Disciplined batting by Simon Katich held Australia together on a see-saw second day in the first Test against New Zealand in Brisbane, BBC reports. Katich was unbeaten on 67 as the home side ended play on 131-6 in their second...
Biman Bangladesh Airlines beat Tejkunipara KS by straight 5-0 sets in a men's team event match of the Fahami Group 1st Division Badminton League at Paltan Wooden Floor Gymnasium in the city Friday, reports UNB.In the day's other matches, New...
BG Press S&RC edged past Kadamtala Sangsad by a solitary goal in the only match of the Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtha Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Friday, reports UNB. Robiul Islam...
Javed Miandad, the former Pakistan captain and newly appointed director-general of the PCB, has joined a steadily growing chorus of concern against the ban on ICL players and the marginalisation of the unrecognised Twenty20 league. Miandad believes there is immense...
S M JahangirThe government is preparing an integrated workplan to facilitate intensive cultivation of the ensuing 'Boro' crop and attain an 18 million tonnes of rice output target, official sources said."An integrated effort of the relevant government agencies is underway...
FE ReportA World Bank (WB) official has recently predicted no noticeable fall in rice and wheat prices in the international market in the near future despite a bumper production of the food items this year.Higher cereal prices are likely to...
Kayes M SohelA Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) move to amend the Direct Listing Regulations 2006 has remained stalled for about a year.The SEC, securities regulator, formed a committee in January last, but rejected the recommendations made by the committee...
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia said her party would go to polls if the government creates an election atmosphere by accepting their preconditions while Awami League president Sheikh Hasina said sooner the election is held, speedier the emergency will go, reports...
Some 400 shanties were totally gutted in a devastating fire that broke out at Gonaktuli sweepers' colony at Hazaribagh in the city Friday, reports UNB.Fire Brigade sources said the fire originated from an electric heater in a house at the...
FE ReportA four-party alliance delegation, led by vice-chairman of the BNP, held meeting with the Election Commission (EC) on Friday on its latest proposal on holding next general election on December 28.The EC is scheduled to meet with the Awami-League-led...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe chief of the country's caretaker administration will sit with members of the Bangladesh Better Business Forum (BBBF) this week to review the progress of the organization made since its inception almost a year ago.Officials said the 6th meet of...
Naim-Ul-Karim The commerce ministry has convened an inter-ministerial meeting scheduled for November 25 to assess the import, supply situation and retail prices of essential commodities, the value of which slumped globally but were not reflected locally, officials said on Friday."We...
The BCS ICT World, an annual gala exposition of computers and its accessories, ended in the city Friday with high hopes as a huge number of people thronged the fair venue on the last day which coincided with the weekly...
LONDON, Nov 21: Oil rose above $50 a barrel on Friday, rebounding from a three and half year low and buoyed by rallies in Europe and Asian equities on talk that China may cut interest rates later in the day....
The Election Commission (EC) has wrapped up registration of political parties, with 37 parties getting certificates and election logos, according to an official. "The registration process of the political parties with the Election Commission ahead of the ninth parliamentary election...
Vehicular movement resumed from 12 noon Saturday on the Meghna Bridge on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway as authorities lifted ban after 18 hours, Communications Ministry sources said. The restriction was imposed at 6:00pm Thursday for emergency repair of the bridge. The...
Doulot Akter MalaThe government has decided to bring more tax payers under Value Added Tax (VAT) net along with the drive to find new income tax payers to boost internal resources in the wake of global economic meltdown.The revenue board...
FE ReportThe country's potato farmers are bearing the brunt of manipulated price hike of a particular high yield variety of seed, sources said. According to the sector insiders, the 'diamant' variety of seed potato is selling at abnormally high prices...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) witnessed a downward trend in the week that ended Thursday after remaining steady in the previous week amid limited participation of the investors shaken by multiple negative factors.During the week the benchmark DSE General...
From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Nov 21: Economic news, what a reputed newspaper said, was uniformly bad across the world. US workers filing for jobless benefits soared to 542,000, Japan is facing a severe slump in its exports, Swiss central bank...
LONDON, Nov 21(Agencies): Most Asian and European markets rebounded today after sharp declines in recent days as investors scooped up battered financial and technology shares.Major Asian benchmarks opened lower after Wall Street tumbled to multiyear lows overnight but climbed into...
Mahmuda Shaolin The government will float a fresh tender for setting up a central effluent treatment plant (CETP) at the leather industrial estate in Savar next month to help accelerate the process of relocation of city tanneries. "We've completed all...
The government is considering three options for the agitating candidates who were successful in the first-phase result but later disqualified in the second phase result of the 27th BCS exam, the Education Adviser said Thursday night, reports UNB.The options are...
THE countries that did very well in agriculture invested a great deal at the outset in modern agricultural education. Bangladesh has its lone agricultural university at Mymensingh for many years, a few agricultural colleges and the Bangladesh Agricultural Institute (BAI)....
Dr. Gazi Mahabubul AlamBANGLADESH needs to plan its upcoming Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme to get the best out of it for the people. It has to be cautious to be able to avoid a situation in...
A.K. N. AhmedLate in the day, the Economist of London has come out in defence of the US regulators of financial system in an article published in the middle of 2008. It has stated that the finance is the prime...
Javed MallickTHE shipping business in the world got a fresh impetus with the introduction of containerized cargo handling system. Around the world, containers are now being moved through ships, barges, trains, trucks and airplanes as well. It actually widens the...
BANGKOK, Nov 20 (Reuters): Diehard protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's offices brushed off a grenade attack that killed one person and wounded 23 Thursday, saying they would continue their three-month sit-in to oust the government.Minutes after the suspected M-79...
ISLAMABAD, Nov 20 (Reuters): Pakistan summoned US ambassador Anne Patterson Thursday to receive a formal protest over missile strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft against militant targets on Pakistani soil, a Pakistani foreign ministry official said.The protest came a day...
Pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil tanker off the Somali coast are reported to have demanded a $25m (£17m) ransom, report agencies.The AFP news agency, quoting one of the pirates, says the owners have been set a 10-day deadline to...
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