MANCHESTER, England, Aug 30 (AFP): Owais Shah is looking forward to being one of England's 'go-to' batsmen in their upcoming Twenty20 clashes and one-day internationals (ODIs) against Australia. The 30-year-old Middlesex batsman has appeared in 60 ODIS and 16 Twenty20s...
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug 30 (AFP): Japan's double world champion Yasuyuki Muneta missed out on a medal today at the judo world championships after suffering a third round loss to Mongolia's Gankhuyag Dorjpalam in their +100kg meeting. Heavyweight Muneta had been...
Saiful KaiserAt one point on the fourth day, people thought that Srti Lanka was taking a long time to declare that 500 plus was not required and that just 400 would do and that the New Zealanders could not even...
A parliamentary watchdog chief, Mr Suranjit Sengupta, has termed Prime Minister's Adviser HT Imam's comments on the summons 'indecent and irrelevant'. He said his committee was only doing its constitutional duties by asking three high officials to appear before the...
Fazlur RahmanBangladesh can still achieve its millennium development goal to cut poverty by half before the deadline in 2015 if the government follows right policies, ensures accountability and reaches resources to the disadvantaged people, a UN official said. Minar Pimple,...
The government will welcome if extremists decide to voluntarily surrender considering peace and interest of the country.State Minister for Home Affairs Shamsul Haque Tuku said this, while responding to reporters' questions after the inauguration of Chawkbazar Police Station in the...
FE ReportVeteran politician Golam Akbar Chowdhury celebrates his 79th birthday tomorrow (Tuesday). He was born on September 1 in 1931 in Madarsa village of Hathazari thana in Chittagong. He received membership of the then East Pakistan Chhatra League in 1948...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson and Leader of the Opposition in Parliament Khaleda Zia has formally sent a letter of congratulation to Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus for attaining Presidential Medal of Freedom Award -- the highest civilian honour of...
An orientation course for newly elected MPs has opened at the Sangsad Bhaban Sunday.The main objective of the course is to give them greater understanding on the House rules of procedures and other rules of business, reports BSS.Speaker M Abdul...
The government will construct a concrete wheat-grain silo with a capacity of 50,000 tonnes at Joymonirgol in Mongla port area, as steps have been taken to make the under-utilised seaport fully operational, reports UNB.The decision was taken at an inter-ministerial...
Several projects are underway to stop pollution of the river Karnaphuli and free the strategically important navigation channel from both oily and solid wastes, reports BSS.This is necessary for turning Chittagong Port into an export- import friendly harbour of this...
The Indian High Commission in Bangladesh informed that the Indian Visa Application Centre (IVAC) has opened an exclusive visa counter at State Bank of India, Dilkusha, Motijheel for receiving visa applications from Bangladeshi nationals desiring to travel to India by...
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 30 (UNB): A youth was killed and 50 people, including seven women, were injured in a clash between two groups of residents of Boylarchar village in Royganj Upazila Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Tariqul Islam (22), son...
Police arrested 2,090 people on various charges in separate drives across the country in 24 hours till 6am Sunday, reports BSS.A number of 20 firearms, six cocktails and 46 bullets were also seized during the countrywide drive, said a release...
LAXMIPUR, Aug 30(UNB): Detective Branch (DB) of police recovered a touchstone worth Tk 40 million from Shamserabad area of the district town Saturday morning.Acting on a tip-off, the DB police conducted a drive in an abandoned house in the area...
The annual Urs marking the 272nd death anniversary of Hazrat Shah Sufi Syed Abdur Rahim Shaheed, founder of Mia Saheber Maidan Khanka Sharif will be held on the mazar premises today (Monday) at Luxmi Bazar in Old Dhaka. -Press release.
Major General Rezaqul Haider (retired), former ambassador and DG BDR has attended the ceremony arranged on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of Independence of Timor Leste (East Timor) on the personal invitation of the PM of that country, says...
The admission tests of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) for 2009-10 academic session in different departments will be held on October 17, reports BSS.Applicants have been asked to send their application forms to the registrar's office from August...
Kayes M SohelNavana CNG made an 'inglorious' direct listing debut on the country's two bourses Sunday as trading of the leading gas refilling service provider was halted for 90 minutes due to 'unlawful sale' order from three brokers.The brokers- Rashid...
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Shipping Sunday recommended filing of case against former adviser of caretaker government MA Matin on charges of corruption, reports BSS.Committee Chairman Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury presided over the meeting. The meeting held the former...
FE ReportNo explosive was found in the search conducted by RAB personnel at the Jatiya Press Club in the city Sunday after an anonymous caller's threat to blow off the club.RAB-3 deputy commander Major Muhammad Khairul Amin, who led the...
FE ReportThe country's lone private export processing zone gets a boost in wooing entrepreneurs as the government has formed a high powered body to ease foreign investment in the industrial park.Executive Chairman of Board of Investment (BoI) heads the committee,...
Nazmul AhsanAt least four trade agreements are likely to be signed at the upcoming 12th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ministerial meeting, scheduled to be held in the Myanmar capital, Nay Pyi Taw, in...
FE ReportBangladesh will open seven new embassies across three continents and fortify the existing missions in an effort to find new markets for the country's booming manpower and exports, officials said Sunday.Finance Minister AMA Muhith said the new missions would...
TOKYO, Aug 30(AP): Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso conceded defeat in elections Sunday as media exit polls indicated the opposition had won by a landslide, sending the conservatives out of power after 54 years of nearly unbroken rule amid widespread...
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug 30 (AFP): Democratic lion Edward Kennedy has been reunited with his slain brothers -- laid to rest in a Virginia cemetery as a lone bugle player brought the curtain down on a US political dynasty.Surrounded by his...
The government has banned two medicines for children manufactured by Rid Pharmaceutical Ltd, Temset (Paracetamol) Suspension and Ridaplex Syrup, ordering destruction of all existing stocks of these. The ban came as the drugs were proven to be substandard and harmful,...
An additional 752-mw of electricity will be added to the national power grid by December 2009 and another 1,500-mw by December 2011. Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Subid Ali Bhuiyan informed reporters about...
A total of 23 BDR personnel have been absconding since the Pilkhana carnage on February 25-26. Of the absconders, 21 are soldiers, one lance naik and another is an assistant lance naik. The BDR authorities have requested all to inform...
Union Parishad (UP) elections will be held from January 2010, Election Commission (EC) sources said Sunday. They said the tenure of about 80 per cent or 4,400 UPs of total 4,504 unions has already expired. EC cannot hold elections in...
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