Jasim Uddin Haroon The country's leading businesses said Tuesday the parliamentary polls were free, fair and credible and urged the incumbent government to take steps in combatting the world wide recession. They also said the newly elected members of parliament...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Yet another report about the possible drowning of 300 Bangladeshi job seekers, who were on their way of entering Malaysia illegally by six boats, has hit the headlines of local as well as international media. The victims...
FE ReportDhaka stocks ended the last trading day of the year broadly higher Tuesday with the turnover crossing Tk 4.0 billion (400 crore) mark after nearly two and a half months, boosted by the peaceful national polls held the previous...
Election Working Group (EWG), a 32-member alliance of local election observers, said their immediate reaction to Monday's election is that it was 'satisfactory' on the whole, report UNB and bdnews24.com. EWG released the results of a 'quick impression survey' at...
Prime Minister-in-waiting Sheikh Hasina Tuesday expressed her readiness to work with the opposition in parliament to strengthen democracy and build a modern Bangladesh according to her commitment, reports UNB.Hasina, who led her grand alliance in clinching a landslide victory in...
After suffering a crushing defeat in the national election, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia chaired a meeting of the party's highest policymaking body, the National Standing Committee, on Tuesday evening, reports bdnews24.com. The meeting was the first organisational move after the...
President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed felicitated the countrymen on completion of Monday's general election in a free and fair way. In a message Tuesday, he also congratulated the winning party and the Members of Parliament who were declared elected unofficially....
Adviser M Anwarul Iqbal said Tuesday power would be handed over to an elected government in 10 days after the results were gazetted and oaths taken. "The new government will be formed after the members-elect take oath as MPs, then...
Commerce Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Tuesday said a 20-storey national export house would be built at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city at a cost of Tk 800 million. The construction of the house will begin soon and it will be...
FE Report Credit flow to the housing sector continued an upward trend in recent years as the investment there was treated as secured and profitable by the banks and financial institutions, officials said. The housing loans rose by over 14...
M Azizur RahmanThe country is set to meet almost two-thirds of its refined oil need from Malaysia shifting its major dependence on Kuwait as it has already completed negotiation to bring in some 1.68 million tonnes of oil from Kuala...
FE ReportThe month-long 14th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2009 begins tomorrow (Thursday) as the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) is fully prepared to kick off the annual even on schedule.President Iajuddin Ahmed is expected to open the fair at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar...
Chief Adviser (CA) Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed Tuesday said the ninth parliament election of December 29 has set a high standard for all future elections and signaled the beginning of a new process of democracy and good governance in Bangladesh, reports...
Three people were killed and 34 injured in post-election violence in different parts of the country amid mixed reactions over Monday's dramatic election results while RAB personnel arrested two suspected JMB cadres in Chittagong, reports UNB. In Pabna, some Awami...
With the first-ever provision of 'No' votes in the national elections, as many as 32,064 indigenous people in Rangamati said 'no' to the candidates in Monday's polls, reports bdnews24.com. The negative votes recorded in Rangamati did not, however, impact the...
FE ReportThe voters' turnout in Monday's 9th parliamentary elections was about 80 percent, one of the highest in the country's history, Election Commission (EC) said Tuesday.The EC said the final list of elected candidates in the national polls will be...
First Test, Mirpur, day four (close): Sri Lanka 293 & 405-6 v Bangladesh 178 & 254-5Bangladesh require a further 267 to reach an improbable target of 521 after closing the penultimate day of the first Test in Mirpur on 254-5,...
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal is quite optimistic about having a very good Test match ahead if the pair of Mohammad Ashraful and Shakib Al Hasan could bat through the first session of the 5th day of the 1st Test against...
Mumbai's march towards their 38th Ranji Trophy crown has been bolstered by the inclusion of Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan in the 15-man squad for their semi-final clash against Saurashtra. The match will be played in Chennai from January 4-7....
The participation of the Lahore Badshahs in the next ICL season remains unclear, given the state of India-Pakistan relations, and league officials are contemplating a format without the team from Pakistan. Kiran More, ICL executive board member, said the prevailing...
LONDON, Dec 30 : Steven Gerrard, the captain of English Premier League leaders Liverpool, was charged Tuesday with assault and affray over an alleged bar brawl, police told the AFP. The football star (28) was charged along with two other...
South Africa won a first Test series in Australia with a nine-wicket win at the MCG, becoming the first team in 16 years to beat the Aussies on home soil, reports BBC. Resuming on 30-0 in search of 183, they...
Australia's Brett Lee and Andrew Symonds will miss the third Test against South Africa in Sydney starting on 3 January because of injuries, reports BBC. Lee (foot) and Symonds (knee) are joined on the sidelines by MCG 12th man Shane...
New Zealand are wary of the threat of West Indies captain Chris Gayle ahead of the first match of their one-day series in Queenstown, BBC reports. Gayle is one of the most destructive batsmen in world cricket, with 18 one-day...
The World Boxing Association (WBA) is to investigate Nikolay Valuev's victory over Evander Holyfield on 20 December, BBC reports. The Russian retained his heavyweight crown with a majority points decision over the veteran American, although the result was questioned at...
Andy Murray will finalise his preparations for the 2009 season alongside Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in Abu Dhabi this week, BBC reports. The British number one, ranked fourth in the world, is one of six players taking part in...
After a six-day break, the second phase of the 13th round of Citycell 2nd B League resumes tomorrow (Thursday) with a lone match between Farashganj SC and Rahmatganj MFS at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in Dhaka, reports UNB. On...
SYDNEY, Dec 30 (AFP): Former English Premiership defender Spencer Prior has come out of retirement to play in the final stages of the Australian A-League football season, a report said Tuesday. Fox Sports News said that 37-year-old Prior, who works...
PABNA, Dec 29 (UNB): Police detained a polling officer in the district for allegedly violating rules of election during Monday's voting for election to ninth parliamentary.The arrested person was identified as Lalan Uddin Master, a polling officer of Zahirpur Government...
SATKHIRA, Dec 29 (UNB): Two polling centres under Satkhira-3 were cancelled following an allegation of influencing voters in casting their votes Monday although the overall voting was peaceful in the district.The cancelled polling centres are Protapnagar Government Primary School and...
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