The Best Western La Vinci Hotel First Senior Fencing Championship will begin at the National Sports Council Gymnasium in the city tomorrow (Saturday), reports UNB.Bangladesh Olympic Association (BOA) Secretary General Kutubuddin Ahmed will inaugurate the two-day meet, organised by Bangladesh...
Police AC crushed Bachelors SC by 7-2 goals in a match of the Green Delta Metropolis First Division Hockey League at the Maulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the city Thursday, reports UNB.The winners led the first half 3-0. Rana...
Our CorrespondentFARIDPUR, Nov 06: Melamine mixed powdered milk is still being used at ice cream factories, sweetmeat factories and bakeries in Faridpur district while the milk men raised the price of cow milk to Tk 55 from Tk 25 in...
FE ReportAdvisor to the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education Rasheda K Chowdhury said Wednesday achieving the country's Millenium Development Goal (MDG) on universal primary education (UPE) is possible with proper collaboration between the public and private sectors. Her remark...
The speakers at a seminar urged the people from all walks of life to come forward to make the UNESCO goal of ensuring EFA by 2015, reports UNB.They called upon the non-government organisations (NGOs) to carry out welfare-oriented activities instead...
DU CorrespondentThe fourth 'Dhaka International Education Fair-2008' began Thursday at the city's Bashundhara City Shopping Complex in order to provide students, intending to pursue higher education at home and abroad, with detailed information and instructions under the same roof.Vice-Chancellor of...
Experts Thursday requested the government to allocate sufficient funds on an urgent basis to develop state of the art testing labs in the country to check adulteration of food items, especially baby foods, reports BSS."The recent experience from fake drugs...
SAVAR, Nov 6 (UNB): Two alleged muggers were killed and two others injured in a mob beating when they were fleeing after snatching and injuring three people at a kitchen market at Birulia here Thursday.Police said four muggers snatched Tk...
The admission test of government medical colleges throughout the country for the academic session 2008-09 will be held today (Friday) from 10:00 am to 11:00 am, reports BSS.A total of 2,210 students will be admitted to 15 government medical colleges...
Five workers were injured when a home-made bomb exploded at an under-construction market building in the city's Sutrapur area Thursday, reports UNB.Police said some unknown persons exploded the bomb on the second floor of the upcoming market building at Kaptanbazar...
The Election Commission (EC) blamed the Awami League (AL) for violating electoral code of conduct through staging motor procession with a show of colourful posters to accord a rousing reception to party president Sheikh Hasina on her homecoming from abroad...
The BNP will observe Friday as the 'National Revolution and Solidarity Day', while some other political parties will observe it from different historical perspectives, reports bdnews24.com.Awami League (AL) will observe the day as a 'Black Day' to commemorate the killing...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Nov 06: Various socio-cultural organisations as well as teachers and students' organisations demonstrated on the campus of Rajshahi University recently protesting against performing a character on Hazrat Muhammd (SM), the Great Prophet of Islam, in a drama staged...
Speakers at a discussion in the city Thursday called upon the political parties to integrate accumulated pains and agonies of the country's marginal people in their election manifesto for their well-being, reports BSS.Side by side with this, they said the...
Awami League (AL) president Sheikh Hasina does not require to seek bail as she has been cleared of charges in the Noor Ali extortion case, her lawyer Shafik Ahmed said, reports bdnews24.com."There is no need to extend her parole too,...
Kalyan Party general secretary S M Abul Kalam has been sacked on charges of 'negligence and failure', the party said in a statement Thursday, reports bdnews24.com.Chairman Syed Mohammad Ibrahim of the party decided to sack Kalam Wednesday, the statement said.The...
NATORE, Nov 6 (UNB): At least 21 people were injured in a clash between the activists of the Awami League (AL) and the BNP and Jamaat at Coinbazar in Baraigram Upazila Thursday morning.Police and witnesses said the clash erupted when...
Awami League Central Working Committee (ALCWC) meets today (Friday) at 4.00 pm at its Dhanmondi office with party president Sheikh Hasina in the chair, reports UNB.The meeting of the AL policymaking body was earlier postponed Tuesday and would now resume...
Shakhawat Hossain The interest rate spread (IRS) in the country's banking sector is second highest in South Asia behind India and Pakistan, according to a Bangladesh Bank report."The IRS in the banking sector of major South Asian countries shows that...
FE ReportA Bangladesh delegation held talks with the Myanmar authority Thursday hours after suspension of gas exploration work in the disputed waters of the Bay of Bengal by Myanmar, officials said.The Daewoo company has also communicated to the foreign ministry...
FE ReportThe National Board of Revenue (NBR) has extended again the deadline for submission of individuals' tax returns up to November 12 following the Election Commission's (EC) request for extension of the time, sources said. The NBR for the third...
Former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, on her return to Dhaka, has said only an elected government can rescue the country from crisis, and the national election must go ahead as scheduled on Dec 18, report UNB and bdnews24.com. "The election...
From Fazle Rashid NEW YORK, Nov 6: US President-Elect Barack Obama remained out of public sight yesterday after making history the day before but worked hard behind the scene to build a strong team that would carry forward his ideas...
FE ReportDhaka stocks closed mixed Thursday with the turnover falling below Tk 2.0 billion-mark for the first time in two months and a half.The turnover dropped to Tk 1.82 billion (182 crore), the lowest since August 14 last when it...
FE Report The country is about to experience a 'change' once a free, fair and credible parliamentary election, scheduled for December 18, is held that will pave the way for return to democracy, said the commerce adviser on Tuesday."A change...
The High Court (HC) Thursday directed the government to produce by November 9 (Sunday) all the four sets of reports of laboratory test done at home and abroad on the eight brands of melamine-tainted powdered milk, reports UNB.A division bench...
The Anti-corruption Commission (ACC) watchdogs carrying out the current purge have found no illegal wealth possessed by former Prime Ministers Khaleda Zia and Sheikh Hasina, a senior official said Thursday, reports UNB.They got the clean chit more than a year...
FE Report The Bangladesh Bank (BB) has asked banks and non-banking financial institutions (NBFIs) to keep their credit information bureau (CIB) cells open today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) to provide default loan-related information to it. The central bank gave the...
Ten passengers of a bus burnt to death and 30 others suffered injuries as it went up in flames following collision with an acid-carrying truck on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Korpai in Burichong under Comilla Thursday. Police and witnesses said...
Denmark will provide about $66 million to Bangladesh for the development of Zia International Airport (ZIA). A project agreement to this effect was signed between the Bangladesh and the Danish governments in the city Thursday. ERD Secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain...
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