Saudi Arabia breaks up 'terror' network RIYADH, April 8: Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it had broken up an 11-strong "terrorist cell" planning attacks and kidnappings, and that it had seized guns and ammunition from the group. The members of the...
NEW DELHI, Apr 8 (AFP): Soft-spoken, laid back and a reluctant orator, former Test captain Mohammad Azharuddin hardly fits the image of the archetypal boisterous Indian politician.Yet Azharuddin is the latest entrant in a growing list of former cricketers sucked...
A fine century by Ripon powered Lalbagh Anwar Sporting Club to a seven-wicket win over Mirpur Boys Cricket Club in the Metropolis Third Division Cricket League at the Gulshan Youth Club ground in the city Wednesday, reports UNB. Batting first,...
A brilliant hattrick by Syed Jami Hossain guided Dilkusha Sporting Club to second victory in their 4th super league match of the Green Delta Metropolis Second Division Hockey beating win-less Shantinagar Club 4-0 at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium...
MELBOURNE, Apr 8 (AFP): Australia omitted a trio of star players from its squad to face Pakistan this month, preferring to rest them ahead of the Ashes campaign in England.Selectors told skipper Ricky Ponting, batsman Michael Hussey and bowler Mitchell...
PARIS, Apr 8 (AFP): Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha says medals and not money will tempt new recruits to the big-spending club, ahead of their UEFA Cup quarter-final first leg at Hamburg.City's take-over by the hugely wealthy Abu Dhabi United...
KURIGRAM, Apr 8 (UNB): The NCC Bank 33rd National Cycling Championship, organised by Bangladesh Cycling Federation, begins here today (Thursday).Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi M Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan is expected to inaugurate the three-day meet as the chief guest while Cycling...
Brett Lee is on target for a quick return from injury after being fast-tracked into Australia's one-day squad for the series against Pakistan later this month. Lee had an ankle and foot operation in January and initially eyed a comeback...
The `Ka' zone matches of the Exim Bank 20th National Women's Handball Championship will begin today (Thursday) at the Rangpur Stadium, reports UNB.Divisional Commissioner of Rajshahi M Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan will inaugurate the zonal phase of the national women's handball...
FE ReportThe Goethe Institute, Bangladesh and the Institute of Hazrat Muhammad (SAW) jointly organised a seminar on 'Culture Sensitive HIV/AIDS Prevention Communication for Behaviour Change' at the German Cultural Centre in the city Wednesday.In the seminar, speakers stressed the need...
Abdul Aziz Chowdhury, a non-resident Bangladeshi, has donated Tk 0.5 million for the under-construction Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital (AMCH) in city's Uttara, reports BSS.Aziz Chowdhury, a retired Winzon Public Librarian of Canadian Government, handed over a cheque for the amount...
Russia is ready to provide all financial and technological assistance to Bangladesh in power sector, particularly in generating hydropower (HP) utilising river currents, as the country reels from a severe electricity crisis, reports UNB."It is possible to establish a number...
A day-long meeting was held on the occasion of the World Health Day 2009 at Nari Unnayan Shakti's Banasree Head Office, said a press release Wednesday.The main slogan of the day was: "Save lives, make hospitals safe in emergencies." Nari...
DU CorrespondentAn eight-day drama festival titled "International French Drama Festival-09" will begin Sunday (April 12) at Shilpakala Academy auditorium in the city.Alliance Francaise de Dacca has arranged the festival, which includes solo performance, seminar and reception ceremony.A number of French...
A three-day film show will begin at the British Council auditorium today (Thursday), reports UNB.The show will screen thriller short film 'Narasundar' and documentary 'Muktir Katha' directed by Tareque Masud and Catherine Masud. The organisers will also hold a discussion...
The Fred Hollows Foundation, a non-profit organisation, has opened its office in Bangladesh recently.Australian High Commi-ssioner in Bangladesh Dr Justin Lee and CEO of Fred Hollows Foundation Brian Doolan jointly inaugurated the office. Foundation's Country Programme Manager Zareen Khair and...
RAJSHAHI, Apr 8 (UNB): An adolescent girl was allegedly gang-raped outside the boundary of Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) in the city Tuesday evening.Two of the suspected rapists were arrested from the city shortly after the heinous act.Police...
Prof Santi Narayan Ghosh, a researcher scholar and professor of accounting of Dhaka University, took over as treasurer of Bangladesh Open University (BOU) Monday, said a press release.Prof Santi held important positions in 40 years of his teaching and research...
MYMENSINGH, Apr 8 (UNB): Robbers in guise of passengers looted valuables worth Tk 0.2 million from a bus on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway injuring 10 people Wednesday.Of the injured, Kamrul Hasan (22), Al Amin (35) and Shahadat Hossain (45) were admitted to...
FE ReportThe police in a drive Tuesday arrested five people and seized 1425 packets of date expired powdered milk from the city's Gulshan area, a DMP pres release said. Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the house (house no-11,...
CHITTAGONG, Apr 8 (UNB): Police arrested nine suspected dacoits, including a woman, with five firearms from different parts of the port city and Patia Upazila in a three-day special drive that ended Wednesday.As the incidence of robbery sharply increased in...
Naming a 16-member committee for formulating a time-worthy, modern education policy, Minister Nurul Islam Nahid Wednesday said the government wants to come out from the culture of frequent shift in policies which leaves such recipes unimplemented, reports UNB."A 16-member committee...
The Amnesty International (AI) has welcomed the UN assistance to Bangladesh's efforts to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity and other serious violations of human rights committed in 1971, reports UNB.Four international war crimes experts-Louis Bickford, Priscilla Hayner, Bogdan Ivanisevic...
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Wednesday said the government was firmly committed to curbing terrorism and extremism to ensure security of the people, reports BSS.Terming the media a powerful apparatus in combating extremism, the information minister said media men could...
Experts at an exchange of opinion meeting in the city Wednesday said the policymakers at the national level would have to come forward to develop beautiful and planned cities in the country, reports BSS.No plan could be implemented properly without...
Speakers at a seminar Wednesday urged the government to formulate an education policy keeping in view of the needs of the time and ensuring the right to education for all, reports UNB.Bangladesh Chhatra Union (BCU) organised the seminar titled 'Perspective...
DU CorrespondentPolice arrested seven activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League conducting a raid at Salimullah Muslim Hall of Dhaka University (DU) in the early hours of Wednesday.The arrestees were identified as Ehtesham Khokan, Rehman Naser Rajib, Sakhwat Shakil, Imtiaz Rasel, Aziz,...
The Election Commission (EC) has decided to issue letter to the ruling-party MP Sarah Begum Kabari requesting the popular actress-turned-lawmaker to testify on the allegation found about her dual-citizenship, reports UNB.Official sources said the EC will also issue letter to...
Siddique Islam The call money rate came down to as low as 0.25 per cent in inter-bank money market Wednesday as the banks are now awash with excess liquidity. The overall excess liquidity with the commercial banks, a record Tk...
Shahiduzzaman KhanDifferences of opinions have surfaced over the country's growth rate projection for the current fiscal against the backdrop of economic meltdown now sweeping across the globe. Some economists of the country and the multilateral donor agencies have said that...
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