Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 9: A 19-member business delegation headed by CCCI president MA Latif left Saturday night for Taiwan and Japan on 11-day tour for bilateral discussions and exchange views on trade and investment issues.The team members will meet with...
FE ReportMinister for Industries Dilip Barua Sunday urged the Asian countries to exchange knowledge and expertise in order to increase gross productivity in the region.Calling the present global market scenario a 'more competitive one based on quality of output and...
Sonia H MoniShankharees, the shankha (bangle) craftsmen of Shankhari Bazar, are facing tough time as Shankha industry is struggling for survival due to higher prices of raw materials and stiff competition from imported Indian products.Shankha is a richly decorated bangle...
Penalty corner specialist Mamunur Rahman Chayan sparkled with his five goal feat including a dazzling hattrick as hosts Bangladesh humbled Thailand 8-1 in their inaugural Robi Asian Cup Hockey Qualifiers tie at the Moulana Bhashani National Hockey Stadium Sunday, reports...
Holders Abahani Limited came closer to clinching the title of Citycell Bangladesh League after they crushed Brothers Union Club by 4-0 goals in a one-sided affair at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) here on Sunday, reports UNB.With the day's result,...
BRIDGETOWN, May 9, 2010 (AFP): Kevin Pietersen laid the platform for a commanding 39-run victory over his native South Africa as England took a giant stride towards the World Twenty20 semi-finals here on Saturday.Man-of-the-match Pietersen's high-class 53 was at the...
BRIDGETOWN, May 9 (AFP): Defending champions Pakistan were on the brink of elimination from the World Twenty20 after losing to New Zealand by just one run in a last-ball thriller here Saturday.Recalled New Zealand fast bowler Ian Butler, entrusted with...
An unconquered 109 by Stiaan Van Zyl guided South Africa A team into the final of the ATN Records Tri-Nation One-Day Series beating Bangladesh A team by six wickets at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Sunday, reports UNB.In...
Power Development Board (PDB) emerged champions in National Bank Dhaka Mohanogori Premier Division Volleyball League when they defeated Bangladesh Police in the final held on Sunday at national volleyball court, reports BSS.Commerce Minister Mohammad Faruk Khan witnessed the final as...
BRIDGETOWN, May 9 (Reuters) : Sri Lanka's record-breaking spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is heading home for treatment on his groin injury and will miss the rest of the Twenty20 World Cup. Muralitharan was surprisingly included in the team which beat West...
Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid has said his ministry has included 1,022 non-government educational institutions in the monthly payment order (MPO) as per policy of the government maintaining all transparency. Inclusion of new educational institutions in MPO created employment opportunity...
State minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Quamrul Islam has said the politics of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of the Awami League, was earning a bad name for the government.He said that action would be taken...
CHITTAGONG, May 9 (bdnews24.com): The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalists Party (BNP) marched towards the Election Commission Office in Chittagong Sunday demanding cancellation of the results of the Bhola by-polls and resignation of three election commissioners.As part of the party's scheduled...
Police Saturday night arrested three students of Dhaka University (DU) from Surjo Sen Hall on suspicion of their being members of Hijbut Tahrir, reports UNB.The arrested were identified as Abdul Hai Raju, student of Finance, Mohsin Hossain, student of Accounting...
BNP Secretary General Khankader Delwar Hossain Sunday demanded that more institutions should be established after the name of national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam and other Bangali poets.He made the demand one day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had said that...
The Appellate Division bench of the Supreme Court (SC) Sunday continued its stay for a week the operation of the High Court (HC) order that had asked the government not to disturb, or bar graft-convict and ex-state minister for civil...
MANIKGANJ, May 9 (BSS): A rally of freedom fighters (FFs) Sunday called for preparing a genuine list of war criminals to help expedite the trail of the perpetrators of crime against humanity during the liberation war. The freedom fighters expressed...
FE ReportThere are 10 million Thalassaemia carriers, 0.35 million are known patients and hundreds of new Thalassaemia babies are born everyday, this was disclosed at a seminar in the city Sunday.Dhaka Shishu Hospital Thalassaemia Centre, Bangladesh Thalassaemia Samity, Bangladesh Thalassaemia...
SHERPUR, May 9 (UNB): Tornado tore through four villages of Gosaipur union of Sribordi Upazila early Sunday razing houses, uprooting trees, damaging standing boro crops and leaving at least a dozen people wounded.Sultan Mia, resident of Bharera village told that...
BENAPOLE, May 9 (UNB): Bangladesh Rifles rescued two teenage girls while being trafficked to India and arrested an alleged woman trafficker from Benapole transport stand Saturday.Acting on secret information that some human traffickers were taking the girls to India a...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, May 09: Orientation programme of Northern University of Bangladesh (NUB) of Rajshahi campus for the new MBA students 2010 was held yesterday at 3.00 pm on Talaimari campus auditorium in city.
The government has decided to import 25,000 tonnes of sugar to meet the demand during the holy month of Ramadan. Cabinet Committee on Public Purchase at a meeting, presided over by Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Sunday approved a procurement proposal...
Some 400 journalists and employees of Channel 1 Sunday submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina urging to withdraw ban on operation of the private TV channel, reports UNB.A seven member delegation on behalf of Channel 1 family...
Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Z U Ahmed left the city Sunday to attend the Indian Ocean Naval Symposium scheduled to begin today (Monday) in United Arab Emirates' (UAE) capital Abu Dhabi, says a press release.Ahmed will call on...
Professor Mohammad Ali, former VC of Chittagong University (1985-1988) had been appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Southern University Bangladesh, Chittagong.He graduated in English Literature from University of Dhaka and Oxford University, England. He started his teaching career in Rajshahi University in...
NARSINGDI, May 9 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel after a shootout arrested one robber from Bhatpara Balur Maath area of Polash Upazila Sunday.The arrested was identified as Based Mia (35), of Belabo Upazila.
Farhad Bin Mannan, director of Phoenix Insurance Company Ltd and son of late Maj General Abdul Mannan Siddiqui died Friday at his residence at the age of 42, says a press release.He left behind his mother, two sons, wife, relatives...
Nazmul AhsanAn official committee formed by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has suggested some major changes in the draft policy on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative. The report prepared by the committee, according to sources, has brought about changes in the...
Mohammad MufazzalThe company owning Dhaka's posh Westin Hotel will go public by July and has finalised a move to sell a minority stake to Beximco Group, its owner said Sunday.Noor Ali told the FE that money raised from initial public...
FE ReportPetrol pump owners and tank lorry workers-owners Sunday suspended their scheduled indefinite strike for a month after the government agreed to implement their 13-point demands.The strike suspension comes after a meeting between the government and Bangladesh Petrol Pump Owners...
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