Saiful KaiserThe England captain must rue the fact that he asked the visitors to bat after winning the toss at Headingley. He said something about movement in the first half and all that but in truth there were no hidden...
Hattricks by Raju Mia and Khalilur Rahman enabled Rainbow SC to crush Mirpur Chalantika SC by 11-1 goals in a match of the Third Division Football League at the Outer Stadium ground Monday, reports UNB.Raju and Khalilur made hattricks with...
LIVERPOOL, Sept 2 (AFP): Liverpool's Spanish striker Fernando Torres said he plans to stay with the English Premiership club "for many years to come". The Spaniard, a 20-million-pound summer capture from Atletico Madrid, has been a big hit since arriving...
The eight-team final round of the Fresh IGP Cup National Youth Kabbadi championship will begin at the Outer Stadium Kabaddi court Wednesday, reports UNB.Seven zonal champion teams along with defending champions Dhaka DSA will play in the final round.The seven...
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (AFP): Rafael Nadal kept his US Open campaign on track Sunday despite a painful knee as Spanish-speaking claycourters clamped a stranglehold on the bottom half of the draw. The 21-year-old second-seeded Spaniard charged into the last...
Rapid Action Battalion early Tuesday arrested former BNP lawmaker Fazlul Haque Milon in Gulshan, accusing him of embezzling relief, a RAB officer said. RAB additional director general Gulzar Uddin Ahmed told bdnews24.com: "Milon was arrested when he was travelling in...
The government has moved to form a national registration authority for birth and voter registration and national identity cards (ID) preparation, a top government official said Tuesday. "The process to form the national registration authority is at its initial stage....
NEW DELHI, Sep 2 (PTI): Islamic banking, which prohibits use of money for vices like gambling and wine as also levy of interest, could provide long term funds to India-which needs over USD 400 billion for creating new infrastructure. Asking...
PARIS, Sept 2 (AFP): France's Dominique Strauss-Kahn is clear favourite in the two-horse race to become the next leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the deadline for nominations passed this weekend. The 58-year-old former French economy minister, nominated...
JEDDAH, Sept 2 (AFP): Pro-western Gulf Arab monarchies have agreed to an Iranian offer to launch talks on a possible free trade pact, the secretary general of their oil-rich bloc said yesterday. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) foreign ministers in the...
GUWAHATI, Sept 2 (AFP): India's hard-hit tea industry has launched an aggressive "fight back" strategy to boost production and sales in the face of stiff challenges from rival nations churning out cheaper brews. India is the world's second largest tea...
Kay & Que (Bangladesh) Limited approved five per cent dividend at its 23rd annual general meeting of the shareholders held at a city hotel Saturday, said a press release.The shareholders participated in the discussion and gave valuable suggestions in the...
SYDNEY, Sept 2 (AFP): Pacific rim economies should reform their power sectors to minimise the impact of energy supply disruptions and oil price swings, a paper to be released at the annual APEC meetings here said. The reforms should focus...
BEIJING, Sept 2 (Xinhua): Beijing will ban all unlicensed catering outlets and celebrity-starred medical ads by the end of this year, according to the capital's quality and food safety authorities. The city would focus its quality checkup on ten kinds...
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Xinhua): Some Chinese American communities have recently called on the US society to treat Chinese-made products in the American market fairly, saying product quality is a global issue. "Food safety and product quality are a global...
NEW DELHI, Sep 2 (PTI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday asked the textile industry to shun complacency and become globally competitive while assuring steps to protect the economy's productive sectors from rupee appreciation. Singh, who is often reminded by the...
FE ReportThe government borrowed Tk 9.00 billion (900 crore) Sunday through auctions of treasury bills. It will result in withdrawal of Tk 9.00 billion from the market in the week.The central bank conducted auctions of 28-day, 91-day, 182-day bills and...
KHULNA, Sept 2 (UNB): Bangladesh has earned Tk 35 billion (3,500 crore) by exporting frozen food during last fiscal year (2006-07), breaking all previous records.In 2005-06 fiscal year, the country had earned Tk 30 billion (3,000 crore) from the sector....
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 2: The country earns about Tk 4.0 billion annually from the particles of Ruhi fish and allied species procured from the Halda river, sources said.An equal amount of money is also earned from the fish of other...
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Ltd in Bangladesh has received AA+ (Double A Plus) in the long-term and ST-1 in the short term by Credit Rating Information and Services Limited (CRISL) of the country, said a press release.CRISL,...
President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Ahmad Mohamed Ali laid the foundation stone of multi-storied building of Islami Bank Training and Research Academy Complex at 10 Momenbagh, Rajarbagh, Dhaka Friday, said a press release. He was present in a function...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 2: Income-tax lawyers have been urged to extend all-out cooperation to genuine taxpayers in paying their income taxes.Member of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) Ali Ahmad made the appeal while exchanging views with the members of...
NEW YORK, Sept 2 (Reuters): Stock markets ended one of the most volatile months in years on an impressive note, but this week still will not be any easier for investors as the employment report and housing turmoil remain high...
FE ReportAKM Rafiqul Islam has been unanimously elected Chairman of the Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) for the term of 2007-2008 recently, said a press release.Islam is the founder managing director of Pragati Insurance Limited.He is a Fellow of the Institute...
FE ReportRefugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) of Dhaka University (DU) arranged a daylong training of trainers titled 'better management of migrant's remittances : 1st TOT for capacity building of bank officials' Saturday with the support of Manusher Jonno...
MUMBAI, Sept 2 (AFP): Indian share prices should keep firming next week on optimism about the next set of domestic quarterly corporate results and an easing of the US subprime credit crisis, dealers said Friday. For the week to August...
FE ReportStandard Bank Ltd held its 115th board meeting in the Conference Room of the bank's Jubilee Road branch in Chittagong recently, said a press release.Chairman of the bank's board of directors Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed presided over the meeting. Vice-chairman...
FE ReportFrom now on the Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Limited (CRAB) will provide credit rating services to the National Life Insurance Company Limited.In this connection, an agreement was signed between the two companies in the city recently, according to...
PARIS, Sept 2 (AFP): French energy group Suez and state-owned Gaz de France will announce tomorrow (Monday) a decision on whether to merge into what would be one of Europe's biggest power companies, the French presidency said Saturday. "The two...
FE ReportStandard Bank Ltd held its 115th board meeting in the Conference Room of the bank's Jubilee Road branch in Chittagong recently, said a press release.Chairman of the bank's board of directors Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed presided over the meeting. Vice-chairman...
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