LONDON, Dec 14 (AFP): Gianfranco Zola insists there will be no split loyalties when his struggling West Ham side face his old club Chelsea at Stamford Bridge Sunday.The former Italy striker remains a Blues legend from his playing days at...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Sunday called upon the secretaries and field level government officials to extend all out cooperation to the Election Commission (EC) to hold the next election in a free, fair and credible manner, reports BSS."We have...
A total of 9,976 candidates submitted nomination papers for the upcoming upazila polls in different posts against 481 upazilas across the country, reports BSS. Saturday was the last date for submission of nomination papers, Election Commission (EC) sources said.Of them,...
Fifteen political parties are being given the chance to deliver electoral speeches on state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar, reports bdnews24.com. "The speeches will be broadcast from December 17 but the draft texts have to be submitted beforehand (by...
Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Sunday said the caretaker government (CG) was doing its last painstaking mile, preparing to wind up its electoral odyssey, reports bdnews24.com.Asked how the government was proceeding about its preparations for the general elections slated for...
CHITTAGONG, Dec 14 (bdnews24.com): Chittagong city Awami League (AL) president mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury Sunday called supporters to work for achieving the broader party goals despite discontent over party nominations in some of the Chittagong seats.Mohiuddin made the appeal as...
Political leaders, university teachers, journalists and socio-cultural activists had to face unwarranted hassles in paying homage to martyred intellectuals Sunday morning at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur, reports UNB.Witnesses said police and security personnel blocked the passage towards the...
MEHERPUR, Dec 14 (UNB): The district Jamaat and its sympathisers will boycott the projection meeting of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Govt High School ground in Meherpur-1 constituency scheduled for late Monday evening.The sharp difference among the two allied...
JHENAIDAH, Dec 14 (bdnews24.com): The Anti-corruption Commission sued Sunday Moshiur Rahman, former MP of BNP and four-party candidate for the Jhenaidah-2 seat, on charges of accumulating assets from unknown sources and concealing information about the wealth.The case was filed by...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe government has formed a high-powered national body for drafting rules and regulations in line with the recently promulgated 'Consumers Right Protection Ordinance-2008' to shield the consumers from market foul plays, officials said Sunday.The 21-member body under the name, 'National...
Dr Tawfik AM Khoja, director general of the council of Health Ministries for the Gulf states based in Riyadh, assured full support and co-operation to the health sector development of Bangladesh, said a press release.Secretary General of BCS Freedom-Fighter and...
Dhaka International Book Fair 2008 begins today (Monday) at the Dhaka University Central Playground, with 150 publishing houses participating, reports UNB.Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed will inaugurate the 15-day exhibition of books written by local and foreign authors.The National Book...
SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC) has so far developed four short and long-term models of climate change forecasting to help the SAARC member states cope with probable adverse impact of climate change in future, reports BSS. Since climate change has...
A group of six core development partners along with ICDDR,B officials participated at a signing ceremony documenting their continued partnership, on ICDDR,B's Mohakhall campus Saturday, said a press release.The Core Donors' Group (CDG), had been established in 2007 to coordinate...
RANGPUR, Dec 14 (BSS): Farmers have already started planting early variety of Boro seedlings, putting to their full efforts in achieving a record production target as fixed by the government in northern area in the country this season. Preparation of...
Nazrul Institute has chalked out a three-day programme on the occasion of the great Victory Day, reports BSS.As part of the programme, wreaths were placed at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard at Mirpur Sunday morning on behalf of the Nazrul Institute.Other...
COMILLA, Dec 14 (UNB): Four members of a family and a UP chairman were killed and two others injured as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Rajnagar under Muradnagar Upazila Sunday.Police said a Chittagong-bound bus from Ramchandrapur rammed...
The United States (US) will construct 24 multi-purpose cyclone shelters and four bridges in cyclone Sidr-affected areas of Khulna and Barisal divisions, reports UNB.A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh and US governments has been signed in this regard, said...
KISHOREGANJ, Dec 14 (UNB): Rafiqul Islam (25), son of Abdul Mannan, was killed and eight others injured in a clash in Gangail Pathanpara area of Karimganj Upazila Sunday.Witnesses said the clash broke out between two groups of youths of Gangail...
Bangladesh Navy Ships will remain open to the visitors at Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Barisal from 2:00 pm to half-an-hour before sun set Tuesday, on the occasion of the Victory Day, reports UNB.The locations are: Dhaka Sadar Ghat, BIWTA Jetty...
Jasim Uddin HaroonChittagong Port Authority (CPA) Sunday said a large number of imported re-conditioned cars in the port yards were creating obstructions on the movement of other cargoes.As of Sunday afternoon, a total of 5128 reconditioned cars remained uncleared at...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Dec 14: The developing nations worldwide face the grim prospect of the sharpest economic slowdown since the Second World War with growth plunging to 4.5 per cent in 2009 from a healthy 7.9 in 2007, the...
Doulot Akter MalaThe revenue board has asked the customs authority to determine the duty on imported goods according to the customs valuation rules in order to resolve the recent controversy over the import price. The revenue board's instruction came following...
FE Report The inter-bank call money rate was at 20 per cent Sunday, the second working day after the Eid vacation, despite injection of fresh fund by the central bank.The call rate ranged between 8.50 per cent and 20 per...
FE ReportCitibank NA Bangladesh's net income rose by 64 per cent in the 11 months of this year despite drop in its group revenue and net income due to the subprime debacle-driven meltdown.The after-tax net income soared to Tk 890...
FE Report The country is now facing an acute crisis of non-judicial stamps causing its abnormal price hike in the market and sufferings to the people, said sources.The vested quarters are making hefty profits taking the advantage of the crisis....
FE ReportAll banks and financial institutions will keep their credit information cells open tomorrow (Tuesday), the Victory Day, and on Friday next to send information to the central bank on loan defaulters. Such information will be required in connection with...
Shakhawat Hossain The Bangladesh Bank (BB) is likely to take urgent steps to increase the inflow of remittance amid forecasts that the deepening global financial meltdown might cause a slide in the country's income from remittances, officials said Sunday.The central...
The nation Sunday observed the Martyred Intellectuals' Day paying homage to the golden sons of the soil and commemorating their supreme sacrifices on the eve of the country's ultimate victory during the War of Liberation, reports BSS.The Pakistani occupation forces...
The Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Sunday approved the Emergency Powers Repeal Ordinance 2008 to lift the state of emergency declared on January 11, 2007 in the wake of political turmoil over the issues of the stalled January...
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