SYDNEY, Sept 21 (Reuters): Australia captain Ricky Ponting will remain with the squad for their one-day tour of India despite suffering from a hamstring injury, Cricket Australia said. Ponting has been ruled out of the rest of the current Twenty20...
A Z M AnasThe caretaker government is pressing forward with a plan to initiate the construction work of the second Dhaka-Chittagong Highway project, the cost of which is estimated at US$ 900 million."We're planning to float an international tender for...
Doulot Akter MalaThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has taken a move to realise stuck-up Value Added Tax (VAT) worth Tk 2.32 billion (Tk 231.95 crore) that was evaded during the last seven years.The VAT monitoring, intelligence and investigation department...
FE ReportThe World Bank (WB) will start assessment from September 24 of losses caused by the recent flood in Bangladesh in order to extend the WB's possible support to recover from the losses, official sources said.The Washington-based donor is sending...
Farhan Bokhari, FT Syndication ServiceISLAMABAD: General Pervez Musharraf on Friday appointed a new spy chief and made a number of other key military appointments in an apparent move by the Pakistani president to retain his influence even after he steps...
Jasim Uddin Haroon The Bangladesh Garment Manufactures and Exporters Association (BGMEA) might create an off-dock facility at Sitakunda, Chittagong so that the readymade garments (RMG) export consignments can be shipped out promptly.Currently, there are 12 off-docks being operated by private...
Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed leaves for New York today (Saturday) to attend the 62nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in the UN headquarters, reports UNB.It will be his first trip to the USA after assuming office...
Several thousand hardline Islamic activists Friday staged angry protests and clashed with police over the publication of a cartoon in daily Prothom Alo's weekly supplement "Alpin" hurting religious sentiments of the Muslims, reports UNB.Witnesses said immediately after 'Juma' prayer, the...
LONDON, Sept 21(AP) : Oil prices fell on profit-taking Friday but were expected to hold near record levels as traders kept a watchful eye on a potential tropical storm brewing off the west coast of Florida. U.S. forecasters warned that...
HONG KONG, Sept 21 (AFP): The former president of the World Bank said today that rich countries were ill-prepared to deal with the "tectonic shift" in economic power towards developing nations, in particular to India and China. James Wolfensohn said...
The government has proscribed the Eid Issue of the Shaptahik 2000 and confiscated all its copies for publishing an autobiographical write-up hurting religious sentiments of the public. "The government has banned circulation, sale, full or partial reprint, publishing or preservation...
The government is contemplating to appoint administrators for zilla parishads until elections to this local body is held. Sources said the LGRD Ministry has recently sought legal opinion from the Law Ministry about the appointment of Zilla Parishad Administrators in...
Naim-Ul-KarimBangladesh can hardly reap the full potential of manpower export to the extent of several million to developed countries unless the government launches a pragmatic skill development programme soon, sources concerned said. A number of European, North American and Scandinavian...
FE ReportSenior revenue officials of SAARC states will meet in Kathmandu early November to discuss a harmonised customs structure aiming to expedite the formation of an economic union in the region.SAARC or South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is a...
Jo Johnson, FT Syndication ServiceNEW DELHI: Mayawati, India's most powerful low-caste politician, has fired more than 10,000 police officers in the populous northern state of Uttar Pradesh, which she leads. Critics accuse Mayawati, whose Bahujan Samaj party garnered an absolute...
S M JahangirThe imposition of a 10 per cent tax at source on the interest income from savings tools has eroded confidence of small investors.There has been a significant withdrawal of investments in the state-run savings certificates following the imposition...
NEW YORK (AP) : A billion dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to. For the first time, it takes more than $1 billion to earn a spot on Forbes magazine's list of the 400 richest Americans. The...
FE ReportThe stock prices on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) remained mixed amid cautious trading during the week ended Thursday.The daily average turnover further declined 28.87 per cent to Tk 1.27 billion against Tk 1.79 billion of the previous week."The...
GENEVA, Sept 20 (AFP): - Hopes of an agreement in six- year-old WTO talks on reducing global trade barriers appeared to have been revived yesterday after the US accepted to negotiate more stringent limits on subsidies to its farmers. Diplomats...
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will investigate into the unusual trading of the shares of Apex Adelchi Footwear Ltd, according to an SEC notice, reports bdnews24.com. "Price movement and trading of Apex Footwear shares appear unusual to us," SEC...
BARISAL, Sept 21 (UNB): Over 100 fishing trawlers with some 1200 fishermen went missing in the Bay as high waves, triggered a by sudden storm, hit the trawlers Thursday night.The fishermen who returned to the shore said they saw three...
WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (AFP): Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former French finance minister widely expected to be tapped to head the IMF, pledged yesterday to stay for the entire five-year term, effectively renouncing a 2012 run for the presidency. The reforms needed...
NARAYANGANJ, Sep 21 (UNB): Eight people died and eight others fell sick in Araihazar and Rupganj upazilas Friday after eating poisonous 'potka' fish with their meals Thursday night.Local sources said a number of families Thursday evening bought 'potka' fish from...
Hundreds of garment workers fought street battle with security forces at around 10:30am Saturday in Tejgaon Industrial Area in the capital for pay and festival allowances. The furious workers vandalised a garment factory and clashed with the army, RAB and...
Awami League presidium member Tofail Ahmed Saturday said talks between the AL-led 14-party alliance members would take place ahead of any meeting with the Election Commission. The presidium member added that the critical discussions would be based on the alliances'...
JESSORE, Sept 20 (UNB): BDR jawans seized huge Indian contraband goods, including clothes, worth Tk 1.9 million from a truck at Pullar Bazar in the town Tuesday night.Acting on a tip off, BDR men halted a truck and recovered 337...
BAGERHAT, Sept 20 (UNB): A UP chairman was suspended in Morelganj Upazila Wednesday on charge of misappropriation of money and misuse of power. A letter signed by Deputy Secretary of LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry gave the suspension order against Abdul...
SM Afsaruzzarnan has been awarded Sher-e-Bangla Gold Medal-2007 for his outstanding contribution to Agricultural Extension, said a press release. Former Secretary and Sher-e-Bangla AK Fazlul Haque Gobeshona Parishad chief adviser Syed Margub Murshed handed over the gold medal and certificate...
CAPE TOWN, Sept 20 (BBC):A misfiring Pakistan warmed up for the World Twenty20 semi-finals with a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh. They bowled the Tigers out for 140 despite never really hitting top gear, as only debutant Zunaid Siddique resisted with...
CAPE TOWN, Sept 20 (Cricinfo): A match billed as a winner-takes-all contest was as good as decided before latecomers had even taken their seats at Newlands. In that time Australia blew away Sri Lanka's top order, and though they made...
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