Five teams - Rajshahi, Comilla, Barisal, Narayanganj and Rajbari - emerged venue champions to reach the 2nd round of the 31st Inter-District Cricket Championship at different venues across the country Thursday, reports UNB. Results of day's matches: Rajshahi Division -...
JAIPUR (India), Apr 28 (AFP): A 12-year-old boy has been crowned Maharaja of Jaipur, becoming head of what was once one of India's most glamorous and wealthy royal families. In a grand marble hall, Kumar Padmanabh Singh was blessed by...
Iraqi general gunned down in Baghdad BAGHDAD, Apr 28: Gunmen using silenced pistols shot dead a senior Iraqi general in Baghdad Thursday, an official said, the latest in a spate of assassinations of top military and civilian officials. The killing...
Our Correspondent RANGPUR, Apr 28: An increase in demand for jute products, especially handicraft goods has made small enterprises of the north enthusiastic and optimistic of going ahead with ventures. More than 150 enterprises in Rangpur division are now producing...
A three-member delegation of the State Bank of India called on Mayor of the Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton at the latter's office here today. During the meeting, the team apprised the mayor that a new branch of the...
The government has cancelled licences of 10 more hajj agencies for various irregularities during the holy hajj in 2010. The agencies are: R H Majumdar Travel, Shaheen Travels International, Liberty Travel, RS Travel International, Goodwill Aviation Services, Jiban Travels Ltd,...
YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...
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...
Turning down the prime minister's proposal to fix the caretaker government's term, BNP has said the ruling party in fact wants elections under political government. "The prime minister has made such a proposal with a motive to perpetuate their power....
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Apr 28: Capital dredging in the main channel of the country's major maritime port commences from the first week of May, port officials said. The Malaysian Maritime and Dredging Corporation will remove three million meter silt from...
Although the RAB Director General (DG) had earlier said Limon was innocent, the home minister said it is the court that will decide his case, reports bdnews24.com. "Police have included his name in the charge sheet after an investigation. Now...
The International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Thursday allowed one-day remand by granting a prosecution prayer to interrogate Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayedee in a specified 'safe home' in the city's Dhanmondi area, reports BSS. The prosecution prayed for a three-day remand...
Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam Thursday opined that a blanket ban on fatwa (religious edict) cannot be justified, reports UNB. The High Court (HC) ruling banning fatwa can be modified with guidelines, he said while placing his opinion before the...
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Court Thursday in the city granted seven days' police remand to Maulana Sheikh Farid, the chief of banned militant organization Harkat- ul-Jehad al-Islami (HuJI), for interrogating him in connection with the August 21 grenade attack...
LONDON, Apr 28 (Agencies): Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will take place Friday amid pomp and pageantry in Westminster Abbey. Prince and Kate have been deeply touched by the affection they have felt from many people since...
BIRMINGHAM (Alabama), Apr 28 (AFP): The worst storms to slam southern US states in years flattened buildings and overturned vehicles, with intense tornados and floods leaving a trail of destruction and 220 people dead. The severe weather killed 131 people...
Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been divided into two divisions -- Science and Technology Division and Information and Communication Technology Division, said an official release Thursday. Besides, Roads Division, Railways Division and Bridge Division will reform...
The government has cancelled licences of 10 more hajj agencies for various irregularities during the holy hajj in 2010. The agencies are: R H Majumdar Travel, Shaheen Travels International, Liberty Travel, RS Travel International, Goodwill Aviation Services, Jiban Travels Ltd,...
YANGON, Apr 28: Myanmar and China plan to build a railroad together that will link China's landlocked Yunnan province to a deep-sea port being built in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The state-run newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Thursday the project...
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...
Nazmul AhsanThe ministry of finance (MoF) has decided, as part of its short-term action programme, to undertake investigation against the key players whose names came out in the recent report of a probe committee on the stock market scam and...
FE ReportPutting to rest uncertainties and speculations of all shades once and for all, the deal on the massive US$ 1.2 billion loan with the World Bank (WB) on constructing the Padma bridge was signed yesterday (Thursday) on a ferry...
Siddique Islam Top global rating agency Standard & Poor's Thursday maintained a 'BB-' for Bangladesh's long term debt and 'B' for short term debt, reflecting the country's stable economic outlook but low revenue base. The US-based agency said the ratings...
FE ReportBangladesh Bank governor Dr Atiur Rahman on Thursday expressed the hope that the GDP growth rate will reach eight per cent by 2014 if the government maintains upward trend in use of internal resources. The 6.7 per cent gross...
Syful Islam The government has turned down a US$33 million United Nations (UN) project aimed at reducing poverty in Cox's Bazar after it alleged that the scheme mainly targeted at the rehabilitation of Rohingya refugees in the country. Four United...
FE ReportState-run investment bank, Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), registered the trust deed of the Tk 50 billion Bangladesh Fund Thursday, paving the way for its quick trading in the country. The registration by a government sub-registrar means the country's...
LONDON, Apr 28 (Agencies): Royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton will take place Friday amid pomp and pageantry in Westminster Abbey. Prince and Kate have been deeply touched by the affection they have felt from many people since...
BIRMINGHAM (Alabama), Apr 28 (AFP): The worst storms to slam southern US states in years flattened buildings and overturned vehicles, with intense tornados and floods leaving a trail of destruction and 220 people dead. The severe weather killed 131 people...
Ministry of Science, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has been divided into two divisions -- Science and Technology Division and Information and Communication Technology Division, said an official release Thursday. Besides, Roads Division, Railways Division and Bridge Division will reform...
The government has cancelled licences of 10 more hajj agencies for various irregularities during the holy hajj in 2010. The agencies are: R H Majumdar Travel, Shaheen Travels International, Liberty Travel, RS Travel International, Goodwill Aviation Services, Jiban Travels Ltd,...
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