TOKYO, Apr 24 (AFP): Shimizu S-Pulse went top of the J-League on Saturday with a lucky late win as front-runners Urawa Red Diamonds crashed to a 1-0 defeat to Jubilo Iwata.Masaki Yamamoto's cross from the right went straight in in...
DOHA, Apr 24 (AFP): Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam says the Asian Cup next year will be tougher than ever for the traditional powerhouse teams after Iraq's upset victory in 2007.Bin Hammam made the comment as Asia's top-ranked...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Saturday urged all concerned including the Ministry of Education to take necessary steps for expanding Girls Guide movement upto grassroots level to groom up the new generation as an efficient and capable one, reports BSS."We...
FE ReportDepartment of Patents, Designs and Trademarks under the Ministry of Industries and Intellectual Property Association of Bangladesh are jointly organising programmes across the country on the occasion of World Intellectual Property Day.The theme of this year's World Intellectual Property...
Police arrested one of suspected killers of Gautam Roy, a sub-inspector of Bangshal police station, from old part of the city Friday night, reports UNB.The suspected killer was identified as Ahmed Ali alias Haider alias Hadi.A team of Sutrapur thana...
Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina Saturday expressed her deep shock at the death of promising journalist Jahirul Islam Tipu, reports UNB.Tipu died of cardiac arrest Friday night at the age of 47. He was the news editor of the daily...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Apr 24: The three-day historic Jabbar's Boli Khela (wrestling) and Boishakhi Mela (fair), the second greatest folk festival of greater Chittagong, started today at the Laldighi Moidan in the port city.Abdul Jabbar Sawdagar, a local prominent trader of...
FE ReportQueen Mary College started its journey on Saturday in the city with the aim of providing modern education to make enlightened citizens.Fahima Khatun, chairman of the Education Board of Dhaka was the chief guest in the inaugural ceremony of...
Pulok DebnathEducation provided by the primary schools of our country is the root of all education on which depends the future of our country. But the bleak position of most of our government primary schools weakens the contribution to building...
Md. Rasel EusoofiUNDOUBTEDLY, getting a hand from the law and to be dispensed by proper justice are the constitutional rights to all and sundry in a country. Bangladesh, a developing country of the third world where 80% of the total...
Nazmul AhsanAbout a dozen US textile organisations and another 45 trade associations of South and North American, African and Middle Eastern countries are opposing the move to provide the duty-free access to Bangladesh apparel products to the US market under...
FE ReportSouth Asian nations are set to sign an agreement on trade in services in the upcoming summit in Bhutan in an effort to allow unrestricted cross-border expansion of their transport, logistics, banking and insurance firms.The move comes four years...
BHOLA, AP 24 (UNB): Awami League candidate Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shaon was unofficially declared elected with a comfortable margin in the Bhola-3 by-election Saturday.Shaon polled 96,591 votes in 77 polling centres out of 86 while his lone rival Hafizuddin Ahmed of...
M Azizur RahmanThe government has invited bids for setting up three more power plants on build, own and operate (BOO) basis to generate upto 550 megawatts (mw) of electricity, energy officials said Saturday."All the three plants will be run by...
Siddique IslamThe central bank has increased interest rates on government securities, particularly bonds, to curb inflation through attracting commercial banks and financial institutions to invest more in the securities."We've increased the interest rates on bonds to accept more bids in...
FE ReportThe government has decided to assign the Finance Division instead of the Board of Investment (BoI) with the task of overseeing the projects taken under the public-private partnership (PPP), officials said Saturday. "We believe Finance Division is well-placed to...
Police arrested an associate of Siddiqul Islam, alias Bangla Bhai, leader of the banned Islamist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), from Naogaon. The arrested, hafez Masud, an operation officer of JMB, was held from Maskipur Bazar of Atrai early Saturday. He...
Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad has returned to his Baridhara home Saturday following five days in hospital. Kazi Firoz Rashid, one of the party's presidium members, said he returned home at 9:30am. He had been admitted to United Hospital in...
Jasim Uddin Haroon, back from MukterpurFrequent power outages and gas crisis have been taking heavy tolls on the country's cement sector as the manufacturing units are producing 30 to 40 per cent less due to the utility disruption.Ironically, many cement...
The government has ordered all the public offices related to power generation, transmission and distribution to remain open on Saturdays until further notice, reports UNB. Weekly holidays of all these offices are cut to one day on Friday, ostensibly with...
FE ReportThe construction of the much-awaited Joydevpur-Narayanganj 32km-long elevated expressway will significantly ease traffic congestions in the city, Communications Minister Syed Abul Hossain said.The ministry has already shortlisted four bidders out of nine, following a pre-qualification bid, the minister said...
FE ReportViolence marred the biennial (2010-12) election of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) Saturday, ending in partial withdrawal of one panel out of the race.Sammilito Gonotantrik Front submitted a written complaint to the BAIRA office following a violent...
FE ReportKnitwear manufacturers and exporters Saturday proposed formulation of a monitoring cell to control and fix yarn prices within three days.Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) President Fazlul Hoque made the proposal as the price increased 60 cents per...
FE ReportGanotantrik Parishad (democratic council), led by Golam Dostagir Gazi Bir Protik, MP, has been formed to choose competent leadership in the election of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) scheduled for June 17 this year....
FE ReportDhaka WASA has begun rehabilitation and development work of Abdullahpur canal as part of its moves to reduce waterlogging in the capital. Engineer Dr Golam Mustafa, chairman of Dhaka WASA Board, inaugurated the excavation and development work Thursday, said...
THIMPHU, April 24 (bdnews24.com): The 16th meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation officially started on Saturday when the senior officials of the member countries sat to finalise the agenda for the summit on April 28-29. Government officials...
THE national savings certificates (NSCs) have been popular with both the savers and the only seller, the government. However, their skyrocketing popularity, of late, has become a source of serious concern for many, including the seller itself. The total sale...
Shahiduzzaman KhanPRIME Minister Sheikh Hasina castigated the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) for its past negligence that led to the unplanned growth of the capital Dhaka city. She said this agency had allowed scores of buildings to be constructed without any...
Fahima AkhterWhat is brain drain? It is the depletion of the intellectual or professional resources of a country through immigration. Such a migration has gone on for decades and in some measures for centuries. The climate, natural resources and relative...
The new forms of investments by the banks have proved to be popular. For example, according to a recent report in this paper, the purchases of 90 per cent of privately owned cars on the roads of Dhaka city during...
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