GUANGZHOU, Nov 12 (AFP): Security forces mounted a huge land, sea and air operation to safeguard the opening of the Asian Games Friday, due to be launched in a glitzy riverside gala ceremony.In a departure from usual practice, the event...
HYDERABAD, India, Nov 12, 2010 (AFP) - Opener Tim McIntosh struck a fine 102 to steer New Zealand to 258-4 on the first day of the second Test against India Friday.The left-hander hit 10 fours and a six during his...
GUANGZHOU, Nov 12 (AFP): Bitter rivals India and Pakistan are gearing for an intriguing slugfest as South Korea and China chase a hat-trick of titles in the Asian Games field hockey.With a ticket to the London Olympics at stake --...
GUANGZHOU, Nov 12 (AFP): India's Olympic chiefs Friday stepped up pressure on their reluctant government to accept a proposal to bid for the Asian Games in 2019.The sports ministry earlier this month turned down the bidding request from the Indian...
GUANGZHOU, Nov 12 (AFP): China will seek to impose their world weightlifting dominance on the Asian Games when the event kicks off Saturday with 15 gold medals on offer over seven days of competition.The country's track record at the Games...
The Daily Star emerged champions in the DRU-Pepsi Media Cricket beating Destiny by 45 runs in the final at the Maulana Bhasanai National Hockey Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin Sharmin...
BERLIN, Nov 12 (AFP) : German football legend Franz Beckenbauer said Thursday he will not stand for re-election for world football's governing body FIFA's executive committee in 2011.The 65-year-old, who both captained and coached Germany to World Cup titles in...
GUANGZHOU, Nov 12 (AFP): Spectators have been banned from watching Tenpin bowling at the Asian Games because there is no room to seat them.The squeeze on space at the Tianhe Hall venue also means that only two officials will be...
The government plans to introduce distributorship system for selling food items scrapping the traditional 'Delivery Order' (DO) mechanism to stop 'syndication' and prevent unusual price hike of essential commodities, a top official in the commerce ministry said.The proposed distributorship will...
GUANGZHOU, Nov 12 (AP): Light beams, fireworks and water jets exploded from the banks of the Pearl River as China marked the opening of the 16th Asian Games in southern city Guangzhou, two years after dazzling the world with a...
The world's top cellphone makers are losing out to small players in Bangladesh market as cheaper prices have lured users to switch over to non-brand handsets.Positions of US-based Motorola, LG, Sony Ericsson, a joint venture of Japan and Sweden, slipped...
SEOUL, Nov 12 (AP): Leaders of 20 major economies on Friday refused to endorse a US push to get China to let its currency rise, keeping alive a dispute that has raised the specter of a global trade war.At the...
Siddique IslamBangladesh Bank has asked seven commercial banks to ensure due diligence before providing loans, particularly in large amount, officials said.The instructions were given to the banks, which have higher credit growth than deposit, at separate meetings held last week...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanTransit or transshipment fees should not be seen as a tool to augment revenue collection; rather it should be used for facilitating trade, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Prime Minister Dr Mashiur Rahman told the FE, referring to...
Sale of sacrificial animals at the city's makeshift markets is gathering momentum with thousands of such animals arriving on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, the second biggest religious festival of the Muslims.Cattle traders hoped that they would be able to recover...
The government has invited bids from global players to build four coal-fired power plants as IPPs to generate up to 1,900 megawatts (mw) of electricity to diversify its energy sources and mitigate electricity crisis.State-owned Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) floated...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is willing to assist Bangladesh in its National Population Registration (NPR) aiming to include the country's total population into a database system, reports UNB.UNDP administrator Helen Clark expressed the willingness when she paid a...
SAVAR, Nov 12: Two alleged snatchers were killed in a gunfight with RAB on Jirabo Dewan Idris road near Morning Glory School under Ashulia thana early Friday. Identity of the deceased could not be known. Sources said while on patrol...
Tarana Shirin Jenny (18) and her friend Tania Sultana Tanisha (18) tried to commit suicide by taking poison at Keya-Priya Female Students' Hostel in city's Malibagh area early Friday. Jenny died on way to Dhaka Medical College Hospital at 6am...
A Bangladeshi student obtained the highest marks in one subject-Human and Social Biology-in Cambridge GCE O & A Level Examinations in 2009-10 session. Aleef Al-Amin of Oxford International School (OIS) in Dhaka attained this academic feat in O level. —...
Light to moderate rain or thundershowers accompanied by temporary gusty or squally wind is likely to occur at many places over Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barishal, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions and at a few places over Khulna division today (Saturday).Weather may remain...
It now appears to be a consistent phenomenon. A life lost due to apparent negligence on the part of physicians at a private hospital and the ire taken out on the institution premises. Whether those arrested (obviously the physicians in...
The government is set to re-introduce auto re-investment facilities for three saving tools for wage-earners following requests from the non-resident Bangladeshis and significant fall in investment of the remitters. Finance Minister AMA Muhith recently instructed the Internal Resources Division (IRD)...
Bangladesh will form a joint commission on trade with Uzbekistan with a view to finding barriers to trade expansion between the two countries and how to remove the obstacles.Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Economic Minister Ganiyev E Majidovich made...
The relocation of Hazaribagh tannery cluster to Savar would take another two years to complete in a delay that could further swell its costs, the new project head said. Md. Mahbubur Rahman, project director of Tannery Estate of Dhaka, said...
The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) experienced bullish mood for the eighth straight week that ended Thursday.The banks, the market's bellwether, dominated the week as the sector accounted for 41.60 per cent of the total turnover and its share prices gained...
India has agreed to reduce the travel time of Dhaka-Kolkata Moitree Express at its part and introduce a visa counter for railway passengers at its mission in Bangladesh.India's positive response came when the Bangladesh Railway put forward a number of...
CHITTAGONG, November 12: Initial rescue operation for the sunken coastal ship started today after its owner assigned a firm to remove its cargo.Port officials said offloading of chick pea from the shipwreck started in the morning at the initiative of...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his spouse Madame Emine Erdogan arrive in the city today on a two-day visit to Bangladesh, reports BSS. This will be the second high-level tour by a Turkish leader after the visit of...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has urged her party's grassroots-level leaders to strengthen the organisational activities with a view to reaching the fruits of development works to the doorsteps of the people, reports UNB."We have to reach the fruits of...
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