KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 (AP): Malaysia's opposition alliance pledged not to let infighting thwart its ambition of seizing federal power within the next few years.More than 1,500 opposition officials endorsed a document that spelled out their common goals late Saturday...
PHNOM PENH, Dec 20 (AP): Cambodia deported a group of 20 Muslim asylum-seekers back to China on Saturday, despite the protests from the US and the U.N., which rushed people to the airport in an attempt to physically prevent their...
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Zardari on Saturday refused to play the "Sindh card" to cope with the present crisis, saying he did not want to "become another Mujibur Rehman", reports Daily Times."We are a federation... we will support it because we...
AMARA, Iraq, Dec 20 (AFP): Iranian troops who on Friday occupied a disputed oil well on the Iraq border slipped away during the night, a senior official of Iraq's Maysan province told AFP Sunday. "The Iranian troops left overnight and...
LONDON, Dec 20 (AFP): Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday urged Britons to remember this Christmas the families of troops killed in Afghanistan, for whom the festive season will be "heartbreaking". The 103rd British soldier killed in the campaign this...
Iran dissident Ayatollah Montazeri dies TEHRAN, Iran, Dec 20 (AFP): Leading Iranian dissident the Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri has died, local news agencies reported on Sunday. "Montazeri, 87, died of an illness last night (Saturday)," the ISNA news agency...
FE ReportThe IPO lottery draws of ICB Employees Provident Mutual Fund One: Scheme One and R N Spinning Mills Limited will be held today (Monday) and December 24 respectively, issue managers of the companies said. The IPO lottery draw of...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanThe government has planned to monitor prices of 50 essential commodities through a central database updated digitally in real time in an effort to embolden market surveillance and track down manipulators, officials said Saturday. Commerce ministry officials said...
FE Report Transport ministers from across Asia have agreed to work on a treaty to promote the development of dry ports - inland transport and logistics hubs - to spur intraregional trade and growth. The agreement came at the end...
First Security Islami Bank Ltd has successfully completed System Integration Test (SIT) of Bangladesh Bank Automated Cheque Processing System (BACPS), according to a press release issued by FSIBL.BACPS is under BACH Programme using Cheque Processing and Archiving System developed by...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's film industry is on course for erasing its dark days, as many decent movies smashed box office this year, with the end-of-year surge led by Mustafa Sarwar Farooqi's Third Person Singular Number.The entertainment industry insiders...
FE ReportBank Asia Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Bangladesh Post Office (BPO) in the city recently. Erfanuddin Ahmed, president and managing director of Bank Asia Ltd, and Mobasherur Rahman, director general of Bangladesh Post Office, signed...
United Airways (BD) Limited, a joint venture of non-resident Bangladeshis, is going to introduce its flight on Dhaka-Kuala Lumpur-Dhaka route today (Monday) with its 155-seated MD 83 aircraft, reports UNB.Civil Aviation and Tourism Secretary Shafiq Alam Mehedi will inaugurate the...
The ICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has declared the Net Asset Values (NAV) of its eight unit funds, according to the press release.ICB AMCL Unit Fund: The total NAV of ICB...
FE ReportA five-day long 'SoftExpo 2010' will kick off on February 10 at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre to promote the country's software and IT-enabled services (ITES) industry. "The theme of the exposition is 'Digital Bangladesh in Action' and it will...
Md Humayun Kabir has recently joined Mercantile Insurance Company Limited (MICL) as Managing Director (MD), according to a press release. Prior to joining MICL, he served Sadharan Bima Corporation in various important posts. He also performed as additional charge of...
As the 11th SAF Games is knocking at the door, sprinter Shamsun Nahar Chumki and long-jumper Sajib Hossain improved their timing in trial held at the Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan in the city Saturday, reports BSS.The regional sports meet is...
Australia needed 21 balls on the last day to win the final Test and take the Frank Worrell Trophy with a 2-0 victory over West Indies. The result was virtually assured as soon as the day broke sunny, with the...
ABU DHABI, DEC 20 (AP): Lionel Messi scored an extra-time winner as Barcelona beat Estudiantes 2-1 Saturday to win the Club World Cup, the European champions' sixth trophy of 2009. Golden Ball winner Messi chested Daniel Alves' cross into the...
Arch rivals Mohammedan Sporting Club and Abahani Limited will meet today (Monday) in the final of the Ispahani Premier Dvision Cricket Championship at Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla stadium, reports UNB.Entry fee for the VIP gallery is fixed at Tk 200. The tickets...
Bangladesh cricket captain Saqib al-Hasan has been named Sportsman of the Year 2009 by the Bangladesh Sports Writers, Association, reports bdnews24.com. For 2008, the award went to chess player Enamul Hossain Rajib. The association on Sunday declared the names of...
Kevin Pietersen injected England's innings with some much-needed confidence following the early dismissal of both overnight batsmen, James Anderson and Alastair Cook, as South Africa's bowlers were held up in their pursuit of further breakthroughs by a third-wicket stand of...
JU CorrespondentJahangirnagar Univeristy , Dec 20: Jahangirnagar University intered department T-20 cricket tournament kick off Sunday at the university central field. P rofessor Sarif Enamul Kabir, Vice Chancellor of the university inaugurated the tournament as the chief guest while Pro-VCs...
MANCHESTER, DEC 20 (AP): Manchester City fired manager Mark Hughes on Saturday and immediately hired former Inter Milan coach Roberto Mancini in an effort to turn an expensively assembled squad into title challengers.While Hughes had lost just two matches this...
Awami League (AL) General Secretary and LGRD Minister Syed Ashraful Islam has claimed that the newspaper report published against Prime Minister's son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and Energy Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury is baseless and violation of ethics of journalism.Addressing a...
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police will quiz a number of former high-ups of police department on their role during the grenade attack on August 21 in 2004 on an Awami League rally. "A number of police officials including...
BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain Sunday said that the atmosphere to join parliament by BNP had worsened further with the government's move to erase late President Ziaur Rahman's name from Zia International Airport."There was no environment to join parliament...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 20 (BSS): Joint General Secretary of Awami League (AL) Mahbubul Alam Hanif said trial of the war criminals would begin before March 26. He said that the Bangalee nation was celebrating the Victory Day in a free...
State Minister for Law Advocate Quamrul Islam Sunday flayed a sitting High Court (HC) judge for his critical comments about the wisdom of the lawmakers and threatened that he would be facing the music in the upcoming parliament session, reports...
NOAKHALI, Dec 20 (BSS): Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hossain Mohammed Ershad said no party can form government without the support of Jatiya Party in future. He was addressing a public rally at Noakhali Zilla school ground as the chief guest...
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