FE Report Bangladesh taka (BDT) depreciated marginally by 0.15 per cent against the US dollar in the last two weeks following intervention in the market by the central bank. The US dollar was quoted at Tk 69.35-Tk 69.39 in the...
Fazlur RahmanThe government will Friday declare Mazpara union of Atgharia upazila under Pabna district as the country's first biogas union to recognise its feat of setting up over a hundred biogas plants, officials said.The accomplishment of Mazpara union will be...
Eastern Bank Ltd (EBL), as the lead bank, organised a workshop titled 'Prevention of money laundering -2010' for all commercial banks of Gazipur on the BARI campus, Gazipur recently.EBL Deputy Managing Director Muklesur Rahman inaugurated the workshop, while Bangladesh Bank...
FE ReportSouth Korea will help the government introduce electronic filing management system to cut the document processing time to seven days from 30 days and reduce corruption and increase accountability of the public officials.The introduction of the new system will...
Our CorrespondentChittagong, May 26: Agora launched the first SuperCentre of Bangladesh in the port city Chittagong today.Afroz Rahim, chairman of Rahimafrooz Group, opened up shopping by formally cutting the ribbon while Group managing director Firoz Rahim, directors Niaz Rahim and...
BRASILIA, May 26 (Xinhua): The biggest challenge for the Brazilian government is to contain economic overheating, said the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday. "With (Brazil's economic) growth reaching 7 per cent this year, it is sure there...
NEW DELHI, May 26 (PTI): India yesterday sought stake in a gas field in Turkmenistan and offered to lay pipeline to transport the fuel to consumers, even as the Central Asian nation nudged India to take call on the TAPI...
Chief of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) Moulana Saidur Rahman Wednesday appeared before a Dhaka magistrate court and was remanded into custody for six days, reports bdnews24.com.Saidur Rahman, his aide Abdullahel Kafi and Kafi's wife Ayesha Akhter...
SIRAJGANJ, May 26 (UNB): A libel suit was filed here Wednesday against State Minister for Law Qamrul Islam for making derogatory remarks against slain President Ziaur Rahman.Ruhul Amin Babu, general secretary of district Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Forum, filed the libel suit...
Leader of the Opposition and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia has been sent a legal notice asking her to withdraw the June 27 hartal, reports bdnews24.com.The notice, served by three persons Wednesday, warned her that if the hartal was not withdrawn,...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, May 26: Parliament Members (MPs) and senior leaders of the ruling Awami League (AL) in Chittagong left for Dhaka Wednesday evening to attend an emergency meeting convened by party President Sheikh Hasina.All MPs elected from Chittagong, secretaries of...
The High Court (HC) Wednesday stayed two cases for hurting religious sentiment, reports bdnews24.com.The cases were filed against high-ranking leaders of the Islamist fundamentalist outfit Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir.Notable defendants in the two cases are Jamaat...
PIROJPUR, May 26 (UNB): A BNP leader was brutally chopped to death by some unidentified miscreants at Kalaron village in Zianagar Upazila here, early Wednesday.The deceased was identified as Manik Majhi (40), BNP leader of BNP Zianagar Upazila unit.Police and...
KURIGRAM, May 26 (UNB): Cadres of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) following a factional rivalry cut off right hand of a Jubo League activist in Kathalbari area of Sadar Upazila Tuesday midnight.The victim was identified as Uzzal. Local sources said there...
Giant Mohammedan Sporting Club (MSC) again lost a valuable point after playing to a 1-1 goal draw with Chittagong Moha-mmedan SC in the lone encounter of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Wednesday,...
T0KYO, May 26 (AFP): Japan's World Cup squad left for a training camp in the Swiss Alps Wednesday with coach Takeshi Okada insisting he is still eyeing a semi-final berth in South Africa despite recent poor form. Okada came under...
LONDON, May 26 (AFP): A county cricketer in England claims he was approached by an Indian businessman seeking to fix the result of televised domestic one-day matches, according to a report on Wednesday. The unnamed player was told he could...
BAF Base Zahurul Haq team clinched the title of Inter-Base Kabadi Competition of Bangladesh Air Force, which concluded at the BAF Base Zahurul Haque Wednesday, reports UNB.They defeated Air Headquarters (Unit) team by 42-33 points in the final match.AC Ariful...
CAPE TOWN, May 26 (AFP): World football body FIFA on Thursday said it will release 150,000 World Cup tickets - including seats at the opening and final matches - for next month's tournament in South Africa. "All together, for the...
KARACHI, May 26 (AFP): Shahid Afridi's priority as Pakistan captain will not be just to win matches, but unite a set of cricketers more notorious for infighting than thrashing their opponents, experts said today. The 30-year-old all-rounder was on Tuesday...
The Coolline AC Rugby Competition, organised by Bangladesh Rugby Association, begins today (Thursday) at the Outer Stadium with two matches slated for the opening day, reports UNB.State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar will formally inaugurate the meet...
Fakirerpool Young's Club beat Wari Club by 2-1 goals in Metropolis Senior Division Football League at Bir Shrestha Sepoy Mohammad Mustafa Kamal Stadium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.Shafiqul and Atiqur scored one goal each for the winners in the...
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...
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