World Hepatitis Day will be observed across the country as across the world today (Wednesday), aiming to raise global awareness of hepatitis B and hepatitis C and encourage prevention, diagnosis and treatment, reports UNB.President M Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister...
President M Zillur Rahman Tuesday asked the Vice Chancellors of public universities to take immediate and appropriate measures against the immoral deeds of teachers to ensure safe and high-status educational atmosphere at the respective campuses, reports UNB."Nowadays, the question is...
Police arrested 1,918 people on various charges in separate drives across the country in 24 hours until 6:00 am Tuesday, reports UNB.Three pistols, four pipe guns and eight LG guns were also recovered during the countrywide drive, said a police...
FE ReportChinese Sen Young University of Chemical Technology (SUCT) and Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University (MBSTU) recently signed a bilateral agreement on research and development.MBSTU vice-chancellor (VC) Prof Dr M Nurul Islam and SUCT's International School of Education Exchange...
Fazlur RahmanThe government plans to start setting up two new passport offices in the capital by June as the Agargaon office struggles to cope with the rising demand for travel documents, officials said. The two passport offices would be set...
KHULNA, May 18 (UNB): A woman died of food poisoning while 59 guests fell ill Monday night after taking food at a religious programme at Angardaha village in Dumuria Upazila of the district.The deceased was identified as Subhadra (52), mother...
Eight people were killed and over 70 others injured in separate road accidents in Rajbari and Bagerhat districts Tuesday, reports UNB.In Rajbari, five people, including a mother and her son, were killed and 25 others injured in a head-on collision...
FE reportA CNG meter mechanic succumbed to his injuries at a hospital Tuesday after being knifed by muggers at Pallabi in the capital last night, police said.Pallabi police said the meter mechanic---Abdur Rahim---died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital at about...
Maria Binte Rashed secured GPA-5 (golden A) in SSC Exami-nation-2010 under Dhaka Board from Motijheel Ideal School. She took the exam from science group, said a press release. She is the eldest daughter of Rupali Insurance Company Limited General Manager...
Dhaka Mohammedan looked in impressive form as they humbled Sylhet's Biyanibazar Sporting Club 4-1 in the lone match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports BSS. Zahid Hasan Emily continued to hog...
Dhaka Division (north) were all out for 196 in 66.2 overs against Chittagong Division on the first day of the two-day match of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-16 National Cricket Tournament at the City Club ground in Uttara on...
Dhaka Metro U-16 was all out for 187 in 66.5 overs against Barisal Division U-16 on the 1st day of two-day match of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers U-16 Cricket Tournament at the Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium in the city Tuesday,...
Visiting West Indies A team took command over Bangladesh A taking a huge 322-run overall lead on the 2nd day of the first four-day match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur Tuesday, reports UNB. Resuming the second day Tuesday...
NEW YORK, May 18 (AFP): Former US President Bill Clinton was named honorary chairman of the United States bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, organisers of the American bid committee announced Monday. Clinton will promote the US bid...
ZURICH, May 18 (AP): FIFA hopes its investigation into "crazy allegations" by a senior English official that Spain is trying to bribe World Cup referees will be concluded before the tournament begins."We want to have something definitive before the World...
GM Eamul Hossain Razib became 15th in the Commonwealth Chess Championship on the concluding day in New Delhi, India Tuesday, reports BSS.Razib accumulated eight points from 11 games and finished 15th.FM Abu Sufian Shakil of Biman became 33rd with 7½...
Sunrise SC played out a 1-1 goal draw with North Baridhara Club in their opening match of the lone Metropolis Senior Division Football League at the Bir Shrestha Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium (BSSMS) in Kamalapur in the city Tuesday,...
Four matches were decided on the first day of the Standard Chartered National School Kabaddi Tournament at the Kabadi Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.Earlier, acting CEO of the tournament sponsor Standard Chartered Bank Imtiaz Ibne Sattar inaugurated the...
LONDON, May 18 (AFP): British mobile phone giant Vodafone today announced that group net profits almost trebled to 8.645 billion pounds (10.1 billion euros, 12.5 billion dollars) in the 12 months to March 31. The sharp jump in earnings, which...
PARIS, May 18, 2010 (AFP): German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today that the European Union must be about more than just a system for transferring wealth from richer members to their struggling partners. In an interview with three major European...
SEOUL, May 18 (AFP): Emerging Asian economies should stay on guard and ready to act if volatile capital inflows threaten to destablise the region's financial markets, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warned today. Emerging Asia's capital markets have posted rapid...
BEIJING, May 18 (AFP): China's ruling communists are cracking down on official corruption in the real estate market, warning of stiff penalties for anyone caught trying to cash in on the property boom, state media said today. The government is...
KATHMANDU, May 18 (Xinhua): The World Bank has agreed to provide an additional assistance amounting to 3.01 billion Nepali rupees (some 42.39 million U.S. dollars) to help scale up Nepal's efforts at improving the rural road network.
Manipulations of all sorts to reap undue profits by a section of investors, sponsor-directors of listed companies and stockbrokers are usual incidents in stock markets across the world. Bangladesh stock markets are no exception. In the latter part of the...
Maswood Alam KhanHUMAN Rights and Peace for Bangladesh, a rights group, on Saturday asked the ministry of health and the accreditation body of medical practitioners to display within a week the rights of the patients on signboards to be put...
Manzur AhmedIt is perplexing to know that the "Commerce ministry officials poured cold water" on the Malaysian proposal to give duty-free access to top Bangladeshi products under an 'early harvest programme' of the proposed Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur FTA. I wonder, why...
Chittagong Port Authority is being deprived of its revenue from one of its largest investment -- QGC cranes at CCT. As per the normal productivity of each QGC, 4 QGC can handle at least 1600 moves in 24 hours from...
THE other day (Friday) I was walking past a gargantuan mansion towards Dhanmondi Lake when I saw two boys, could not have been more than 15-16, sharing a bottle of Phensidyl. Then they casually threw the empty bottle in the...
AKM SahmsuddinProposal of Asia Energy: Asia Energy proposed to extract about 10-15 million tons of coal from Phulbari Coal Field adopting open-pit mining method from a depth ranging from 250 to 300 meters by removing 4400 million tons of overburden...
SINGAPORE, May 17 (Economic Times): Asian stock markets tumbled Monday on investor concern the Europe debt crisis will worsen as the euro fell to a four-year low. Investors weren't convinced last week's one-trillion-dollar bailout package will keep a sovereign debt...
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