Three NATO troops killedin AfghanistanKABUL, Aug 24: Three NATO troops - two from Estonia and one from the United States - were killed in attacks in southern Afghanistan, the latest casualties in a particularly bloody summer, authorities said Monday. The...
FE ReportCiti Securities and Fund Services, a division of Global Transaction Services, has been mandated by Bangladesh Bank to provide global custody services. Under the mandate, Citi Securities and Fund Services will provide an array of global custody services to...
National Bank Limited (NBL) has recently opened its 109th branch at Fenchuganj in Sylhet, said a press release.Sponsor Director and Chairman of the bank Moazzem Hossain inaugurated the branch as the chief guest while Bangladesh Bank General Manager Jahangir Alam...
FE ReportFor Maya Rani Saha- a woman in her 40s from Khulna, sewing was more than a passion since she was in her nappies- a talent, she said, she inherited from her mother, whom she lost in her infancy.Very few...
FE ReportThe Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) has stressed the need for a greater reliance to be placed on fiscal policy measures that would reduce production costs, enhance output and supplies and thereby reduce the inflationary pressure.The...
HABIGONJ, Aug 24 (BSS): The foundation stone of the Habiganj chamber of commerce and industry building was laid here today by M Abu Zahir MP in a simple ceremony.It will be a four-storied building at a cost of Taka 7.5...
A local manufacturing company titled Modeste Limited will set up a garment factory at Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) at a cost of US$ 5.098 million.In this connection, an agreement was signed between Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) and...
FE ReportThe 6th Women Entrepreneur Trade Expo (WETEX) 2009 commenced on Monday in the capital in participation of women entrepreneurs from six countries showcasing exclusive eid-fashion wares under the same roof.The expo accommodated a total of 125 stalls where participating...
Continued from page 9 review period. This was facilitated by relatively favorable weather conditions as well as productivity support programmes coordinated by the Ministry of Agriculture. Growth in the agriculture sector was reflected in an increase of 8.11 percent in...
NEW DELHI, Aug 24 (PTI): India's political capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have been ranked among the least expensive cities around the world by a survey, even as cost for food and housing in the country continues to rise.According...
Mohammad Abu Musa has joined as new additional managing director of The Premier Bank Limited, said a press release. He held the position of deputy managing director in Dhaka Bank Limited prior to this. He has entered this bank after...
The Dacca DyeingNature of BusinessThe main business of the company is weaving , dyeing, finishing and printing facilities producing high quality of bed sheet, table cloth, shirting fabrics etc.etc.Subscription OpenAugust 30, 2009Subscription CloseSeptember 03 , 2009For Non resident BangladeshiAugust 30,...
Amid scenes of delirium unwitnessed in South London since the unforgettable summer of 2005, England's cricketers reclaimed the Ashes on a tumultuous fourth afternoon at The Oval, as Australia's brave resistance - led by a century of incredible mental fortitude...
LONDON, Aug 24 (AP): Tottenham and Chelsea remained neck-and-neck at the top of the Premier League after winning away from home Sunday, Spurs coming from behind to beat West Ham 2-1 and the Blues beating Fulham 2-0.Although Carlton Cole volleyed...
COLOMBO, Aug 24 (AFP): Sri Lanka's top stars, including the world's leading bowler Muttiah Muralitharan, want more Test matches to be played despite the growing popularity of Twenty20 cricket. The off-spinner, who has more Test (777) and one-day (511) wickets...
BARCELONA, Aug 24 (AP): Lionel Messi scored two second half goalsSunday as Barcelona beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 to lift the Spanish Supercup.Substitute Bojan Krkic also scored as the Catalans secured their eighth Supercup 5-1 on aggregate to take the first...
TORONTO, Aug 23 (AP): Elena Dementieva's U.S. Open tuneup was an overwhelming success.The No. 4 seed overcame an ugly first set to beat Maria Sharapova 6-4, 6-3 on Sunday in the final of the Rogers Cup. Dementieva's steady play was...
The Metropolis Cricket season for the year 2009-10 will begin on October 9 through the Metropolis First Division Cricket League, report UNB.The Metropolis First Division Twenty20 Cricket League with top eight teams of the league will begin on December 5.The...
Dhaka Mohammedan SC has retained the service of their old midfielder Enamul Haq as part of the player registration formalities for the upcoming 3rd B. League beginning October 16, report UNB.Earlier, the star-studded black & white Motijheel outfit, which almost...
Mohammad Mizaur Rahman and Rasiul Kabir of Bangladesh earned gold medals in the 5th Korea Open International Taekwondo Championship that concluded on Saturday in the Korean city of Incheon, report UNB.Mizanur Rahman, who earlier won gold medal in the 10th...
Seven players of the national hockey team leaves for Germany tonight (Monday) at 9:30 to receive training ahead of 11th South Asian (SA) Games to be held in Dhaka in January-February, report UNB.They are Mehrab Hossain Kiron, Sheikh Mohammad Nannu,...
Saiful KaiserThe Australians tried their best. They fought hard and continued to chip away at the gargantuan target set them by the Englanders. No one has ever chased that much and succeeded but when Ponting and Hussey and later Hussey...
Bangladesh has marked a significant progress in ensuring the share of women in the political system, in parliament, party and the government, reports BSS.Women represent 18.6 per cent of the lawmakers in the Jatiya Sangsad elected in 2008, while it...
Hearing on the long-pending appeals of the five former army officers sentenced to death in the Bangabandhu murder case will begin at the Supreme Court on October 5, reports UNB.Chamber court of Justice M Muzammel Hossain Monday passed the orders...
RAJSHAHI, Aug 24 (BSS): Ensuring transparency and accountability is inevitable to intensify good governance for institutionalising democracy. Speakers said this at a discussion on 'Participatory approach to strengthen democratic local government system' jointly organised by Association for Community Development (ACD)...
A total of 175 stranded Bangladeshis, who had been languishing in the Andaman jails since their rescue from a state of near death in the sea eight months ago, returned home Monday through Benapole frontier, officials and witnesses said in...
SYLHET, Aug 24 (UNB): A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activist was attacked and grievously stabbed Sunday night by his rivals in Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST).Campus sources said there was a longstanding rivalry betweenArif-Moloy group and Raju-Asad group...
Encroachment of canals and poor solid waste management are behind chronic water logging problem in urban areas during monsoon, especially in Dhaka City, reports BSS.Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Professor Mujibur Rahman, a leading environment specialist told BSS...
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) mobile courts Monday realised about Tk 17,000 as fine, seized seven cars and filed cases against 16 vehicles, reports BSS. BRTA conducted the drive in different streets in the city to ease traffic congestion. The...
UK Border Agency (UKBA) at the British High Commission (BHC) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) have looked at ways to increase the examination capacity of its Migration Health Assessment Clinics in Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong, reports BSS.This will...
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