After the withdrawal of candidature by all the three short-listed coaches, Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) is looking for appointing a coach for the national cricket team by October 30, reports UNB.The decision was taken at a BCB ad-hoc executive committee...
KARACHI, Sept 30 (Cricinfo): Unmistakably, change is in the air. Pakistan and South Africa meet at the National Stadium in Karachi today (Monday) for the first Test, one eye on the now, one on the future. South Africa, without any...
Bokul Hossain scored a brilliant hattrick as Matuail Udoyon Sangsad notched a 3-0 goals victory over Spondon KC in a match of the Metropolis 3rd Division Football super league at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at...
BANGKOK, Sept 30 (AFP): Dmitry Tursunov broke a summer losing streak in style Sunday, racing to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over German Benjamin Becker to win the Thailand Open. Sixth seed Tursunov, 29th in the world, lifted a trophy in...
TEHRAN, Sept 30 (XINHUA): Iranian lawmakers Saturday branded the US troops and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as terrorist groups, according to a statement released by the Iranian state media. The statement said that more than 200 Iranian parliament members...
KANDAHAR, Sept 30 (AFP): Afghanistan's Taliban militia Sunday rejected peace overtures by President Hamid Karzai, insisting they would never negotiate as long as international soldiers were in the country. The Taliban is also not interested in government positions, the movement's...
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (AFP): Kurdish separatists fired shots at a bus in southeastern Turkey, killing 12 people and wounding two others, local officials said Sunday.The incident happened Saturday near the town of Beytussebab in Sirnak province not far from the Iraqi...
YANGON, Sept 30 (AP): A UN envoy held back-to-back meetings Sunday with Myanmar's military rulers and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as he sought a peaceful solution to the government's crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. The separate talks occurred...
ISLAMABAD, SEPT 30 (AP): Pakistani journalists marked Sunday as a "black day" to condemn police beatings during opposition protests against President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's pursuit of another five-year term.Musharraf picked up a key legal victory Saturday when the Election Commission...
Bolivian President Evo Morales welcomed Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Bolivia Thursday, sparking an outcry in Bolivia, where the leftist Morales is a hero to some, a divisive demagogue to others. He's seldom short of words.The visit came a day...
LONDON, Sept 29 (Bloomberg): An explosion in the capital of the Maldives injured 12 people including two Britons, the UK government said. The bomb exploded at about 1:30 pm local time outside the main mosque in Male, said a spokeswoman...
Doulot Akter MalaThe extended period for legalising the undisclosed money expired Sunday with the National Board of Revenue (NBR) mopping up total tax revenue of Tk. 6.87 billion against the disclosure of Tk. 37.75 billion. During the extended period of...
The High Court Sunday stayed the proceedings of the GATCO scam case against detained former premier and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko, granting bail only to Khaleda, reports UNB. A division bench, comprising Justice...
FE ReportThousands of stock market investors remain in the dark on the renewal of their Beneficiary Owner (BO) accounts, the deadline of which expired Friday last.If not extended, the investors who have failed to renew their BO accounts by the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Sunday filed eight separate cases against 17 persons, including former Energy Adviser Mahmudur Rahman, Awami League Joint General Secretary Obaidul Quader, business tycoon Salman F Rahman and Managing Director of Globe Construction Ltd Atiqullah Khan Masud,...
FE Report The advisory committee responsible for finalising the coal policy, is yet to give it a final shape, sources at the energy division said.They alleged that the reconstituted committee headed by a former vice chancellor of BUET was dragging...
A special judge's court in Dhaka sentenced Basundhara Group chairman Shah Alam to eight years of imprisonment Sunday on twin charges of concealing wealth information and evading tax, reports bdnews24.com.The court also fined him Tk 83 million (8.3 crore), in...
The High Court Sunday postponed for three weeks the scheduled election to the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), reports UNB.Passing an interim order, upon a writ petition, a bench headed by Justice Syed Mahmud Hossain issued...
Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed returned home Sunday night from New York after attending the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly. A VVIP flight of the Emirates Airlines, carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage, landed at the Zia...
COMILLA, Sept 30: The engine and a compartment of a wheat-laden train derailed at Lalmai rail station here this (Sunday) morning, disrupting train communications on Dhaka-Chittagong route. —UNB
Shakhawat Hossain The government has initiated a move to increase manpower export from the country's less advanced areas aiming to remove regional income disparity and reduce poverty, official sources said.The Ministry for Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment has already been...
FE ReportThe Compliance Monitoring Cell under the Ministry of Commerce has started conducting a random survey of the compliance issues in the country's apparel sector.The purpose of the survey is to prepare a comprehensive report acceptable to all stakeholders both...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd (DESCO) has started commercial production of pre-paid electric meters to help enhance government revenue, checking electricity theft and reducing systems loss."We have started commercial production of pre-paid electric meters in the DESCO factory...
Jasim Uddin Haroon Bus tickets of most of the luxury coaches operating from Dhaka have been sold in advance on the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr holidays. Mohamed Nizam, sales executive of Green Line, a popular luxury coach services, told the...
FE ReportThe indices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Sunday remained mixed after decline in share prices for four days in a row.Market operators said prices of the shares on the DSE remained mixed due to thin trading.Moreover, investors' enthusiasm...
FE ReportThe US dollar was stable against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market as the demand for the greenback remained steady. The market was moderately active due to weekend in the international market, fund managers...
GAZIPUR, Sept 30 (UNB): BNP Chairperson's adviser ASM Hannan Shah said Sunday that the caretaker government should hand over power after arranging an election as soon as possible.Referring to the recent comment of Chief Adviser that a non-elected government should...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Sunday questioned former Cabinet Secretary and PSC Chairman Dr Sa'dat Hossain, a former Shipping Secretary, and a serving Additional Secretary in connection with the container handling case filed against former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, reports UNB.The...
Two detained Dhaka University teachers and a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal leader started testifying before the judicial inquiry commission at the Circuit House at 11am Monday. Prof Harunur Rashid, dean of social science faculty of Dhaka University, was the first to...
The High Court Monday halted the proceedings of three graft cases against former prime minister Khaleda Zia's son Tarique Rahman, former law minister Moudud Ahmed and former communications minister barrister Nazmul Huda and his wife. The court simultaneously asked the...
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