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...
Our CorrespondentNATORE, Dec 20: Natore paid homage to the intellectuals killed by the Pakistani occupation forces with the help of their local collaborators on December 14 in 1971.Islamic Foundation Natore and Al-Madrasatul Jamhuria to observe the day arranged a discussion...
Supreme Court (SC) judges, in the verdict on the Bangabandhu murder appeals, have slammed the post assassination government for being inactive in connection with the trial, the Attorney General said Sunday, reports bdnews-24.com."The Appellate Division cited the inactive stand in...
FE ReportFaridpur Service Holders Welfare Association will organise a discussion meeting on December 26 at 4:00pm at BCIC Auditorium in the city, said a press release.The discussion will focus on the significance and importance of the Victory Day in our...
FE ReportThe nation should show respect to its valiant martyrs and freedom fighters of the Liberation War of 1971 to uphold the spirit of independence, speakers at a discussion said.They said this at a discussion organised by Northern University of...
The members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have arrested five activists of the outlawed Jama'atul Mujaheedin Bangladesh (JMB).They were arrested from Mymensingh, Jhenaidah and Narsingdi following overnight drives Saturday, said RAB Media Wing Deputy Director Major Sakhawat Hossain, reports bdnews24.com.
LALMONIRHAT, Dec 20 (UNB): Indian Border Security Force (BSF) opened a barrage of fire without any provocation at Daikhawa border village of Hatibandha Upazila killing a man and injuring another Sunday morning.Confirming the BSF firing, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Commander Lieutenant...
FE ReportMuggers snatched around Tk 1.2 million after shooting at the victims in two separate incidents in the capital's Pallabi and Jatrabari areas Sunday, police authorities said. Unidentified muggers shot in the legs of one Ali Akbar, 28, a Milk...
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