Favourites Rajshahi lived up to reputation as they cruised past Khulna by six wickets to clinch the Destiny Twenty20 Cricket title in the final held Wednesday at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, reports BSS.Rajshahi faced a daunting task of 162 to win...
Farashganj SC forced Brothers Union Club to a 2-2 goals draw in a match of the Citycell Bangladesh League at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.With the day's result, both Farashganj and Brothers Union secured...
Hard hitting opening batsman Tamim Iqbal Khan became the first Bangladeshi cricketer to be named International player of the month (May 2010) by the world's best-selling monthly cricket magazine Wisden, reports UNB.The May edition of the Wisden Cricketer Magazine will...
The Arlin Developer 31st National Women's Chess Championship will begin with 12 women chess players in the Narayanganj Club auditorium Friday, reports BSS.Defending Champion Sharim Sultana Shirin, runner-up Shamima Akter Liza, IM Rani Hamid, FM Syeda Shabana Parvin Nipa, IM...
BKSP U-19 won their third consecutive match in Pakistan when they beat Customs Cricket Academy (CA) of Pakistan by 2 runs at the Vital Five Club DHA Ground, Karachi, Pakistan Wednesday, reports BSS.The Customs Cricket Academy consisted Pakistan's first class...
The Gregorian Club beat Flame Boys Club by 77-42 points in a match of the Premier Bank 1st Division Basketball League at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.
SYDNEY, Apr 21 (AFP): Thousands of Europe-bound passengers were flying out of Asia-Pacific airports Wednesday, as the region's airlines estimated they were losing US$ 40 million a day to the aerial lockdown. Qantas, Singapore Airlines and Virgin flights were taking...
TEHRAN, Apr 21 (AFP): Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that Tehran will not allow the United States (US) to dominate the Islamic republic, taking another swipe at US President Barack Obama's "nuclear threat." "Nobody should dare to threaten...
BANGKOK, Apr 21 (AFP): Thai protesters Wednesday ruled out negotiations with the government despite fears of a looming crackdown, saying talks were 'out of the question' after bloody clashes earlier this month. The anti-government campaigners have said they are braced...
David Cameron is to say politicians have 'betrayed' the public for generations as he again acknowledged voter anger, reports BBC. In a speech in Devon, the Conservative leader is to pledge to "blow apart the old system" of politics and...
VATICAN CITY, Apr 21 (AP): Pope Benedict XVI promised Wednesday that the Catholic Church would take action to confront the clerical sex abuse scandal, making his first public comments on the crisis days after meeting with victims.During his weekly public...
'Ousted Kyrgyz leader still president'MINSK, Apr 21: Kyrgyzstan's ousted leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Wednesday he was still president and he asked world leaders not to recognise the interim rulers who took over after an April 7 uprising. "I will do...
FE ReportStock exchange leaders have proposed framing of guidelines to bring undisclosed money in the capital market, consider advance tax on dividend as final settlement, not to impose tax on capital gain and to avoid fiscal measures affecting small investors.They...
Shahiduzzaman KhanWith barely two months left for announcing the new budget for the forthcoming fiscal, the government is reportedly looking for ways to ensure expeditious disbursement of external assistance from the pipeline. With a budget deficit of Tk 395 billion...
FHM Humayan KabirThe government has set a Tk 193.95 billion foreign aid target for the upcoming national budget aimed at executing different development works, especially increased investment in the power and energy sectors, officials said Wednesday.Finance ministry officials said the...
FE Report The government has planned to generate 9,426 megawatts (mw) of electricity by 2015, State Minister for Power and Energy Muhammad Enamul Haque said Wednesday."This might seem an ambitious target to many under the present context. But we are...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday blamed the Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) for its past negligence that led to the unplanned growth of Dhaka city, reports UNB."RAJUK gave permission for constructing buildings without any plan putting the Dhaka city into a...
FE ReportThe Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked the commercial banks concerned to implement an official decision that sets certain conditions on recovery of outstanding credit from private jute millers to help them continue production, sources said.Under the conditions, the arrear...
FE ReportThe listed companies are allowed to issue the magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) cheques for refund warrants and dividend warrants on offset paper, instead of security paper.The delegates of Bangladesh Bank (BB), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), both...
FE ReportDhaka stocks fell on price correction amid choppy trading Wednesday after a two-day bull run with the turnover crossing Tk 11.0 billion-mark for the first time in one month.Trading at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) got off to a bright...
FE Report The country's banking sector witnessed a mixed trend in interest rates on deposits in the current month while the lending rates remained almost unchanged. At least four commercial banks have increased their deposit rates while eight slashed the...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will lay the foundation of 150 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant project in Chandpur district on April 25 (Sunday). Power Development Board (PDB) on February 10 this year signed a deal with Chinese China Chengda Engineering...
Health condition of Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad, receiving treatment at the United Hospital, remained stable Wednesday. Physicians said Ershad was kept at the Intensive Care Unit, as he had Hypo Volumic Shock due to a sudden loss of huge...
Papua New Guinea has shown interest in taking Bangladeshi workers for gas excavation and construction work, labour and employment secretary Zafar Ahmed Khan said Wednesday. The country is also interested in taking college and university teachers. Mr Khan was talking...
FE ReportRatings may be necessary but not sufficient to attract foreign investment in the country, said speakers at a discussion meeting.Developed infrastructure, simplified law and regulation, efficiencies of government agencies and many other factors coupled with good ratings can help...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon said many countries around the world have many things to learn from Bangladesh for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as the country has made remarkable progress in different fields, reports UNB.He made the remarks...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, April 21: The move to levy charges on the banks to cover the cost of any future government-led rescues is gaining increasing support. The move received a big boost with the International Monetary Fund ( IMF...
FE ReportFormer Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr Farash Uddin Ahmed Wednesday said organisations making a hefty profit by commercially exploiting the country's agriculture sector could be brought under the tax net.He made the comment at a meeting on 'Millennium Development Goals...
FE ReportThe government has launched a Tk 259.57 million agri-input support programme for the country's marginal 'aush' paddy farmers to help recoup the loss of current 'boro' crop by the recent flash floods.Agriculture Minister Motia Chowdhury Wednesday announced the support...
Your front-page story on car import on April 11 mentions about the 'backdoor methods' which the importers of new cars use to avoid duty charges. From the report, it seems that there is a back-door 'importer cartel', actively working together...
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