UNDATED, NOV 28 (AP):- Oil prices fell below $54 a barrel Friday as a gloomy outlook for global crude demand overshadowed expectations that OPEC might announce a production cut this weekend.By midday in Europe, light, sweet crude for January delivery...
PESHAWAR, Nov 28 (AP):- Pakistani police say a suicide car bomber has killed seven people in the northwestern town of Bannu.Bannu police chief Mohammed Alam Shinwari said the attacker rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a police car patrolling the town's...
Speakers at a meeting in the city Friday urged the political parties to declare action plans in their election manifestos to protect the rights of the street children, reports BSS. They were addressing a meeting on 'Demand political commitment for...
RANGPUR, Nov 28 (BSS): The election campaign for the upcoming parliamentary polls has gained momentum in 34 parliamentary constituencies in eight districts of greater Rangpur and Dinajpur.A total of 27 candidates have so far submitted nomination papers for six constituencies...
BNP finalised nominations for 16 constituencies in Chittagong, including six new faces, 'ending tussles' among the party aspirants in the port city, party leaders said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com.Chittagong-14 has been left to Jamaat-e-Islami, they added.Chittagong city BNP stalwarts and former...
President Iajuddin Ahmed Friday felicitated Albanian President Bamir Topi on the occasion of the Liberation Day of Albania that falls today (Saturday), reports BSS."I take this opportunity to express my firm belief that the existing brotherly relations between our two...
Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina Friday expressed deep shock at the death of former Indian Prime Minister Viswanath Pratap Singh (VP Singh), reports BSS.In a condolence message to Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Sheikh Hasina said VP Singh had...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Nov 28: The Karnaphuli River is once again under threat of pollution, river-bank grabbing and manifold misuse. Also, continuous siltation is decreasing the draught of the river causing it to lose its navigability, sources said.Since the establishment of...
SYLHET, Nov 28 (BSS): The production of Chhatak Cement Company has been increased as the factory is producing quality cement.The company is not only fulfilling the local demands but also going to export cement to Indian state of Assam soon.'Sylhet...
RAJSHAHI, Nov 28 (BSS): Speakers at a workshop here Friday underscored the need for taking preventive measures against infection of avian influenza (bird flue) to protect the country's poultry farms from ruination. Quite a large number of people at every...
A 15-member committee of the Dhaka University (DU) Public Administration Alumni Association (DUPAAA) was formed in a meeting held in the city Friday, said a press release.DU senior most Professor Dr Mohammad Mohabbat Khan was unanimously elected as the convenor...
Adviser for Foreign Affaires Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury Friday expressed deep shock at the sad demise of Major Md Moshiur Rahman, who had been working in UN Peacekeeping Mission in Congo, reports BSS. "I profoundly condole the death of the...
The United Nations Association of Bangladesh (UNAB) will hold a symposium in observance of International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people at CIRDAP auditorium in the city today (Saturday), reports UNB.Mohammad Zulfiqur Rahman, Director General (UN), Ministry of Foreign...
Drinking fresh water right from the tap is still a dream for millions of villagers in Bangladesh. But, it is a different story in 12 villages of five districts where some 10,000 people have had access to piped water supply,...
Advocate AKM Khalilur Rahman died of a heart attack in the city Friday. He was 79, reports BSS.Khalilur Rahman, a former vice-president of Dhaka Bar Association, left behind his wife, three sons, a daughter and a host of relatives and...
Crushing of sugarcane has been started Friday in nine sugar mills, including Joypurhat Sugar Mills, under the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC), reports BSS.The crushing of sugarcane in Joypurhat Sugar Mills was inaugurated by chairman of the BSFIC...
South Africa took just 36.4 overs to dismiss Bangladesh at Centurion Friday, thereby completing an emphatic innings victory to seal a 2-0 series-win. Ashwell Prince cracked an unbeaten 162 earlier in the day before South Africa's fast bowlers tore into...
Holders Dhaka Abahani got back in the top slot in the Citycell 2nd B League beating Muktijoddha Sangsad KC by 2-0 goals at the Bangabandhu National Stadium (BNS) in the city Friday. With this win, Dhaka Abahani secured 19 points,...
Second Test, Adelaide (day one, close): New Zealand 262-6 v AustraliaAaron Redmond hit 83 for New Zealand on day one of the second Test in Adelaide as the Black Caps closed on 262-6, BBC reports. Spinner Nathan Hauritz, who replaced...
Khulna DSA reached the semi-finals of the 29th National (Inter-District) Cricket Championship beating Faridpur DSA by four wickets in the 2nd quarterfinal at Shams-ul-Huda Stadium in Jessore Friday, reports UNB. Earlier, Barisal DSA moved into the semis as the first...
England captain Kevin Pietersen insists none of his players will be forced to return to India for the two-Test series after the terror attacks in Mumbai, reports BBC. On Friday, Indian officials insisted the series would go ahead and moved...
Bangladesh Boys' Club earned a 3-1 victory over Friends Social Welfare Organisation in a match of the Metropolis Second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Shaheed Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Friday, reports UNB.Shafiqul,...
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt has admitted the terror attacks in Mumbai have made India's Test tour of Pakistan in January unlikely, reports BBC. The Indian board is awaiting clearance from its government for the tour. "Before this tragic...
The Finance Adviser has drawn the attention of all concerned to the need for strengthening the revenue administration. At a function held in the capital city the other day, he highlighted this imperative, particularly in view of the likely adverse...
Syed Fattahul AlimBoth the government and a section of the trading community have been drawing a rather flattering picture for Bangladesh economy in the wake of the severe recession in the industrially advanced nations. The government, however, is still confident...
Jahangir HossainA newspaper report sometime ago was startling and should cause righteous indignation. It stated that police had seized huge quantities of date-barred insecticides with the owner of the company distributing the stuff admitting under police interrogation that he has...
We are fortunate that the global economic turmoil did not, so far, bring a major negative impact on the country's readymade garment (RMG) industry. Initially, it was apprehended that the RMG sector would face cut in orders. Some 5,000 apparel...
It is hard to believe that once a beautiful plan was there to develop Dhaka into a beautiful city with lakes and greeneries, not to speak of well-planned buildings. But the Dhaka Metropolitan Development Plan (DMDP) has gradually been distorted...
Muhammad Quamrul IslamThe Constitution of the People's Republic of Bangladesh, 1972, which was written after the emergence of sovereign Bangladesh in 1971 in the spirit of Bengali nationalism, comprises territories as per Article2 that constituted East Pakistan. Fourteen amendments have...
Mohd. Mostagousul HaqueThe present writer has not studied in Carmichael College but had gone there for admission, during the late 70's, and as a young boy from a remote village admired the monumental buildings. It looked so tall and huge,...
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