LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters): The English FA has agreed to extend the transfer window deadline to 1700 GMT Monday February 2 from January 31 after consultation with the Premier League and Football League. The decision was taken because Jan. 31...
LONDON, Dec 12 (Reuters): European player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo was among five players shortlisted for FIFA's World Player of the Year award Friday. Spanish duo Fernando Torres and Xavi, Brazil's Kaka and Lionel Messi of Argentina join Portugal's...
After a nine-day break, the 9th round four-day matches of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League resume today (Sunday) at three venues across the country.On the day, Khulna Division will take on Dhaka Division at Bir Shreshtha Matiur...
TOKYO, Dec 13 (Reuters): Mexico's Pachuca fought back from two goals down to stun Egyptian side Al Ahly 4-2 after extra time at the Club World Cup Saturday. Argentine forward Christian Gimenez scored twice in a remarkable turnaround after Pachuca...
The Election Commission (EC) has confirmed the allocation of electoral symbols for 1,538 valid candidates for the upcoming general election, an EC official said Saturday, reports bdnews24.com. Of them 1,397 candidates belong to different political parties and alliances and 141...
The Workers Party Bangladesh (WPB) has spelled out the manifesto for the upcoming parliamentary election with promises to reduce corruption, communalism and extremism, reports bdnews24.com.The manifesto also pledged to hold trial of 1971 war crimes and ensure equitable distribution of...
An organisation of freedom fighters has said that it will publish a list of 600 people charged with war crimes following the war of independence, within days, reports bdnews24.com."We will make public a list of 600 people, against whom cases...
If voted to power, the Awami League (AL) will not formulate any anti-Islam law as it is committed to restore the image of Islam as a religion of peace and equality, reports UNB. This was stated by AL presidium member...
Former BNP secretary general Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan launched his election campaign on Saturday with duck symbol as an independent candidate from Narshingdhi-3, reports bdnews24.com.He held electoral rallies at different places in Bagab union under Shibpur Upazila."I have got into the...
BARISAL, Dec 13 (BSS): Birshreshtha Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir, one of the seven greatest heroes of the 1971 liberation war, was remembered here on the occasion of the 37th anniversary of his martyrdom Friday.Birshreshtha Shaheed Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir Smriti Parishad organized...
Awami League (AL) leader and former minister Mohammad Nasim returned home Friday night after nearly four months' treatment in Singapore, reports UNB.Nasim along with his youngest son Tanmoy Mansur Joy reached Zia International Airport at about 10:35 pm by a...
BAGERHAT, Dec 13 (UNB): Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) filed four cases against Mongla pourashava mayor and three councilors for misappropriating government money.M Nazrul Islam, ACC Deputy Director of Khulna, filed the cases against pourashava mayor Mollah Abdul Jalil and councilors Khan...
KHULNA, Dec 13 (UNB): BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia will visit here Monday to address a party rally as part of her election campaign.Khaleda Zia is scheduled to address the rally at Khulna Circuit House ground at 4.00 pm, party sources...
GAZIPUR, Dec 12 (bdnews24.com): Gano Forum (GF) president Dr Kamal Hossain Friday said neither Awami League (AL) nor the BNP has political ideology as such."They have nominated corruption suspects only for going to power at any cost," he said at...
FENI, Dec 13 (BSS): Mofiz Uddin Ahmed Bhuiyan, a former UP chairman, died at his village home under Sonagazi Upazila in the district last night at the age of 107.Mofiz Uddin, also father of current chairman of Charmajilishpur Union Parishad...
Awami League Saturday opened a media centre on the 4th floor of house no. 33, road no. 4 in the city's Dhanmondi area to facilitate the professional works of journalists during pre-and post-election periods, reports UNB.Awami League presidium member Motia...
MYMENSINGH, Dec 13 (BSS) - All preparations are afoot for holding the upcoming general election in 11 constituencies of the district on December 29.As part of the preparations, a two-day training course for presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling...
There are many projections now making the rounds about the depth and duration of the recession which appears to be gripping most of the developed countries in varying degrees. However a common view is noted in such analysis that that...
Syed JamaluddinTHE World Bank (WB) late last month lowered the growth projection for the Bangladesh economic due to global financial meltdown. According to the WB, the global financial crisis is likely to affect Bangladesh's exports and remittances in the near...
Khondkar Abdus SalequeTHE business leaders have been urging the caretaker government (CTG) to approve the coal policy as soon as possible. They have feared that, already delayed, the adoption of the policy might further slow down during the time of...
THERE are services which are extremely important for the simple reason that these involve human life. The same are the medical services and for the obvious reasons, no compromise can be allowed in running them properly or in maintaining their...
THE environmental awareness has been picking up in Bangladesh from the late eighties when a separate Ministry of the Environment with the Department of the Environment under it, came into being. Later, the environment court was set up and moves...
M Azizur RahmanThe country is now facing difficulty in mobilising funds to import fuel from the falling international oil market, as the conventional lenders are pushing hard to raise interest rates or showing apathy to lending, officials said Thursday.The Jeddah-based...
Awami League (AL), if voted to power, will give priority on five main areas which include reining in the prices of essentials, combating corruption, promoting energy security, alleviating poverty and ensuring good governance, report agencies.Announcing the AL election manifesto --...
SYLHET, Dec 12: Chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Khaleda Zia has promised to bring down the prices of essentials and create new jobs, if re-elected for a third term, in her first election rally at Lalabazar in Sylhet on...
A Z M AnasA falling remittances inflow is likely to dampen Bangladesh's growth prospects in the current financial year, signalling the onslaught of global financial tsunami on the country's coastline, according to a new World Bank report.The economy, which grew...
FE Report The country's imports grew by 31.66 per cent during the first four months of the current fiscal over that of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal, officials said. The value of letters of credit (LCs) against imports...
ROME, Dec 12 (Xinhua): Another 40 million people have been pushed into hunger this year primarily due to higher food prices, according to a new report published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) this week. This brings the...
The Election Commission (EC) has declared valid as many as 1,572 candidates until Friday afternoon, report agencies. "But after the allotment of electoral logos among the candidates, the number of total candidates may come down to 1,300," Joint Secretary (Election),...
NEW YORK, Dec 12: Bernard Madoff, a quiet force on Wall Street for decades, was arrested and charged Thursday with allegedly running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme in what may rank among the biggest frauds ever. The former chairman of...
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