New Zealand ended the fourth day dreaming of a famous win in Ahmedabad after India's vaunted batting proved no match against an inspired Chris Martin, whose ninth five-wicket haul left the home side effectively at 110 for 6, according to...
Sri Lanka's series-winning hangover allowed Australia to end their seven-match losing streak as Clint McKay and Mitchell Starc set up the eight-wicket victory, according to website cricinfo. The result meant Australia avoided their worst sequence of defeats and gave them...
Bangladesh under-23 booters found Uzbekistan a tough nut to crack as they lost 3-0 in their first match in the 16th Asian Games at Guangzhou at Yingdong Stadium Sunday, reports BSS.A telephonic message received at BFF Sunday by assistant Saiful...
Grand Master Ziaur Rahman of Biman despite drawing his last round match emerge champion in the Berger Six Seasons Grandmasters Chess Tournament on the concluding day at the Tulip Lounge at Uttara Club in the city Sunday Sunday, reports BSS.This...
Eight matches were decided on the 2nd day of the EXIM Bank 20th National Men's Handball Championship Sunday morning at two city venues - Handball Stadium and Shaheed Suhrawardy National Indoor Stadium in Mirpur, reports UNB.At the Handball Stadium, Rangpur...
Japan Oversease Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV) of JICA and Basic Development Partners (BDP) organised a football festival at Gazipur on October 29. The main purpose was to develop awareness of the school children not only about their text book studies but...
Husain ImamIt will be too mild a statement to say that the transport facilities of Dhaka city are too inadequate and its traffic system is in complete mess. It is a nightmare at its worst.The city, with an ever burgeoning...
Shafiqul AlamThe qualities and attractiveness of a mega city are not only determined by the fulfillment of the material needs of its citizens, but also by the social and environmental conditions that prevail. Environmental condition in urban area is a...
Mainul KhawazaExport of manpower that increased by 55% in the last decade, largely in the unskilled category, could actually have tripled especially in better-paid jobs if the workforce had the required technical skills. According to the Bangladesh Economic Review-2010, despite...
Merle David Kellerhals Jr. in WashingtonTHE US Treasury delayed publishing a report on China's currency policies until after the Group of 20 advanced economies meets in Seoul November 11.The congressionally mandated report, required twice a year, is designed to determine...
Bangladesh's track record in facilitating business has never been anything that could make its people proud. The reports of the international agencies published from time to time have always pointed their finger at the hurdles impeding business initiatives, new and...
Shahiduzzaman KhanIt is now a boom time for the real estate sector that has witnessed a rebound in sales in the last one year, bucking a two-year sluggish trend. According to homebuilders and developers, the changed environment following an elected...
Fahim Reza ChowdhuryDHAKA city has a huge and bulging population but a worrisome feature of it is that a big part of this population are shanty and/or pavement dwellers or sheer vagabonds. In other words, they form a floating population...
If I were Musa Ibrahim, I would not be a very happy man just now. In fact, I would be seething with anger, annoyed, and feeling I'm a victim of enormous injustice. My spouse Ariful feels likewise.Musa, as you are...
I was astonished to read in last Wednesday's newspapers that government has advised the bankers to commence school banking to encourage students to build a habit of saving and learn discipline.I recollect, years back in late 1950s when I was...
Dhaka city is the biggest point of urban concentration in Bangladesh. It is also the hub for the greater part of the country's economic and commercial activities. It should, therefore, be obvious, that its thoroughfares, roads and lanes need to...
Raihan M ChowdhuryThe share prices of Z-category companies recorded an abnormal rise in the stock market in recent months though the prices of mutual funds, reckoned as one of the most dynamic and innovative investment vehicles for small and risk-averse...
Axiata Group Berhad, one of Asia's largest telecommunications companies has entered into a five-year strategic global framework arrangement with Ericsson, a leading provider of telecommunications equipment and related services. In the agreement, one of the most comprehensive and advanced in...
FHM Humayan KabirBangladesh seeks to import cotton directly from Uzbekistan, a major growing country, to stave off adverse impact on prices in the domestic market from purchase of the raw material for the booming textile sector through third-party sources.Commerce ministry...
FE ReportRegent Airways, country's newest domestic private airline, is likely to start flying from November 10 aiming to become the most preferred local airline by offering world-class services to its passengers, Mashruf Habib, managing director of Regent Airways, said."By offering...
Arafat AraPrices of almost all kinds of dresses have increased by around Tk 200 per item ahead of the Eid-ul Azha festival, forcing the customers to reduce their shopping budget.Boutique house owners, however, defended the price hike, saying that recent...
Grameenphone and Warid Telecom International Limited signed a landmark agreement on telecom infrastructure sharing recently and a celebration program was arranged on November 04, 2010 at GPHOUSE. The ceremony was attended by top officials of both companies. Oddvar Hesjedal, CEO...
Md Touhidul Alam Khan, Executive Vice President of Corporate Banking Division, Prime Bank Limited qualifies CMA from Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) in last August (2010) examination, said a press release. Touhid is a dynamic banking...
BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited, one of Bangladesh's leading brokerage firms, has signed a research agreement with Macquarie Securities Group (MSG), the equities broking unit of Macquarie Group, said a press release. The agreement enables MSG's clients to receive co...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The homebound passengers' sufferings to obtain train tickets before the Eid mount to a new height due to introduction of mobile phone-based e-ticketing system, although the authority is claiming that the new system has reduced their woes.A...
AIBL 1st Islamic Mutual FundNature of BusinessClosed-end Mutual Fund of 10 (Ten) years tenureObjectiveThe objective of the Fund is to provide attractive risk adjusted returns to the unit holders by investing the proceeds in the Capital Market and Money Market...
MUMBAI Sept 6 (Reuters): President Barack Obama paid tribute Saturday to victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, but the first day of his visit to India ran into immediate controversy as he made no reference to Pakistan.Pakistan-based militants killed 166...
MOUNT MERAPI, Sept 6 (Indonesia) (AP): The tiny hospital at the foot of Mount Merapi struggled Saturday to cope with its victims after the volcano unleashed its most powerful eruption in a century, as international airlines canceled flights into the...
Foreign observers and analysts have no illusions that the first elections to be held in Myanmar since 1990 will be democratic, reports BBC.According to the non-governmental organisation, the Swiss-Burma Association, the vote on November 7 will do nothing more than...
Car bombs wound 25 in Iraq's Kirkuk KIRKUK, Nov 6: Twenty-five people were wounded on Saturday when three car bombs exploded outside the homes of officials of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, police...
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