India's Border Security Force has handed back an abducted Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) border guard, Nayek Mujibur Rahman, after a flag meeting between the two sides Thursday. BDR chief Maj Gen Moinul Islam said that the incident took place over misunderstanding...
CHITTAGONG, Feb 05: Some depraved youths Friday evening assaulted five reporters of national dailies in an altercation over fall of a motor cycle in front of the Chittagong bureau of the daily Prathom Alo on the Jamal Khan Road in...
Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) has called a general strike at Dhaka University Sunday to press home its six-point demand including trial of those responsible for the attack on its president Salauddin Ahmed Tuku on Jan 18 and the death of...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Feb 5: The country's leading urea fertiliser factory CUFL, a state-owned enterprise, is on the brink of closure due to frequent fluctuation in the pressure of gas.The Chittagong Urea Fertiliser authority pointed out that they are not only...
FE ReportMore than 115,000 Beneficiary Owners (BO) accounts were opened in January by the investors, which is a record figure in a normal situation of the market, Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) said.The CDBL said more than 200,000 BO accounts...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanBangladesh Bank (BB) should act cautiously in putting pressure on banks to bring down the lending rate to single digit, as there is a trend of rising inflation, said former governor Dr Salehuddin Ahmed The government and the...
TOKYO, Feb 5(AP): Toyota's president apologized Friday for the massive global recalls over sticking gas pedals as the automaker scrambles to repair a damaged reputation and sliding sales.But Akio Toyoda, appointed to the top job at Toyota Motor Corp. last...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) made a modest gain in the week ended Thursday after witnessing a bull-run over the past six straight weeks.A series of moves taken by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to contain the upswing...
Mashiur RahamanThe state-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines took 14 days to make the maiden flight with its newly leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft, costing the national flag carrier Tk 6.8 million without even take-off.Biman received a mid-haul Boeing 737-800 from GE Capital...
United States Under-Secretary of State Judith A McHale is to arrive in the city today (Saturday) on a three-day visit for talks with government officials, academics, and business and civil society leaders, a US embassy statement said Friday, reports BSS....
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanThe prevailing gas crisis in the country's readymade garment (RMG) sector is making new investors shy away from investing in capital machinery, industry insiders said at the textile and garment exposition in the city Friday.The Dhaka Textile and...
FE ReportReckless driving claimed a minor girl's life in the city Friday, two days after the tragic road accident in which a seven-year-old school student was crushed under the wheels of another passenger bus in Kakrail.The deceased was identified as...
The Bangladesh Development Forum (BDF) will be in sessions in the city on February 15-16 with government officials and development partners discussing the country's economic condition, development vision and strategies as well as how to sustain development gains, reports UNB.Prime...
A late goal by Touhidul Alam Sabuj guided host Bangladesh to the final of the South Asian Games Men's Football eliminating their giant neighbour India by a solitary goal in the first semi-final at the Bangabandhu National Stadium Friday, reports...
(New Zealand 336 for 9 (Oram 83, Broom 71, Ingram 69, Taylor 51) beat Bangladesh 190 (Tamim 62, Vettori 3 for 33) by 146 runs)A devastating 83 off 40 deliveries from Jacob Oram set up an emphatic 146-run victory for...
Bangladesh moved into the final of the 11th SA Games T20 Cricket beating giant Pakistan by comfortable 52 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur Friday, reports UNB.Bangladesh will play the final against Sri Lanka Sunday at the...
Bangladesh won the bronze medal in the 11th SA Games Handball outplaying Nepal by 42-11 goals in the third place deciding match at the newly constructed Handball Stadium Friday afternoon, reports UNB.Bangladesh dominated the first half by 23-5 goals.Two traditional...
LONDON, Feb 5 (AFP): Wayne Rooney was widely believed to have shattered Arsenal's Premier League title hopes when he orchestrated Manchester United's 3-1 win over the Gunners at the Emirates last weekend. So tamely did Arsene Wenger's men surrender that...
NAGPUR, India, Feb 5 (AFP): Injury-ravaged India were sweating over the fitness of key middle-order batsman Venkatsai Laxman ahead of the first Test against South Africa starting Saturday. Laxman, a Test veteran with 6,993 runs, has yet to recover fully...
MADRID, Feb 5 (AFP): After ending their 19-year jinx at the Riazor Stadium with last weekend's 3-1 win over Deportivo La Coruna, Real look to keep their perfect home record intact with victory over Espanyol Saturday and try to make...
THREE separate cases of snatchings, all on the same day, were reported in Dhaka city last Monday in which the muggers got away with about Taka 1.8 million from the victims. The latter either had drawn the money from bank...
Maswood Alam KhanOne of the sweet experiences during my last visit to the USA in 2008 was for an hour or two I spent on an open field by the side of a road which skimmed along the bank of...
Shimul BiswasA worrisome feature of Dhaka city's population is that a big part of it are shanty dwellers, pavement dwellers or sheer vagabonds. In other words, they form a floating population of sorts numbering some 4.8 million out of the...
Campaigners for good governance (by Shujon, etcetera) note that poverty exists more in rural areas than in the urban areas. That being the reality, it is now time for us to go back to the perennial question of land reforms...
'The more you read, the more will you learn,' - the message of this proverb seems to be gradually getting lost.We are now keeping ourselves busy competing with others, and our own wards are following us.People are presently growing less...
It should be obvious that the regular large flows of remittances, generally, are helping more and more consumption in the country. Typically, receivers of remitted money spend the amounts on buying lands, ornaments, luxury goods, spending for weddings and other...
Mohiuddin BabarPROMPTED by the footprints of increasing number of tourism enthusiastic people visiting Saint Martin's Island, last week I took my family there. After an overnight halt at Teknaf, we boarded a vessel bound for Saint Martin's Island, situated about...
M S SiddiquiTHE courts in Bangladesh are overburdened with cases. Shortage of judges and courts make the problem more acute. Increasing the number of judges and courts requires time and money. The public and private universities are not producing enough...
Anuradha BhasinIT'S that time of year again, when the budget and budget allocations dominate the news and various interest groups scour the numbers to see what's in it for them. One of the most significant exercises in recent years has...
Lift Kara De On SONY Ent TV (SET) Friday at 8-30 pm.How many times in life have you thanked that one person, who came at the right time to give the much required boost in your hindered existence? How often...
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