INDIANAPOLIS, Jul 22 (AFP): Fragile Russian top seed Dmitry Tursunov received an unexpected confidence boost Tuesday as Michael Berrer made 16 double faults in a 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 loss at the ATP Indianapolis Championships. Tursunov, who won the Eastbourne grass...
The monthly payment order (MPO) registration of private educational institutions resumes soon under an integrated and time-befitting policy, after a long suspension since 2005 following lots of procedural flaws, reports UNB.Prime Minister's Education, Social Development and Political Affairs Adviser Dr...
DU CorrespondentPro-BNP student organisation Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) demanded immediate election to the Dhaka University Central Students' Union (DUCSU) to mobilise student politics. JCD placed the demand while its DU unit convening committee was meeting DU Vice-Chancellor Prof AAMS Arefin...
The High Court (HC) Wednesday quashed a money laundering case against BNP leader and former Minister Mirza Abbas, reports BSS. A two-member bench comprising Justice AKM Asaduzzman and Justice M Rezaul Hasan, after rule hearing, freed Mirza Abbas of the...
KHULNA, July 22 (UNB): Flash flood triggered by incessant rain and unusual tidal surge has inundated vast areas of 30 villages in four unions of Dacop and Koira upazilas damaging houses and paralysing life.Sources today said 17 villages under Sutirkha...
The government Wednesday finalised a draft of the Climate Change Trust Fund Policy to facilitate implementation of the programmes under Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan- 2009 to face the adverse impacts of climate change, reports BSS.The draft was finalised...
FE ReportAll undocumented Rohingya refugees from Myanmar must be tracked down, as they may get involved in international gun running and militancy. "Rohingya refugees remained a serious concern for Bangladesh since 1978, when a flight took place from Myanmar to...
Due to lack of proper preservation, century-old 'puthis' and manuscripts, rare books, newspapers and periodicals printed in Bangladesh during the last century, have been decaying at the Dhaka University (DU) Central Library, reports BSS.About 300 rare manuscripts and at least...
FE ReportSeven members of a gang of passport forgers were arrested from an office in city's Banani area Tuesday, detective police said.They also recovered 1,357 counterfeit passports and a number of bogus seals of various government departments in the raid...
Gazi Noshin Tabassum (9), died Wednesday at 8:00 am at Christian Medical College and Hospital in Vellore in Tamilnadu, said a press release. She had been suffering from aplastic anaemia.Noshin was sent to Vellore for better treatment by bone marrow...
The tenth death anniversary of Ahmed Humayun, a noted journalist of the country, will be observed today (Thursday), a Dhaka Union of Journalists’ (DUJ) press release said.Trade Union Movement of Journalists’ (TUMJ) got a multi dimension through his leadership. He...
FE ReportBangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) authority has formed a committee to investigate the recent death of a number of infants in renal failure at its nephrology department. The three-member committee, headed by Professor Dr Shahana Akhter Rahman of...
FE Report Mr Nicholas Dean has been named as the new Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Dhaka, said a press release. Mr Dean arrived in Dhaka from Washington, DC, where he was a Career Development Officer...
Bidaai On STAR PLUS Thursday at 12-30 am.Bidaai is a story of two sisters, Sadhna (beautiful) and Ragini (unattractive). Sadhna is the adopted child in the family.Life is pleasant for Sadhna as she is beautiful but society is a bit...
NEW DELHI, July 22: National award winning actress Raveena Tandon, who essayed a variety of roles in movies in her nearly two decade-long Bollywood career, is excited about playing a lawyer for the first time in her forthcoming movie 'Chassni'."It's...
Amjad Ali Khan mourns the loss of Gangubai Hangal, he says, 'It is indeed a very sad moment for the world of Indian classical music to have lost one of its great representatives, Smt. Gangubai Hangal.I have shared some memorable...
Sheikh Shahariar ZamanBangladesh Bank is going to take action against the commercial banks that have violated regulation on investment in stock market."The central bank in its investigations has found that some banks invested heavily in the market violating regulation," said...
Shahiduzzaman KhanPrivate entrepreneurs from India have expressed their willingness to participate in Bangladesh's large infrastructure projects under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP). This is a positive move on the part of the Indian private investors. But before making any investment decision,...
Ahsan H. MansurThe latest Monetary Policy announced on 19 July, 2009 is the first policy statement by the new Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman. The announcement of the policy is timely and well coordinated with the FY10 budget. We...
Millions of Bangladeshis witnessed the century's longest total solar eclipse amid cheers as well as fears as the rare astronomical event shrouded particularly the northwestern Panchagargh in darkness soon after the sunrise, reports BSS."Thousands of people packed into a sports...
Nazmul AhsanThe issues of duty-free access of some selected Bangladesh goods to China and increased Chinese investment, particularly in areas of public-private partnership (PPP), will figure prominently at the two-day meeting of the joint economic commission (JEC) of the two...
The government has brushed aside the Indian high commissioner's recent claims that around 25,000 Bangladeshis do not return after entering India every year, reports bdnews24.com.A foreign ministry spokesperson in a statement said Dhaka had not received any information on overstays...
FE ReportThe Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) has welcomed the half-yearly monetary policy statement of the central bank that favours continuation of the accommodative monetary measures.In a press release issued Wednesday, MCCI President Abdul Hafiz Chowdhury commended the...
FE Report The apex trade body of the country has urged the central bank to take necessary measures for bringing down the interest rate on lending to 11 per cent immediately from the existing level of more than 12 per...
Results of the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations of 2009 under the eight education boards will be published on July 25. Besides the results of Alim examinations under the Madrasa Education Board, the HSC results of the Technical Education Board...
Police Wednesday arrested Mithu, 30, an alleged associate of executed militant Siddiqul Islam alias Bangla Bhai, from Kuril slum under Gulshan in the city. He hails from Talaimari village in Boalia of Rajshahi, which was also the village home of...
Bangladesh national cricket team, now playing in West Indies, will be given mass reception for their historic first-ever Test series win overseas. The date and venue for the mass reception would be fixed later, said State Minister for Youth and...
FE ReportThe Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the ministry of fisheries and livestock to review, what it said, regressive fee the department of fisheries charges for inspecting each and every export consignment of frozen foods.The ministry now realizes Tk....
FE ReportDhaka stocks bounced back Wednesday after three consecutive sessions of fall with a lower turnover.The gain was led by banking, non-banking financial institutions, insurance, energy and textile issues, which declined in the last three sessions of the Dhaka Stock...
FE ReportThe government, worried with the prevailing drought-like situation, has launched a Tk 80 million special funding support to facilitate irrigation in 16 affected districts of the country's northern region.The fund will be made available on account of additional electricity...
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