FE ReportThe Westin Dhaka is currently hosting a two-week long 'Australian Meat and Seafood Fest', a grand festival of Australian cuisine and culinary tradition in the city.Beginning from 30th May, the festival would take place every evening up to June...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate slightly gained ground Tuesday in an active market. The US dollar, however, remained mostly stable against Bangladesh taka (BDT) in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with steady demand for the greenback, fund managers...
FE Report Grameenphone Limited (GP), country's largest mobile phone company Monday handed over a cheque for Tk 1.0 billion (100 crore) to the chairman of National Board of Revenue (NBR) as monthly payment of advance income tax for the fiscal...
The ICB Asset Management Company Ltd (ICB AMCL), a subsidiary of the Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has announced Net Asset Value (NAV) of its five mutual funds recently, said a press release.The total NAV of ICB AMCL First Mutual...
Delta Spinners Limited contradicted some points in a news item published in the June 1 issue of The Financial Express under the headline 'Textile yarn producers overcome difficulties, plan major expansion'. In a clarification signed by Delta Spinners Limited Executive...
HONG KONG, June 2 (AFP): Positive data out of the United States and a Wall Street rally pushed some Asian markets higher Tuesday although profit-taking took the wind out of sails elsewhere in the region.TOKYO: Up 0.27 per cent. The...
Sri Lanka 152 for 6 (Jayawardene 43, Shakib 2-18) beat Bangladesh 151 for 6 (Raqibul 38*, Mushfiqur 34) by four wicketsSri Lanka threatened to squander what appeared an easy chase against a charged-up Bangladesh attack, but came through by four...
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) Tuesday picked up 31 players for the women's national cricket training camp, reports UNB.The selected players have been asked to report to national coach Zafirul Ehsan at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex on June 5 (Friday)...
The Rangs National Volleyball League 2009, organised by Bangladesh Volleyball Federation, begins tomorrow (Thursday) at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium, reports UNB.Sixteen district champion club teams will take part in the four-day league.Participating teams: Nakshi Adarsha Jubo Sangha (Narail), Top Sports...
FE ReportThe men hoping to lead their nations to glory in the ICC World Twenty20 put their rivalries aside to meet outside London's Guildhall before the battle for sporting supremacy begins Friday.They will all be hoping to emulate the achievements...
NEW DELHI, Jun 2 (AP): The Indian cricket board said Tuesday it has given an amnesty to 79 players who want to sever their ties with the unofficial Twenty20 Indian Cricket League and return to mainstream competition."Seventy-nine current players and...
Visiting Maharashtra Cricket Association team will play Bangladesh A team in the 2nd and last four-day match, which begins today (Wednesday) at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in Mirpur, reports UNB.The match will start at 9:30 am.The first four-day match...
PARIS, Jun 2 (AP): Roger Federer said he won't feel much impact from Rafael Nadal's loss at the French Open until Sunday.That's when they would have met in the final. Yet Federer acknowledged the elimination of the four-time defending champion...
ISLAMABAD, Jun 2 (AP): A Pakistan court Tuesday extended an order blocking the International Cricket Council from moving the 2011World Cup headquarters to India.Pakistan was removed as a World Cup co-host by the ICC last month due to security fears,...
London, Jun 2 (PTI): Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to read too much into the team's nine-run defeat in Monday night's World Twenty20 warm-up match against New Zealand and said the side has back-up plans up its...
Mymensingh Abahani KC earned a facile 3-1 goals victory over Netrakona Shoukhin Krira Protibha Anneson in the only match of the Bashundhara Champions Club Cup Football Tournament at the Sherpur Stadium Tuesday, UNB reports.Babul struck twice in the 19th and...
A five-member Bangladesh Wushu team comprising two players and three officials leaves for Macau today (Wednesday) to take part in the Asian Junior Wushu Championship to be held on June 5-9. Fahmida Yasmin Arju and Mohammad Ismail, both from Bangladesh...
HANOI, June 2 (AFP): Former Brazilian international Denilson, once the world's most expensive footballer, has agreed to play for a mid-table Vietnamese side, newspapers reported Tuesday. A member of Brazil's 2002 World Cup winning team, Denilson (31) will join Hai...
LONDON, June 2 (AFP): Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi dismissed Monday talk that the growth of such tournaments was leading to an "overkill" of Twenty20 cricket. Modi, speaking at a hotel near Lord's - where India were playing New...
BEIJING, June 2 (AP): US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner concluded his reassurance tour of China Tuesday, telling leaders of the country that holds the largest share of America's debt that US President Barack Obama was committed to tackling the soaring...
PARIS, June 2 (AFP): Search teams hunting an Air France plane that vanished with 228 people on board were scouring remote Atlantic waters Tuesday with scant hope of finding survivors and few clues to explain the crash.As investigators puzzled over...
SEOUL, June 2 (AFP): South Korea's navy bolstered its defences near the tense sea border with North Korea, sending in a high-speed patrol boat armed with guided missiles and vowing to "punish" any attacking forces.Compared with North Korean vessels, the...
KABUL, June 2 (AFP): A bomb blast killed a family of six, including two children, near the largest US military base in Afghanistan Tuesday as 23 militants and security guards died in gun battles, authorities said.A suicide bomber destroyed a...
Over the past four years, the media has come to see Iran once again in black and white, and almost exclusively through the antics of its bombastic President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.To some degree, Ahmadinejad has invited the oversimplification of Iran with...
LONDON, June 2 (AFP): President Barack Obama voiced confidence Tuesday that the United States can help get serious Middle East peace talks back on track, as he prepared for his maiden trip to the region.In an interview with the BBC...
BRUSSELS, June 2 (Reuters): Voters in 27 countries choose a new European Parliament this week in an election likely to be marred by apathy and dominated by protest votes against national governments struggling to combat the global economic crisis.More than...
Kim Jong-Il picks successorSEOUL, June 2: North Korea's ailing leader Kim Jong-Il has named his youngest son Jong-Un, a 26-year-old Swiss-educated basketball fan, as heir to his communist dynasty, reports said Tuesday. Kim's third son has been described as a...
FE Report The central bank has decided to recognise all assistance to be provided by the commercial banks and financial institutions for rehabilitation of agriculture, fisheries and livestock in the country's Aila-affected areas as a part of corporate social responsibility...
Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) have jointly taken up a project for building a container terminal on the bank of the river Buriganga at Pangaon in Narayanganj to introduce waterway container transportation for the...
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) Tuesday approved six development projects involving about Tk 9.69 billion, including Tk 5.60 billion coming as project aid, reports UNB.Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, also the ECNEC chairperson, presided over the meeting,...
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