Global Finance, a US-based financial magazine, adjudged Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) the best Islamic Financial Institution in Bangladesh for 2010, says a press release.The winners of this award are those banks that contributed to the growth of Islamic financing...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has requested the Philippines to import ceramic items and other items of world-class quality from Bangladesh, reports UNB.She made the appeal when the outgoing ambassador of the Philippines, Zenaida Tocorda-Rabago, called on her at the...
The High Court Tuesday directed the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to resolve within a week its notice over cancellation of the licence to operate RanksTel, a private telecom service provider, for its alleged involvement in illegal VoIP (voice over...
FE ReportAuto-rickshaw, rickshaw and van drivers lay siege to the second Buriganga Bridge for about two hours Tuesday demanding an end to toll collection by the lessee from the next fiscal year.Witnesses said nearly 500 demonstrators occupied the southern wing...
CHITTAGONG, May 11 (UNB): A tribunal here Tuesday convicted a man in his absence and sentenced him to death in a double murder case.The condemned convict is: Abdur Rahim, resident of Kashinathpur village in Comilla Sadar Upazila.
A one-day workshop on Career Counselling and Scholarship Awarding ceremony organised by Bangladesh University of Professionals was held at MIST Multipurpose Hall at Mirpur Cantonment in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SM Ziaur Rahman attended...
Over 29,000 poor people got back eyesight after cataract surgery and 159,000 others were provided with primary eye care services free of cost in the capital in last five years.Dhaka Urban Comprehensive Eye Care Project supported by a UK based...
Our CorrespondentGAZIPUR, May 11: A devastating fire broke out at a godown of the Partex Denim Factory at Bangla Bazar area under the sadar Upazila of the district Tuesday. The fire broke out at about 12.30 pm. On an information...
GOPALGANJ, May 10 (UNB): Two siblings drowned in a pond near Police Line in Gopalganj town Monday.The victims were identified as Raj (12), a class V student and Chand (9), a class III student of SM Model Govt. Primary School...
SAVAR, May 11 (UNB): Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive Tuesday arrested four dacoits along with arms at Dhalchar in Tetuljhura union.The arrested people were-Jaidhar alias Badsha Miah (32), Atiqur Rahman (22), Mainal Haque alias Rafiq (36), and Khairul...
Elections to the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) will be held on June 17, Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda announced Tuesday, reports UNB.Declaring the election schedule to journalists at his office in the afternoon, the CEC said the last...
Eminent economist Prof Anu Muhammad alleged Tuesday that the government was pushing country's internal security into a dreadful situation by handing over its energy sector to foreign companies, reports UNB. Prof Muhammad, leader of the National Committee to Protect Oil,...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will address a grand rally in Barisal city today (Wednesday), reports UNB.The grand rally will be held at the city's Bales Park at 3:00pm.This will be Khaleda's fourth grand rally on her ongoing tour of divisional...
BANDARBAN, May 10 (bdnews24.com): Chairman of CHT Land Dispute Resolution Commission blamed Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samity chief Santu Larma for non-cooperation. "He (Larma) attended only one meeting of the Commission out of nine held. Instead of attending meetings, he...
A High Court (HC) bench ordered the government to explain what steps it took to repatriate 156 Bangladeshi prisoners from India since expiry of their prison term, reports bdnews24.com. The bench of Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chow-dhury and Justice Md Delwar...
LONDON, May 11(AP): Britain's pivotal third party kept its larger suitors - and the electorate - hanging Tuesday, opening formal negotiations with Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party to form a new government after talks with the rival Conservatives.Five days...
YANGON, May 11 (AP): Myanmar's detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is making a final bid for freedom, lawyers said Tuesday after submitting a request for a special appeal against her house arrest.The Nobel Peace Prize laureate has already...
PARACHINAR, Pakistan, May 11 (AP): Up to 18 American missiles slammed into a Taliban sanctuary in Pakistan close to the Afghan border Tuesday, killing 14 alleged insurgents in the third such strike since a failed car bombing in New York...
ISLAMABAD, (AP): The foreign ministers of Pakistan and India will meet in Islamabad for talks this summer, as the nuclear-armed rivals try to resume a formal peace dialogue derailed by the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi...
Afghan bomb kills two NATO soldiersKABUL, May 11: A bomb attack killed two NATO soldiers in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday, the military said. The deaths took to 189 the number of international forces killed in Afghanistan this year so far....
It will be acid test for local outfit Dhaka's Abahani Limited who will be facing New Road Team of Nepal in their inaugural match of the AFC President's Cup football match today (Tuesday) at the Bangabandhu National Stadium, reports BSS.The...
Visiting South Africa National Cricket Academy team won the two-match GP Academy Cup T20 Cricket series 2-0 beating hosts GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team by three wickets at the BKSP ground in Savar Tuesday, reports UNB.The visitors won a four-wicket...
Bangladeshi GM Enamul Hossain Razib shared the top slot in the Commonwealth Chess Championship with 20 other players securing full three points after the 3rd round matches now being held in the Indian capital New Delhi Tuesday, reports UNB. Bangladesh's...
KARACHI, May 11 (AFP): Pakistan cricket authorities Tuesday said they will allow banned former captain Shoaib Malik to feature in a Twenty20 tournament in England next month. Malik who is serving a one-year ban imposed by Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)...
A brilliant unbeaten ton by Darren Bravo and fierce bowling by pacer Lionel Baker guided West Indies A team to an easy 81-run victory over South Africa A team in the return match of the ATN Records Tri-Nation one-day Series...
Our CorrespondentMYMENSINGH, May 11: An anti-money laundering affair training workshop was held at the LGED auditorium in Mymensingh recently.Mymensingh branch of IFIC bank organised the workshop. All the branches of commercial banks in Mymensingh district participated in the workshop. IFIC...
LONDON, May 11 (Bloomberg): The euro lost all of yesterday's gains on concern the almost $1 trillion lending plan to bail out indebted nations in Europe will fail to avert a slowdown in the region. Stocks, copper and US index...
Continued from Page 9This year, the bank would also open its first overseas exchange house in New York, USA to facilitate the in-flow of remittance."We are expecting a massive increase in our deposit and investment in the year 2010", Mr...
FE ReportBusiness leaders at a pre-budget discussion on Tuesday urged the government to take measures to protect the interests of the local industry, keep the PSI system in place and increase allocations to power and energy sector in the upcoming...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Only a day after Finance Minister AMA Muhith indicating the possibility of bringing an end to the tax-free status now being enjoyed by the country's capital market, apparel industry and migrant workers, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE)...
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