Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) Director General (DG) Major General Mainul Islam Thursday said the Border Security Force (BSF) Director General ML Kumawat has confirmed that no BDR personnel with arms has been arrested in India, reports UNB.The Bangladesh Rifles has also...
At least 66 Bangladeshis were among 350 people rescued from a boat off the Libyan coast, the Tripoli Post reported Thursday, according to bdnews24.com. The boat was rescued by Libyan coastguards with 17 very sick people who were immediately taken...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Apr 2: The inevitability of the global financial architecture being redrawn is becoming loud and clear. The United States has been the driving machine of the global economy. The global financial principle that the US will...
KUALA LUMPUR, April 2(AFP): Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi resigned Thursday after six years in office, clearing the way for his deputy to take over the task of steering the nation out of economic crisis.Najib Razak will be sworn...
Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Thursday the government would take initiative to establish an 'Agro-product Export Village' in Dhaka to expand our global markets for such products, reports UNB.He advised the leaders of Bangladesh Fruits, Vegetables and Allied Products Exporters...
An all-round performance by Masum Khan enabled Khelaghar SKS to earn a five-wicket victory over Bangladesh Boys Club in a super league match of the Metropolis First Division Cricket League at the Dhaka University ground Thursday.Chose to bat first after...
WELLINGTON, Apr 2 (AP): India cricket coach Gary Kirsten says his side will be playing to win when the third Test begins Friday, despite needing only a draw to clinch its first series win in New Zealand in 41 years.After...
Bangladesh outplayed Turkmenistan by straight 3-0 sets in the BNP-Paribas Davis Cup Asia Oceania Zone Group-4 match on the 2nd day at the Ramna National Tennis Complex in Dhaka Thursday, reports UNB.Shibu Lal of Bangladesh beat Jamshid Ilmuradov of Turkmenistan...
Bata Shoe Company (BD) Ltd has become the official sponsor for the jersey of national cricket teams for the next three years, reports UNB. Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) signed a contract to this effect with the multinational company Bata at...
Serena Williams will take on her sister Venus in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open after the top seed survived a scare Wednesday, reports BBC. The world number one recovered from losing the opening set against Li Na to...
The zonal matches of the EXIM Bank 19th National Handball Competition (men's) will begin Sunday (Apr 5) with 'Ka' zone matches in Rangpur venue, reports UNB. Of the remaining two zones of the competition, the 'kha' zone matches will begin...
FE ReportThe Independence Day Billiards, Snooker and Tennis Tournament of Dhaka Club Ltd concluded Wednesday.A total of 31 participants took part in the tournament that started on March 15, according to a press release.Fahim Sinha emerged champion in the snooker...
Bangladesh Navy clinched the Independence Day Basketball title beating Europa Youth Club by 92-63 points in the final at the Dhanmondi Basketball Gymnasium in Dhaka Thursday, UNB reports.State Minister for Youth and Sports M Ahad Ali Sarkar was the chief...
Combined SC made a good start in the super league of the Green Delta Metropolis 2nd Division Hockey beating Shantinagar Club by 3-0 goals at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium Thursday, UNB reports. Ashiqur Rahman, Raihan Ahmed and Enayetullah...
Foreign Minister (FM) Dr Dipu Moni, who is also Minister-in-Charge of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs in the House, Thursday said that the country was engaged in various activities to create self-employment for the distressed women, reports BSS."There...
A Russian minister will visit Bangladesh later this month to sign an MOU aimed to build nuclear power plants in this energy-starved country, reports bdnews24.com. Senior officials from the two countries ended three days of "useful" talks in Dhaka Thursday...
Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad Thursday told the Jatiya Sangsad that the government planned to initially set up public libraries at 100 upazilas selected on the basis of the size of their population. Currently there were public libraries at 64...
Bloody campus violence has been pervasive for some months coinciding with the take-over by the new government. The latest in the series of violence has crippled the premier centre of medical science learning in the country, the Dhaka Medical College...
Enayet RasulTHE idea of legalising black money is no more a casual one on offer. Government appears to be considering it seriously. Top chamber bodies of the country are vigorously promoting it, it seems. A good number of members of...
Anisur RahmanTHIS number seems likely to grow further and at a rapid pace as the rate of migration of such people to Dhaka, so far, suggests. They live a very poor quality life and, more significantly, they tend to make...
MY two younger sisters will appear in the HSC exams this year, set to start on April 16. They are keen to do good results. They try to study all the time. For their last revision they need to study...
IN town areas, the most unfavourable impact of solid waste is incidence and prevalence of various diseases. In Dhaka, fever, respiratory problems, malaria, eye and skin diseases have their worst impacts. Moreover, contamination of groundwater and air also leads to...
THE more than 100-year old Rupsha (Khulna)-Bagerhat narrow gauge railway track was converted into broad gauge during the Pakistan days of disparities. The railway service was the lone communication between Bagerhat and Khulna during the British rule while buses used...
Air Commodore Muhammad Zakiul Islam ndu acsc (Retd)COMES the time for Annual Budget and you would invariably hear arguments and opinions for and against whitening of "Black Money". Great scholarly efforts are made in devising ways and means of turning...
Kazi Anwarul Masud PROFESSOR Sherry Berman in a critique of Jeffrey Sachs' End of Poverty and Cambridge University Professor Gareth Jones' An End to Poverty remarked that from time immemorial human beings have lived at or near the subsistence level...
Fazle Rashid in New York THERE seems to be no end to the relentless run of bad news particularly for poor countries. International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned that more than 53 million people worldwide will be thrown out of...
Prof. Lutfor RahmanIN each effort of creation, discovery or innovation -- may it be scientific or non-scientific, there is always a history or story behind. Creation of digital Bangladesh is not different from that culture. The history of innovation of...
LONDON, April 1 (AFP): World leaders gathered today for a summit on tackling the global financial crisis but many were split on the way forward, as data from Japan and the United States illustrated the magnitude of their task. The...
Dhaka Insurance Limited held Annual Conference-2008 for its development executives in the city recently, says a press release. Managing Director of the company KAM Ferdous presided over the meeting. Chairman of the company Fazlur Rahman, directors, adviser, senior executives, branch...
NEW DELHI, April 1 (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday asked developed nations to shun protectionism in trade and free investment flows as he left for London for a meeting of leaders from world's 20 influential economies to find a...
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