MADRID, Sept 28 (AFP): Real Madrid maintained their unbeaten record and returned to the top of La Liga after a 2-0 win over Real Betis but they made hard work of despatching the side from Seville Thursday. The reigning Spanish...
Uttar Baridhara Football Club of Dhaka suffered a 4-5 goals defeat to Kolkata Mohammedan in tiebreaker in the final match of the Datta Narayan Adhikary Smriti Winners Football Tournament at Chengrabanda in West Bengal Friday, reports UNB.The match rolled into...
BARCELONA, Spain, Sept 28 (AFP): Barcelona's under-fire Brazilian star Ronaldinho will return to the pitch for Tuesday's Champions League match against Stuttgart, according to Spanish press reports Thursday. The club was forced to issue a statement supporting Ronaldinho Wednesday after...
MUMBAI, Sept 28 (AFP): Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt overcame initial resistance from Serbian Boris Pashanski to storm into the Mumbai Open quarter-finals with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 victory here Thursday. The second-seeded Australian saved three break-points in the...
The public's right to information needs to be brought under a legal framework, said speakers at a seminar Friday.
Two army men were killed and 14 other troops were injured in a road accident in Mirzapur upazila on Dhaka-Tangail highway Saturday, police and witnesses said. Mirzapur police chief Badrul Alam said the accident had occurred when a bus carrying...
Law and information adviser Mainul Hosein said Friday the government wanted to separate business from politics. "We want to ensure that nobody uses politics as a device to do business. This is an integral part of this government's policy," the...
Increasing risky extramarital sex practices among the Bangladeshi males is likely to increase the rate of HIV-AIDS infection countrywide, says a recent ICDDR, B study, reports bdnews24.com. "We have to be extra careful about handling our sex life, as we're...
Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sarwar Jahan Nizam visited Khulna Shipyard Thursday, reports BSS.During the visit, he witnessed different activities of Khulna Shipyard, a commercial enterprise run by Bangladesh Navy, and expressed his satisfaction as the shipyard became profitable...
Afghan police continued search for Nurul Islam, the BRAC official abducted in Afghanistan 20 days ago, a source in Dhaka said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. "Rescue efforts are going on. We are in constant communication with the Afghan government. Afghan police...
A man who was found dead on the Airport Road Tuesday night has been identified as Dewan Rahat Karim Mukul, teacher of North South University, police said Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com. The police immediately failed to unpack the circumstances surrounding the...
FE ReportThe Indian High Commi-ssion (HC) in Dhaka will screen the film 'Gandhi' by Sir Richard Attenborough at its auditorium at 6:00 pm on October 2 marking the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.The commission will also present a documentary titled...
DU CorrespondentThe admission test of Executive MBA (EMBA) at the Institute of Business Administration of Dhaka University will be held at 10 am today (Friday).Candidates have been asked to attend their respective exam halls by 9:45 am. The applicants, who...
BOGRA, Sept 27 (UNB): A cocktail exploded in the Police Super's maalkhana (armoury) leaving a man wounded Thursday.The police said Mukul Biswas opened the maalkhana to take some physical evidence at about 11-30 when the cocktail burst with a big...
FE ReportM/S Garisan Etika Bangladesh (Pvt.) Limited, will set up a 50mw power generation plant in Adamjee Export Processing Zone (EPZ).The company will invest $41 million for uninterrupted power supply to the operating enterprises of Adamiee EPZ including adjacent area...
NEW DELHI, Sept 27 (Xinhua): India's Reliance Fresh retail company has terminated service contracts of 870 employees last week in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh after angry protests forced authorities to order their closure, The Hindustan Times newspaper...
FE Report Unilever Bangladesh Limited (UBL) will start its nationwide campaign 'Shaada Moner Manush' -- in search of the white soul. 'Shaada Moner Manush' -- an initiative of the Wheel Power White brand -- involves finding out those selfless people...
FE ReportUnited Commercial Bank Limited (UCBL), and Industrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited (IIDFCL) signed an agreement at the UCBL Boardroom in the city recently.UCBL Managing Director Hamidul Huq and IIDFCL Managing Director Mahmood Malik signed the agreement on...
Our CorrespondentSIRAJGANJ, Sept 27: Some 500 poultry farms are facing closure due to an acute shortage of chicks, sources said.Hatcheries cannot produce chicks for want of eggs. Farm owners also cannot produce improved variety of poultry feed because of the...
HONG KONG, Sep 27 (MarketWatch): Asian stocks closed mostly higher Thursday as they basked in the afterglow of last week's sharp cut in US interest rates and despite lingering concerns about global economic prospects.The stock markets advanced sharply Thursday, with...
NEW YORK, Sept 27 (UNB): High Representative for least developed countries (LDCs), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDC) and Small Island Developing (SID) countries Cheick Sidi Diarra called on Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed.During the meeting with the Chief Adviser at his Hotel...
FE Report Foreign Exchange Corporate Branch of the Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) organised a discussion on 'Ramadan: Our Social Commitment and Significant Role of Islami Bank' at the IBBL head office in the city Wednesday. IBBL Executive Committee Chairman...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Sep 27: A team consisting of two members of the International Finance Corporation visited Uttara Export Processing Zone on 23rd September. The team members discussed various aspects of the EPZ with the EPZ administration including its project director...
Share trading of Trust Bank starts Oct 01Trading of the shares of Trust Bank Limited will start in CSE from October 01, 2007 in demat form, under settlement category 'N.' The scrip ID=22032, Scrip CD=TRSTB, Market Lot=50, Face Value=Tk 100...
New York, 27 Sept (UNB): Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Bin Haji Ahmad Badawi has assured Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed that his government would look into problems being faced by Bangladeshi workers with a view to resolving them.Ahmad Badawi gave...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Sept 27: The traditional food vermicelli, an essential item during Eid-ul-Fitr, might be out of reach of the common people this year because of reckless price hike of flour.Last year, vermicelli was being sold at Tk 38 per...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 27: Despite undertaking special initiatives in realisation of outstanding revenue, the amount of outstanding dues of PDB lying with domestic subscribers and government and private organisations is Tk 1.39 billion (139 crore), sources said.Meanwhile, Power Development Board...
FE ReportThe ICB Asset Management Company Limited (AMCL), a subsidiary of Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB), has declared the Net Asset Values (NAV) of its two unit funds.The total NAV of ICB AMCL Unit Fund stood at Tk 493,653,552.58 on...
Our CorrespondentNILPHAMARI, Sept 26: The central locomotive workshop at Parbatipur remains underutilised for years due to proper policy support of the concern policy makers. The design capacity of the workshop is heavy repairing of 120 locomotives per year and to...
RANGPUR, Sept 27 (BSS): A mobile court realised Tk 38,000 as fine from eight meat sellers of the town during an anti-adulteration drive Wednesday.The mobile court led by Magistrate M Feroz Ahmed fined the meat traders for violating existing rules...
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