MADRID, Apr 22 (AP): Spanish league leader Barcelona must bounce back from its midweek European setback when it hosts Xerez Saturday.The defending champions lost to Inter Milan 3-1 at the San Siro in the first leg of the Champions League...
ROME, Apr 22 (AP): AS Roma's one-point lead over Inter Milan will be on the line Sunday when the Giallorossi host a Sampdoria side that is fighting to hold onto fourth place and the final Champions League berth.A day earlier,...
Partex Beverage Limited, one of the leading soft drink bottlers in the country, has become the beverage partner of Bangladesh Hockey Federation for the next three years - both for domestic and international events, reports UNB.An agreement to this effect...
KARACHI, Apr 22 (AFP): Injury-plagued paceman Shoaib Akhtar said Thursday he dreams of winning the World Cup for Pakistan next year, despite a series of setbacks and scandals that have kept him out of the game.The 34-year-old paceman, who has...
Flame Boys Club earned an exciting 40-38 victory over Josephites Club in the Premier Bank Metropolis First Division Basketball League at the Dhanmondi Basketball gymnasium Thursday, reports UNB.Josephites dominated the first half comfortably, taking a lead into halftime with the...
HYDERABAD, Apr 22 (PTI): In fresh trouble for Shoaib Malik and his wife Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, police have registered a case against them and 12 others for allegedly hurting sentiments of Muslims by violating religious traditions in the...
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, April 22 (AFP): Venus Williams will not compete for the United States in this weekend's Fed Cup semi-final tie against Russia because of nagging leg injuries similar to those of her sister Serena."I waited until this moment in...
The BNP will stay in the Bhola-3 by-election scheduled for tomorrow race unless they are 'kicked out', reports UNB. BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain said the party would not withdraw from the Bhola by-election and stay in the race...
NEW YORK, Apr 22 (bdnews24.com): Speaker Abdul Hamid said that the role of the opposition in parliament was significant because only it could point out the mistakes of the government.He urged the opposition to play an active role in parliamentary...
A group of unruly Awami League (AL) cadres Thurs-day afternoon unleashed an attack on a BNP demonstration on the Alam Market premises in the city's Jurain area, vandalising the dais and driving out demonstrators, reports UNB.At around 4:50pm, soon after...
BHOLA, Apr 22 (UNB): Awami League clearly dominated the field on the last day of campaign today by the candidates for Saturday's Bhola-3 by-election when BNP claimed more than 1,000 of its supporters were wounded by the opponents in different...
BNP chairperson and Leader of the Opposition Khaleda Zia Thursday sought US cooperation for the Bangladesh economy, emphasizing duty free access for Bangladeshi products into the American market, reports UNB. Khaleda made the request when visiting US deputy Secretary of...
MANIKGANJ, Apr 22 (UNB): A clash between the supporters of Awami League (AL) and BNP in remote Bachamara village of Daulatpur Upazila left at least five people injured today.Local people said Anwarul Haq MP ordered cutting earth of land owned...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 22 (UNB): Five activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) were injured in a factional clash at Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) early Thursday.Police said a scuffle broke out between two factions of BCL at Shaheed Lieutenant...
FE ReportA government committee has strongly recommended imposition of a ban on automatic renewal of savings instruments, introduction of national identity for buyers and reduction of the current interest rates and cut the maximum ceiling of the savings tools that...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has started reviewing draft of the national coal policy to check discrepancies before reaching a decision on the fate of the long-pending policy to explore the country's huge coal reserves, top officials said Thursday.It has constituted...
FE ReportOutsiders Thursday foiled a rally of the main opposition BNP which was protesting against poor supply of water, electricity and gas, police said.BNP organised the rally in front of Alam Market at Zurain in the city at about 4:30...
FHM Humayan KabirThe planning ministry will sit with different ministries next week to have an in-depth look at the fresh projects proposed for incorporating in the next year's annual development programme (ADP), officials said Thursday."We have got lots of fresh...
FE ReportThe Director General (DG) of ADB's South Asia Department Dr. Sultan Hafeez Rahman during his meeting with high-ups of the government hinted at the possibility of raising the Bank's assistance for construction of the Padma Bridge.He also urged the...
Beximco officials say they believe the long-drawn harassment of their chiefs is finally over after a court on Tuesday dismissed two last remaining cases against them, reports bdnews24.com. A string of cases were filed during the military-installed 2007-8 caretaker government...
Munima SultanaThe Tk 30-billion-sector involving CNG filling and conversion has been facing threats to existence owing to huge incurring losses amid unabated load shedding and gas crises.Official statistics say four CNG stations have already been declared laid off while 50...
FE ReportThe country's apex chamber has proposed the government to raise tax-free ceiling for individual taxpayers to Tk 200,000, cut the upper rate of corporate tax to 40 per cent, fix 1.0 per cent duty on capital machinery import in...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed slightly higher Thursday riding on financials, with turnover climbing to 17-week high.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) ended at 5615.28 with a gain of 18.25 points or 0.32 per cent, after falling on price correction in...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) has arranged a $250 million special fund for financing power projects under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) initiative, reports BSS."The World Bank (WB) has agreed to provide the fund to help improve Bangladesh power sector," BB Governor Dr...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been cleared in another graft case filed during the past BNP-Jamaat regime, as the High Court Thursday quashed all proceedings against her in the Meghnaghat Power Plant case, reports UNB.After hearing the long-pending petition, an...
The central bank has asked banks to furnish updated list of directors among all banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) within a week, officials said Thursday. Bangladesh Bank (BB) issued a circular in this connection and asked the chief executives...
One person was seriously injured, as a procession of the National Committee for the Protection of Oil, Gas, and Mineral Resources was attacked. The procession, demanding an end to power and water crisis, was attacked in front of Dhaka College...
RAB detained two suspected gunrunners and two of their associates with a cache of firearms and ammunition from Ghatarchar in Keraniganj, on the outskirts of the capital, Thursday. — FE Report
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, April 22: The meeting to resolve the problems faced by the shipping agents in getting permission to discharge hazardous cargo from the ships at Chittagong Port ended without any solution Thursday.The meeting, held at the office of Commodore...
Kayes M Sohel The securities regulator has ordered three laid-off companies to hold extraordinary general meeting immediately to appease the concerns of their shareholders, its chairman said Thursday. The companies- Apex Weaving, Monno Fabrics and Modern Dyeing - have shut...
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