The investigation report in the container-handling case against Khaleda Zia and 12 others has been submitted to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) recommending inclusion of 18 more persons, including Saifur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Jamaat chief Motiur Rahman Nizami, in...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaBangladesh Shilpa Rin Sangstha (BSRS), a state-owned industrial financing company, is amending its memorandum of articles of association to offload shares in the stock market. Talking to the FE, managing director of BSRS, FRM Hafizul Islam said the...
Detained BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia remained firm to her action indicating to her rejection of the new standing committee with Saifur Rahman as acting chairperson, said her lawyer who met her in sub-jail Sunday, reports UNB."BNP chairperson is strict to...
FE Report A three-day regional seminar on cyber crimes begins today (Monday) at a city hotel. This was disclosed by NBK Tripura, Additional Inspector General of Police and National Programme Director of the Police Reform Programme at a press conference...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has fined pre-shipment inspection (PSI) company Cotecna SA Tk 9.7 million for under-invoicing import of a luxury car.The customs department of the board imposed the penalty for duty evasion of Tk 2.2 million...
FE ReportEnergy and Power Adviser Tapan Chowdhury asked Sunday the country's state-owned power sector entities to take necessary steps to augment power generation in order to meet the growing demand in the forthcoming dry season."Power generation will have to be...
The Council of Advisers of the caretaker government Sunday approved a proposal extending the deferment period of implementation of "uniform education system" for class IX and X up to December 31, 2008 for further preparation and review, reports UNB.In another...
Despite frantic efforts, the caretaker government could not get rid of the re-tendering hazard in awarding power plant projects, reports UNB.According to official sources, after assuming office, the post-1/11 caretaker government had to go for re-tendering in at least a...
FE ReportThe US dollar opened the week with a losing nerve against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday with stable demand for the greenback in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, fund managers said.The market was moderately active because of weekend in...
Stocks on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) rebounded Sunday buoyed mainly by institutional buying, after a week of profit taking dampening the markets, reports bdnews24.com. "It appears that merchant banks have adjusted their margin loans to some extent. The market is...
Runners-up Rajshahi Division took overall 155-run lead against Chittagong Division on the 3rd day of the 3rd round four-day match of Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League scoring 78 for 3 in 29 overs in 2nd innings at the...
MUNICH, Nov 4 (AFP): Bayern Munich boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said his side were kicking themselves after their failure to hit the target against Eintracht Frankfurt allowed Hamburg to cut their league lead to just two points.Unbeaten Bayern drew 0-0 with...
As with all the greatest sporting derbies, matters are never routine when India and Pakistan come together. Strange things, not always clasped to the fortunes of form, class and temperament, happen, reports Cricinfo.A match is stolen off the last ball...
ROME, Nov 4 (AFP): Ailing Italian giants AC Milan complained Sunday that their Serie A woes were down to poor refereeing.The Champions League holders issued a statement on the club website stating that no less than five of the 11...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Nov 4 (AP): Verplank was two shots behind with three holes to play Saturday, then surged into a share of the lead at the Children's Miracle Network simply by making pars.Verplank, one of six players who had...
NEW YORK, Nov 4 (AP): Elite distance runner Ryan Shay, who collapsed and died Saturday during the US men's marathon Olympic trials, had been diagnosed with an enlarged heart but cleared by doctors, his father said."The thing that made him...
PARIS, Nov 4 (AP): Rafael Nadal will play David Nalbandian in the Paris Masters final, and Richard Gasquet clinched the last spot in the season-ending Masters Cup despite losing his semifinal.Nadal, seeded second, beat Marcos Baghdatis 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 Saturday,...
GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany), Nov 4 (AFP): Schalke 04's hopes of reviving their Champions League campaign suffered a blow on Sunday as it was revealed that German international striker Kevin Kuranyi was a major doubt for their match with Chelsea Tuesday.The Brazilian-born...
Renowned sports organiser and former secretary general of Bangladesh Olympic Association Golam Quddus Chowdury Babu was named the new president of Bangladesh Volleyball Federation Sunday, reports UNB.National Sports Council (NSC) made the appointment under clause 20 of the NSC Act...
The training camp of the National Women's Cricket team begins tomorrow (Tuesday) at the Shafipur Ansar and VDP Training Academy, reports UNB.The following cricketers and team officials are requested to report at the Dhanmondi Women Sports Complex today (Monday) at...
Dhaka Division opener Javed Omar Belim and Barisal Division opener Hannan Sarker have been fined for breach of BCB Code of Conduct and ICC Rules of Conduct, reports UNB.Match Referee Akhtar Ahmad fined Javed 50 percent of his match fee...
Bangladesh Football Fede-ration (BFF) executive committee goes for an emergency meeting today (Monday) to resolve the DFA Issue, reports UNB.The meeting starts at 3:00 pm with BFF President SA Sultan in the chair.Earlier, FIFA imposed certain conditions on BFF including...
PRAGUE, Nov 4 (AFP): Slavia Prague's slim hopes of beating Premiership leaders Arsenal in their Champions League clash Wednesday suffered a serious blow Sunday as it was revealed the Czech league's leading scorer Stanislav Vlcek would miss the match.The 32-year-old...
THE condition of underdevelopment in an economy can be compared to a malignant tumour in a human body. The affliction has too many gaping wounds to be treated by a single course of medication. Likewise underdevelopment has countless number of...
Shamsul Huq ZahidMANY men, many minds-the old adage seems to be true in case of the impact of the ongoing anti-graft drive in Bangladesh. The International Monetary Fund, IMF, in a recent draft aid memoire submitted to the government for...
John KayTHIS is the age of the bogus survey. I woke up recently to the news that 95 per cent of children in Britain had been victims of crime. Of course they had. From a legal perspective, pushing a classmate...
Najmeh Bozorgmehr in Tehran and Ed Crooks in LondonIRAN says it is ready to address the concerns o western oil groups that have blamed spiralling' global costs for delays in signing up to multibillion dollar contracts to develop the South...
UNLIKE the RMG and other sectors needing more capital injection to increase the earnings, manpower export can earn more for Bangladesh at much less cost and only by changing the policy and properly implementing it at relatively modest costs. The...
A committee that had assessed the private universities recommended earlier the shutting down of eight of them as their performance was found unsatisfactory in all respects. It also found at least 18 other private universities seriously deficient in many respects...
Hasan MahmudIN the history of development, Japan stands as what is commonly called "miracle" because of her accelerated pace of growing literally from the dust of the World War II to the pinnacle of economic world order. With extremely limited...
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