Commissioner Habibur Rahman has been appointed the acting chief of the Anti-corruption Commission (ACC), an ACC official said Tuesday. A cabinet division order approved by the President in this regard has been sent to the ACC headquarters, said the official,...
Director of Green Crescent Faisal Mostafa and his associate Hasan Saifuddin Badal, were given to police remand for ten days when they were produced before the judicial magistrate's court at Borhanuddin Tuesday. Dr Faisal, an expatriate from London, and his...
The workers of a ready-made garment (RMG) factory Tuesday put up barricade on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway, following the deaths of two fellow workers in a road accident in Gazipur. The angry workers also damaged a number of vehicles and set...
Mahmudur RahmanAmartya Sen and Dr Mohammad Yunus have proved to the world that their understanding of economics is essentially superior to that of many touted names in the western world that largely prides itself in suggesting that they know best....
FE ReportCountry's gas production reached the highest ever 1900 million cubic feet per day (mmcfd) Monday riding on mounting output of onshore gas supplies especially by the international oil companies (IOCs).Petrobangla officials said gas production from the country's total 18...
Regulatory Reforms Commission (RRC) chairman and former finance adviser Dr Akbar Ali Khan Tuesday suggested the government to form a single public utility regulatory commission (PURC) in the place of separate commissions for separate utility services, reports UNB.He said there...
FHM Humayan KabirThe economic relations division (ERD) expects to receive Tk 135 billion in project aid for the development budget in fiscal 2009-2010, officials said Tuesday.The amount will be Tk 15.00 billion higher than that in the current year's original...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, April 07: The shortfall in annual sales and other transactions in the US is running at $1.0 trillion. Recovery from the current recession will be sluggish. It was seven years before the economy regained lost...
FE Report Industries minister Dilip Barua said Tuesday the government is actively considering setting up separate industrial park for the country's booming light engineering sub sector.He was addressing a workshop on problems and prospects of light engineering industry as chief...
Commerce Minister Col (retd) Faruk Khan Tuesday hinted at a sea change in the battered Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) through its resurrection as he presented a comparative picture of the border-security forces of neighbouring countries like India and Pakistan, reports UNB.He...
The Election Commission (EC) Tuesday decided to appoint chartered accountants for auditing the return statements of election expenditures submitted by the candidates for the ninth parliamentary elections, as a watchdog agency allegedly found most of them lavish in luring voters,...
Indian business leaders expressed their interest to invest in Bangladesh in a greater way and extend all cooperation in reducing the existing trade gap between the two neighbouring countries, report agencies. The visiting five-member delegation of the Indian Chamber of...
UNITED NATIONS, April 6 (Reuters): The United Nations failed to agree on a response to North Korea's long-range rocket launch despite pressure from Washington and its allies for action, while regional powers weighed the extent of the new security threat.Analysts...
ANKARA, April 6 (AFP): Turkish media hailed Monday US President Barack Obama ahead of his meeting with Turkish leaders aiming to revitalise US ties with the key Muslim ally.Obama flew to Ankara Sunday with a strong message in support of...
JAKARTA, April 6 (Reuters): Twenty-four people are feared dead after an Indonesian military plane on a training exercise crashed in wet conditions at a base in West Java Monday, an air force spokesman said.The Fokker 27 aircraft had 17 advanced...
Pakistanis mourn victims of mosque bombingISLAMABAD, April 6: Hundreds of Pakistanis mourned Monday the victims of a suicide bombing that killed 26 people at a crowded Shiite mosque in Pakistan, while many staged protests against the attack. Mourners walked through...
MOSCOW, April 6 (Reuters): Russian state television accused the United States Sunday of spying on China and Russia after secretly turning its only remaining air base in Central Asia into a state-of-the-art surveillance centre.A US defence official dismissed the allegations...
BAGHDAD, April 6 (AP): A string of bombing attacks in Baghdad Monday killed at least 16 people and wounded 56 others, as the US military reported its first combat death in Iraq in about three weeks.The first attack occurred in...
LUCKNOW, April 6 (AP): Thousands of supporters showered Sonia Gandhi with rose petals Monday as she registered to run for re-election to India's parliament.Chief of the ruling Congress party and standard-bearer of India's powerful Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, Gandhi stepped aside in...
TEHRAN, April 6 (AFP): Iran said Monday that North Korea was justified in carrying out its controversial weekend rocket launch and denied there were any links between the two countries' missile programmes."We have always maintained that space can be used...
HARARE, April 6 (Reuters): Zimbabwe's power-sharing administration will relax media laws and strive in the next 100 days to end the country's international isolation, government ministers said Sunday. "Re-engagement of the broader international community including the US and multilateral institutions,...
Mirpur Boys Cricket Club earned an emphatic nine-wicket win over Orient Cricket Academy in a match of the 3rd Division Cricket League at the Gulshan Youth Club ground in the city Monday, reports UNB.Batting first, Orient SC were dismissed cheaply...
WELLINGTON, Apr 6 (Cricinfo): There was a world record for Rahul Dravid and four wickets before tea but a combination of bad light and an obdurate fifth-wicket partnership held up India's victory charge at the Basin Reserve after they had...
Shoaib Akhtar, who has recovered from his knee injury, has been included in the 15-man Pakistan squad for the five-match ODI series and a Twenty20 against Australia in the UAE, scheduled to begin on April 22, reports Cricinfo. Shoaib was...
Andrew Strauss, England's Test and one-day captain, has been left out of the squad for the ICC World Twenty20 this summer. A preliminary squad of 30 players was named today which will be cut to 15 for the 16-day tournament,...
Chapainawabganj and Bogra DSAs reached the "Ka" zone final of the EXIM Bank 19th National Men's Handball Championship eliminating their rivals in the semis at the Rangpur Stadium Monday, reports UNB. The two teams will play the final today (Tuesday)...
SHERPUR, Apr 6 (UNB): Nalitabari upazila emerged champions in the Sherpur District Volleyball Tournament beating Sribordi Upazila by 3-0 sets (25-9, 25-12, 25-10 points) in the final at the local stadium Monday.Additional Deputy Commissioner of Sherpur was the chief guest...
Kabi Nazrul Shikkha Manjil (Meherpur) meet Railway City Corporation School (Chittagong) in the final of the Standard Chartered Young Tigers Under-16 National School Cricket tournament today (Tuesday), reports UNB. The match will begin at 9:30 am at the Sher-e-Bangla National...
The final matches of both boys' and girls' sections of the Europa School Volleyball Tournament will be held today (Tuesday) at 4:00 pm at the Dhaka Volleyball Stadium in the city, reports UNB. In the finals, Children Academy will meet...
Rayer Bazar AC and Combined SC maintained all-win run in the six-team super league of the Green Delta Metropolis Second Division Hockey beating their rivals at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB. Both the...
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