KARACHI, Oct 2 (BBC): South Africa blasted out Pakistan's top order cheaply to seize the advantage after two days of the first Test. Pakistan had taken the last seven South African wickets for 98 runs in Karachi to bowl the...
Saiful KaiserWhen Australia were 8 for 2, the Indians were ecstatic. They thought they had the cat in the bag and were secretly happy that there was no Ricky Ponting in the squad. They made the mistake of congratulating themselves...
Matuail Udoyon Sangsad registered their third consecutive victory in the Super League of the Metropolis third Division Football League, beating Tongi KC by 1-0 at the Bir Shrestho Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium in the city Tuesday, reports UNB.Bakul Hossain...
LONDON, Oct 2 (AFP): Darrell Hair, the Australian umpire, was prevented from umpiring in top-level international cricket so as to appease non-white cricketing countries, it was claimed in the Central London Employment Tribunal here Monday. Hair is suing the International...
The National Football Championship, organised by Bangladesh Football Federation, begins across the country on November 2, reports UNB.The zonal phase matches of the championship will be held in nine zones -- Padma, Surma, Kapatakh, Karnaphuli, Tista, Jamuna, Meghna, Brahmaputra, Services...
KARACHI, Oct 2 (AFP): Pakistani cricket vice captain Salman Butt was admitted to hospital Tuesday with stomach pains on the second day of the first Test against South Africa, officials said. "Butt had severe pain in his stomach and we...
LIVERPOOL, England, Oct 2 (AFP): Liverpool have not found goals as easy to come by this season as might have been expected from a squad boasting a strike quartet collectively valued at more than 60 million pounds. Rafael Benitez's squad...
INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct 2 (AFP): Four-time Olympic discus gold medalist and former world record holder Al Oerter died Monday of heart failure in Florida. He was 71. Oerter is considered one of the greatest American track and field athletes of...
FE ReportFloods, crop damage and food inflation spike are likely to make the monga severe this year, economists and donor representatives warned Tuesday, urging the government to take contingency plans in the fight against seasonal hunger.Only field level actions, not...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaState-owned Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge (JMB), the country's largest civil engineering project, is going to be listed on the stock exchanges early next year to raise the supply of good shares in the stock market.The JMB Authority and the...
Shamsul Huq Zahid Speculation has always been a part of trade and investment. To some extent, it forms the basis of business and investment plans made by small traders as well as giant corporate bodies. But what if speculation turns...
FE ReportThree large power units with a combined capacity of 325-megawatt (MW) faced closure within a span of one week aggravating the power crisis throughout the country.Sources in the Power Development Board (PDB) told the FE last night that the...
Jasim Uddin HaroonThe country's premier Chittagong Port witnessed congestion of containers in September raising the turnaround time of vessels, port sources said.The vessel stay-time at jetties in September averaged 3.48 days against 3.10 days in August this year. It was...
The chamber judge of the Supreme Court Tuesday sent the government appeal against former prime minister Khaleda Zia's bail, without staying it, for a full bench hearing Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. The chamber judge also did not freeze the High Court...
Farhan Bokhari, FT Syndication ServiceISLAMABAD: At least 86 members of Pakistan's opposition APDM (All Parties Democratic Movement) alliance on Tuesday resigned from their parliamentary seats in an effort to undercut the legitimacy of General Pervez Musharraf's anticipated victory in Saturday's...
FE Report The former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed her desire to pay tax worth Tk 0.7 million (7.0 lakh) for the current fiscal.The date of filing individuals tax return will expire on October 31.Lawyer of Sheikh Hasina Tuesday...
Naim-Ul-KairmThousands of Bangladeshi workers stranded at the transit camps in Kuala Lumpur might be deported because of new recruitment rules introduced by the Malaysian government, sources said.According to the new rules, they said, the Malaysian employers will have to receive...
Shakhawat Hossain The country's tax policy unit, which is going to be separated from the National Board of Revenue (NBR), will be housed in the Ministry of Finance (MoF), official source said.The tax policy unit, directly run by the NBR...
A Bangladeshi cattle-trader was gunned down by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Sonadanga frontier village in Sapahar upazila under Naogaon Tuesday. Sources said, BSF from Mollikpur camp opened fire on Maidur Rahman (22) of Moynakuri village near no-man's-land around...
The online application for the US Diversity Visa (DV) 2009 starts today (Wednesday) at 10 pm (BST). Applicants from the qualifying countries including Bangladesh may submit their applications providing their name, address and a few other pieces of information on...
A Jubo League leader was gunned down near his house in the city's Pallabi area Monday night. Police and witnesses said, four to five gunmen sprayed bullets on Pintu (25), president of Jubo League's Kalapania unit, at about 10:45 pm,...
FE Report The Microcredit Regulatory Authority (MRA) has decided to restrict accepting term deposits by the micro-finance institutions (MFIs) from their respective members to avoid financial risks, official sources said. The decision was taken at a board meeting of the...
FE ReportShare prices on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), led by Trust Bank, continued to rise for the second day Tuesday. Banking shares and mutual funds also had a happy ride on the surge of Trust Bank that made a debut...
FE ReportA high powered delegation from the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) was due to arrive in the capital Tuesday night for talks on energy sector policy with the government.The two-member ADB team, led by ADB's Director General of South...
Two alleged terrorists were killed in a gunfight between their cohorts and police at Sreerampur village in Alamdanga upazila under Chuadanga early Tuesday, reports UNB.The deceased were identified as Nasir (30) and Edbar (28). Acting on a tip-off, police cordoned...
FE ReportThe country's fertiliser importers are found reluctant to import triple super-phosphate (TSP) and muriate of potash (MOP) fertilisers following the government's failure to pay arrear money against subsidy to private importers.The government owes about Tk 1.0 billion to private...
BNP Chairperson's Adviser Hannan Shah Tuesday said BNP Chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia should not have been arrested before completion of investigation into the case against her, reports UNB."The case against Bagum Zia is now under investigation and...
Musharraf names new army chiefISLAMABAD (Reuters): Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf made moves on Tuesday to smooth his re-election by naming a successor as army chief as his government dropped graft charges against possible ally Benazir Bhutto.General Musharraf, a close US...
Emergency is to be lifted at least two months before the polls from places where elections will be held, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Dr ATM Shamsul Huda said Tuesday, reports UNB.EC had proposed for holding election to the city corporations...
FE ReportThe government has approved installation of two rental power plants with a total capacity of 90-megawatt (MW) of electricity in Sylhet district.The approval came at meeting of the committee of the advisers' council on public purchase Tuesday.Youth Spinning Mills...
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