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...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Dec 20: Speakers at the national neurology congress here today said neurological diseases like stroke and cerebral malaria are very common in Bangladesh and they account for at least 20 per cent of the country's disease burden.They demanded...
The Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) has taken up a project for repair and conservation of the historic 'Bahadur Shah Park' which stands as a witness to many incidents of the past, reports UNB.The towering monument of the park in the...
Growing water scarcity, deforestation and unbalanced consumption trends will put human beings at substantial risks in future. Water sharing and water crisis factors may stimulate violent collisions as world population continues to grow while water resources deplete due to the...
COX'S BAZAR, Dec 20 (UNB): Armed robbers, in separate incidents, looted money and valuables from the passengers of eight buses on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf road Saturday morning and night.Police and witnesses said that the robbers injured 10 tourists and damaged two...
NARAYANGANJ, Dec 20 (UNB): Gas starved people Sunday blockaded Dhaka-Munshiganj road for about six hours demanding uninterrupted gas supply in Sadar Upazila.People of Kashipur, Masdaur and Hatkhola under Fatulla thana staged the demonstration and put up a barricade at Kashipur...
FE ReportBritish national Cat Barton has taken over as Dhaka Bureau chief of Agence France-Press (AFP).Ms Barton replaces Julie Clothier, who has returned to her native country - New Zealand, the bureau said in a statement. Ms Barton is originally...
The 12th International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (ICCIT) 2009 begins in the city today (Monday). Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) and Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST) are jointly organising the three-day event.The opening ceremony of the conference...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Dec 20: A toxic adhesive (gum or solution) used by shoe-makers and carpenters for fixing shoes, leather and wooden materials is being widely used as a drug by the addicts.The addicts, failing to procure costly drugs like Phensidyl,...
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