A six-member committee was formed Wednesday to frame a fresh 'Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan' for combating the adversities stemming from climate change as the country is considered highly vulnerable to climate change and variability, reports UNB. The...
Young Cricketers earned a six-wicket win over Green Leaf SC in a match of the Second Division Cricket League at the Jagannath University ground in the city Wednesday, reports UNB.Batting first after winning the toss, Green Leaf were all out...
Bangladesh will play Cambodia in one of the opening day's matches of the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers that will begin April 26 at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS), reports UNB.In the day's opening match, Myanmar will meet Macao at 3:30...
NEW DELHI, Apr 15 (AFP): When veteran Australian coach John Buchanan recently floated the idea of having multiple captains in Twenty20, it became a burning issue, literally. His effigies were burnt in Kolkata by fans of former India captain Sourav...
LONDON, Apr 15 (AFP): Andy Flower was Wednesday named the new England coach by the England and Wales Cricket Board. The 40-year-old former Zimbabwe and Essex batsman was unveiled as the man to lead England's bid to win The Ashes...
Fast bowler Brett Lee has been deemed unfit to return to international cricket after failing to recover from an ankle injury. Doug Bollinger, the left-arm fast bowler, has been added to the Australian one-day squad as cover for the forthcoming...
Nat'l soccer team leaves for Kathmandu today A 20-man team of national booters, led by Aminul Huq, leaves for Kathmandu this (Thursday) morning to play the only practice match against Nepal Police team Saturday (April 18) ahead of the AFC...
The nation today (Tuesday) celebrates Pahela Baishak, the first day of the Bengali New year 1416, with traditional pomp and grandeur. The people from all walks of life attired in their best dresses suited to the Pahela Baishak celebration will...
Enayet Rasul BhuiyanWhile the positive economic effects of globalisation can be acceptable, the same cannot apply to its cultural effects. Bangladeshis have a distinctive culture. They have a history as old as the oldest civilisations on earth. All the artefacts...
Mohammad Shahidul IslamDays come and go; Pahela Baishakh too, but with a motivating message to keep Bengali nationalism alive. Pahela Baishakh arrives to let us regain the spirit and enthusiasm of Bengali-ness. Pahela Baishakh has been playing a symbolic role...
Every year, over 4,000 new students from Bangladesh go to India to pursue their studies at various levels. Students of Bangladesh are going to other countries of the world as well. That incurs loss of a substantial amount of foreign...
Bangladesh is going to be digital. Some are already using digital technology in education, banks, and businesses. Some are using digital technology to calculate or solve mathematical problems. Those who have the advantage use digital technology even in small business...
THOUGH a Third World developing country, Bangladesh is known for its natural charms. The new Seven Wonders Foundation selected Cox's Bazaar and the Sundarbans among the seven wonders. Now the second selection is going on. A decision by votes is...
SOME evil elements want to gain benefits by adopting unlawful means. At present they are also committing such crimes on e-mail with various alluring offers to those who have e-mail accounts.Almost everyday I receive such many deceitful e-mails from them,...
Kazi Mohoshin Al Abbas Reports published in the Bangladesh media stated that State Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Hasan Mahmud last Thursday sought Swiss assistance for strengthening the local government, including giving training to the upazila (sub-district) women vice chairmen....
Maswood Alam KhanUS President Barack Obama on April 5th while addressing a cheering crowd in Prague offered the world a goal of eradicating nuclear weapons. The word 'eradicating', on hearing the news, may have evoked some people's memory about a...
Mohammad Rajja More often than not, when one writes on the subject of refugees one finds onself in an angry mood. The anger is over the degrading treatment which is handed out to the refugees. One is also angry at...
SINGAPORE, April 13, (AFP): Key Southeast Asian cities will suffer a glut of hotel rooms for the next three years as the economic slowdown hits the travel sector, a global real estate consultancy said Monday.A CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) survey...
Square Hospitals Ltd and the embassy of the kingdom of the Netherlands signed a corporate healthcare agreement recently, said a press release. Under this agreement, every employee of the embassy of Switzerland and their dependants will get privileged coverage of...
China has unveiled plans to establish a $10bn (£6.8bn) investment fund for south-east Asian countries, reports BBC.It has also offered credit of $15bn to the Association of South-East Asian Nations, or Asean.Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao had planned to announce...
MUMBAI, APR 13 (AP): Indian telecommunications firm Tech Mahindra has bought a controlling stake in Satyam Computer Services, the outsourcing giant nearly brought down in a $1 billion fraud.Tech Mahindra purchased 31 per cent of Satyam for $351 million, the...
BEIJING, April 13 (AFP): China's industrial output rose by 8.3 per cent in March, in a sign that a huge stimulus package is kicking in, Premier Wen Jiabao said in an interview published on Monday. Last month's growth accelerated from...
LONDON, April 13 (AFP): British telecoms operator BT will cut 10,000 jobs when it reveals its preliminary results next month, reports said yesterday. BT will also make a 1.5 billion pound (2.2 billion dollar) writedown in its under-fire Global Services...
The 28th meeting of the investment, finance, accounts and audit committee of Takaful Islami Insurance Limited held at its head office recently, said a press release.Chairman of the committee Mohammad Nurul Islam presided over the meeting which was attended, among...
TOKYO, April 13 (AFP): Japanese wholesale prices fell at their fastest annual pace in nearly seven years last month, official data showed today, adding to worries about the renewed threat of deflation. Corporate goods prices fell by 2.2 per cent...
WASHINGTON, April 13 (AFP): US investment giant Goldman Sachs has raised 5.5 billion dollars in investor commitments to buy private- equity investments at a discount on the secondary market, The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times said yesterday. The new...
SINGAPORE, Apr 13 (AFP): Oil prices eased in Asian trade today as traders took profits from last week's strong finish before the start of the Easter holiday weekend, analysts said. New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for May...
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Apr (AP): China National Petroleum Corp. is in talks with Kazakhstan's state energy company on acquiring a 49 per cent stake in the Central Asian country's fourth-largest oil producer, a KazMunaiGaz spokesman said Monday.CNPC's proposed purchase of the...
MOSCOW, Apr 13 (Reuters): The Russian government made billions of roubles investing its oil savings in domestic blue chip stocks, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin told a cabinet meeting Monday.The government made a decision last year to invest 175 billion roubles...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Apr 13: An ADB team visited the ongoing projects of ADB funded second Rural Infrastructure Improvement Project (RIIP) in Nilphamari district recently. The team comprising Project Implementation Officer Arun Kumar Shaha, Social Development Officer Ferdousi Sultana Begum and...
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