MADRID, July 16 (Reuters): Barcelona have 50 million euros ($64.08 million) available to spend on strengthening their squad, the Spanish champions said on Thursday.The club was forced to secure a five-year 155 million euro bank loan on Wednesday, to help...
Abahani Limited crushed Dhaka Mariner Youngs Club by 5-0 goals in their opening Super League match of the Green Delta Metropolis Premier Division Hockey at the Maulana Bhasani National Stadium Friday, reports UNB. Modasser Ali Khan and Sohel Abbas scored...
Bangladesh Rifles beat Fire Service and Civil Defense by 48-42 points with four creditable 'lona' in a match of the Pubali Bank Premier Division Kabaddi League at the Kabaddi Stadium in the city Friday, reports UNB.In the day's other matches,...
Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan captain, has said he will retire from Test cricket following the second Test against Australia at Headingley starting Wednesday, according to website cricinfo. He has not yet informed the PCB of his decision. Salman Butt, the...
BELFAST, July 16 (AFP): Ireland captain William Porterfield inspired his side to another success against a Test-playing nation as Bangladesh were beaten by seven wickets in a one-day international in Belfast Thursday. Porterfield hit 108 from 116 balls at Stormont...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, July 16 (AP): The Argentine Football Association said it will offer Maradona a new four-year contract that would keep him in charge of the national team through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.Ernesto Cherquis Bialo, a spokesman...
PANAMA CITY, July 16 (AP): Lionel Messi said Wednesday he'd enjoy playing alongside Cesc Fabregas, the Spain and Arsenal midfielder who is being pursued by Messi's club, Barcelona.Messi was in the Panama capital to play an exhibition match, which will...
Awami League (AL) Lawmaker Suranjit Sengupta has said reverting to the original constitution of 1972 would lead to banning the politics of Jama'at-e-Islami, the weapons supplier and financier and biggest patron of the banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB),...
BOGRA, July 16 (bdnews24.com): Anwar Alam Khoka alias 'Bhagne Shahid' alias Nazmul, the acting chief of banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), has been sent to the city under tight security Friday.Criminal Investigation Department (CID) inspector of Bogra police...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior leader Moudud Ahmed has said the present government was using the law enforcers to suppress opposition.He said that the Awami League-led government had again resorted to the 'Rakkhi Bahini culture,' just like in the past....
LALMONIRHAT, July 16 (BSS): Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister GM Quader said the present Mohajote government was working relentlessly for the betterment of the people."The government had to face various problems when it came to power, but it would not...
Speakers at a roundtable today called upon the government to ban the politics of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir to stop the politics of 'communalism and killing', reports BSS.Demanding immediate beginning of the trial of war criminals,...
UNDP new Country Representative Rebecca Hansen has said Bangladesh is a model for developing nations and expressed her conviction that she would be successful in carrying out UNDP programmes in Bangladesh.Rebecca who will take up her new assignment in Bangladesh...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 16: Elected mayor of Chittagong City Corporation M Manjur Alam will take oath of office in the capital Sunday, CCC officials said.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will administer the oath taking at conference room of the PM's office...
BOGRA, July 16 (BSS): Speakers at a meeting Friday said the government should immediately hold the trial of war criminals as it was one of their election-pledges.They urged the government to remain vigilant against any conspiracy to foil the trial...
SATKHIRA, July 16 (UNB): Police in separate drives arrested 20 activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) from the different parts of the district Wednesday and Thursday.The arrestees were identified as Kamrul Islam, Nurul Islam, Abdur Rahman, Sultan Gazi, Abul Kalam,...
The Ministry of Industries has drawn up three fresh projects with an involvement of Tk 600 million for creating employment opportunities and modernising Bangladesh Industrial Technical Assistance Centre (BITAC), sources said, reports BSS.The projects - Self-employment and Poverty Alleviation (SEPA),...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Prices of waste newspapers fell drastically over the past one year due mainly to reduction in its use for recycling purposes and in the industrial sector.A kilogramme of old newspapers is sold in the range between Tk...
Bulbul Ahmed, the famed 'Devdas' star, was laid to rest at Azimpur graveyard Friday afternoon, reports bdnews24.com.People from across broad social spectrum crowded to pay their final respects to the television and media icon at each of the three namaz-e-janazas...
SIRAJGANJ, Jul 16 (UNB): Police arrested an Army officer and his brother along with 786 bottles of Phensidyl from Gol Chattar area near Jamuna Bridge West thana Thursday night.The arrested was identified as Reza Shah Mohammad Zillullah (50), an engineer...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, July 16: The 36-hour transport strike from July 18 called by Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation (BRTWF) has been postponed following negotiations with the local administration.The district administration has assured the BRTWF leaders that their branch office at...
The department of Public Health of the Northern University Bangladesh arr-anged a five day field trip for the students of Master of Public Health (MPH) programme, said a press release.Thirty students of MPH programme participated in-cluding 13 overseas students from...
Munima Sultana The government considers giving "partial" autonomy to the Bangladesh Railway, riding roughshod over donors' push for full institutional freedom of the troubled state entity, communications officials said.The officials said last week that the organisation, which cost the government...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanEastern Refinery Limited (ERL) has undertaken a nearly billion-dollar project to increase its capacity to provide the desired energy security and reduce petroleum product deficit in the country.The ERL capacity will be increased to 4.5 million tonnes from...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has asked the US oil giant Chevron to boost natural gas output by an additional 1,000 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) within the next couple of years to ease the country's mounting energy demands, a...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Friday disclosed that an all-party committee would be formed within 2-4 days to prepare a draft of amendments to the Constitution in the light of the Supreme Court verdict on the 5th amendment, reports UNB.The committee...
Doulot Akter MalaThe banking sector, which makes up around 52 per cent of big taxpayers, continued to steal limelight as nine out of top 10 corporate taxpayers in the just-out fiscal were private sector lenders. Of the banks, Islami Bank...
BAGHDAD, Jul 16 (AP): A fire in a five-story hotel in northern Iraq killed 29 people, including foreigners, police and hospital officials in the city of Sulaimaniyah said Friday.Chief of police Brig. Gen. Najim-al-Din Qadir said an electrical short caused...
LONDON, July 16 (BBC): BP says it is encouraged by the first test data following its stoppage of the oil from its leaking Gulf of Mexico well. President Obama gave a cautious welcome but added: "It is important we don't...
The family of an eight-year old boy whose body was recovered from a pond at Keraniganj on Friday morning, alleged that he was murdered after being abducted by his sister's lover. Local people along with relatives of 'Himel' (8), recovered...
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