LALMINRHAT, Nov 11 (UNB): A Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) activist was killed by miscreants at Putimari Mohammadpur in the municipal town early Thursday.The deceased was identified as Mehedi Hassan Porosh (22), son of late Nur Islam of Saptana Bazar in...
A Jagannath University (JnU) student has been temporarily suspended for harassing two female students, reports bdnews24.com. A university press release Thursday said that the suspended student Md Emran Kayes had verbally harassed two female students on November 10. Kayes has...
Holders North South University (NSU) and Independent University-Bangladesh (IUB) advanced to the final of the Mentors' Inter-Private University Football tournament winning their respective semis at the Bir Shrestha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Kamlapur Thursday, reports UNB.The final...
The 3rd round of the second phase one-day 12th National Cricket League will be held today (Friday) at two separate venues in the city, reports UNB.On the day, Dhaka Division will take on Barisal Division at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium...
Zimbabwe cricket team will arrive in the city on November 26 on an 18-day tour to play five One Day International (ODI) matches against host Bangladesh in Dhaka and Chittagong, reports UNB.During the tour, Zimbabwe will also play a one-day...
The Daily Star takes on the Destiny in the final of the DRU-Pepsi Media Cricket today (Friday) at 10:00 am at the Maulana Bhasanai National Hockey Stadium in the city, reports UNB.State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Dr Shirin...
GUANGZHOU, China, Nov 11 (AFP): Pakistan have warned their cricket players to be wary of anyone approaching them to throw or fix matches at the Asian Games, after accusations of corruption were levelled at the Test team.Test captain Salman Butt...
Bangladesh lost to Hong Kong by 1-4 goals in their last E group match of the Asian Games Football at the Haudu Stadium in Guangzhou, China Thursday, reports UNB.With the day's result, Bangladesh made an early exit from the meet...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 11 (BSS): The final match of Bangabandhu Gold Cup Primary School Football Tournament-2010 in district level organised by district administration and Directorate of Primary Education (DPE) was held at Shah Abdul Hamid Stadium of the town here Wednesday.The...
KABUL, Nov 11 (AFP): Afghanistan is to get its first national women's cricket team, the sport's governing body in the country said Thursday, announcing plans for it to compete in an international tournament next year."This development is so exciting for...
FE ReportMobile courts will start conducting drive from Saturday at the city's kitchen markets to check unusual price hike of essentials.The decision was taken at a meeting Thursday at the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) on spice and spice related products...
Bangladesh became a member of the Executive Board of United Nations (UN) Women for two years (2011-2012) by securing the highest votes in an election held in the UN headquarters in New York Wednesday.All 54 members of the UN Women...
FE ReportThe government signed a US$ 75 million additional loan deal with the World Bank Thursday to bankroll damage recovery works due to the devastating cyclone Sidr and Aila in the southern Bangladesh, which caused losses worth nearly two billion...
China is keen to provide further support and cooperation to the country's military sector, especially for the development of Bangladesh Navy.The keenness was conveyed when a delegation from the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China, led by Rear Admiral Wang...
Five journalists working in television (TV) were given Child Sight Foundation (CSF) Child Sight Journalist Fellowship Award for creating awareness about the rights of physically challenged people through their reports, reports UNB. Syed Abdul Muhit, staff reporter of Bangla Vision,...
The government will take legal steps against sound polluters especially for misuse of vehicles' horn under the sound pollution policy. Home Secretary Abdus Sobhan Sikdar said this while speaking at an appraisal meeting on sound pollution and easing traffic congestion...
Pneumonia is claiming 137 young lives every day or 50,000 in a year in Bangladesh, a seminar was told Thursday, asking mothers to provide their kids with breast milk for exclusively six months in order to help the newborn babies...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said the government will take necessary steps to bring disabled students under the mainstream of education, reports BSS. "Education of disabled children has been given importance to the national education policy", he said, while...
Nazmul AhsanThe government will finalise its strategies by the current month on how to provide Nepal and Bhutan with transit and port facilities, a senior official in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said.The strategies will also outline methodologies for closer...
Zaglul Ahmed ChowdhuryIsrael seems to be stubborn in going ahead with the new settlements in East Jerusalem and occupied Arab territories, and consequently, this intransigence continues to scuttle the prospects of resumption of the Middle East peace talks. The dialogue...
FE ReportA British company has submitted a US$ 800 million plan for the development of Mongla port to make it an efficient transit port which will cater to the need of the neighbours.Port Evolution Management Company in its development plan...
FE Report The government will implement separate pay scale for state-owned commercial banks (SCBs) and the central bank this fiscal year, Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Thursday. "The government is determined to implement separate pay scale for SCBs within this...
FE ReportDhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) and Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) will launch special drives jointly to evict illegal cattle markets from the city ahead of Eid-ul-Azha as the corporation loses millions of taka in revenue due to those markets."We'll not...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Thursday that effective and timely steps by the present government were behind the success of Bangladesh averting the world economic meltdown when most of the strong economies had been affected badly, reports UNB.She made the...
FE ReportA bus driver was killed and a helper one injured as a rickshaw passenger opened his licensed firearm after a scuffle among them over a minor accident in the capital's Fulbaria area Thursday, police said.The deceased was identified as...
SEOUL, Nov 11 (Agencies): The world's leading economies have begun a summit in South Korea, with currency policies set to dominate the agenda.There are fears the G20 meeting in Seoul could descend into a row between the US and China...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed broadly higher for the third consecutive session amid volatility Thursday, riding on heavyweight Grameenphone (GP) that soared nearly seven per cent.The DSE General Index (DGEN), the yardstick of the market, gained 0.56 per cent or 46.02...
GAZIPUR, Nov 11: Workers of two garment factories went on rampage at Bhogra and Konabari in the district headquarters Thursday protesting payment of low wages. Witnesses said workers of Rose Sweater unit-2 at Bhogra went on work abstention and demonstrated...
DPA Power Generation International, an initiative of Bangladesh Army to generate power on rental basis, is set to supply 50 MW power to the national grid within this month. DPA is the lone local company that completed quick rental power...
Chief Justice ABM Khairul Haque has regretted events of Wednesday as journalists were barred from covering case proceedings held in the Appellate Division over former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's plea for a stay on the operation of the High Court...
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