Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
Nicholas SternChina's 12th five-year plan for 2011 to 2015, finalised last March, will have a dramatic impact on the global economy and ambitions for managing the risks of climate change. In our preoccupation with shorter-run debt and finance issues, we...
Mutual Trust Bank: Rashed Chowdhury, one of the directors of Mutual Trust Bank Ltd (nominated director from Associated Builder Corporation Ltd), has expressed his willingness to buy 5,000 shares of the bank at prevailing market price through stock exchange within...
FE ReportStandard Chartered Thursday released its Interim Management Statement (IMS) for the first quarter of 2011. Peter Sands, Group Chief Executive, commented, "Standard Chartered has enjoyed an excellent start to 2011 with good momentum in both businesses. We continue to...
The board of directors of Agrani Insurance Company Ltd has recommended 10 per cent stock dividend for the year that ended on December 31, 2010. The board of directors has also decided to increase the authorized capital of the company...
Islami Ins: Trading of the shares of Islami Insurance Bangladesh Limited 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 May 8 to May...
The Credit Rating Information and Services Limited (CRISL) has rated Export Import (Exim) Bank of Bangladesh as "AA-" in the long term and "ST-2" in the short term in consideration of financials of the bank up to December, 2010 and...
The authorities of National Tea have stated that the meeting of the board of directors of the company will now be held on May 15, 2011 at 6:00pm instead of 2:00pm to consider, among others, audited financial statements of the...
MANCHESTER, May 5 (AFP): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident both Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra will be fit for the crunch match with Premier League title rivals Chelsea at Old Trafford Sunday. England striker Rooney missed training...
LONDON, May 5 (AFP): Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad were appointed as the new captains of England's one-day international (ODI) and Twenty20 teams respectively, it was announced here Thursday. Andrew Strauss, who has retired from one-dayers, remains Test skipper meaning...
MADRID, May 5 (AFP): Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both extended their win streaks with opening victories at the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters Wednesday as Roger Federer waited for his chance to join them in the third round. Djokovic, who beat...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
FE ReportThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) is preparing a new assistance strategy for Bangladesh for 2011-2015 through a broad consultative and participatory process. The first phase of consultations for the new Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) has concluded with 12 dialogues...
FHM Humayan KabirThe railway division has sought Tk 57.83 billion in funds in the next development budget as it wants to upgrade its transport infrastructure for facilitating regional integration in the sub-continent, officials said Thursday. Planning ministry officials said the...
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia Friday urged the Indian government to put an end to the regular incidence of killing of Bangladeshi citizens in border areas, reports UNB. Khaleda made the request when she made a courtesy call on visiting Indian...
KABUL, May 6 (Agencies): Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums. In Pakistan, US drone aircraft fired missiles into a house in...
Lt Col (retd) ANM Kazi Nuruzzaman, Bir Uttam, a valiant freedom fighter and Commander of Sector No 7 during the War of Liberation in 1971, died of old age complications at Square Hospitals in the city at 10:15 am Friday,...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, May 6: There has been no reaction either favourable or adverse in Europe on the killing of Osama bin-Laden in the garrison city of Abbottabad in Pakistan last Sunday. Excepting that British Prime Minister expressed surprise...
Sonia H MoniThe government has revived the anti-hoarding act with a view to reining in commodity prices and storage of food items for an indefinite period, officials said. Food and disaster management minister Abdur Razzaque told the FE, "The government...
MANCHESTER, May 5 (AFP): Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is confident both Wayne Rooney and Patrice Evra will be fit for the crunch match with Premier League title rivals Chelsea at Old Trafford Sunday. England striker Rooney missed training...
LONDON, May 5 (AFP): Alastair Cook and Stuart Broad were appointed as the new captains of England's one-day international (ODI) and Twenty20 teams respectively, it was announced here Thursday. Andrew Strauss, who has retired from one-dayers, remains Test skipper meaning...
MADRID, May 5 (AFP): Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal both extended their win streaks with opening victories at the ATP-WTA Madrid Masters Wednesday as Roger Federer waited for his chance to join them in the third round. Djokovic, who beat...
FE ReportBangladesh has witnessed an 11 per cent increase in murder incidents in April 2011 compared to the number recorded in the previous month, Democracywatch said. The non-government human rights watchdog in a statement issued Thursday said a total of...
Rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely at a few places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and at one or two places over Khulna, Rajshahi, Rangpur and Sylhet divisions in next 24 hours till...
Enayet Rasul Bhuiyan"Victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan." So said, John F Kennedy, the most celebrated US President of the twentieth century. What is the underlying meaning of this comment ? It is that one who...
Tom Geoghegan and Sarah ShenkerThe US forces who raided the safehouse of Osama Bin Laden appear to have caught him completely by surprise - and to have avoided detection by Pakistani radar. How did they do it? One answer, experts...
Ameer HamzaA colleague's four-year old, whose complexion happened to be a trifle darker than her sibling's, asked her father one day to buy her a 'Fair and Lovely' cream! Everyone found that amusing. Is there anyone who doesn't know what...
KABUL, May 6 (Agencies): Al-Qaeda has confirmed the death of its leader Osama Bin Laden, according to a statement attributed to the group and posted on jihadist internet forums. In Pakistan, US drone aircraft fired missiles into a house in...
Lt Col (retd) ANM Kazi Nuruzzaman, Bir Uttam, a valiant freedom fighter and Commander of Sector No 7 during the War of Liberation in 1971, died of old age complications at Square Hospitals in the city at 10:15 am Friday,...
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