Bangladesh Cycling Federation was looking forward to winning at least two Gold medals and Bangladesh Boxing Federation (BBF) expressed optimism of winning at least two Gold medals against four targeted in the 11th South Asian Games to be held from...
MANCHESTER, Jan 12 (AFP): Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini saw Carlos Tevez score a hat-trick in a dominating 4-1 win over Blackburn Rovers and then revealed he'd tried to buy the striker two years ago.Tevez's treble, his first for City...
Captain Mahmudul Hasan led from the front with an unbeaten 75 as Bangladesh Under-19 team marched on to beat Australia under-19 by 20 runs in a practice match at the Elmwood Park, Christchurch in New Zealand Tuesday, reports BSS.This was...
Aslam Ali Khan was in good form as he prevailed in both batting and bowling as East End Club marched on to an emphatic five-wicket victory over Dhanmondi Cricket Academy in the Second Division Cricket League match at the BKSP...
FE ReportThe parliament is expected to frame the 'Fish and Poultry Feed Act' and the 'Hatchery Act' to regulate fish and animal feed production, prevent contamination and deal with other compliance issues.The laws will cover the country's scores of feed...
DU CorrespondentThe Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) has asked the government to cancel the proposed 'Private University Bill- 2009' 'as it will breach the autonomy of the private universities. APUB Chairman CM Shafi Sami at a press conference...
Speakers at a workshop Tuesday underscored the need for effective measures to control the use of smoking and non-smoking tobacco in order to save a large amount of people's funds and protect users from health hazards, reports UNB.They said that...
JU Correspondent JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Jan 12: The Jahangirnagar University (JU) observed its the 39th founding anniversary Tuesday.Adviser to the Prime Minister, also former vice chancellor of JU Prof Dr Alauddin Ahmed inaugurated the programme as chief guest.Chairman of the University...
BENAPOLE, Jan 12 (UNB): A Bangladeshi cattle trader was shot dead by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along Daulatpur border here early Tuesday.The victim was identified as Ala (30), son of Akbar Ali of Goira village here.BDR sources said the...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Jan 12: Two vegetable traders were killed and another one was injured in a road accident at Churamankathi on the outskirts of the town Tuesday at 9:00 am.The deceased were identified as Alamgir Hossain (35) and Nesar Ali...
Mr Taheruddin Chowdhury (77), Chairman of Chowdhury Construction Ltd. and Chowdhury Himagar of Badurtala, Bogra died of old-age complications Tuesday at his Gulshan residence.Mr Chowdhury was a former President of Bogra Chamber of Commerce and former Director of Bangladesh Bank...
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain claimed Tuesday that Bangladesh so far had not gained anything through the ongoing India visit of Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina. It is also not being said that people of Bangladesh has been benefited...
BAGERHAT, Jan 12 (UNB): Thirty suspected Rajakars, including top Jamaat and BNP leaders, have been sued for killing a freedom fighter in Sharankhola Upazila during the War of Liberation in 1971.Achhia Khatun, wife of martyred freedom fighter Joynal Fakir, filed...
The Appellate Division chamber judge is expected to set a date today (Wednesday) for hearing the review petitions of Bazlul Huda and AKM Mohiuddin, convicted and sentenced to death for the 1975 killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, reports bdnews24.com....
NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (UNB): Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina paid homage Tuesday to Indian leaders Jawaharlal Neheru, Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi who ruled India as prime ministers after the partition of the Sub-continent in 1947.The Bangladesh...
The leaders, workers and supporters of the Awami League (AL) will accord a grand reception to Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina at the airport today (Wednesday) on her return from India after a four-day official visit, reports BSS.A joint meeting...
NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (UNB): Bangladesh eventually agreed to allow the use of Mongla and Chittagong seaports for movement of goods to and from India on both road and rail routes in a swap for transshipment of commodity consignments from...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Many tend to liken a government in this part of the world to a thick-skinned animal called rhinoceros that usually reacts late if anything pinches its skin. Such an assumption, at times, appears to be true, particularly...
M Azizur RahmanThe government might go for immediate import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through special tankers known as floating, storage and re-gasification units (FSRUs) to assuage the severe gas crisis the country is now facing, officials said Tuesday."We are...
Munima SultanaProspective national and international bidders have shown keen interest in participating in the prequalification bidding of the country's first ever PPP project to construct three elevated expressways in Dhaka, requesting the government to provide articulate data for helping them...
NEW DELHI, Jan 12 (UNB): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was awarded Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2009 at a state ceremony here Tuesday, marking her maiden visit to India after her election through Bangladesh's democratic transition....
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed broadly higher Tuesday, pushing the index to soar for the 16th consecutive session -- its longest ever stretch of gains in the Dhaka Stock Exchange.Starting with a positive note but experiencing small ups and downs throughout...
FE ReportThe government is taking steps to do away with private placement as underwriters are obliged to buy unsold shares, said finance minister AMA Muhith in parliament (JS) on Tuesday.The minister was responding to a question of parliament member HM...
FE ReportThe parliamentary standing committee on finance recommended early listing of the three subsidiaries of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB).The subsidiaries are ICB Capital Management Limited, ICB Asset Management Company Limited and ICB Securities Trading Company Limited."The performance of the...
FE ReportThe distribution of refund warrants worth Tk 5.0 million of four companies has been withheld by an order issued by Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) due to duplication and other mistakes made in the applications, sources said. "Ten per cent...
The government will issue fresh licences of international gateway (IGW) and international connection exchange (ICX) to break the monopoly business existing in the sector. "We will change the policy formulated by the past caretaker government within the next month and...
An alleged criminal was killed in a gunfight between RAB members and a gang at Kachukhet in the capital's Cantonment area Tuesday, RAB sources said. The deceased was identified as Firoz (27), alias Kosai Firoz, who was wanted in a...
NEW DELHI, Jan 12: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, now on a state visit to India, expressed the hope that entrepreneurs of the two countries would exploit the seamless opportunities to promote bilateral economic cooperation, report bdnews24.com/UNB. She said that time...
Nazmul AhsanDisbursement of agriculture credit by public and private banks has increased by 26 per cent or Tk 8.72 billion during July-November period of the current fiscal year over that of the same period in the previous fiscal, according to...
THE National Mental Health Institute let it be known recently that 16 per cent of adults aged eighteen and above in Bangladesh suffer from some kind of mental disease. Given the fact that the voting population is 81.0 million (8...
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