HANOI, Nov 6 (AFP): Officials in Vietnam said Tuesday that floods have killed at least 67 people over the past week while more than 160,000 have been evacuated as coastal areas brace for another tropical storm. At least 10 people...
CHICAGO, Nov 6 (AFP): Scientists have identified a gene which leads children to have higher IQs if they are breastfed, according to a study released Monday. The study took a bite out of the nature versus nurture debate by showing...
LONDON, Nov 6 (AFP): Queen Elizabeth II has been named alongside supermodels Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell-and her screen alter-ego Helen Mirren-as one of the world's most glamorous women by British Vogue magazine. The style bible said in its December...
Blair says world must heed rise of China HONG KONG, Nov 6: Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday that the world must pay attention to the rise of China and try to understand the Communist state in...
A brilliant century by opener Imrul Kayes helped Khulna Division maintain their all-win run in the one-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League beating Sylhet Division by a comfortable 56 runs at the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium...
Bangladesh Army got off to a flying start in the Office Hockey League drubbing Afsar Limited by 8-0 in one of the opening matches that begun Tuesday at the Moulana Bhashani Hockey Stadium, reports UNB.Skipper Sirajul Islam scored three goals,...
Sachin Tendulkar declined the Indian Test captaincy, citing personal reasons, two days before the national selectors are scheduled to decide on the position. "I don't feel right about it at the moment," Tendulkar told CNN-IBN, an Indian news channel, reports...
Holders Dhaka Division registered their 2nd consecutive victory in the 3rd round one-day match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League beating Barisal Division by three wickets at the Mirpur Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports...
COMILLA, Nov 6 (UNB): Shutakol emerged champions in the First Division Football League beating Muktijoddha Sangsad by 4-3 goals in tiebreaker at the local Stadium Tuesday.The match rolled into tiebreaker, as neither of the teams could score in the stipulated...
The 11th Delta Life Insurance Inter College Women Handball League, Organised by Bangladesh Handball Federation, will begin on November 14 in the city, reports UNB.A total off 10-metropolis Women College, split into two groups will take part in the league,...
FE ReportChief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed said Tuesday the government will constitute a high-powered Better Business Forum within a week to provide a boost to the country's trade and investment activities at both the domestic and international levels. The head...
Doulot Akter MalaCountry's frozen food exporters have been facing an uphill task of taking delivery of consignments, sent back by importers for various reasons, from local ports due to complex procedures.The customs authorities of the ports often consider those consignments...
Shamsul Huq ZahidThe statement made by the newly appointed, soft-spoken chairman of the National Board of Revenue (NBR), Muhammad Abdul Mazid, at a press briefing last Monday would, at least partially, help restore business confidence. Mazid, according to newspaper reports,...
The High Court (HC) Tuesday asked the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to explain in three weeks why its refusal to accept tax on the undeclared income of Khaleda Zia would not be declared illegal, report UNB and bdnews24.com. The...
It is not the party's constitution but 'doctrine of necessity' guided the Election Commission in inviting the reformist faction of BNP to sit for dialogue on electoral reforms, CEC Dr ATM Shamsul Huda said Tuesday amid raging contentions over their...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (Agencies): In a telephone address to lawyers in Pakistan's capital, the ousted chief justice (CJ) of the Supreme Court urged the lawyers today to continue to defy the state of emergency imposed by the president, Pervez Musharraf....
FE ReportStock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) slightly gained Tuesday due to a rally of the shares of Social Investment Bank Ltd (SIBL) and some non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs).Earlier Monday afternoon the SIBL got off the 'problem bank...
BNP chairperson's adviser Hannan Shah Tuesday urged the Election Commission (EC) to revise its decision regarding the invitation to acting BNP secretary general Hafizuddin Ahmed for dialogue on electoral reforms, report bdnews24.com and UNB."Otherwise, stern actions would be taken through...
FE ReportIndia requested Bangladesh Tuesday to submit a proposal formally to withdraw the Indian export ban on essential commodities especially rice.An Indian delegation led by Joint Secretary Rajeev Kher made the request following Bangladesh's plea to remove the ban on...
KABUL, Nov 6 (Agencies): Two bomb blasts targeted a group of lawmakers touring a factory north of Kabul Tuesday, killing at least 90 people, including six parliamentarians, the deadliest attack in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban in 2001,...
FE ReportSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Faruq Ahmad Siddiqi Tuesday said the existing pricing system in the initial public offering (IPO) should be changed to encourage more entrepreneurs to go to the capital market."The absence of a modern IPO...
Twelve persons were sentenced to death and four others to life-term imprisonment by a Rajshahi Speedy Trial Tribunal (STT) Tuesday in a sensational triple-murder case of Bogra. STT Judge ATM Mesbahuddoulla delivered the verdict, acquitting another 24 persons of the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday issued orders for the transfer and posting of 23 deputy directors in line with its new organogram. "The ACC chairman has signed the orders endorsed by the director general (admin)," said sources. — UNB
The country will seek credit worth more than $300 million from China to implement its five bridge construction projects, sources said. The Ministry of Communication has selected the projects that include the construction of second Meghna and Meghna-Gumti bridges on...
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Tuesday re-fixed at Tk 20,000 the price of the commemorative gold coin, issued in 2001 to mark the UNESCO announcement declaring February 21 as the International Mother Language Day. — BSS
FE ReportBangladesh, ranked at 87, trails behind India and Pakistan in the region in terms of competitiveness in global trade logistics, thus undercutting the country's ability to connect to international markets, says a new World Bank study report. The report...
M Azizur RahmanCairn Energy Plc has informed the Petrobangla about the sale of its Bangladesh stakes to Australian oil and gas exploration and production company - Santos."Cairn has informed us about its sale of stakes to Santos recently," Petrobangla chairman...
Yaba queen Jannatul Ferdous alias Nikita, her brother and parents were sent to Dhaka Central Jail while her friend Mahbubur Rahman Joynal ((55) and his associate Shafiqul Islam Jewel placed under three-day police remand in two separate cases, report agencies.They...
Bangladesh Bank governor Salehuddin Ahmed Monday admitted that taka appreciation against the dollar could help reduce soaring inflation rate and cast a positive impact in the economy, reports bdnews24.com. Leading economists in the country have long been asking the central...
FE ReportAdditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Gulam Rabbani Tuesday granted five days' police remand to managing director of the World Communication Investment Inc (WCII) Nayeem Mehtab Chowdhury. Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) rounded up Nayeem Mehtab Chowdhury from...
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