CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Apr 7 (AFP): World number one Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the third round of the Charleston WTA Wednesday, as she fought to banish memories of last year's injury disappointment. "I'm feeling good on clay, so it's exciting....
COLOMBO, Apr 7 (AFP): Sri Lanka's outgoing chief selector and former batsman Aravinda de Silva Thursday urged players to develop the never-say-die spirit shown by Australia. "We are superior in talent to Australia, but it is the character and the...
BANGALORE, Apr 7 (AFP): Daniel Vettori is counting on the experience of Indian spin great Anil Kumble as he begins his first stint as captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. Vettori, part of the Delhi Daredevils...
KARACHI, Apr 7 (AFP): Pakistan's cricket selectors were Thursday overruled by a medical panel that declared fast bowler Aizaz Cheema unfit after he was included in the squad for the upcoming West Indies tour. The 31-year-old Cheema was among the...
NETRAKONA Apr 7 (BSS): Netrakona district administration has chalked out an elaborate program to observe Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year-1418, in a befitting manner. The program includes organizing a three-day Baishakhi mela, colourful rally with...
Our Correspondent | 2011-04-08 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Apr 7: Sale of rice and wheat at subsidised rates for the poor and ultra poor people has started in Nilphamari district. Under the project, supervised by District Controller of Food, a total of 1,05,000 families across six...
Youth killed in road accident A bicyclist was killed when hit by a battery driven auto-rickshaw near the Munshiganj district general hospital in the town Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kabir Hossain (17), son of Rajab Ali of Manikpur...
The Jahangirnagar University (JU) will launch four new departments in the upcoming academic session of the university, Vice-chancellor of the university Prof Dr Shariff Enamul Kabir said. He said this while addressing an orientation and farewell function at the Fazilatunnesa...
NEW DELHI, April 7 (PTI): Private equity (PE) firms' investments in the country touched a whopping USD 3.3 billion in January-March, 2011, with infrastructure and manufacturing companies garnering the most interest. Private equity investments in the January-March quarter of the...
WASHINGTON, April 7 (AP): Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and employers may be hiring more workers. The Labour Department said Thursday the number of people seeking benefits dropped 10,000 to 382,000...
LISBON, April 7 (AP): Portuguese stocks enjoyed one of their best days in months Thursday after the debt-stressed country's long-anticipated plea for a bailout, but political and economic uncertainties kept borrowing costs punishingly high. Portugal's financial plight is pressing, and...
IDLC Securities Limited (IDLC-SL) and Asian Tiger Capital Partners (BD) Limited (ATC) recently signed a MoU whereby ATC will provide research services to IDLCSL clients, said a press statement. Chairman of ATC Ifty Islam and Managing Director of IDLCSL Md...
CHARLESTON, South Carolina, Apr 7 (AFP): World number one Caroline Wozniacki cruised into the third round of the Charleston WTA Wednesday, as she fought to banish memories of last year's injury disappointment. "I'm feeling good on clay, so it's exciting....
COLOMBO, Apr 7 (AFP): Sri Lanka's outgoing chief selector and former batsman Aravinda de Silva Thursday urged players to develop the never-say-die spirit shown by Australia. "We are superior in talent to Australia, but it is the character and the...
BANGALORE, Apr 7 (AFP): Daniel Vettori is counting on the experience of Indian spin great Anil Kumble as he begins his first stint as captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. Vettori, part of the Delhi Daredevils...
KARACHI, Apr 7 (AFP): Pakistan's cricket selectors were Thursday overruled by a medical panel that declared fast bowler Aizaz Cheema unfit after he was included in the squad for the upcoming West Indies tour. The 31-year-old Cheema was among the...
NETRAKONA Apr 7 (BSS): Netrakona district administration has chalked out an elaborate program to observe Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year-1418, in a befitting manner. The program includes organizing a three-day Baishakhi mela, colourful rally with...
Our Correspondent | 2011-04-08 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Apr 7: Sale of rice and wheat at subsidised rates for the poor and ultra poor people has started in Nilphamari district. Under the project, supervised by District Controller of Food, a total of 1,05,000 families across six...
Youth killed in road accident A bicyclist was killed when hit by a battery driven auto-rickshaw near the Munshiganj district general hospital in the town Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Kabir Hossain (17), son of Rajab Ali of Manikpur...
The Jahangirnagar University (JU) will launch four new departments in the upcoming academic session of the university, Vice-chancellor of the university Prof Dr Shariff Enamul Kabir said. He said this while addressing an orientation and farewell function at the Fazilatunnesa...
Mohammad Mufazzal | 2011-04-08 00:00:00
Mohammad MufazzalThe probe body on recent stock market scam has strongly recommended to the government to reform the securities regulator, identifying its "complete failure" to remove irregularities as one of the prime factors leading to the largest ever fall of...
FE Report | 2011-04-08 00:00:00
FE ReportThe government on Thursday raised furnace oil price by five taka a litre to Tk 40 to cut soaring losses of state-owned oil marketing firm despite warning by manufacturers that the hike would affect their businesses. The new rate...
FE Report | 2011-04-08 00:00:00
FE ReportFinance Minister AMA Muhith said on Thursday that the government would publish the probe committee report on the recent share market scam excluding the names that appeared in the report as being responsible for the stock market manipulation. He...
ROME, April 7 (agencies): Global food prices fell in March after eight months of rising to record highs, according to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Its index of global food prices, which measures monthly changes for foods...
Our Correspondent CHITTAGONG, Apr 07: A foreign ship with 13.000 tonnes of rice imported by the government sank after collision with another ship at outer anchorage of Chittagong Port late last night. Port's radio control room (RCR) said the North...
TOKYO, Apr 7: A powerful earthquake hit northeastern Japan late Thursday, seismologists said, prompting Japanese authorities to issue a localised tsunami alert. The quake, which hit at 11:32 pm local time (1432 GMT), was initially measured at 7.4-magnitude, according to...
The government has selected 12 Non-Resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) as Commercially Important Persons of 2009 for one year. They are: Abdur Rahim-London, MN Alam- UAE, Kazi Sarwar Habib-Japan, Nazim Abedin Chowdhury-USA, Liaqat Ali-Qatar, Hedayetullah-Oman, Dr Golam Mowla-UK, Mir Selim Uddin-UAE, Kaiser...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2011-04-08 00:00:00
Doulot Akter MalaThe Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) has identified irregularities and harassment of passengers, especially those from India and other countries, at the immigration and customs points of the country's largest land port at Benapole. The agency said...
Little bits of India are in Bangladesh, and little bits of Bangladesh are in India. The existence of enclaves on either side of the border is a bizarre anomaly that might finally be solved by a swap, reports AFP. The...
FE Report | 2011-04-08 00:00:00
FE Report The central bank Thursday sent six of its staff including the general secretary of employees union into 'compulsory retirement' for assaulting an officer last year, an official said. The Bangladesh Bank also punished four other employees, cutting their...
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