murray at the Japan Open. The world number two from Spain, playing...
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, Oct 8 (AFP): Northern Ireland Manager Nigel Worthington admits he faces an anxious wait to discover if he will be sacked for his country's failure to qualify for Euro 2012. Worthington's side wasted their last chance to...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 8 (BSS): Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad has called for objective and authentic reporting for welfare of the nation and its people. Besides, he has invited journalists to engage in a constructive criticism of the government but not...
MANILA, Oct 8 (AFP): The US ambassador to the Philippines has apologised for his controversial remark that 40 percent of male tourists visit the country for sex, the foreign department said Saturday. Harry Thomas sent the apology through a cell...
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid said the government is committed to ensure welfare of the disabled children. The social welfare minister said this at the concluding session of 'World Children Day-2011' organised by Bangladesh Shishu Kallyan Parishad' in...
FE Report Two social organisations and a multi-national company jointly took initiative to make St Martin's Island environment-friendly by cleaning trash of the island. A total of 300 volunteers, of whom two hundred are local people, took part in the...
FE Report A nine-day 'SME Technology Fair' will begin today (Sunday) at Bangladesh Handball Federation Covered Stadium in the city aiming at transferring or upgrading technology and providing expert services to Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, said a release. To be organsied by...
KARACHI, Oct 8 (Reuters): Pakistan's central bank Saturday cut its key policy rate by 150 basis points to 12 per cent for the subsequent two months, the State Bank of Pakistan said in a statement, again exceeding analysts' expectations. Analysts...
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 8 (AFP): The launch of a hot new Google smartphone was delayed Friday as the world mourned the loss of legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and sales began of the latest iPhone. Unconfirmed word also spread that...
Monira Munni Jute millers and goods manufacturers have demanded proper implementation of the mandatory jute packaging act to raise local consumption and boost the sector's growth. They said if the packaging act is fully implemented, the consumption of jute-made products...
BRUSSELS, Oct 8 (Reuters): Moody's warned Belgium on Friday its credit rating could fall due to the burden of bailing out Dexia , the French-Belgian financial group, and the prospect of higher funding costs and weak economic growth. The ratings...
BRUSSELS, Oct 8 (AFP): In a radical and controversial overhaul of its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the EU plans a greener, fairer farm policy by tying subsidies to environmental concerns, according to leaked documents seen by AFP. The documents outline...
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has recently opened its 258th branch at College Road, Feni, according to a press release. Chairman of the board of directors of IBBL Prof Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher inaugurated the branch as the chief...
RAJSHAHI, Oct 8 (BSS): Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad has called for objective and authentic reporting for welfare of the nation and its people. Besides, he has invited journalists to engage in a constructive criticism of the government but not...
MANILA, Oct 8 (AFP): The US ambassador to the Philippines has apologised for his controversial remark that 40 percent of male tourists visit the country for sex, the foreign department said Saturday. Harry Thomas sent the apology through a cell...
Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque Mostafa Shahid said the government is committed to ensure welfare of the disabled children. The social welfare minister said this at the concluding session of 'World Children Day-2011' organised by Bangladesh Shishu Kallyan Parishad' in...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bangladeshi companies' competitive advantage in the seven Indian states are under threat after the government allowed Indian traders to use Ashuganj as a transshipment hub for moving merchandise to the land-locked northeast. Exporters have aired their concern...
Munima Sultana The capital development authority, Rajdhani Unnayan Karthipakha (Rajuk), has backed off from a move to hand over land for the proposed Metro Rail, making the future of the mass transport project further uncertain and raising its cost substantially....
FHM Humayan Kabir Prospect of receiving the World Bank's US$1.0 billion budgetary support has become uncertain as the lender is unwilling to finalise the assured loan before completion of the ongoing investigation into alleged graft in the Padma bridge bidding...
Nearly 50,000 children aged under five years die of pneumonia annually in the country. Besides, as many as 6,00,000 children are affected every year, health experts told a workshop Saturday at the DRU on the occasion of World Pneumonia Day-2011....
Zaglul Ahmed Chowdhury The United States launched an allout military offensive against the "Taleban"-ruled Afghanistan ten years ago - on October 7,2001, and the most powerful nation of the world remains engrossed with the tangle with its allies, now with...
© 2026 - All Rights with The Financial Express
