HONG KONG, Mar 30 (AFP): Asian markets plummeted Monday as investors took profits and sold off stocks following three weeks of rallies, following new concerns about the future of the United States (US) car industry.MUMBAI: Down 4.78 per cent. The...
FE ReportNational Bank Limited (NBL) renovated and decorated its Beanibazar branch in Sylhet to provide better services to the clients, said a press release. NBL Managing Director Md Abdur Rahman Sarker formally inaugurated the newly decorated branch as the chief...
In a news item on page 9 of our March 29 issue under the headline 'ICB AMCL declares NAV of its two unit funds' the repurchase price of the ICB AMCL Pension Holders' Unit certificate was published Tk 195 per...
NAPIER, Mar 30 (Cricinfo): "Yeah definitely," was VVS Laxman's response when asked on day three if India could save this Test. Two days later he was in the middle walking the talk and helped India pull off a great escape...
The Cricket Committee of Dhaka Metropolis (CCDM) changed the venues for two 3rd round super league matches of the Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket to be held today (Tuesday), reports UNB. League leaders Abahani Limited was scheduled to play Partex...
LONDON, Mar 30 (Reuters): England are hopeful Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff will be fit for Friday's decisive fifth one-day international against West Indies in St Lucia. Pietersen suffered a back spasm during the nine-wicket victory in Sunday's rain-affected fourth...
LAHORE, Mar 30 (AFP): Former cricket great Javed Miandad was Monday reinstated as director-general of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), barely a month after resigning in an argument about lack of powers, an official said.The 51-year-old Miandad met PCB chairman...
Bangladesh Police Cricket team managed a two-wicket victory over old horse Azad Boys Club in the Metropolis 3rd Division Cricket League at the Dhanmondi Club ground in the city Monday, reports UNB.Batting first, Azad Boys Club scored 125 for 8...
JOHANNESBURG, Mar 30 (Reuters): FIFA have ordered an investigation into a stadium crush in Abidjan in which at least 19 people were killed and a further 132 injured before a World Cup qualifier between Ivory Coast and Malawi Sunday. A...
Udity Club trounced lowly Dhaka Young Star Club by 10-1 goals in the only match of the Green Delta Metropolis 2nd Division Hockey League at Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.The match was locked 1-1...
Tiger Woods overcame a five-shot deficit to beat Sean O'Hair and win his first title since returning from injury at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, reports BBC. After rain delayed the start of the final round, Woods had closed to within...
Coordinator of the probe bodies formed to investigate the BDR carnage Commerce Minister Faruk Khan said Monday Bangladesh might seek support from Interpol to interrogate anyone from abroad under the ongoing investigation process, reports UNB."So many people have so far...
During the course of her three-day visit to Bangladesh, HRH The Countess of Wessex has been talking of the need for effective partnerships in order to win the fight against avoidable blindness in the country, said a press release.Visiting Bangladesh...
FE ReportCommerce Minister Lt. Col. (retd) Faruk Khan Monday said the government is serious about ensuring computer literacy among the primary and secondary students within the next one decade.The commerce minister was speaking as the chief guest at the closing...
RAJSHAHI, Mar 30 (BSS): Speakers at a rally here today called for running the community clinics properly to ensure healthcare service for all, especially for the poor and disadvantaged.Population Services and Training Centre (PSTC) under its Health Rights Movement (HRM)...
THE local government (LG) system in Bangladesh is pretty old but, unfortunately, it has failed to deliver goods up to the desired level. There have been occasional experimentations with the system either to expand or squeeze it. But no government...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Lots are being told, these days, about the activities of the militants (Jangis). The print and electronic media do carry stories or organize talk-shows almost everyday on militants, their outside links and possible sources of funding. The...
Md AmanullahHUNDREDS of thousands of cases have been pending in the lower and higher courts of Bangladesh for years. The slow process of giving final judgement on a case, the similar lengthy process spent on its revision or appeal, etc.,...
ALMOST everyday some newspapers make terrorism their headline. Too much talk on terrorist issue only tarnishes the country's image abroad. This may give the impression that the country is going towardsan uncertain future. Public may be panicky at home. It...
FOOTBALL is a traditional game in our country. For our fathers and grandfathers, it was an interesting game. It was famous in our country. But for sometime this game was dead. We didn't see any worthwhile football match for a...
BANGLADESH Krishi Bank (BKB) is going to open its branch at Koraish Munshi Bazar under P.S. Dagunbhuiyan, Dist. Feni onApril 01, 2009. The opening of this branch will mark the fulfillment of the desire of the people of the command...
Maswood Alam KhanYOU and I cannot inflict torture on an animal, let alone on a human being. But, there are people who don't waver to slaughter an animal, gash a man's cheek with a screwdriver, drill a hole on a...
Kalindi Sheth of WFS writes from MumbaiA year ago, a 43-year-old homemaker from Mumbai started writing about her everyday life, and whatever touched it. Nothing extraordinary about it, except that her 'diary' was online, or was what is popularly known...
VINA DEL MAR, (Chile), March 29 (Xinhua): Leaders from Latin America, Europe and the United States yesterday appealed for preventing the economic recession from becoming a social crisis and urged a bigger role of governments in addressing the financial crisis....
PARIS, March 29 (AFP): Trillions of dollars lost, millions of jobs gone and more bad news to come but the 'Green Shoots' of recovery may just be showing in the wreckage of the worst global slump since the 1930s Great...
LONDON, March 29 (Reuters): Tens of thousands of people marched in capital cities across Europe Saturday to protest about the economic crisis and urge world leaders to act on poverty, jobs and climate change at a G20 summit next week.Chanting...
DUBAI, March 29 (AFP): Sales of luxury and leisure vessels are on the rocks in the Middle East, where owning a boat for cruising, entertaining or fishing is seen as a status symbol, industry officials say. Marine consultant Mike Derrett...
The Human Resources Department of BanglaTrac Ltd organised a day-long workshop on 'performance management and its alignment to business' in the city recently, said a press release. The main objective of the seminar was to introduce the concept of Balance...
NEW DELHI, Mar 29 (AFP): India's diamond industry has shed 50 per cent of its labour force as export orders dry up with the global financial crisis crippling demand for precious stones, trade officials say.Eight out of 10 of the...
Our Correspondent JESSORE, Mar 29: Several thousand workers of Akij Jute Mills Ltd, the biggest jute mills at Nawapara industrial area in Jessore, observed a token hunger strike from 10am to 6pm Sunday protesting the closure of the mills. The...
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