FE Report The Paturia-Daulatdia Padma Shetu Bastobayon Media Council was formed in a meeting at Dhanmondi in the city recently to fulfill the demand for the construction of a rail-cum highway bridge over the Padma River at Paturia-Daulatdia point in...
The depression over southwest Bay and adjoining southeast Bay moved northwest and now lies over west central Bay and adjoining southwest Bay at about 6:00 am Monday, reports UNB.It was centred about 1,545 kilometres southwest of Chittagong port, 1,500 kilometres...
A two-day Commonwealth Asia Colloquium on "Gender, Culture and Law" will begin at Hotel Sheraton in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.Women and Children Affairs Ministry has organised the colloquium under the auspices of the Commonwealth Secretariat.Women and Children Affairs Adviser...
NARSINGDI, Oct 29 (UNB): On the third day of introducing the Model thana here, mystery shrouded the death of a young man in police custody Sunday night.Local sources said police arrested Morshed Rana (27), son of Surat Miah, from in...
Police recovered 2,190 bottles of Phensidyl and another 340 bottles of intoxicating syrup and also arrested eight people from Chapainawabganj, Dinajpur and Comilla Sunday, reports UNB.In Chapainawabganj, police, acting on a tip-off, recovered 1,700 bottles of Indian Phensidyl syrup from...
MOULVIBAZAR, Oct 29 (UNB): Police charged batons on the farmers when they forcibly entered into the sale centre under Kulaura Upazila to collect Boro-seeds on Sunday, leaving at least 100 of them injured. Sources said several thousand farmers of six...
ATM Abdul Wahed, founder of Pioneer Printing Press Limited and youngest brother of late former MP MA Mohaimen, died of cardiac arrest at his Rajarbag residence Saturday. He was 76. He left behind his only son Abdul Baset and daughter...
Rajshahi Division registered an emphatic eight-wicket win over Barisal Division on the 4th day of the 2nd round four-day match of Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 9th National Cricket League at the Rajshahi Divisional Stadium Monday, reports UNB.With the day's win, Rajshai...
It's South Africa who are normally weighed down by the word 'choke' but Pakistan did just that in the final stages of their run-chase in Lahore, freezing at the threshold of an important series win. The game was in the...
BASEL (Switzerland), Oct 29 (AP): Roger Federer beat Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-4 Sunday to win his second straight Swiss Indoors and retained the No 1 ranking for the fourth consecutive year.Federer joins Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Ivan...
LONDON, Oct 29 (AFP): Tottenham Monday confirmed Leeds assistant manager and former Spurs player Gus Poyet will move to White Hart Lane as first team coach.The 39-year-old former Spurs midfielder will be one of two first team coaches with Marcos...
ZURICH, Oct 29 (AP): Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was flying to Zurich with a star-studded entourage Monday to push his country's bid to host the 2014 World Cup.Even though Brazil is the only candidate, FIFA president Sepp...
ADELAIDE, Oct 29 (AP): Star spinner Muttiah Muralitharan took four wickets for 121 runs to lead Sri Lanka's bowlers in a drawn three-day tour match against the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI which ended Monday.Muralitharan, on 700 test wickets, will attempt...
SINGAPORE, Oct 29 (AFP): Fuming Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic has slammed Palestine as unprofessional after his side was forced to kick-off without an opponent in their World Cup qualifying match here. In farcical scenes, Singapore had to take the field...
LONDON, Oct 29 (AFP): Liverpool striker Fernando Torres will be sidelined for three weeks after suffering an adductor injury in his side's draw against Arsenal.The Spain international sustained the problem early in the Premier League clash at Anfield Sunday and...
PORT ST LUCIE, Oct 29 (AP): Daniel Chopra tapped in for par, then pumped his right fist into the air. Finally, victory was his.Chopra re-claimed the lead with a birdie at the par-5 16th hole Monday morning and held on...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) means Khaleda Zia and the party would not take part in any meaningless election.Adviser to BNP chairperson ASM Hannan Shah Monday said this while talking to journalists at his residence in the city Monday, reports UNB."BNP...
The media is the vulnerable 'fourth estate' and the society and the state must protect their fullest freedom.Adviser for Foreign Affairs Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury made the remark while speaking at the concluding session of a conference on 'Media Reporting Armed...
German Ambassador Frank Meyke suggested that the current anti-corruption drive should be balanced with economic growth and public interest so both the tasks advance concurrently, reports UNB."It needs a right balance -- fight against corruption and protect economy and public...
SHERPUR, Oct 29 (UNB): Task force investigating the wealth of former lawmaker of Awami League (AL) Atiqur Rahman Atiq Monday visited his village home at Baroghoria in Sadar Upazila.Lawmaker for two consecutive terms Atiq was listed as corrupt-suspect by the...
CHITTAGONG, Oct 29 (UNB): Former Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Shahjahan Chowdhury, who went into hiding after the January 11 changeover, surrendered to a makeshift court in the port city Monday morning.Court sources said the ex-lawmaker appeared in the court at about 11:30...
FE Report The government has formulated 'privatisation regulation 2007' and it is expected to be approved soon by the Council of Advisers."The government has formulated the regulation to make privatisation process of State Owned Enterprises (SoEs) prompt and transparent," Abu...
FE ReportThe visiting team of the Saudi prince is yet to get any appointment with the officials of the finance ministry and the privatisation commission (PC), the two government bodies involved in divestment of largely state-owned Rupali Bank.Talking to the...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has increased the allocation to the Export Development Fund (EDF) to US$150 million (15 crore) from the existing $100 million to meet the growing demand of the country's exporters. Besides, the central bank has...
Chief Justice (CJ) Md Ruhul Amin Monday asked the judicial magistrates to work in a concerted manner and with integrity to give the November 1 plan for the Judiciary separation a head-start, reports bdnews24.com. "The judges must be answerable to...
A Dhaka court Monday issued arrest warrants against former state minister and Awami League leader Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and four members of his family, reports bdnews24.com. Dhaka senior special judge Md Azizul Haque gave the order Monday afternoon to...
The Election Commission (EC) Monday said it was sending a letter to the secretary general of the BNP to invite the party to talks, but declined to name who the secretary general is, reports bdnews24.com. Election commissioner Sohul Hossain told...
Senior BNP leader and former finance minister M Saifur Rahman started a meeting with a number of senior colleagues Monday evening, apparently to reach a conciliation between the two factions of the troubled party. BNP's standing committee member Mahbubur Rahman...
A Dhaka court Monday turned down an appeal by an Anticorruption Commission (ACC) official to take Arafat Rahman Coco, who has reportedly been suffering from heart diseases, on remand in Gatco graft case, reports bdnews24.com. Metropolitan magistrate Mohammad Mizanur Rahman...
Siddique Islam Bangladesh Taka (BDT) has started appreciating against the US dollar following intervention by the central bank in the foreign exchange market. The Bangladesh Bank (BB) took the move against the backdrop of a rising trend of the greenback...
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