No official authorities have been in touch to help Rashida Begum, whose husband Amjad Ali, 52-year old construction worker, was killed by a stray bullet on February 25 in the early hours of the BDR mutiny, reports bdnews24.com."I had seen...
Our Correspondent | 2009-03-05 00:00:00
GOPALGANJ, Mar 4: A three-day agriculture fair was held in the Shilpakala Academy premises in the town recently.The fair was organised by the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Gopalganj.Deputy Commissioner of Gopalganj SM Asfaque Hossain inaugurated the fair as chief...
A meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Ministry of Information Wednesday finalised the report on "Right to Information Bill-2009" after a detailed discussion in the cabinet room of the Jatiya Sangsad.Committee Chairman Obaidul Quader chaired the meeting, a Jatiya...
A.F.M. Mainul Ahsan | 2009-03-05 00:00:00
OF late, the US market is acting weirdly. It is really a paradox. Though different macroeconomic indexes, e.g., rate of unemployment, consumption, manufacturing, consumer confidence index, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) confidence index etc., are showing some red flags about the...
Air Commodore Muhammad Zakiul Islam ndu acsc (Retd)YET another pleasant February (Falgun) Morning has been smeared with the blood of the Martyrs. The tragedy that this nation had witnessed fifty seven years ago brought us glory, freedom and statehood. No...
Nazrul Islam | 2009-03-05 00:00:00
EACH year Bangalis throughout the world observe the Language Martyrs Day on February 21, to commemorate the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952. The supreme sacrifice of the valiant heroes glorified Bangla language and culture and established Bangla as...
FE Report | 2009-03-05 00:00:00
Emirates Airline recently unveiled plans to grow the number of flights across its network by 14 per cent in 2009, increasing cargo capacity by 17 per cent, said a press release.In the next 12 months, Emirates SkyCargo will take delivery...
The Australian High Commissioner (HC) in Bangladesh Dr Justin Lee Tuesday gave away two cheques worth Tk 1.50 million (15 lac) to two NGOs doing important development work in the health and clean water sectors in Bangladesh, said a press...
Pakistan have left out Shoaib Akhtar from the 16-man squad for the tour of Bangladesh, which starts with a Twenty20 international on March 10.The selectors have included three uncapped players to have impressed on the domestic circuit this season -...
CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Mar 4 (UNB): Bomb explosion on the premises of sadar thana in the frontier town left a police inspector's son dead and two other children injured Wednesday noon.Police said three children, two of them sons of two Assistant Sub...
NEW DELHI, Mar 4 (PTI): As the US moves towards eliminating tax benefits for American firms outsourcing jobs to foreign countries, India yesterday said protectionist steps by developed nations would complicate the global financial crisis."Developed countries should not resort to...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday told the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) that about 911 megawatt (mw) electricity would be added to the national grid by June this year, reports BSS.In addition to this, 960mw electricity would be added to the national...
Bangladesh Water Development Board earned a facile straight sets victory over Fire Service and Civil Defence (25-22, 25-13, 25-17) in the National Bank Metropolis Premier Division Volleyball League at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium Wednesday, reports UNB.Earlier, on Tuesday, Bangladesh Police...
HONG KONG, Mar 4 (Internet): Asian stock markets rebounded Wednesday as hopes China would expand measures to revive its economy countered growing signs of economic decay in the US and other major countries. European shares also gained.The upward move followed...
THERE is a prevailing phenomenon and this is the bad behaviour by rickshaw-pullers, drivers of CNGs, taxis or even conductors of buses, with female passengers, from girls to older women.Why do these people behave so boorishly with womenfolk? When I...
Iran's leader said Wednesday that President Barack Obama is pursuing the same "wrong path" as his predecessor George W. Bush in supporting Israel and described the Jewish state as a "cancerous tumor", report agencies.The comments by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali...
SYDNEY, Mar 4 (AFP): The first contraction in Australia's economy for eight years sent shockwaves through markets Wednesday, after the US unveiled a credit drive to stem a crisis that shows no sign of relenting.Dashing hopes Australia could avoid the...
SINGAPORE, Mar 4 (AFP): Oil prices fell in Asian trade today following a rebound in the US market overnight, on continued concerns over the worsening global economic crisis, analysts said.New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for April delivery,...
Both the semifinal matches of the KFC Pizza Hut 5th Girls' Mini Handball Tournament will be held at the Dhanmondi Women's Sports Complex today (Thursday), reports UNB.Group A champions Sunny Dale School will play Group D champions South Breeze School...
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez and Chelsea counterpart Guus Hiddink have vowed to keep pushing Manchester United for the Premier League title, BBC reports.Both won Tuesday and are four points behind United, who have two games in hand and face Newcastle...
Tuesday's terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore has led to a heightened anxiety among the New Zealand players over touring India for next month's IPL, with eight players expected to feature in the tournament which runs from...
Sheikh Shahariar Zaman | 2009-03-05 00:00:00
Private commercial banks (PCBs) prefer to declare stock dividend instead of cash to increase their capital bases.Seven PCBs, so far, proposed their dividends for 2008 and six of them announced only stock dividend and the other one both stock and...
PEOPLE of Rajshahi are still paying Tk 300 bus fare for the Rajshahi-Dhaka trip. But they expected reduced bus fare soon after the newly elected government took over. The government is already about two month's old. People should get benefit...
Afghanistan's Election Commission has rejected President Hamid Karzai's call for an April presidential vote, saying it will take place on 20 August, reports BBC.The head of the commission said it was not possible to hold the vote earlier. Elections were...
The government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Wednesday signed an agreement to implement a new technical assistance project in Bangladesh for strengthening the justice system at the grass roots level through village courts, reports BSS.The project "Activating Village...
SEOUL, Mar 4 (AFP): A Japanese private equity fund will invest almost two billion dollars in a free trade zone on South Korea's west coast, a state trade agency said today.The Vana World fund, after talks with the Korea Trade...
WASHINGTON, Mar 4 (AFP): The International Monetary Fund said yesterday the poorest countries will need at least 25 billion dollars in additional financing this year to cope with the global financial crisis.IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn called for swift and...
The Sri Lanka team have arrived home following the attacks on their bus by armed gunmen in Lahore Tuesday, reports BBC.Seven players were wounded in the attacks, which killed six policemen and a driver."None of us thought we would come...
FBI director arrives | 2009-03-05 00:00:00
in PakistanISLAMABAD, March 4: The director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI arrived in Pakistan Wednesday to help investigate last year's Mumbai attacks, officials said. New Delhi blamed the attacks, which killed 165 people last November, on the...
DU Correspondent | 2009-03-05 00:00:00
Home Minister Sahara Khatun Wednesday said Bangladesh was being used as a transit route for trafficking drugs to the international market causing an alarming rise to the number of drug addicts in the country."Drug addiction among the youths is increasing...
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