PARIS, May 26 (AFP): After he destroyed Arsenal with a four-goal salvo in the Champions League, the world's best footballer reverted to type and scurried shyly from the scene to escape the welter of eulogies which rained down in his...
NEW DELHI, May 26 (AFP): A second-string Indian team left for Zimbabwe on Wednesday to play a tri-series, hoping to convince the selectors they were ready for the big league. The 15-man-squad, led by Suresh Raina, will play Sri Lanka...
PARIS, May 26 (AP): Venus Williams advanced to the third round of the French Open by beating Arantxa Parra Santonja of Spain 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday.Williams improved to 14-2 on clay in 2010. She's seeded second at Roland Garros behind younger...
Amjad Ali Sarker Pilot Girls' High School (AASHS) upset Viqarunnisa Noon School and College B team beating them by 18 runs in their first match of the 3rd Girls' School Cricket Tournament at the Azimpur Girls School ground Wednesday with...
CAPE TOWN, May 26 (AFP): World Cup semi-final host city Cape Town has South Africa's best pitch for the tournament, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said Tuesday as the football body took control of the stadium.
Two officials of the elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have been asked to appear before the High Court (HC) for their act on implicating a Satkhira businessman in a false arms charge, reports UNB.An HC division bench headed by...
The closing session of the three?day long international symposium on Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever in Tropical Countries was held Tuesday at Senate Hall of NSU, says a press release.The Department of Public Health of North South University (NSU) and University of...
Aila affected people in the three districts of Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira have been leading miserable lives losing all their resources to the catastrophe, even after a year that the cyclone hit, due to a lack of work opportunities, reports...
The Buddhist community in the country will celebrate their most sacred and largest festival, Buddha Purnima, today with traditional enthusiasm and solemn devotion, reports BSS. Buddha Purnima marks three significant events that took place in the life of Lord Buddha-his...
Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury has expressed satisfaction with the way Bangladesh has progressed in agriculture since attaining independence.Motia pointed out that food production has tripled from 10 million tonnes to 30 million tonnes over the last 3 decades, and that...
Kinkur Dash has achieved Golden GPA-5 in science group in the Secondary School Certificates Exams-2010 from Patuakhali Govt Juble High School under Barisal Board. He wants to be a doctor. Kinkur expressed gratitude to his teachers. His father is a...
SIRAJGANJ, May 26 (UNB): A couple travelling on a motorcycle died when the motorcycle was hit by a coach at Shimanta Bazar in Kamarkhand Upazila Wednesday.The deceased were identified as Farhad Ali, 30, senior officer of Sherpur branch of Bangladesh...
DU CorrespondentThe authorities at last suspended the evening course at Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department of Dhaka University (DU) Wednesday bowing to protests by the department students. Engineering and Technology Faculty Dean Prof Shahida Rafique announced the suspension of...
Digital TV Expo-a 3-day exposition of latest television technology and allied products for home users and business clients, will begin at Sheraton Hotel on June 03, says a press release.Objective of this fair is to promote and popularise power?saving, eye?soothing...
A two?day retrospective photo exhibition based on photographs taken by prominent fashion photographers of the country in previous two years' Dhaka Fashion Week, will begin tomorrow (Friday) at gallery Chitrak at Dhanmondi Road? 3, says a press release.Dhaka Fashion Week,...
Our CorrespondentTANGAIL, May 26: Sound pollution is posing a serious threat to the public health in different parts of the district town and upazila head quarters. Local people have complained that the problem has intensified during the recent years with...
A Z M Anas and Siddique IslamBangladesh's major export-earning sectors including apparels and sea food stand to suffer as a weakening Euro threatens to dent profits, eroding competitiveness in Europe, their biggest market. Industry leaders say it's going to be...
Shahiduzzaman KhanThe Power Division has failed to live up to its promises to rid the country of power cuts by June this year. As was envisaged, no rental power plants (RPP) could be commissioned as yet. The Division drew up...
Bangladesh said Wednesday that its economy grew at the slowest pace for seven years as the global downturn hit exports while drought and floods cut into agriculture and power troubles rocked industry, reports AFP. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS)...
FE ReportDhaka stocks rose sharply Wednesday, helping the benchmark index cross 6,000-mark for the second time, driven by persistent rally in banking stocks.The benchmark DSE General Index (DGEN) was up by 1.41 per cent or 84.97 points to 6073.92, only...
The United States will support strategy and core components of the agriculture economy of Bangladesh as the government is prioritising investment, research, rice, investment in fisheries and livestock, reports UNB.USAID Administrator Dr Rajiv Shah who came here to attend a...
FE ReportThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has appointed Thevakumar Kandiah as the Country Director for the Bank's Bangladesh Resident Mission (BRM).Mr. Kandiah, a Malaysian national, is expected to assume his new assignment on 31 May 2010, an ADB press release...
Munima SultanaThe government has terminated the Pakistani consultant of the Dhaka-Chittagong four-lane project in the middle of its field-level preparation work for 'unsatisfactory' performances.Roads and Highways Department (RHD) terminated the contract of National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK) on May 18,...
Mohammad MufazzalThe securities regulator served show-cause notices Wednesday on three financial institutions, including a bank, for non-compliance of securities law in giving margin loans and the netting facilities.The move came after an inspection was conducted by the Securities and Exchange...
Doulot Akter MalaThe country will join SAARC railway links that would connect Dhaka and two major seaports with the South Asian countries to establish a greater intra-regional trade network and integrate economies in the region.The core group on connectivity matters...
At least 20 people, including a police officer, were injured when workers of a garment factory clashed with policemen Wednesday at Jamgora under Ashulia industrial belt over wage hike and other financial benefits. Witnesses said around 1,500 garment workers of...
DINAJPUR, May 26: Madhyapara Hard Rock Mine workers called off their indefinite strike today (Wednesday), after four days of their agitation programme. They decided to withdraw their strike at 3pm today after fruitful talks with the officials of Hard Rock...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that producing more food does not guarantee access to food, and so it rather the purchasing capacity which has to be increased, reports UNB. "Producing more food does not guarantee access to food. People...
PARIS, May 26 (AFP): Bangladesh, Indonesia and Iran are the countries that are the most vulnerable to natural disasters, according to a study released by Maplecroft, a British risk advisory firm that compiles the Natural Disaster Risk Index (NDRI).Asia's twin...
Musa Ibrahim is the first Bangladeshi to scale Mt Everest. He has been given the official certificate for his feat. Komal Aryal, who was maintaining communication with Ibrahim in Mt Everest, in an e-mail, confirmed bdnews24.com about the official recognition....
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