RAJSHAHI, Sept 23 (UNB): Unidentified assailants hacked a man to death at Anukompur village under Charghat Upazila in the district Saturday midnight.The deceased was identified as M Ashraf (45). He was a mango trader.According to the police, the assailants hacked...
DU CorrespondentThe authorities of East West University (EWU) Sunday allocated Tk 0.15 million to the families of six fire-victims who lost their lives in a fire incident at the university on February 21 last year.President of the board of directors...
DURBAN, South Africa, Sept 23 (Cricinfo): Yuvraj Singh's electrifying 70 led the batting charge and Sreesanth delivered the telling blows with the ball as India produced a magnificent performance to beat Australia by 15 runs and set up a dream...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 23 (AFP): The young guns of India and Pakistan will square off in a dream final of the Twenty20 world championships Monday at the culmination of a tournament which has changed the face of cricket. After a clinical...
KOLKATA, Sept 23 (AFP): Russia's Maria Kirilenko upset second seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia Saturday in three sets to reach the final of the WTA Sunfeast Open. The 20-year-old Kirilenko, the fourth seed here and currently ranked 35th in the...
Saiful KaiserArguably, the Indians had a tougher job reaching the final than did the Pakistanis. But then the Pakistanis had defeated both the Sri Lankans and the Australians to reach the semis and that is a tough ask at any...
WUHAN, China, Sept 23 (AFP): Ruthless defending champions Germany and the top ranked United States stormed into the women's World Cup semi-finals Saturday, leaving North Korea and England to rue missed chances. The Germans beat the Koreans 3-0 in Wuhan...
SYDNEY, Sept 23 (AFP): Kenyan runner Julius Maritim won the Sydney Marathon for the third consecutive year Sunday, crossing the finish line in a record time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 38 seconds. Maritim, who finished six minutes ahead...
HONG KONG, Sept 23 (AFP): Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing denied a report from an Italian sports website that said he would make an offer to buy Inter Milan, a spokeswoman for the tycoon said Sunday. "We deny (the report)....
Notre Dame College beat Teachers' Training (TT) College by 5-0 points in the day's lone super league match of the 1st Fomex Foam College Rugby Competition at the Outer Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.The winners led the first...
Manchester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel has signed a new four-year contract with the club, reports BBC. The Denmark Under-21 international made his debut in August and has not missed a match under Sven-Goran Eriksson. "Everything's gone well this season, so...
David Beckham's arrival has heralded the "big bang" that everyone in Major League Soccer hoped for, according to former Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann, reports BBC. Klinsmann, who lives in California and is tipped as a future USA coach, said: "His...
FE Report Six potential investors, from both home and abroad, have submitted their expression of interest (EoI) to the Bangladesh Bank (BB) for purchasing shares worth Tk 4.0 billion of the troubled Oriental Bank Limited, official sources said. The interested...
The Supreme Court (SC) Sunday granted the applications by the condemned prisoners seeking leave to appeal against their death sentences confirmed by the High Court in the Bangabandhu murder case, reports UNB. A thee-member Appellate Division bench, headed by Justice...
Refayet Ullah MirdhaThe commerce ministry in association with the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) is going to organise a meeting in Chittagong September 25 next in a bid to revive the confidence among the business community.This will be...
Eight former ministers of the previous BNP-led alliance government, including Saifur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and Motiur Rahman Nizami, would be quizzed by the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) regarding the container handling graft case filed against former premier Khaleda Zia on...
NEW YORK, Sept 23 (UNB): Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed arrived in New York this (Sunday) morning to attend the 62nd session of United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at UN headquarter.A VVIP flight of Emirates Airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and...
FE Report Workers of Nassa Group-owned apparel factories agreed to join work from today (Monday) following a fruitful meeting with the management. The workers earlier went on rampage Saturday which left more than a hundred injured, over a dozen vehicles...
A Dhaka court Sunday ordered six persons accused in the GATCO scam case to jail. GATCO directors Syed Tanveer Ahmed and Syed Galib Ahmed were sent to jail at 7:00 pm, reports bdnew24.com.Earlier at 3.00 pm on the day, Mohammad...
FE Report Dhaka Phone, a private land phone company, announced Sunday the launching of its network expansion in the capital. Speaking at a press conference, A.T.M. Hayatuzzaman Khan, the chairman of Dhaka Phone, said his company, which is now operating...
BAGERHAT, Sept 23: Over 100 shrimp enclosures in four upazilas of the district were washed away by water, causing a reported loss of over Tk 5.0 million. Sources said over 300 thatched houses were also damaged in 10 unions of...
M Azizur RahmanBangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will float tender by next week for issuing licenses under the International Long Distance Telecommunication Service (ILDTS) Policy-2007 to open up the voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services to the private sector. "The...
FE ReportBangladesh will submit a comprehensive proposal to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) by the middle of next month for installation of a nuclear power plant in the country. A high-profile team from the IAEA, the global nuclear watchdog,...
Adviser for Law and Information Barrister Mainul Hosein Sunday said, the Caretaker Government (CG) would form council to make appointments to the constitutional posts in a transparent and accountable manner, reports BSS.Briefing newsmen at the conference room of Ministry of...
A Z M AnasThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to endorse next month a US$150 million loan for Bangladesh, recognising the government's commitment to cracking down on graft, while reforming the judiciary and the executive."The ADB's board in Manila...
FE ReportThe government approved recently 5.0 per cent cash incentives against export of salted and dehydrated fish after reviewing its export potential abroad. The commerce ministry has taken the decision in a meeting with the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), Bangladesh...
FE ReportThe stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) continued to surge for the third consecutive day Sunday, after the week-end holidays, due to buying spree by the investors.Market operators said the prices of the shares on the DSE...
FE ReportThe US dollar was stable against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Sunday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market with moderate demand for the greenback. The foreign exchange market was moderately active due to weekend in the international market.The inter-bank call...
FE Report The trade negotiation committee (TNC) is sitting again in Dhaka today (Monday) to move forward the negotiation process for forming a free trade bloc under the BIMSTEC umbrella. The resumption of trade negotiation indicates that the regional leadership...
Naim-Ul-KarimThe leaders of the least developed countries (LDCs) including Bangladesh are expected to urge the EU countries to further extend the deadline for withdrawal of the 'Safeguard Measures' on import of Chinese textiles, diplomatic sources said.The European Union (EU) imposed...
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