DividendsEastern Lubricants: The board of directors of Eastern Lubricants has recommended 25 per cent cash dividend for the year 2007-2008. The annual general meeting (AGM) of the company will be held at the Padma Bhaban, Strand Road, Sadarghat, Chittagong at...
WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (AP): President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States (US) to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise...
PETIONVILLE, Haiti, Nov 10 (AP): Rescuers vowed to go on with their search for survivors at a collapsed Haitian school at least through early Monday, despite shrinking hopes amid the growing stench of dead bodies trapped beneath the rubble.US, French...
BAGHDAD, Nov 10 (AFP): At least 28 people were killed and dozens wounded Monday in a double bomb attack in a market in a Sunni district of Baghdad, security officials said. The attackers set off a car bomb in Adhamiyah,...
SEOUL, Nov 10 (AFP): Communist North Korea threatened Monday to take 'ultra-hardline' steps if Japan strengthens sanctions against it. "The DPRK (North Korea) will respond in a ultra-hardline manner to Japan's pressure and strengthened sanctions," the ruling party newspaper Rodong...
WELLINGTON, Nov 10 (AFP): New Zealand's prime minister-elect John Key arrived in the capital Wellington Monday with the aim of getting his government sworn in within a week, following his election victory. Key was due to meet the leaders of...
KHOST, Afghanistan, Nov 10 (AFP):Fourteen Afghan security guards were killed in a clash with US-led troops, a provincial governor said Monday, but the military said they were suspected militants who fired first. Three destroyed vehicles remaining at the scene after...
BEIJING, Nov 10 (AFP): China said Monday that talks with envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, had failed to make progress, and insisted it would not compromise on the status of the Himalayan region. "Our contacts and...
JOHANNESBURG, Nov 10 (AP): Miriam Makeba, the South African singer who wooed the world with her sultry voice but was banned from her own country for 30 years under apartheid, died early Monday after a concert in Italy. She was...
Barisal Division took 158 runs first innings lead after dismissing Dhaka Division cheaply for 116 runs on the second day of the four-day 5th round match of Ispahani Mirzapore Tea 10th National Cricket League at Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra...
NAGPUR, Nov 10 (BBC): India beat Australia by 172 runs in the final Test in Nagpur to seal a 2-0 series victory and win back the much-coveted Border-Gavaskar Trophy. Harbhajan Singh (4-64) and Amit Mishra (3-27) wreaked havoc on the...
Tasin Hasin Cricket Academy crushed Indira Road Cricket Academy by six wickets in a Super League match of the third Division Qualifying Cricket League at Dhanmondi Cricket Stadium (DCS) in the city Monday, reports UNB.Coin-favoured Indira Road KC batted first...
Soil, Water and Environment Department beat Genetic Engineering Department by 68 runs in the opening match of the Dhaka University (DU) Inter-Department Cricket Competition at the Jagannath Hall ground in the city Monday, reports UNB.Pro VC AFM Yusuf Haider inaugurated...
Farashganj Sporting Club beat Victoria Sporting Club by 1-0 goal in the lone match of the Green Delta Metropolis First Division Hockey League at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Monday, reports UNB.
Euro Famous Club and Kadamtala Sangsad won their respective matches in the Metropolis second Division Football League at the Bir Shreshtho Sepoy Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Stadium at Kamalapur in the city Monday, reports UNB.In the first match, Euro Famous Club...
NAGPUR, Nov 10 (Cricinfo): Speaking after his final day of international cricket, Sourav Ganguly has said his most significant contribution was to raise the image of Indian cricket by building a team that was competitive overseas. "During the phase from...
Bangladesh play their opening Group A match against hosts Myanmar in the six-team 3rd Grand Royal Challenge Cup that begins today (Tuesday) at the National Stadium in Yangon, reports UNB.The match will kick off at 3:00 pm (BST).Bangladesh has been...
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed leaves for New Delhi tomorrow (Wednesday) to attend a summit meeting of the sub-regional cooperation bloc BIMSTEC that provides a bridge between South and Southeast Asia for a shared socio-economic uplift, reports UNB.The summit of the...
FE ReortBangladesh Breastfeeding Foundation in a press release said that breast milk is the best option for better nutrition of children. They expressed the view against the background of contradictory reports on the presence of melamine in powdered milk. Because...
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and Dhaka Customs House signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the city Sunday, says a press release.DCCI has taken an initiative to fund an automation project at Dhaka Customs House aiming to...
Academic activities as well as medical treatment at Dhaka Dental College in Mirpur-14 remained suspended since Wednesday last due to strike enforced by students, reports UNB.Students of the college, a government institution, enforced the strike demanding the withdrawal of a...
Mahbub-Uz-Zaman, a professional diplomat, has been appointed Bangladesh's new High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, reports UNB.Mahbub, after completing his MSS degree from the Dhaka University in Economics, joined the Foreign Service in 1988.He also served Bangladesh Missions in New Delhi,...
MUNSHIGANJ, Nov 10 (UNB): Two persons were killed and 40 others injured Monday when a bus ran off the road into a roadside ditch at Bausia on Dhaka-Chittagong highway under Gazaria Upazila.Police said the accident occurred as the driver of...
The American Embassy, including consular section and public affairs section with the Archer K Blood American Centre Library and Student Advising Centre will remain closed today (Tuesday) on the occasion of Veterans Day, an American national holiday, reports UNB.
COMILLA, Nov 10 (UNB): A court here Sunday sentenced a man to life term imprisonment for killing his two wives and daughter.The court also fined the convict Anwar Hossain Tk 50,000, in default, to suffer seven years rigorous imprisonment (RI)...
Md Ismail Hossain, assistant officer of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL), died Sunday due to a tragic road mishap at Saidpur in Nilphamari. He was 28.Ismail served the Saidpur branch of IBBL.He left behind his father, mother, two brothers, one...
The government expects BNP will play "a responsible role", an adviser said Monday, with the party yet to give a decision as to their participation in the upcoming elections, reports bdnews24.com."Everyone has to be responsible and come forward with a...
THE farmers of the country have been achieving miracles year after year amidst all the hurdles they have to face. Apart from the usual natural hazards, they also face the manmade ones like scarcity of fertilisers, seeds, pesticides and irrigation...
Shahiduzzaman KhanTHE country's apparel manufacturers and exporters appeared to remain cautiously optimistic about the prospects of increased ready-made garments (RMG) export to the United States following the election of Democrat Barack Obama to the White House. In fact, tough policies...
Abul Koyes SamiAll conscious groups in the country must concentrate their pressures now on the political players, the political parties and the government, for forging consensuses in respect of certain guideline in politics to be observed by all. They must...
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