Trade deficit has reached an 11-year high of US$3,458 million in fiscal 2006-07, amid a fall in the growth of export earnings against increasing import payments, reports bdnews24.com. The increase in trade deficit coupled with a fall in export growth...
Sarwar Zahan US dollar gained ground against Bangladesh taka (BDT) last week in spite of a stable demand for the greenback, fund managers said. The exchange rate of the greenback fluctuated between Tk 68.60 and Tk 68.70 against the previous...
HONG KONG, Sept 1 (AFP): Asian stock markets gained sharply Friday after a report the United States will launch a plan to nurse the ailing housing sector, with technology stocks rising on strong earnings news.Bucking a sluggish performance overnight on...
FE ReportAbu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher has been re-elected chairman and Yousif Abdulla Al-Rajhi and Zainul Abedin were re-elected vice chairmen of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited. The election was held during the meeting of board of directors of the bank...
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1 (Agencies): Allies of Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf have raised objections to a power-sharing deal he is negotiating with former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, casting fresh doubt on the future of the embattled president. With his term coming...
WASHINGTON, Sep 1 (AFP): Drinking a glass or two of red wine could help reduce the risk of men developing prostate cancer, a study published in the United States showed Friday. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)...
BAGHDAD, Sept 1 (AFP): At least 1,771 civilians were killed in Iraq in August, up seven percent on the previous month, according to figures compiled by three Iraqi ministries and seen by AFP.August's toll is significantly higher than the number...
KOLKATA, (India), Sept 1 (AFP): A pregnant woman suffered burns in eastern India after the battery of her Nokia mobile phone exploded minutes after she put the handset on charge, police said Saturday. The Finnish phone maker warned last month...
GUWAHATI, (India) Sept 1 (AFP): A powerful explosion at a busy market killed one person and wounded 12, four of them critically, in India's revolt-hit northeast, police said Saturday. Police blamed the blast on the outlawed United Liberation Front of...
KABUL, Sept 1 (AFP): Ground fighting and air strikes killed almost 60 insurgents near a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan that has seen days of heavy fighting, the US-led counterterrorism force said today. Attack aircraft were called in after insurgents...
BAJAUR, (Pakistan), Sept 1 (AFP): A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-filled car into a paramilitary vehicle in a Pakistani tribal region Saturday, killing five soldiers and two civilians, officials said. Panicked soldiers then opened fire killing two civilians on a...
Two killed in Sri Lanka artillery clash COLOMBO, Sept 1: BSS/AFP) - At least two people died and more were wounded in an exchange of artillery fire between Sri Lankan troops and Tamil rebels in the island's northwest, guerrillas and...
Two fine knocks by debutantes Nazimuddin and skipper Mohammad Ashraful steered Bangladesh to a five-wicket victory over Kenya with 14 balls to spare in the four-nation Twenty20 Cricket tournament at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi today (Saturday), reports UNB.After...
Bangladesh suffered a huge 0-6 goals defeat against China in their second group B match of the 7th Men's Asia Cup Hockey in the southern Indian city of Chennai Saturday, reports UNB.Earlier, on Friday, Bangladesh made a dream start in...
NEW YORK, Sept 1 (AP): Some players tap their toes during changeovers, others scan the crowd or close their eyes. Serena Williams does something different. She likes to read. Sticking to habit, Williams pulled out her pink notebook for a...
Andrew Flintoff has given England further cause for concern ahead of the fifth one-dayer at Headingley after reporting "soreness" in his troublesome left ankle, reports Cricinfo."Freddie's got a little bit of soreness in his ankle again," Paul Collingwood, his captain,...
SEOUL, Sept 1 (AFP): South Korean midfielder Seol Ki-Hyeon has signed a three-year deal with Fulham after transferring from Premier League rivals Reading, the two football clubs said Saturday.Fulham confirms "the signing of Seol Ki-Hyeon from Reading Football Club, in...
LEXINGTON, Sept 1 (AP): Gay Brewer, the 1967 Masters champion who won 11 times on the PGA Tour, died Friday at his home after a fight with lung cancer. He was 75.Brewer, who also won once on the Champions Tour...
Saiful KaiserIt had looked all but sealed for India after their innings in the fourth ODI against England at Old Trafford when they scored 212 (Yuvraj 71, Tendulkar 55). It had looked all but sealed for England when they were...
Visiting BCB National Cricket Academy team face Tasmania in a three-day match of the Crocodile Cup beginning today (Sunday) at the University Ground, reports UNB.They will play the 5th one-day of their Australia tour against Northern Territory Strike on September...
After making his presentation Friday before the five-member coach interview panel of BCB, Australian cricket coach John Harmer conducted a practice session Saturday with the available contracted and Academy team players, reports UNB.The current Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy coach conducted...
Rahmatganj Sporting Club beat Matuail Udayan Sangsad by 3-2 goals in a match of the Metropolis 3rd Division Football League at the Outer Stadium here Saturday, reports UNB.Jahangir Alam, George Rakhain and Khuai Ching Marma scored for the winners while...
Sachin Tendulkar topped Shane Warne's countdown of greatest cricketers edging out Brian Lara, who was placed second. Curtly Ambrose, Allan Border and Glenn McGrath rounded out the top five in Warne's Times column.Warne rated Tendulkar ahead of Lara on account...
Andrew Hall, the South African allrounder, has quit international cricket. He could become the latest prominent player to join the Indian Cricket League (ICL) in the wake of his sudden decision. He played 21 Tests and 88 ODIs since his...
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 1 (AFP): Argentine giants Boca Juniors have been given an extra 72 hours to try and negotiate the purchase of Villarreal midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme.The Buenos Aires-based club have had an 8.8 million euros offer for the...
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior leaders expressed their shock and wonder as the government did not allow party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to visit slain President Zia's mazar and offer fateha on the occasion of BNP's founding anniversary Saturday."This is an...
Acting President of Awami League (AL) Zillur Rahman Saturday reaffirmed his party stance that it would neither participate in the general election nor would hold the party council keeping Sheikh Hasina in jail, reports UNB.Talking to the reporters at his...
DU CorrespondentThe decision to reopen all public universities and colleges in six divisional cities is likely to come out tomorrow (Monday) at a meeting between education adviser and vice-chancellors of 27 public universities of the country.Sources said that education adviser...
FE Report The Board of Trustees of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) has endorsed research programmes in several fields including pro-poor macro-economic policy, trade liberalization and investment, jute and textile sector study, impact of flood 2007 and end-agenda of the...
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser (CA) Fakhruddin Ahmed have felicitated their respective counterparts of Vietnam on the occasion of the National Day of the country that falls Sunday, reports UNB.In a message the President said Bangladesh and Vietnam enjoy...
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