Our Correspondent | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentTANGAIL, Feb 27: Non-iodised salt is being sold at different markets of 12 upazilas of the district. A large number of dishonest businessmen are engaged in selling of non-iodised salt posing a serious threat to the public health. Businessmen...
MUNSHIGANJ, Feb 27 (UNB): Four people were killed and another was injured as a truck plunged into Dhaleshwari river while crossing a bridge in Sadar Upazila Sunday. Identity of all the victims could not be known immediately. Police said a...
RU Correspondent | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, Feb 27: An activist of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) of Rajshahi University (RU) unit was held on Friday night accused for assaulting a police officer of Motihar police station and vandalising a restaurant. Sources said that the...
Our Correspondent | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Feb 27: The annual conference-2011 for branch managers and field staffs of Rajshahi Krishi Unnyan Bank (RAKUB) was held at a community centre in the city on Wednesday. The conference was presided over by Abdul Khalek Khan, Deputy...
Our Correspondent | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Feb 27: Bagatipara Union Parishad under Bagatipara Upazila in Natore district distributed spray machines among the farmers of the union recently. A total of 45 spray machines were distributed. On this occasion, a discussion meeting was held presided...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 27 (BSS): Potato growers of Chapainawabganj district have been frustrated due to sharp fall of prices of potato this year. Farmers said, production of potato is very good this year but price of potato is very low and...
KHULNA, Feb 27 (UNB): A housewife was severely brunt in an acid attack by unidentified miscreants in Chandipur village of Amadi Union of Koira early Saturday. The victim was identified as Sulekha Rani (32), wife of Dipak Dhali of the...
Cricket-crazy Bangladesh is enduring a brief respite from World Cup frenzy due to a gap in matches as fans take a breather before the action resumes, reports AFP. Calm descended on the Sher-e-Bangla stadium, a refurbished modern 25,000-seater facility in...
NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (AFP): Superstar Sachin Tendulkar carved his name into the record books again Sunday when he became the first man to make five World Cup centuries as India piled up 338 against England. Tendulkar, playing in a...
COLOMBO, Feb 27 (AFP): Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi completed 300 one-day wickets when he dismissed Sri Lanka counterpart Kumar Sangakkara in his team's 11-run World Cup win at R. Premeadasa stadium Saturday Afridi took 4-34 as Pakistan defended a challenging...
COLOMBO, Feb 27 (AFP): Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene admitted Sunday that Kenya, who defeated his team in a stunning 2003 World Cup triumph, still have players to cause another shock when the two meet Tuesday. Eight years ago, Sri Lanka...
NAGPUR, Feb 27 (AFP): Zimbabwe and Canada, whose World Cup ambitions were always modest, are already planning for the future despite having five more matches to play in this marathon event. The two teams meet Monday in Group A having...
COLOMBO, Feb 27 (AFP): Jubilant skipper Shahid Afridi hailed Pakistan's impressive World Cup win over one-day powerhouse Sri Lanka as a huge boost for his team but demanded an improvement in fielding standards. Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 11 runs...
NEW DELHI, Feb 27 (AFP): Injury-ravaged West Indies will have plenty to play for when they take on an inspired Netherlands in a crucial World Cup league match Monday. Reeling under a seven-wicket defeat to South Africa at the Feroz...
Our Correspondent | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Feb 27: Bagatipara Union Parishad under Bagatipara Upazila in Natore district distributed spray machines among the farmers of the union recently. A total of 45 spray machines were distributed. On this occasion, a discussion meeting was held presided...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Feb 27 (BSS): Potato growers of Chapainawabganj district have been frustrated due to sharp fall of prices of potato this year. Farmers said, production of potato is very good this year but price of potato is very low and...
KHULNA, Feb 27 (UNB): A housewife was severely brunt in an acid attack by unidentified miscreants in Chandipur village of Amadi Union of Koira early Saturday. The victim was identified as Sulekha Rani (32), wife of Dipak Dhali of the...
FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) is in the process of introducing wealth tax on people having excess land and property. Introduction of wealth tax for people having excess land and property will check the widening income inequality, the...
M Azizur Rahman | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
M Azizur RahmanThe government will allow private entrepreneurs to import diesel and furnace oil from international market to run new oil-based power plants as the state-owned BPC suffers from capacity constraints, officials said Sunday. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC), the lone...
UNITED NATIONS, Feb 27 (agencies): The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions against Moammar Gaddafi in a new bid to halt the bloodshed in Libya while ordering crimes against humanity investigation into his crackdown on opponents. Voting 15-0 after daylong...
FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
FE ReportDhaka stocks lost nearly six per cent Sunday to dive to ten-month low as coordinated purchases by five state-owned financial institutions failed to lift the gloom hanging over the market for the last eleven weeks. The benchmark DGEN plunged...
FE Report | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
FE Report The SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SAARC CCI) proposed a nine-point agenda for promotion of economic cooperation between Sichuan province of China and South Asian countries. The President SAARC CCI Mr. Annisul Huq shared a set of...
Finance Minister A M A Muhith has said 0.1 million new investors entered the stock market when it experienced the downfall, reports bdnews24.com. "I don't understand their behaviour..do they come for speculation?" he told parliament replying to a question from...
Nazmul Ahsan | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Nazmul AhsanScores of sick firms received a lifeline after the government ordered six state-owned banks not to sue companies whose bank loans haven't crossed five million taka each, officials said Sunday. The Ministry of Finance (MoF) gave the order to...
Mushir Ahmed | 2011-02-28 00:00:00
Mushir AhmedGarment exporters Sunday protested the government's order to shut down the factories during the World Cup cricket, saying the move has already affected the country's main export earners. The government this week ordered the factories to shut in the...
BANGALORE, Feb 27(AFP): India and England tied their World Cup Group B match here on Sunday. Brief scores: India 338 (Sachin Tendulkar 120, Yuvraj Singh 58, Gautam Gambhir 51; Tim Bresnan 5-48) v England 338-8 (Andrew Strauss 158, Ian Bell...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Commerce Sunday recommended to examine whether the companies conducting Multi-Level-Marketing (MLM) business in the country have licenses, and enact separate law in this connection. The committee also suggested identification of the fraud MLM...
A cabin crew of Biman foiled bid to smuggle out foreign currency worth about Tk 32.4 million at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport prior to take off of the Malaysia-bound flight Saturday evening. Security officials of the airport told UNB that...
ADEN, Feb 26: Police gunfire killed four people as the biggest protests yet swept impoverished Yemen, demanding that President Ali Abdullah Saleh step down after three decades in power. At least 19 people have now been killed in almost daily...
BAGHDAD, Feb 26: Gunmen attacked Iraq's largest oil refinery Saturday, killing a guard and detonating bombs that sparked a fire and forced the facility to shut down, officials said. The assailants, carrying pistols fitted with silencers, broke into the Beiji...
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