LAHORE (Pakistan), May 29 (AFP): Former captain Shoaib Malik will be available for Pakistan in next month's Asia Cup and tour of England after a judge Saturday recommended lifting his ban for disciplinary offences. Earlier this year the Pakistan Cricket...
BKSP clinched the top slot in the 26th National Junior (Age Group) Athletics Competition with absolute supremacy securing 17 gold, 15 silver and 3 bonze medals as the meet concluded Saturday at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city, reports...
Mohakhali Eleven notched a 2-0 victory over Badda Jagarani Sangsad in the day's lone match of the Metropolis Senior Division Football League at Bir Shrestha Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Saturday, reports UNB.Golap put Mohakhali...
GRAZ (Austria), May 29 (AFP): Some of England's biggest stars may feel on trial this weekend as Fabio Capello's team play their final World Cup warm-up match against Japan just 48 hours before the squad is cut to the final...
PARIS, May 29 (AP): Serena Williams overcame a second-set slump and an apparent illness to beat 18-year-old Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 on Saturday and reach the fourth round of the French Open.Williams lost five games in a row...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has urged the Bangladeshi peacekeepers working under the United Nations (UN) umbrella to carry out their mission with utmost sincerity, upholding the dignity of the national flag and brightening the image of the motherland, reports...
Mainstream opposition BNP on Saturday warned that non-stop agitation would be announced if the government obstructs its June 27 countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal, reports UNB.BNP also challenged that the ruling Awami League would never be able to return to 1972 constitution.BNP...
The government is fully committed to further strengthening the Election Commission (EC) to make it more competent and independent with a view to holding free, fair and impartial elections.Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed said this on the...
Awami League (AL) central leader and former Home Minister Mohammad Nasim Saturday said the opposition BNP would not be barred from observing hartal but the AL would behave with the main opposition politically.He was addressing a discussion on 'War Crimes...
The presence of representatives from the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh at an Election Commission (EC) programme aroused resentment among the high-profile leaders of the other invited political parties, reports bdnews24.com. Law Minister Shafique Ahmed, chief guest of the occasion, told the news...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 29: Most of the local Awami League leaders and MPs are yet to join hands with the party-backed mayoral candidate Mohiuddin Chowdhury as the election campaign got momentum Friday afternoon.However, on the second day of his election...
The United States has congratulated Bangladesh government for arresting Saidur Rahman, chief of the banned Islamist outfit JMB, reports bdnews24.com."We congratulate the government of Bangladesh on the arrest of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) leader Saidur Rahman in Dhaka Sunday," said Robert...
A joint meeting of the Awami League Parl-iamentary Party (ALPP) and the Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) will be held on June 1 at Ganabhaban, the official residence of the Prime Minister (PM) at 7.00 pm, reports BSS.A parliament...
Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate Saturday urged the government for effective steps to ensure smooth communication and also for dredging of the rivers for the development of the haor region, reports UNB. "Haor areas are more vulnerable to climate change. We...
Two people received bullet injuries and another was hacked in two separate attacks at Senpara Parbota in the city's Kafrul area Saturday, witnesses and police said.According to local people, a gang of four to five criminals entered an under-construction area...
There is only one specialist for 100,000 patients suffering from blood diseases, reports bdnews24.com.The statement was given on inauguration of a haematology conference of Bangladesh Society of Haematology in the city Saturday.President of the organising committee Dr MA Khan said...
Home Minister Sahara Khatun Saturday urged students of Eden Girls' College to refrain from collecting money over admission and hostel seats from new students, reports UNB. "Stern action will be taken if they do not quit such unpleasant practices," she...
A new feather has been added in the crown of country's women empowerment as rural women proved that they could be self-reliant on their own initiative without taking any formal or informal credits. It is seen almost a long debate...
NILPHAMARI, May 29 (UNB): A woman died and her husband fell sick as the couple took poison following the husband's family's refusal to accept their marriage at Uttar Chaora village in Sadar Upazila Friday.The deceased was identified as Chandana (23).Local...
Some prominent cable operators of the city signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Fiber@Home Ltd, country's first Nationwide Teleco-mmunication Transmission Network (NTTN) operator, to use its underground fibre optic cable network, reports UNB.Earlier, four prominent Internet Service Providers (ISP's) signed...
KUSHTIA, May 29 (UNB): A policeman and two Ansar members were held here early Saturday for mugging.The arrested were identified as Havilder Abul Kalam, and two Ansar members-Safar Ali and Jahangir Hossain, who were posted at Housing police camp in...
THAKURGAON, May 29 (UNB): Body of a middle aged man was recovered from a night coach in the district town Friday.The deceased was identified as Jasimuddin (50), son of Hafiz Uddin, of Old Atoari village of Atoari Upazila of Panchagarh...
FE ReportThe government will amend Bank Companies Act by early next year as part of an ambitious plan to reform legal frameworks that regulate the country's corporate world, the Finance Minister said Saturday."We realize the need for regulatory reforms in...
FE Report The central bank, for the first time, is going to announce its five-year strategic action plan (SAP) today (Sunday), aiming at achieving inclusive economic growth through jobs creation and poverty alleviation. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Atiur Rahman will...
Nazmul AhsanThe World Bank has urged the central bank to enact regulations to deal with corporate distress and devise liquidity support mechanism for the country's banking sector, officials said Saturday.The development lender has also suggested amendments to the Bangladesh Bank...
A Z M AnasBangladesh must tap domestic equity markets to finance new power plants in an effort to reduce reliance on foreign investors, whose purses have strained after the global recession, investment bankers say. They say high investor demand and...
The 29th death anniversary of late President Ziaur Rahman, founder of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), will be observed today (Sunday), reports UNB.All units of BNP and its front and associate organisations across the country will observe the death anniversary with...
FE ReportThe government blocked Saturday evening the social networking site Facebook for a brief period, a senior official of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) said. The highly popular social network site was shut down at around 7:00pm following a request...
S M JahangirAn official taskforce is seeking government permission and necessary guidelines for drafting law on sick industries, officials said."The body constituted to place a proposal before the cabinet is seeking the consent of the ministry of industries to the...
NARAYANGANJ, May 29: Garments workers went berserk on the Dhaka-Narayanganj Link Road under Fatulla Thana Saturday following the death of one of their colleagues in a road accident. The deceased was identified as Hossain Ali, the iron man of Berlin...
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