BENAPOLE, Nov 27 (UNB): The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Thursday issued red alert on their side along Benapole border following late Wednesday night's terrible terrorist attacks in India's business capital of Mumbai that killed over a hundred people.BSF authorities...
FE Report Proper protective measures might prevent the country's economy from the adverse impact of global financial slowdown, speakers at a seminar in the capital said on Thursday.The seminar on "Global Financial Crisis and its impact on Bangladesh" was organised...
Shakhawat HossainRangpur region produced highest 1.76 million tonnes of Boro in the last season, which is almost 10 per cent of the country's total 17.78 million tonnes of yield of the rice. Farmers of the region brought 46,07,630 hectares under...
Naim-Ul-KarimEmployment for Bangladeshis in Saudi Arabia, the single largest destination for thousands of overseas job seekers, has slowed down since July last as Riyadh has almost halted issuing fresh visas, local recruiting agencies said Thursday. According to statistics of the...
MUMBAI, Nov 27 (agencies): The young gunmen roaming the corridors of two luxury hotels in Mumbai were shooting wildly, but they knew exactly what sort of guests they intended to take hostage."They told everybody to stop and put their hands...
KABUL, Nov 27 (AP): A suspected suicide bomber has struck close to the entrance to the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, witnesses and police say. At least one person, reportedly a civilian, was killed, although one police official said more...
Bangkok was effectively cut off Thursday as the city's second airport was closed after it was stormed by anti-government protestors who are already laying siege to the main international air hub in the Thai capital, report agencies .Don Muang airport,...
One in 10 people has tried to cut down on processed meats such as bacon in the wake of a report linking them to cancer, a survey suggests, reports BBC.Older people among the 2,124 questioned were most likely to have...
Bhutto will be posthumously awarded UN HR award ISLAMABAD, Nov 27: Slain former Pakistani premier Benazir Bhutto will be posthumously awarded the United Nations Human Rights Award on December 10 on the occasion of the UN Human Rights Day. The...
Bangladesh's spirited performance continued on the second day at Centurion Park as they caused South Africa plenty of problems on a pitch offering help for seamers and spinners. Shakib Al Hasan followed his impressive effort from the first Test with...
Despite two centuries by Javed Omar and Mahmudullah Riyad, hosts Dhaka Division were forced to a draw by Sylhet Division in the 7th round match of the Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League on the 4th and last day...
Motijheel T&T Club finished runners-up in the Second Division Football League to gain promotion to the First Division League outplaying Little Friends Club by 4-0 goals at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur Thursday, reports...
Giant killers Rahamatganj MFS again made a big upset in the Citycell 2nd B League beating Dhaka Mohammedan SC by a solitary goal at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Thursday, reports UNB. It was the 4th win...
Barisal DSA moved into the semi-finals of the National (Inter-District) Cricket Championship with a five-wicket win over Chandpur DSA in the first quarterfinal at the Shams-ul-Huda Stadium in Jessore Thursday, reports UNB. Sent into bat first, Chandpur DSA were bundled...
David Nalbandian has denied claims that he rowed with team-mates as Argentina lost to Spain in the Davis Cup final, reports BBC. Nalbandian won his team's only point as they crashed 3-1 in Mar del Plata. He and Agustin Calleri...
LIVERPOOL, Nov 27(AFP): Steven Gerrard celebrated his return from injury by firing Liverpool into the knockout stages of the Champions League with a 1-0 win over Marseille here on Wednesday. The Liverpool captain's first-half header from Xabi Alonso's cross proved...
England have postponed their final two one-day matches against India after terror attacks in Mumbai but the future of the two-Test series remains unclear, reports BBC. The squad will remain 850 miles away in Bhubaneswar until at least Friday as...
Bangladesh earned one more bronze medal in their lone event on the 6th day of the 4th South Asian Shooting Championship held in the Pakistani capital Islamabad Thursday, reports UNB.Bangladesh men's team comprising Shahriar Towfique Khan (score 1123), Razman Ali...
Australia are waiting on the fitness of Jason Krejza for the second Test with New Zealand, which starts Friday, reports BBC. The spinner will undergo late tests after spraining an ankle in training, and Nathan Hauritz has been called up...
Foreign Adviser Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Thursday said the state of emergency would be lifted well ahead of December 29 general elections and it would be announced soon, reports UNB.Talking to newsmen after a meeting with the chief of EU...
The Ministry of Information (MoI) is making all out efforts to put in place all necessary arrangements to execute the Right to Information (RTI) Ordinance-2008 within 90 days of its promulgation, reports BSS. The ministry has already issued letters to...
Interviews of BNP hopefuls for the upcoming election began Thursday, with thousands of the party leaders and workers gathering at the Gulshan office of the chairperson amid a 'festive air,' reports bdnews24.com.The interviews were being taken by a parliamentary board...
Bangladesh Awami League (AL) urged the Election Commission (EC) not to mete out any discriminatory 'behaviour' to the party in implementing provisions of the Representation of People Order (RPO), including the rule for grassroots nomination of candidates for the forthcoming...
Chairman of Transparency International, Bangladesh (TIB) Muzaffer Ahmad Thursday underscored the need for proper application of the Representation of People Order (RPO) for strengthening the Election Commission (EC).Proper application of the RPO will help strengthen the EC, but there should...
President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed condemned the Mumbai blasts, which claimed a lot of lives since Wednesday through Thursday. President Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed expressed his deep shock and sorrow at the loss of...
A court in the city Thursday began admissibility hearing on a civil suit filed against 36 persons for their alleged anti-state activities during the country's liberation war in 1971, reports UNB.Three lawyers of Dhaka Judge's Court - M Safayat Hossain...
The High Court (HC) Thursday granted bail for two months to former Communication Minister Barrister Nazmul Huda, who was convicted in an extortion case, pending his appeal against the trial court conviction, reports UNB. A division bench comprising Justice M...
KHULNA, Nov 27 (UNB): The police foiled a human chain of grass-roots level activists of Awami League (AL) in front of local press club in the town Thursday morning.The AL activists started a hunger strike and formed a human chain...
FE ReportNo profession can flourish and last long in the world if sympathy towards the people is lacking, said Bangladesh Bank governor Salehuddin Ahmed at a discussion in the city on Wednesday. Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management held the discussion...
Our CorrespondentJESSORE, Nov 27: Some 250 metric tonnes of rice were imported from India through Benapole land port on Tuesday. It was the first consignment out of some 4,500 metric tonnes of rice that India pledged to export to Bangladesh....
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