Fide Master Mehdi Hasan Parag of Bangladesh Biman emerged champion in the Prime Bank 11th Open International Rating Chess Tournament beating Syed Mahfuzur Rahman Emon in the 9th and last round at Bangladesh Chess Federation in the city Saturday, reports...
Hosts Sylhet Under-18 team clinched the Youth Cricket title beating Moulvibazar Under-18 by 69 runs in the final at the Sylhet Stadium Saturday, reports UNB.Batting first, Sylhet team were all out for 194 runs in 45.4 over with Shamusl Alam...
SYDNEY, Dec 6 (AFP): Australian football officials expressed shock Saturday after under-17 coach and former national goalkeeper Martyn Crook died suddenly during a tour to the United States. Football Federation Australia (FFA) said Crook, 52, passed away Friday in Los...
The mid window of the inter-club players' transfer of the ongoing CityCell B-League began at Bangladesh Football Federation Bhaban in the city Saturday.The transfer will continue up to December 20, reports BSS.
Bangladesh Karate Federation will organise a daylong karate training camp at Shaheed Suhrawardy Indoor Stadium at Mirpur in the city on December 16 to celebrate the Victory Day.Interested karatekas have been asked to send their name by December 12 along...
KOLKATA, Dec 6 (AFP): Soccer superstar Diego Maradona arrived here Saturday to a frenzied welcome by fans who defied tight security to catch a glimpse of the Argentine legend. Thousands of fans jostled and almost ran over the barricades at...
RANGPUR, Dec 6 (UNB/BSS): Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Saturday asked field-level government officials to take all necessary legal measures to hold free and transparent national polls on December 29 for building a corruption and terrorism-free country."Take a vow to...
As the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) formally started functioning from December 1 with its onerous mission, its chairman Justice Amirul Kabir Chowdhury Saturday defined the root causes of HR violations and promised to uphold the sacred task of protecting...
A civil rights watchdog body Saturday alleged that 'intervention by foreign diplomats has increased' in internal matters of Bangladesh, including politics, violating the conditions of Vienna Convention before the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad elections and the 'main political parties of the...
Local macro-economic equilibrium should be given greater importance in combating global financial meltdown which is intensifying recession across the world, reports BSS.The observation came at a seminar organised by the Department of Economics, International University of Business, Agriculture and Technology...
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain Saturday said through voting at the upcoming polls people would frustrate a party's design to go to power under an "entente with the fallen dictator," reports UNB.Addressing a meeting marking the fall of former...
AK Khandaker, the Awami League (AL) nominee for Pabna-2, has alleged that cancellation of his nomination had "no legal validity", but was done to tarnish his image, reports bdnews24.com."I cannot be called a loan defaulter because no person or organisation...
BNP chairperson and former premier Khaleda Zia will exchange greetings with political leaders, eminent citizens, party workers and people of all levels from 11:00 am to 12:00 noon on the Eid Day at Dhaka Ladies' Club auditorium at Eskaton in...
Siddique Islam The central bank has attached priority to ensuring the quality of loans as the credit flow to the private sector went up by 26.55 per cent in September over the same period of the previous year. "We want...
FE ReportFinance and planning adviser Mirza Azizul Islam Saturday urged the political parties not to differ on key economic policies after the ensuing general elections for the greater interest of the country's growth."I request the political parties to arrive at...
Shakhawat Hossain Bangladesh Bank (BB) has expressed inability to give guarantee to any commercial bank in favour of ship building industry saying it is contrary to the existing provision, officials said Saturday. The central bank cleared its position at a...
Army Chief General Moeen U Ahmed Saturday said troops would be deployed countrywide from December 20 as part of government measures for holding election properly, reports UNB.The Army Chief said this while talking to the media after inaugurating a golf...
The Awami League (AL) Saturday finalised its election manifesto, putting food security and prices of essentials on the top of the party's election pledges, reports UNB. The Working Committee (WC) of the party gave approval to the manifesto after a...
FE ReportThe Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI), one of the country's leading trade promotion bodies, has called for continuation of the Bangladesh Better Business Forum (BBBF) in the larger interest of attracting investments, both local and foreign.During its...
The Election Commission started hearing on appeals against 132 out of 557 cancelled nominations among the objections received by the commission up to midday Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda and two other commissioners M Sakhawat Hussain...
Petrobangla, in its fresh bid, will seek to raise the gas price in a request to the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC), officials said, reports UNB.The country's energy sector watchdog last week turned down the request of raising the gas...
Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit the mazars of Hazrat Shah Jalal (R) and Hazrat Shah Paran (R) in the holy city of Sylhet on December 11 (Thursday) and December 12 (Friday) respectively. After...
Two alleged terrorists were killed in a brief gunfight between his accomplices and members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) at Beer Shrestra Shaheed Sepahi Md Mostafa Kamal National Stadium in the city's Sabujbagh area early Saturday, RAB officials claimed....
The deep depression over southwest Bay and adjoining southeast Bay moved west-northwestwards and lay over the same area at 6:00pm Saturday. A special Met Office bulletin said it was centred about 1705 kms southwest of Chittagong port, 1630 kms southwest...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe provision for the country's exportable items enjoying the official cash incentive will undergo a major revision in a bid to make the fiscal support more purposeful and time bound, officials said Saturday. They said the government has already started...
FHM Humayan KabirThe proposed "multi-donor trust fund" is likely to be launched early next fiscal year aiming to help Bangladesh weather the impact of climate change, officials said Thursday."We hope the fund will start operating from the middle of next...
MUMBAI, Dec 6 (Reuters): The Reserve Bank of India Saturday slashed its key short-term interest rates by one percentage point to boost growth and shore up investor confidence amid signs of economic slowdown and in the wake of deadly attacks...
FE ReportSale of sacrificial animals at the city's makeshift markets is yet to gain momentum with the Eid-ul-Azha festival only three days away causing frustration to the cattle traders.The supply of cattle in the makeshift markets is adequate. But the...
FE ReportCity dwellers started to leave the city through launch, bus and trains to celebrate the Eid-ul-Azha Tuesday next.While visiting Sayedabad bus stand, Sadarghat launch terminal and Kamalapur rail station Saturday, it was found that thousands of home bound passengers...
Mahmuda Shaolin Bibirbazar, the newly established full-fledged land port in Comilla, is expected to start operation by April next year to facilitate country's trade with the seven eastern states of India."We've already completed building infrastructures that include administrative building, warehouse,...
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