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Gamba beat Adelaide in Club WC quarter final

2008-12-15 00:00:00

TOYOTA, Dec 14 (AFP): Asian champions Gamba Osaka beat back a strong challenge from Adelaide United of Australia on Sunday to win 1-0 in their quarter-final of the Club World Cup. Yasuhito Endo, the most valuable player of the AFC...

Clark ruled out of first Test

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Stuart Clark's summer could be over after he was ruled out of Wednesday's first Test against South Africa in Perth due to the recurrence of an injury to his right elbow. Clark will fly home to Sydney and have the...

Citycell B League resumes Dec 18

2008-12-15 00:00:00

The Citycell 2nd B League will resume Thursday (December 18) at three venues across the country after a 12-day break, reports UNB.Chittagong Abahani will take on Arambagh KS at the Chittagong Stadium, Khulna Abahani face Dhaka Mohammedan SC at the...

Pak Asif asks for venue switch for doping case

2008-12-15 00:00:00

KARACHI, Dec 14 (Reuters): Mohammad Asif wants the hearing for his doping offence to be held outside India because of its strained relations with Pakistan in the aftermath of the recent attacks in Mumbai by extremists."We are considering asking for...

Zola hoping to hammer Chelsea

2008-12-15 00:00:00

LONDON, Dec 14 (AFP): Gianfranco Zola insists there will be no split loyalties when his struggling West Ham side face his old club Chelsea at Stamford Bridge Sunday.The former Italy striker remains a Blues legend from his playing days at...

CA asks secys to cooperate with EC for holding free, fair election

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed Sunday called upon the secretaries and field level government officials to extend all out cooperation to the Election Commission (EC) to hold the next election in a free, fair and credible manner, reports BSS."We have...

9,976 nomination papers submitted for UZ polls

2008-12-15 00:00:00

A total of 9,976 candidates submitted nomination papers for the upcoming upazila polls in different posts against 481 upazilas across the country, reports BSS. Saturday was the last date for submission of nomination papers, Election Commission (EC) sources said.Of them,...

Govt invites 15 parties to speak on BTV, Betar

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Fifteen political parties are being given the chance to deliver electoral speeches on state-run Bangladesh Television (BTV) and Bangladesh Betar, reports bdnews24.com. "The speeches will be broadcast from December 17 but the draft texts have to be submitted beforehand (by...

Electoral odyssey nears end: Hossain Zillur

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman Sunday said the caretaker government (CG) was doing its last painstaking mile, preparing to wind up its electoral odyssey, reports bdnews24.com.Asked how the government was proceeding about its preparations for the general elections slated for...

Mohiuddin asks AL supporters to patch up discontent

2008-12-15 00:00:00

CHITTAGONG, Dec 14 (bdnews24.com): Chittagong city Awami League (AL) president mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury Sunday called supporters to work for achieving the broader party goals despite discontent over party nominations in some of the Chittagong seats.Mohiuddin made the appeal as...

Mourners had to scramble to get in to pay homage

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Political leaders, university teachers, journalists and socio-cultural activists had to face unwarranted hassles in paying homage to martyred intellectuals Sunday morning at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial at Mirpur, reports UNB.Witnesses said police and security personnel blocked the passage towards the...

Jamaat to boycott Khaleda Zia's projection meet

2008-12-15 00:00:00

MEHERPUR, Dec 14 (UNB): The district Jamaat and its sympathisers will boycott the projection meeting of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia at the Govt High School ground in Meherpur-1 constituency scheduled for late Monday evening.The sharp difference among the two allied...

Four-party candidate for Jhenaidah-2 sued for corruption

2008-12-15 00:00:00

JHENAIDAH, Dec 14 (bdnews24.com): The Anti-corruption Commission sued Sunday Moshiur Rahman, former MP of BNP and four-party candidate for the Jhenaidah-2 seat, on charges of accumulating assets from unknown sources and concealing information about the wealth.The case was filed by...

National body for consumers’ rights protection formed

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Naim-Ul-KarimThe government has formed a high-powered national body for drafting rules and regulations in line with the recently promulgated 'Consumers Right Protection Ordinance-2008' to shield the consumers from market foul plays, officials said Sunday.The 21-member body under the name, 'National...

Gulf States DG assures support on Bangladesh health sector dev

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Dr Tawfik AM Khoja, director general of the council of Health Ministries for the Gulf states based in Riyadh, assured full support and co-operation to the health sector development of Bangladesh, said a press release.Secretary General of BCS Freedom-Fighter and...

Dhaka Int'l Book Fair inauguration today

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Dhaka International Book Fair 2008 begins today (Monday) at the Dhaka University Central Playground, with 150 publishing houses participating, reports UNB.Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed will inaugurate the 15-day exhibition of books written by local and foreign authors.The National Book...

Four models of climate change forecasting developed

2008-12-15 00:00:00

SAARC Meteorological Research Centre (SMRC) has so far developed four short and long-term models of climate change forecasting to help the SAARC member states cope with probable adverse impact of climate change in future, reports BSS. Since climate change has...

Core donors, ICDDR,B sign document of continued partnership

2008-12-15 00:00:00

A group of six core development partners along with ICDDR,B officials participated at a signing ceremony documenting their continued partnership, on ICDDR,B's Mohakhall campus Saturday, said a press release.The Core Donors' Group (CDG), had been established in 2007 to coordinate...

Farmers planting Boro for bumper production

2008-12-15 00:00:00

RANGPUR, Dec 14 (BSS): Farmers have already started planting early variety of Boro seedlings, putting to their full efforts in achieving a record production target as fixed by the government in northern area in the country this season. Preparation of...

Nazrul Institute to celebrate V-Day

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Nazrul Institute has chalked out a three-day programme on the occasion of the great Victory Day, reports BSS.As part of the programme, wreaths were placed at the Martyred Intellectuals Graveyard at Mirpur Sunday morning on behalf of the Nazrul Institute.Other...

UP chairman and four of a family killed in road crash

2008-12-15 00:00:00

COMILLA, Dec 14 (UNB): Four members of a family and a UP chairman were killed and two others injured as a bus crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Rajnagar under Muradnagar Upazila Sunday.Police said a Chittagong-bound bus from Ramchandrapur rammed...

US to construct 24 cyclone shelters, 4 bridges in Khulna, Barisal divisions

2008-12-15 00:00:00

The United States (US) will construct 24 multi-purpose cyclone shelters and four bridges in cyclone Sidr-affected areas of Khulna and Barisal divisions, reports UNB.A memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Bangladesh and US governments has been signed in this regard, said...

One killed, 8 injured in fierce clash

2008-12-15 00:00:00

KISHOREGANJ, Dec 14 (UNB): Rafiqul Islam (25), son of Abdul Mannan, was killed and eight others injured in a clash in Gangail Pathanpara area of Karimganj Upazila Sunday.Witnesses said the clash broke out between two groups of youths of Gangail...

Navy ships to remain open to visitors

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Bangladesh Navy Ships will remain open to the visitors at Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna and Barisal from 2:00 pm to half-an-hour before sun set Tuesday, on the occasion of the Victory Day, reports UNB.The locations are: Dhaka Sadar Ghat, BIWTA Jetty...

Huge imported cars creating problems at Ctg Port yards

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Jasim Uddin HaroonChittagong Port Authority (CPA) Sunday said a large number of imported re-conditioned cars in the port yards were creating obstructions on the movement of other cargoes.As of Sunday afternoon, a total of 5128 reconditioned cars remained uncleared at...

Developing nations face sharpest slowdown since World War II

2008-12-15 00:00:00

From Fazle RashidNEW YORK, Dec 14: The developing nations worldwide face the grim prospect of the sharpest economic slowdown since the Second World War with growth plunging to 4.5 per cent in 2009 from a healthy 7.9 in 2007, the...

Customs asked to determine duty as per valuation rules

2008-12-15 00:00:00

Doulot Akter MalaThe revenue board has asked the customs authority to determine the duty on imported goods according to the customs valuation rules in order to resolve the recent controversy over the import price. The revenue board's instruction came following...

Call rate is still at 20pc despite fresh fund injection

2008-12-15 00:00:00

FE Report The inter-bank call money rate was at 20 per cent Sunday, the second working day after the Eid vacation, despite injection of fresh fund by the central bank.The call rate ranged between 8.50 per cent and 20 per...

Citibank Bangladesh's net income rises

2008-12-15 00:00:00

FE ReportCitibank NA Bangladesh's net income rose by 64 per cent in the 11 months of this year despite drop in its group revenue and net income due to the subprime debacle-driven meltdown.The after-tax net income soared to Tk 890...

Scarce non-judicial stamps multiply buyers' woes

2008-12-15 00:00:00

FE Report The country is now facing an acute crisis of non-judicial stamps causing its abnormal price hike in the market and sufferings to the people, said sources.The vested quarters are making hefty profits taking the advantage of the crisis....