Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd held its Half Yearly Business Conference - 2009 at Spectra Convention Centre at Gulshan in the city recently. Managing Director-cum-CEO of the company Nasir A Choudhury inaugurated the conference. Senior officials of the head office,...
FE Report A delegation of TEAM-A of development training programme of the Government of Bangladesh called on Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Vice-president Md Sirajuddin Malik at the DCCI office in the city recently, said a press release.The...
Former CEO of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Salahuddin Ahmed Khan joined the board of directors of Summit Power Limited recently, says a press release. He started his career as a lecturer in Finance at the University of Dhaka and was...
Former TIB chairman Dr Muzaffar Ahmed has said India's proposed Tipaimukh Dam project is a public issue, not a political one, and the government must make its decision on the matter taking into account of public opinion, reports bdnews24.com."A decision...
Rich tributes were paid to late President Justice Abu Syeed Chowdhury in observance of his 21st anniversary of death at a function held in the city recently.Speaking on the occasion, Muhammad Musa, Secretary to the Government, said, "The memorable contributions...
Documents will be placed with the Appellate Division within a week for resumption of appeal hearings in the Bangabandhu murder trial, said Attorney General Mahbubey Alam Saturday, reports bdnews24.com."Now it depends on the chief counsel for the government to launch...
RU CorrespondentRAJSHAHI UNIVERSITY, AUG 08: Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) cadres laid siege to Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Hall, and confined the provost, some 40 Chhatra League activists and general students for four hours on Wednesday.Prof Rezaul Karim, provost of the hall,...
On Sunday, England and Australia take the field for the third day's play in Headingley while Sri Lanka and Pakistan square off at the Premadasa in Colombo. Miles away from both those storied venues, the minuscule environs of the Queens...
Lunch : Australia 306 for 5 (Clarke 93, North 53*, Haddin 2*) lead England 102 by 204 runsEngland's slender hopes of hauling themselves back into the fourth Test took a battering on the second morning at Headingley, as Michael Clarke...
Touring GP-BCB National Cricket Academy team scored 267 for all in 85 overs against Standard Bank Academy team of hosts South Africa on the first day of the first four-day match at Tukkies 1 in Pretoria Friday.Batting first, visiting GP-BCB...
FEDERAL WAY, Aug 8 (AFP): American Jessica Hardy set a world record of 1min 4.45secs in the 100-metre breaststroke Friday at the US Open Championship, her second world record in as many days. Hardy broke the old 100 breastsroke world...
Shoaib Akhtar's career is stagnating due to a combination of fitness and disciplinary issues, but newly appointed Pakistan chief selector Iqbal Qasim has said the fast bowler still has a future with the national side. "The door is not closed...
LOS ANGELES, Aug 7 (AFP): Aussie Samantha Stosur continued her impressive play at the Los Angeles Women's Tennis Championships Friday, rallying to beat China's Zheng Jie 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals. Stosur, who is seeking her first career singles...
TORONTO, Aug 8 (AP): Two goals by Raul and another by Cristiano Ronaldo in the opening half hour set up Real Madrid's 5-1 victory over Toronto in a friendly Friday.Karim Benzema, in the 65th minute, and Arjen Robben in the...
Saiful KaiserWhile the Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss maintains that it was the catch of Navedul Hasan Rana which dismissed Chamara Kapugedara that turned the match-the 4th ODI-in favour of the Pakistanis many others assert it was the innings of...
Nazmul AhsanDoubts have been raised over the execution of large projects through the novel Public Private Partnership (PPP) investment as a 'detailed action plan' devised to implement the key initiative sees more hurdles and extra-time than originally thought. Finance Minister...
A Z M AnasThe government has started drafting a policy to allow private investors to refine oil and then sell in the domestic market on a limited scale, rolling back an earlier restrictive regulation, energy officials said Friday. If approved,...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government's tax incentive for real estate investment outside the country's six main cities has failed to generate little enthusiasm among realtors who termed the sop 'useless' without ensuring basic utilities. The National Board of Revenue (NBR) made...
Siddique Islam Bangladesh Bank (BB) has started selling government securities directly to the commercial banks aiming to pump out excess liquidity from the money market, officials said. The central bank has taken the move against the backdrop of pilling up...
Tension was running high along Shreepur border point under Jointapur upazila in Sylhet, as border guards of neighbouring India repeatedly walked into Bangladesh territories removing BDR's red flag, reports UNB.Sources said BDR have been put on high alert along the...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has opened a help desk for the non-resident Bangladeshis (NRBs) at its headquarters in Dhaka. The desk will assist the millions of NRBs living abroad to collect information on investment, remittance, trade and...
An enraged man went berserk stabbing everyone within reach in the old part of the city Saturday, leaving a minor girl dead and six others critically injured. The deceased was identified as Meghat Ferdous Mahia (4), daughter of Rahat Hossain...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Aug 8: Clearing and Forwarding (C&F) agents of Sonamasjid land port here went on a three-day strike Saturday protesting against what they termed extortion by the land port's Sramik Samannay Committee. — UNB
FE ReportBangladesh Bank has tied up with Pakistan's central bank and formed a high-powered core group to "stress test" the country's financial industry in the wake of the worst global banking crisis in seven decades. The group led by deputy...
Mehdi Musharraf BhuiyanThe high cost involved in acquiring business degrees at the country's most private educational institutions was all evident at the All University Fair 2009, a congregation of representatives of local and foreign universities, that concluded in the city...
The Bangladesh Indigenous People's Forum has called for "constitutional recognition" of the region's 45 indigenous communities, restoration of lands, and withdrawal of "army rule" from the area for full implementation of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord, reports bdnews24.com."Indigenous people...
The government has made it clear that it is the Energy Regulatory Commission, not the Directorate of Explosives, that will provide licences for stocking petroleum products, reports UNB."The Energy Regulatory Commission Act 2003 will prevail over the Petroleum Act 1934...
FE ReportTextile mill owners Saturday urged the government to group industrial units into clusters to bring them under one central effluent treatment plant in each zone, as individual plant is not viable for many entrepreneurs.Their demand came after the Bangladesh...
BEJI, Aug 8 (AP): Southeast Asia's most wanted terror suspect was reportedly killed during a 16-hour siege on a suspected militant hide-out that ended Saturday when police stormed the house, but officials said they could not yet confirm he was...
KHAGRACHHARI, Aug 8 (bdnews24.com): Two more army camps were withdrawn from Khagrachhari district Saturday as part of the government's move to pull out a full brigade from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), a top district official said. The Dadanchhari army...
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