The chief minister of India's western state of Maharashtra has resigned over his alleged role in a scam involving homes for war widows, reports BBC.Ashok Chavan was ordered by the ruling Congress party to tender his resignation to Maharashtra's governor...
'Heart' of Al-Qaeda in Afghan-Pakistan border: GatesKUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9: Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday the "heart" of Al-Qaeda remained in the Afghan-Pakistan border area even as it spread its influence to the Arabian peninsula and northen Africa. As...
BTVam07:00 Announcement, The Holy Quran, The Holy Tripitak Paath and Programme Outline 07:20 Geet Malati07:45 Chalchitro08:00 Sakaler Sangbad08:15 Maati-O-Manush08:35 Muktijuddha Pratidin08:55 Sangbad Shironam09:00 Docu- Fire Dekha09:10 Computer09:35 Rupmoy Bangladesh10:00 News10:05 Muktijuddha Pratidin10:30 Nabo Anande Jago11:05 Nirbachito Anushthan11:30 Quiz Quiz 12:00...
Bangladesh have been eliminated from the 16th Asian Games Football with one match to spare, losing to stronger United Arab Emirates (UAE) 0-3 in their second Group E match at the Yingdong Stadium in the Chinese city of Guangzhou Tuesday,...
LONDON, Nov 9 (AP): Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider plans to seek political asylum in Britain after fleeing the team amid alleged threats for defying a match-fixing conspiracy.Haider arrived in London Monday and in an interview broadcast by Pakistan's Geo television...
NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (AFP): India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have joined hands with the aim of putting on a memorable World Cup as cricket's showpiece event is played in South Asia for the third time.A hundred days ahead of...
DUBAI, Nov 9 (AFP): All-rounder Jacques Kallis scored a brilliant half-century and took three wickets to guide South Africa to a commanding 57-run win over Pakistan in the fifth and final one-day international here Monday.The 35-year-old scored 83 - one...
TOKYO, Nov 9 (AFP): Defending champions Russia, Brazil and Japan Tuesday reached the semi-finals of the world women's volleyball championship after securing top-two places in their groups.Top scorer Ekaterina Gamova scored 18 points to lead Russia to a 25-19, 25-8,...
FE ReportThe Office of the Chief Inspector of Factory and Establishment Monday said it will monitor implementation of new wages for workers in garment factories.The new wages, announced three months back by the government, have been made effective from November."We'll...
FE ReportThe trust deed of 'Prime Finance Second Mutual Fund' was signed between Prime Finance & Investment Limited and Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) in the city Tuesday.This is the second closed end mutual fund sponsored by Prime Finance &...
FE ReportThe government would set up a special residential zone for victims at Barapukuria coalmine at a cost of Tk 1.90 billion to boost coal extraction from the country's first mine, hard hit by the land subsidence, officials said Tuesday.The...
TOKYO, Nov 9 (AP): Asian stocks dropped Tuesday as markets pulled back from a rally that has driven some of the region's benchmarks to record highs.Oil prices also fell following a string of gains but gold reached a new high...
The business progress-2010 and prize distributing cerernony-2009 of Jiban Bima Corporation (JBC) was held at its head office in the city recently, said a press release.JBC Managing Director Parikshit Datta Choudhury was present as the chief guest at the function...
SINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Commodity Online): Gold eased marginally but remained well above $1400 an ounce mark in Asian trade Tuesday as the greenback climbed against the euro. Gold for immediate delivery was seen trading at $1410.31 an ounce at 2.30...
BANGKOK, Nov 9 (AP): Oil prices hovered under $87 a barrel Tuesday in Asia, retreating from a high for the year as regional stock markets fell.Benchmark oil for December delivery was down 21 cents at $86.85 a barrel at late...
MUMBAI, Nov 9 (Business Standard): Markets have been volatile for most part of the day as State Bank of India continued to put downward pressure and frontline stocks like HDFC Bank, Infosys and Hindustan Unilever helped Sensex recover in the...
Chittagong PortBerthing positionNovember 10, 2010Berth No. NV Cargo LC LA DA Leaving I/DJ/2 New Energy Rice Kochi Hsa 26/10 14/11 1101J/3 Jin Niu Ling Gi Sing Jac 29/10 10/11 5195J/4 Hua Ming Gi Busan Barwil Qc 14/10 11/11 2312J/5 ...
The following were the commercial banks' rates to public for some selectedforeign currencies with Bangladesh Taka in cash transaction TuesdaySelling rates to public (outward remittance)BankUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSCBs Sonali Bank70.780098.7347114.51850.884373.644570.876972.0423Agrani Bank70.780098.8710114.87430.885773.543670.866471.8355FCBsStanChart69.9092.14109.670.8571.1369.0866.89HSBC 70.7055101.5901116.71550.907674.581971.364272.6471Citibank naNANANANANANANABank of Ceylon70.8700100.2180117.34020.913275.098071.499275.3277PCBsUttara Bank70.8000100.2596115.13220.887573.808071.124272.1523AB Bank70.8500101.0199115.98450.8896NANANABuying rates from public (inward remittance)SCBsUSDEuroGBPJPYCHFCADAUDSonali Bank69.800096.4327112.38250.854771.895469.208870.3330Agrani...
Our CorrespondentPABNA, Nov 9: The marginal farmers of char areas across Pabna have been passing their days in great anxiety apprehending possible attack on their paddy fields by the musclemen of big land owners.Locals said almost every year the musclemen...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Nov 9: Selling of sacrificial animals in local hats and cattle-markets has not geared up in full swing as the holy Eid-ul-Azha is only a week away.Though the cattle markets and hats of the district have been flooded...
GAIBANDHA, Nov 9 (BSS): Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) has taken up an extensive plan to cultivate potato in all the seven Upazilas of the district during the current Rabi season.Offical sources said a total of 9372 hectares of land...
BANDARBAN, Nov 9 (bdnews24.com): A special BDR court has handed down sentences to 35 members of the Balipara 10 Rifles Battalion of Bandarban for siding with mutineers at Dhaka's Peelkhana headquarters, during the February 25-26 mutiny. Amongst them, four of...
A Correspondent MAGURA, Nov 9: A meeting on information about E-service was held Sunday at the conference room of Deputy Commissioner Magura.Dr. Prof. M.S Akber MP of Magura-1 constituency was present as the chief guest. Advocate Sree Berain Shikder MP...
A CorrespondentDINAJPUR, Nov 9: Two dacoits were killed by mass beating at Ramdugi Hat near Dinajpur town following the night Monday.They attempted to snatch a motorcycle near Ramdugi Hat on Dinajpur - Saidpur road.The Kotwali police said they failed to...
Our CorrespondentJOYPURHAT, Nov 9: The second largest land port in the country, Hili land port, failed to collect revenue matching the target of the last financial year. At least Tk 20.8 million has not been recovered against the targeted amount.The...
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Nov 9: Solar power provided by Sheba Bandhon Kalyan Society (Shebok) has changed the lifestyles of a total of 223 families at 20 villages under 5 upazilas in Jessore.This people are using solar power instead of electricity...
A CorrespondentHABIGANJ, Nov 9: Information of health and all communications has been digitlized in Habiganj district. From now on message information will be exchanged in a short time by mobile phone. The government has taken a pilot project assisted by...
Extremist leader held in PabnaThe Detective Branch of police (DB) arrested the leader of Purba Banglar Communist party (PBCP, ML-people's war) with firearms and ammunitions from the remote area of Pabna Sadar Upazila Monday evening. The arrestee was Nishtar Ali...
President M Zillur Rahman emphasised on extending medical services of Bangladesh Army to the country's rural areas, reports UNB.The President made the remarks when Army Chief of Staff General M Abdul Mubeen called on him at Bangabhaban Tuesday. The Army...
The American Embassy, including the Consular Section and the American Centre with the Archer K Blood American Centre Library and the Student Advising Centre will remain closed tomorrow (Thursday) on the occasion of 'Veterans Day,' an American national holiday, reports...
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